Sick puppy update

(No worries, to my knowledge, my kidlets at the shelter are okay - the sick puppy in question is me!)

The other day, I'd posted something where I was trying to figure out what the hell was going on with my allergies, and why they aren't getting any better.

Well, I have an appointment to see my doctor on Monday afternoon, to get things checked out. I also have the paperwork printed out for prior approval on the Zyrtec (damn Blue Cross), if it's needed. Although, after doing some reading/ research on WebMD.com, and reading up on asthma, I'm thinking that it may actually be asthma - as caused by allergies.

The article: http://my.webmd.com/content/article/10/1660_51084?z=1660_00000_0000_rl_02

Anyways, after reading the article - and the early signs of asthma, it all makes sense: the allergies that don't budge despite my taking Claritin on a daily basis. The sleeplessness. The coughing and wheezing - especially at night. Getting tired easily. Becoming short of breath easily(or, as Kellie has witnessed recently, just going up the stairs of our apartment building, or up the street to the bus stop - things I have done on a daily basis, without getting winded before).


To make things interesting, I had a small-scale attack brought on by laughing way too hard over something. (Strange, I know ... but apparently "strong emotions" can trigger them.) Actually, that's what triggered last Saturday's attack, too. :-/

Of course, I just have to focus on not dying before Monday afternoon - Kellie won't allow it. Any time I start in on the cough-and-wheeze cycle, she tells me: "No dying on my watch! It's not allowed!" Only problem is, that gets me laughing even harder, which ends up being a maddening cycle, as you can probably guess.

Borrowed from neurotic_one

Friday's Feast

Appetizer
On a scale of 1 to 10 (with 10 being highest), how attractive do you think you are?
On average, I'd say that I am a 7 or 8. If you'd asked me a few years ago, I would've said that I was only a 3 or a 4.


Soup
What local restaurant would you recommend to a visitor to your town or city?
Stelladoro Pizza - the best pizza, hands down. Even the Cheese Pizza rocks socks hardcore.


Salad
What's a lesson you had to learn the hard way?
That it's okay to depend on other people and ask for help from time to time. That I don't always have to do *everything* on my own, without assistance.


Main Course
Name something in your life that you feel you can depend on 100%.
That I will talk to my family at least once a week, and that my sister - who might say that I'm a butthead to my face - loves me, and thinks that I'm the coolest sister ever.


Dessert
If you could see the front page of a newspaper from September 24, 2104, what would you imagine the headline might be?
American Utilities Continue to be Powered By Swaggart, Falwell, Robertson, et al Spinning In Their Graves - 75 Years After Gay Marriage Federally Legalized by First Female President

First mud-slinging ... when's the mud wrestling?

Bush/Cheney Campaign - Scaring the G*d-Fearing Since 2004!

Excerpts from the article: "The Republican Party acknowledged yesterday sending mass mailings to residents of two states warning that "liberals" seek to ban the Bible. It said the mailings were part of its effort to mobilize religious voters for President Bush.

"The mailings include images of the Bible labeled "banned" and of a gay marriage proposal labeled "allowed." A mailing to Arkansas residents warns: "This will be Arkansas if you don't vote." A similar mailing was sent to West Virginians."


In Charleston, West Virginia, this was the response:
"An editorial on Sept. 22 in The Charleston Gazette in West Virginia, for example, asked, "Holy Moley! Who concocts this gibberish?"

" "Most Americans see morality more complexly," the editorial said. "Many think a higher morality is found in Christ's command to help the needy, prevent war and pursue other humanitarian goals. Churchgoers of this sort aren't likely to believe childish allegations that Democrats want to ban the Bible." "


*boggle*

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I'm too easily amused today.

Due to a co-worker's computer monitor dying a slow painful death (it has been emitting a burning smell on occasion) and her getting a new monitor, I have finally gotten speakers for my computer.

Yes, I have moved into the late 20th century, and my computer is no longer mute. I can play my CDs - and co-workers' CDs - as well as Internet Radio Stations at work, to fight off boredom and silence!

So yay - I've got my Jesse Valenzuela CD in the computer, and I'm a very happy girl.