My Vacation

I went to Tacoma WA this past wknd with former co-worker, Michelle.  That was my main and original reason for this mini vacation.  Nickelback, Seether, Bush and My Darkest Days performed and the whole thing was awesome.  I figure if deafness is the result, then good concert.

Seether, the 2nd band that played.

Bush, third band.  The lead singer is Gavis Rosdale, Gwen Stefani's husband.  He was a hyper guy.

Gavin laying on the stage playing guitar.

Nickelback on the suspended stage.

Some flames from pyro show.  I could feel the heat and I wasn't that close!

Guitar cam.

More pyro.

Dinner the day I returned to Canada.  I went to Original Joe's in South Surrey with 2 former Burns Lake co-workers who were lucky enough to escape the north.

Mini Update

My upcoming road trip

On June 20th I leave for the lower mainland and have a BUSY time planned.  Here goes:
Wed: leave PG (8-9 hr drive) to Richmond to stay @ Diana's
Thurs: leave Diana's (she goes to work), drive to Surrey to Tracy's, hang with her for the day, spend nite and
Fri: hang with Tracy (shopping) and then head to Michelle's in PM, stay @ Michelle's
Sat: drive to Washington with Michelle.  I hope to hit the Fossil outlet store and a scrub store north of Seattle.  Then continue to Tacoma for dinner, check in at hotel and then head to Tacoma Dome for the Nickelback/Seether/My Darkest Days/Bush concert!!  Rock on!!
Sun: leave Washington, head back to Surrey.  Drop off Michelle, head to Langley to see grandpa.  Have dinner with Brenda and Diana @ Cactus Club.  Stay @ grandpa's.
Mon: hanging out with grandpa, no major plans. Stay @ grandpa's.
Tues: leave grandpa's, drive to Abbotsford to have a mini reunion with Kate (high school friend) who I haven't seen in many years.  We'll have coffee, catch up etc and then I leave for back home (8-9 hr drive).
Then on Wed I'm back to work with stories and tales to share with my buds!

So in 10 days I leave!!!  SOOOOOO pumped!!!

Why am I hurting so badly??

For the past 3-4 months-ish, I've had a sore left knee and right shoulder.  Sore as in can't bend the knee with intense pain, can't do stairs, get in/out of car, sit for long periods of time, squat etc without the pain.  Sore shoulder as in hard to get dressed and move in specific motions without intense pain.  After a while of that, perhaps a couple months, the right knee and left shoulder started getting intense pain.  Same symptoms and lack of movement with intense pain. ( I won't say excrutiating pain but intense will be close enough.) 
Last year I had the same pain in my right knee for months before heading to physio and after a couple months of that (weekly appts) my knee was better.  Apparently my IT bands were pulling my knee cap to the side.  Anyways, why would the opposite knee start feeling the same way?  This year, a couple months ago, I started going to the gym but last year I didn't do anything active, so it's not consistant.  I've gone to physio 3x now with they're 'diagnosis' as being the IT bands doing the same thing and my rotator cuffs being weak/strained but there's really no reason why.  I'm working a physical job at work on a regular basis now but have done this job many times before so..... is that the cause?
I've been taking Ibuprofen (Advil) 800 mg 2x/day but that has given NO relief so stopped taking it.  I tried Naproxen 375 mg 2x but NO relief so finally went to walk-in clinic yesterday to ask for a stronger anti-inflammatory.  After telling the DR briefly the problems and then listening to him telling me to go to my dr etc I finally got a prescription for Naproxen 500 mg 2x/day and that anything lower than that probably won't do anyone any good anyways (Dr said).  I took one dose and without really noticing the pain lessening, the pain did lessen a bit to where I could go downstairs without pain.  Not too shabby.  I need to take one this am in a moment, then tonite and we'll see how I feel.
Tomorrow I will call my DR to make an appointment and I want to be tested for arthritis or tendenitis or bursitis etc....I need an answer as physio on a regular basis is $$$, $45/visit.  I have to submit my receipts to extended health coverage so I'm still out the money before reimbursement of 80%. 
Anyways, that's my update for now.  I should apologize (to myself) about not blogging more regularly...been over a month now.  Guess I'm not really into it as much.  I have more time on my hands now that all my pharmacy courses/exams are done until November.  That's another story for another time....

 

My Domestic-ability

 Sundried tomato & rosemary bread.

 Cheeseburger pizza (breadmaker dough, ground beef/garlic, onions and bacon)

 Then mozza and cheddar.

Baked to a very filling perfection.  Two thin slices did it for me.

Me and My Baby

This is the 2nd webcam pic I took in the last 10 min but lost the first one.  It was of Loomis on my chest, under my chin while I was working on the computer...could barely see my face cause of her fluffy fir.  So above is 'take 2'.   I had to tap the computer to get her to look up.  She's aware of cameras and doesn't seem to like them, she'd rather look away or have her eyes closed so consider this one a rare 'open eyed' shot.

My Injury

It was a bit more than superficial....I saw some subcutaneous layers too.  Kinda cool.

Me with stitched up left pointer finger and carpal tunnel in right wrist.  A true bonefied gymp.

10 days ago I was trying to hem some scrub pants and the scissors sliced my finger rather than cut into the fabric...I know, how do you slice fingers rather than fabric?  It happens, believe me. 

I figure I probably could've transfused a small person with the amount of red liquid coming out of me. haha.  So off to the ER I went, against mom's thoughts, and I ended up with 4 stitches.  I met 2 resident doctors who's med orders I have entered into the computer at work....reason I say that is it's interesting to put a face to the handwriting and sometimes, horrible handwriting it is too.  Anyways, I was in and out in 2 hrs and I think that's pretty good considering it was a full moon and the ER was super quiet.  Odd.

My stitches came out today.  Unfortunately I didn't take a pic of the stiches but was meaning too.  I have lost some sensation on the right inside of finger tip.  Doctor says will take about 1 year for full sensation to reappear, and if it doesn't then it won't.  No major loss.

My New 'Do'

Got my monthly salon visit done with tonite.  I get my roots done and a cut/trim...depending on my mood.  Well tonite without any pre-decided decisions, I chose a picture out of the hair magazine and said 'let's do this....a bit longer but the same idea'.  So we did.  It's about 2" shorter and now with lots of choppy layers. 

I also have had a chunk of red in my hair since last summer and I've changed the red hue a couple times (it fades fast).  We went red/purple this time and the 'chunk' is placed a bit different this time. 

I like this style and hope to replicate it tomorrow when I style it before work!