Friday - I went to The Mesa Arts Center after work to check out the 31st Annual Contemporary Crafts exhibit. I did not stay long due to technical difficulties, but it was fun. I think maybe last year was a bit more exciting, but how can you top a corn vending machine?

Saturday – I took Greg to dinner to celebrate his success in running 13 miles for the PF Chang's Rock 'n' Roll Arizona. Hooray Greg! He does however stand by his conviction that running is stupid. Hooray Greg! 

Sunday – Ellen invited me to go to Argentine Tango! featuring The Phoenix Symphony Orchestra at The Mesa Arts Center. The seats were fantastic and I thought the show was relaxing and well put together. Seeing shows makes me want to get back into theater. Maybe I will this year.

Tuesday – I spoke with my mom on the phone and my older cousin Janie had a stroke. She lives in Ohio and has few friends and no family there. My mother wishes she would move to PA, she also plans to go see her. I got really sad thinking about her being practically alone and in the hospital.

Wednesday – I had luncheon with B and Nate. Nate told us he put his two weeks in at H&P and is moving to Portland. I believe he is leaving by Sunday the 7th. I am happy for him, but sad for myself. Nate is my first Arizona friend. *snarf* We plan on getting together with a few other friends before he departs. *sniffle*

Yesterday in the morning when I sat down to work I noticed my vision was blurred. I blinked my eyes to refocus and used some natural tear eye drops to clear them out. I was seeing what looked like reflective blurry light. The light was glazing over my vision and it looked like the blurry light was rippling. Instead of freaking out I went to Google and did a search on rippled vision and came up with a few answers all leading to migraines. I am no stranger to the migraine yet I have never experienced this type of blurred funky vision. What I read said it could last from 2 to 45 minutes. For me it lasted about 30 followed by a pain behind my eyes. I drank a lot of water and took some Ibuprofen, but I think it is time to make another doctors appointment and see what she has to say about this latest development.

I asked my boss today if the lights directly over me can be removed. I know this will help and I hope it does happen. I took a half day and went home yesterday. After a long nap the migraine was gone. The vision thing is worrisome. Being a migraine sufferer is worrisome. My mother used to get headaches all the time. I wish I did not inherit this from her.

Notes:
I did wear my new mouth guard the night before and today I was visited by aunt flow. I started the eat clean diet again this week, but did not eat anything unusual. I want to note this for future occurrences.

For the first time in a little over two months I slept soundly last night. Since my car accident in September I have had a lot of discomfort while sleeping and have always woken up achy in the morning. I felt a lot better this morning! I was a bit amazed. After a little over a month of physical therapy my front hip started to hurt in addition to my lower back pain. This worried me because I was hoping to get better not develop new pain.

I spoke with my PT least week and asked if I should possibly visit a chiropractor. She said it couldn't hurt and recommended a doctor in the same building. Yesterday was my first appointment and the doctor said I was misaligned to the point where my right foot was considerably shorter then the left. He did some adjustments and cracked me when I was on my side. I have never been to a chiropractor before, but I didn't mind the cracking. You really hear it when he pulls at you. Crack crackity crack!

Today when I went to my second appointment he said the adjustments held well from yesterday and that is a good sign. Early this morning I went for x-rays which I am glad someone finally sent me for. We will review them on Friday and I am interested to hear what he sees on the images.

I was telling Julie yesterday when we went for a walk that I feel like I am conducting my own lab experiment on my body. Which doctor to go to, what medicine to take, hot bath or hot tub, exercise or rest, pillow or no pillow. I hope my body feels normal soon so I can get back to exercising and just sitting without discomfort. *crossing fingers*

After work on Friday I met Julie and Robert at Pick Up Stix for some dinner. We went to their new house later with full stomachs and I got a nice tour of the place. Love it! Then off to Mama Java’s for some poetry, I met some poet friends of Julie’s who were very nice. I was ready for bed when I got home, but decided to wash the dishes and clean the cat litter. The furs were underfoot and meowing for food. They are not happy with their rationed separate food bowls placed far away from each other and tell me so every time I step in the kitchen.

I took Bash to the vet earlier in the week on Wednesday and the vet reported that his blood sugar was low. I lowered his insulin dose one unit and scheduled a follow up check in a week. I’d been keeping an eye on him since and noticed as I was about to go to bed that his whiskers were twitching.

I grabbed my glucose checker and his reading as 28, normal levels should be between 100 & 125. I poured some dry food into his bowl and he immediately started eating it. As he was eating it his back legs started to fail and he was slipping and could not stand correctly. I took Karo syrup and put it on his gums, but he was struggling to stand and looked so pitiful. I was on the phone with the emergency vet during this and they said to bring him in.

I grabbed Bash and put him in his carrier, called Jessi and drove to the vet. They took him right to the back of the office and put an IV in his arm to administer glucose into his system. Jessi arrived at the vet to sit with me around midnight.

The glucose IV restored his leg function and stopped the twitching. I left him overnight for observation. Even with the unit reduction he was getting too much insulin. This can be good in the long run because the insulin and diet are working. Best case would be that he will eventually not need insulin. The quick change happened when I stopped feeding him dry food and made sure he wouldn’t eat Bitter’s food. This caused him to need less insulin, but as a result he had this episode. It is frustrating because I went to my regular vet two days earlier to prevent something like this from happening.

I am checking his levels at home twice a day now which I wish I would have thought to do sooner. We lowered the insulin unit to 1 and he was in the high range 350, but then adjusted to 1.5 and at my last check it was going down again 149. Diabetes is a hell of a disease, it is hard to regulate with humans and they can talk. Bash tries to tell me what is going on in meow, but I still mistake it for him wanting food not him telling me he doesn’t feel well. He continues to be a trooper and an amazingly resilient feline.

Roomie
Paula and Brian are almost in Phoenix. Yippee! They will be driving down from scenic Sedona any minute now! I will have two squatters in my condo this weekend. One of which will be my new room mate. Paula and I have not lived with each other for 10 years.This should be interesting. I tidied up the place last night, but did not manage to vacuum or mop the floor like I wanted too. I have alerted the furs to our new living situation and they seem restless.

Monkey Work
I am growing more and more disinterested in work and with all the excitement of the weekend approaching I can't focus on my 45 projects. After a year of being overloaded with work they have hired another graphic designer. She starts next Wednesday. I am underwhelmed and a bit relieved because I have cut my productivity in half in the last month. With the new arrival my goal is to cut another 1/4 out which should bring me to an average workers productivity level. Hooray!

Sassy Pants
Sarah is flying in from Minnesota for the weekend and staying with Jessi. I still think she lives here sometimes. At least she will for the weekend.

I Need A Nap!
I wish it were Saturday afternoon and I was napping.

Escape From Monkey Work
Lunch with Cranny today, he said he got me a gift and card for my birthday. I asked him if his mother told him it was my birthday. He said no and he has turned over a new tail. I am suspicious.

Fiesta
It seems that we will have a good showing for the Dos Leos B-day Fiesta. I am stoked!

Eating
I have not been as good with my eating this week as I should, but I plan on getting back into the swing of Eating Clean on Sunday. I just sucked down a Double Chocolaty Chip beverage from Starbucks. I feel gross. It was a weak premenstrual moment.

Chris, Nate, Brett and I went to see Food, Inc. last night. http://www.foodincmovie.com/  I think it was well filmed and put together. There were a few things I did not realize and some other information I did know. In short - off  to the Farmer’s Market I go. 

After the movie we went to a restaurant in Scottsdale Chris had dined at the other day. She found out about it at the Farmer’s Market.  It is called Digestif and is  farm to table dining. http://www.digestifscottsdale.com/ I had the Dungeness Crab watermelon, olives, mint, citrus vinaigrette with capers and mint salad. It was an interesting flavor combination and had a refreshing taste. I liked it, yet I wouldn’t go out of my way to order it again. 

Tomorrow I am headed North of Strawberry to camp and I am forgetting the name of the place..Fossil something… My friend Ellen has camped there before and it boasts a hot spring, creeks, waterfalls and I am super excited to see some water when hiking in Arizona. I worry slightly about the sleeping and bathroom portion, but I will power through. I hope it is a relaxing adventure and I do not get attacked by any wily chipmunks. 

As I drive to my nature quest, Paula and Brian will be leaving PA for AZ. They should arrive at my place by Thursday or Friday. HOLY CRAP! I will have a roommate by Saturday. Sarah is flying in on Saturday for a visit and staying with Jessi. The Dos Leo’s B-Day celebration will commence that night. Lots of fun things on the horizon! 

I also realized in the elevator this morning at work that I am about 10 to 12lbs away from the weight I would like to get too.  For the first time ever that does not seem like a hard challenge. Something in me knows I will get there and in a healthly timeframe. Woot!

I got a call from Steve at National Dildo Corporation lastnight about an online survey I took. Well that is what Steve said in his introduction. I paused to laugh and asked him to repeat his name and the company name. After I confirmed the name and laughed a bit more I told him I was impressed that he hadn't cracked a laugh yet. This was followed by a no thanks. When I hung up it hit me that he had to be a friend of Paula's and I was kinda sad I didn't go with it more. She called a second later, of course it was Paula. I did speak to Steve more about the free offers and special incentives. Steve is her work friend Scott and they were at happy hour with a few people. 

I kind of miss crank calling. Caller ID and number screening really do ruin some fun moments. I expect more antics when Paula arrives in Phoenix.  Sometimes its pretty hilarious to act like you are twelve. I wish I would have responded with a, " What What In the Butt." [sighs] Maybe next time.

Never a dull moment at the condo especially in the cat's litter boxes. I have two litter boxes currently and I clean them every other day. Last night as I was shifting out cat business I noticed something weird. I was on the phone with Sarah talking about Harry Potter when I noticed... movement.

I told Sarah I had to go due to a litter box situation. "Oh no", I thought, great one of the cats has worms! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! As I looked closer there were a lot of worms, crawling down to the bottom of the box.

Maggots. I had maggots in my damn cat litter box. I've had the boxes outside for two years and this is a new development. The other box was maggot free thank god. I dumped all the litter and bleached the box. I think this happened because of a fern plant I have near the box that seems to attract flies.

Gross! I can't believe how quickly the little buggers hatched! Bleck.....snarf.....Arghhh!