Hello lurkers! I'm sorry I haven't visited blog land in the last few months. Even though I'm on the computer constantly, blogging feels like "work" some days, instead of mindless clicking :)
Right when I came back to work after the wedding, the cafe manager came up to me and told me this statistic he heard. When a couple gets married, a man's work load drops an hour while a woman's gains 7 hours. I swear to god this is true too. Granted, Nick usually works 10+ more hours a week than I do, and he earns a little bit more, but is that really reason for me to do a majority of our chores? While we've never discussed it, I feel like we've fallen into those traditional Husband and Wife roles. Part of this has to do with me and my ridiculous control issues. Sometimes I'll get Nick to do the dishes, but the entire time I'm next to him telling him how I like it done and what works best. Why can't I be happy that he's doing it? Where did this 'my way or the highway' attitude come from? Its silly, and I'm trying to be more aware of it. I'm also trying to get Nick to be more aware of all the work I do around the house so I can get him to chip in more, right or wrong way :)
Friday, February 6
Friday, October 3
commit this to memory
Today, I finally figured out something thats been bugging me since I moved into this apartment. Turns out, if I put my "stereo" in the bathroom, I can hear it in every single room :) This really has been driving me nuts since day one. I hope its loud enough to bug my upstairs neighbors as much as their kids constant running around bugs me.
Wednesday, October 1
Okay, so I finally have the internets again, the least I could do is give you an update of the last month or two :)
HEALTH
Back in early July I noticed I was losing a TON of hair. Huge handfuls every time I showered, did my hair, loose pieces throughout the day. I was ready to chalk this up to needing a haircut and wedding stress, but the sheer amount of it made me worried. I finally made a doctors appointment and they agreed, it sounded like stress but they ran some blood work just to be sure. When the results came back my thyroid numbers were through the roof. Turns out I have something called hashimoto's disease, which is an autoimmune disease that causes hypothyroidism, usually brought on by stress. Lovely. I got put on meds to treat the hypothyroidism and was sent on my way. I went back for a follow up mid-August. My hair was still falling out and I was exhausted every day. The doctor ran more bloodwork and ordered me in for a thyroid ultrasound since he couldn't see anything wrong on the surface. The ultrasound showed I have a nodule, which are usually benign, but the doctor wanted me to have a scan done just to be sure. Down side is, I can't have the scan until I've been off the meds for a month which were finally making me feel better! I made the appointment Monday and the earliest I can have it done is October 20. I haven't been feeling too bad, just tired much more than normal. I've been letting myself sleep in and nap if I need to, but I can't wait to get everything regulated and back to normal!
HOME
Nick and I moved into a two bedroom apartment at 19 & Hayes the week before the wedding. That week sucked :P We love it here. We are completely out of boxes, but we haven't put a lot of finishing touches up yet. Our back room needs a futon for teevee watching and the living room is nearly barren, but its home :) If you go to Lakeside, come say hello
WEDDING
After wasting the entire summer planning, its over!! Yahoo! The weather was gorgeous, the ceremony was beautiful and we had so much fun! The hall looked great, we looked great, the food was delicious, we danced all night long. A few guests were cranky, but I sort of expected it from them anyway. I have pictures all over facebook so you can look over there if you like. Nick's Aunt got us a suite at Caesers Windsor and it was the most beautiful room I have ever seen. We were on the 11th floor overlooking the Detroit river. King size bed, 2 flat screen teevees, jacuzee tub, gorgeous! We didn't actually leave the hotel until around 6 on Monday, we just slept in and laid around in our hotel robes relaxing. It was awesome. On Tuesday we drove to Niagra Falls and stayed in a really crumby room, but we were only in there to sleep so its okay. The Falls were amazing. We did the Maid of the Mist boat tour which was the coolest thing I've done in a long time. Then we walked along the strip and indulged in the sights. Beer, pizza, icecream, ferris wheel, window shopping, we had so much fun. 3 days was exactly the right amount of time too, we were so ready to come home and just do nothing but be home and relax.
Currently, we are loving married life but having a hard time adjusting to our very opposite work schedules. I see a lot more sleeping husband than I spend time with husband, but its nice just to know hes there. I have to close the bedroom door most days after hes worked the night shift because all I want to do is go in a bother him awake :) What a bratty wife.
So what have you been up to, Internet? I've missed you.
HEALTH
Back in early July I noticed I was losing a TON of hair. Huge handfuls every time I showered, did my hair, loose pieces throughout the day. I was ready to chalk this up to needing a haircut and wedding stress, but the sheer amount of it made me worried. I finally made a doctors appointment and they agreed, it sounded like stress but they ran some blood work just to be sure. When the results came back my thyroid numbers were through the roof. Turns out I have something called hashimoto's disease, which is an autoimmune disease that causes hypothyroidism, usually brought on by stress. Lovely. I got put on meds to treat the hypothyroidism and was sent on my way. I went back for a follow up mid-August. My hair was still falling out and I was exhausted every day. The doctor ran more bloodwork and ordered me in for a thyroid ultrasound since he couldn't see anything wrong on the surface. The ultrasound showed I have a nodule, which are usually benign, but the doctor wanted me to have a scan done just to be sure. Down side is, I can't have the scan until I've been off the meds for a month which were finally making me feel better! I made the appointment Monday and the earliest I can have it done is October 20. I haven't been feeling too bad, just tired much more than normal. I've been letting myself sleep in and nap if I need to, but I can't wait to get everything regulated and back to normal!
HOME
Nick and I moved into a two bedroom apartment at 19 & Hayes the week before the wedding. That week sucked :P We love it here. We are completely out of boxes, but we haven't put a lot of finishing touches up yet. Our back room needs a futon for teevee watching and the living room is nearly barren, but its home :) If you go to Lakeside, come say hello
WEDDING
After wasting the entire summer planning, its over!! Yahoo! The weather was gorgeous, the ceremony was beautiful and we had so much fun! The hall looked great, we looked great, the food was delicious, we danced all night long. A few guests were cranky, but I sort of expected it from them anyway. I have pictures all over facebook so you can look over there if you like. Nick's Aunt got us a suite at Caesers Windsor and it was the most beautiful room I have ever seen. We were on the 11th floor overlooking the Detroit river. King size bed, 2 flat screen teevees, jacuzee tub, gorgeous! We didn't actually leave the hotel until around 6 on Monday, we just slept in and laid around in our hotel robes relaxing. It was awesome. On Tuesday we drove to Niagra Falls and stayed in a really crumby room, but we were only in there to sleep so its okay. The Falls were amazing. We did the Maid of the Mist boat tour which was the coolest thing I've done in a long time. Then we walked along the strip and indulged in the sights. Beer, pizza, icecream, ferris wheel, window shopping, we had so much fun. 3 days was exactly the right amount of time too, we were so ready to come home and just do nothing but be home and relax.
Currently, we are loving married life but having a hard time adjusting to our very opposite work schedules. I see a lot more sleeping husband than I spend time with husband, but its nice just to know hes there. I have to close the bedroom door most days after hes worked the night shift because all I want to do is go in a bother him awake :) What a bratty wife.
So what have you been up to, Internet? I've missed you.
Monday, September 22
Monday, August 11
So a lot of very cool and important things happened today. 1.) The new IKEA catalog came in the mail and 2.) Nick and I applied for an apartment! (What? You know I can't resist them swedes)
So we applied at Lakeside Village today, and if everything goes well, we move in as early as Tuesday! I'm totally excited. I will be 1 mile from my work!
My boss worked my regular days off into my vacation time to make it even longer, so now the 17th is my last day until at least September 1st! I'm so excited, I haven't had 2 weeks off since the summer vacation of 11th grade. After we move in, Nick and I are doing a lot of nothing ^_^
So we applied at Lakeside Village today, and if everything goes well, we move in as early as Tuesday! I'm totally excited. I will be 1 mile from my work!
My boss worked my regular days off into my vacation time to make it even longer, so now the 17th is my last day until at least September 1st! I'm so excited, I haven't had 2 weeks off since the summer vacation of 11th grade. After we move in, Nick and I are doing a lot of nothing ^_^
Friday, July 18
Wednesday, July 16
The flavor of your lips is enough to keep me pressin'
Computer is broken again, but whats new? I've had quite a lot to blog about too.
So I worked at JoAnn's a total of 3 days. Woo! It wasn't hard work really, but very physical, more than I could do with another 8 hour shift looming and 4 hours of sleep. So I tried but I couldn't cut it.
My hair has been falling out for the last 2 weeks or so. Lots of it, big handfuls after every shower. I went to the doctor last Friday to have it checked on. He said it sounded like it was just stress but he did a full physical and a bunch of blood work just to be sure. I have to call tomorrow about the results. The nice thing is since my hair is so thin right now, it curls very nicely because its not weighed down. The bad thing is you can really see my scalp in front :P Ginger is supposed to bring me some hair vitamin on Sunday, hopefully that will help everything get back to normal.
Nick and I had our shower with his family last Saturday and it was so much better than I expected. We didn't play a single stupid game, we just ate lunch, chatted and opened presents. You wouldn't believe how much stuff we got too! It was really, really nice. The shower with my side of the family is this Sunday and I'm a little less optimistic. My sister insisted on throwing it, but doesn't seem to have organized much. Its Wednesday night and I'm pretty sure she hasn't even figured out the food. Ah! Hopefully it all comes together and I won't be upset.
The nicest thing about the shower last weekend was I got to spend the entire day with Nick. We went to his house after to write out our thank you notes and eat pizza and just chill. It was nice. Tomorrow we are going to sample cake and put our order in. Yum! After that its just my veil and flowers! I can't wait to be done with all this crap, lol.
So I worked at JoAnn's a total of 3 days. Woo! It wasn't hard work really, but very physical, more than I could do with another 8 hour shift looming and 4 hours of sleep. So I tried but I couldn't cut it.
My hair has been falling out for the last 2 weeks or so. Lots of it, big handfuls after every shower. I went to the doctor last Friday to have it checked on. He said it sounded like it was just stress but he did a full physical and a bunch of blood work just to be sure. I have to call tomorrow about the results. The nice thing is since my hair is so thin right now, it curls very nicely because its not weighed down. The bad thing is you can really see my scalp in front :P Ginger is supposed to bring me some hair vitamin on Sunday, hopefully that will help everything get back to normal.
Nick and I had our shower with his family last Saturday and it was so much better than I expected. We didn't play a single stupid game, we just ate lunch, chatted and opened presents. You wouldn't believe how much stuff we got too! It was really, really nice. The shower with my side of the family is this Sunday and I'm a little less optimistic. My sister insisted on throwing it, but doesn't seem to have organized much. Its Wednesday night and I'm pretty sure she hasn't even figured out the food. Ah! Hopefully it all comes together and I won't be upset.
The nicest thing about the shower last weekend was I got to spend the entire day with Nick. We went to his house after to write out our thank you notes and eat pizza and just chill. It was nice. Tomorrow we are going to sample cake and put our order in. Yum! After that its just my veil and flowers! I can't wait to be done with all this crap, lol.
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