Hot and Lazy Day

I just love this tag! It fits my mood today. I saw this tag today on a graphics journals that belongs to a lady of another journal I read. Right here: http://journals.aol.com/melsa68/missies-magical-creations/

Lots going on here since Thursday. Where to start? Well there's my foot issues, my depressed-want-to-kill-the-hubby issues, and a front yard renovation that is FINALLY getting done. So here we go!

Thursday night I did not get to sleep until well after 5 am! I could not get comfortable at all with this stupid foot of mine. I have had the thing on ice, literally, since Thursday evening. I've been throwing a tray of ice into gallon ziplocs and putting my foot right in them suckers for 15 minutes at a time every 1/2 hour to hour. I'm getting no relief and I'm absolutely disgusted. Thursday my whole foot was so tightened up that I could not flex it at all, and I kept having spasms like nerve spasms or something. Still not much better today at all and the doc isn't in again till Monday. Of course!

I've decided that since I'm not really seeing much relief from these injections that I'm not going to continue with them. It's not worth it to me to subject myself to the torture of them or the complications that could arise from having them. So I'm going to look into other treatment alternatives such as the electronic shockwave treatment or physical therapy or both. Hopefully insurance will cover either or both. Keeping my fingers crossed on that. I need to be able to walk again. I've not taken my daughter to the zoo once this summer! She asked yesterday when were we going to go and I had to leave the room and go in the bathroom to cry. I hate that I can't take her for even a walk in the park right now like we used to, let alone the zoo. Damn it!

I finally have been able to get some of my anxiety off my chest to my husband. He finally actually listened to a little of what I had to say. So I'm feeling much better today mentally. Journaling has been helping a lot too. Just getting the frustration out one way or another is great and I'm glad I'm able to do that.

Another thing that has lifted my spirits today is hubby is finally doing what I have wanted to see done with the front yard for almost 2 years now. I can't wait till it's done and the eyesores are fixed. We have these huge, I mean gigantic, hedges out front. At first it was nice having them as there isn't much front yard. So they gave us some privacy with the front of the house being right on the sidewalk practically. But they've become a pain to keep trimmed and I'd really just like them gone to be honest. Trimmed to about 5 feet and kept trimmed would be okay, but he doesn't keep up with them. Then we have those big wolf spiders here that have taken up home in these bushes and a few have gotten in the house. Those things are hideous!! I am terrified of spiders and these ones send me into epileptic fits and I don't even have epilepsy. I've nearly killed myself a couple times freaking out and trying to get away from one. My sister was bitten by one a few years ago out in her neck of the woods. They take a chunk out of you when they bite. Scares me to death one will bite one of the kids.

Also we have no sidewalk leading from the city sidewalk to the front door. A few years ago it was taken out to dig up the front and put in a drainage system. Well it's never been fixed and instead a piece of plywood was put down as a "temp" sidewalk. Well temp has become perm and I'm sick of it! When it rains the damn thing gets so slick and it's on an incline so of course then there is mud. And if someone stops over and uses the front door, the mud is tracked into my foyer. So I'm sure you can imagine what I'm dealing with here.

So hubby is finally ripping them out. Then we'll put up a little white picket fence and plant some flowers and mulch it. He's hoping to have it all done by the end of the weekend and have the concrete work done as well. I don't think the flowers and mulch will get done just yet though. I think we'll need to spread some grass seeds because it's kind of dead under these bushes.

In other news here not much else going on. I've been lazy the last two days and haven't really done much at all except lay around. The kids have been kind of lazy too. It's been hot and humid here. Yuck!

Someone ran over a baby kitten yesterday in the street and kept going. I hate when someone does that. You can't tell me they didn't know they hit it. Poor thing laid there dying and the carcass started baking in the heat. The man who's house it died in front of never even picked it up so we walked down and got it. Only about 6 inches long. Just a little one maybe a month. So sad! We put him/her in a bag and he/she's in our yard under a trash can in the shade right now. Monday I'll call the city and if they don't come out by 5pm, the shelter told me I can bring it to them and they'll cremate it for about 5-10 bucks donation. Hubby said he saw one the other night that size and was black and white. This one was grey and white. So apparently a momma stray has had a litter. I'll have to keep an eye out and see if I can't round them up before anymore get run over.

My 16 1/2yo boy went today with his girlfriend's family to Cedar Point. They're such wonderful people. A few weeks ago they invited him to the islands to a family reunion/picnic. And this weekend they invited him to the amusement park, bought his pass, and gave them money for food for the day. Didn't want me to do anything or pay for anything. They're very good to him and the mom and I talk often.

These kids are sure they are going to be together forever and they have their whole futures planned out. My son will major in art, maybe video game graphics design or architecture (he's not sure) with a minor in music (not sure what, but he plays guitar in a band) and she will be a lawyer. He's wanting to go the Art Institue in Pittsburgh and spent some time yesterday talking to a guy from there. Not sure where she wants to go. Maybe they'll end up going somewhere together by the time they're ready for college. They don't like being apart from each other to much. Her parents made her break up with him a few months ago because her grades were slipping. So they broke up until school was out. I thought they were both going to die! My goodness! I hope they do stay together and can make it through the college years. I think if they can make it through the college years that will be the real test. They do make an adorable couple. She's an sweet girl, quiet, but sweet. I just hope they make sure to finish school and have a career for a few years before starting a family!

Well I'm going to wrap this up and go take some before photos of the front before it's too late. I'll make another entry and post them here. I'm hoping maybe I can get a firepit this weekend too. I've been asking for one of those for a few years now also. Maybe now's the time while hubby is in ass-kissing mode. LOL

Enjoy what's left of your day wherever you are!

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