Well today the pain was about the same as yesterday. I have progressed up to scrambled eggs and potato soup but don't want to venture out much further then that since the throat is way sore.
I've learned a few more things about what went down after my surgery. Apparently the nurses kept asking what my pain was on a scale of one to ten and I kept saying a four and a three. What was wrong with me? Oh yeah I was doped up on medicine!!
The doctor told my mom that my tonsils were so inflamed and that there was so much extra blood going to them that I need to be extra careful and when he squeezed one of the tonsils, it oozed with bacteria which is why I kept getting sick. I am so glad to have these infected things out of my body. I did notice a little snoring/vibrations going on today which is a first for me I think. I never noticed my snoring before and no one has ever mentioned it to me either.
I've spent 90% of my day in bed but I did get up and take a shower. And on the plus side, look at this cute little thing I got to nap with today!! This is Hershey!
My nephews stopped by again today and the oldest, Garrett, asked my what was wrong with my voice. I was like seriously Garrett I had my tonsils out just like you did!! Crazy Boy!!
I will be all alone tomorrow. My mom goes back to school and my sister will be at work. There will be no one to take care of me. :-( I wish I had a pool to relax in, I could just float around all day soaking up the sun.
The procedure went great. I got here at 9 but didn't go back until 11. But I slept in the hospital bed almost the entire time. When I finally went back I remember rolling into the surgery room and nothing after that. I love that medicine.
I woke up to fogginess and just wanted to go back to sleep. I apparently told the nurses that I didn't want to take the hydrocodine. Which I told my mom that she should have made me take it!!
Apparently this happened too. I stole this off my mom's facebook page! It probably helped that I still had my makeup on from the day before but of course my hair was a curly mess.
Right now the pain is minimal. I've had strep that has felt worse then this. It feels like there is something stuck on the back of my throat that won't go away. I know the real pain is coming soon though. Of course I got a giant bottle of the good stuff to help with that and put me to sleep as well!! And I do enjoy having a legitimate excuse to sleep all day long.
Right now I am just hungry but last night I tried to eat some mashed potatoes yesterday and they didn't go down very well so I will be sticking to popsicles and ice cream.
I think I'm pretty well stocked up for the next two weeks too!
A friend of mine whom I haven't spoken to in a few weeks sent me a text today. He was telling me how he has been depressed and not making enough money at work and that's the reason why he hasn't spoken to me or been able to hang out the past few weeks.
I understand that and I told him flat out that I eventually quit asking him to hang out because he was always too busy for me and not his other friends. And I also told him the statement above. "You can't shut people out of your life. They may not be there when you need to let them back in."
People can only be rejected so may times before they no longer want to be your friend anymore. As someone who has been a complete nerd her whole life, I am familiar with depression and rejection. I have always had people come up to me and ask me when my baby is due, which wouldn't be a problem if I was actually pregnant which I have never been. It can really lower your self-esteem especially when you have already lost over 25 pounds and people are STILL asking you that damn question.
I had given up on being happy and settled on being miserable. I figured this was the best it was ever going to be.
Then I heard this song. (I prefer the SMASH Cast version. It's a little more fast paced then the original.)
Originally sung by Rihanna, "Cheers (I'll Drink to That)", has some inspiring lyrics right from the beginning.
Life's too short to be sitting around miserable.
People gonna talk whether you doing bad or good.
Just those two lyrics right there were enough to pull me out of my slump and start focusing on the good things around me. Of course this lyric helped as well since it dealt with my main problem, people. People are what hurt the most.
Don't let the bastards get you down.
I don't care what people think about me anymore, I only care what I think about me. When I started focusing on the good instead of the bad I became more positive and when I looked in the mirror I saw someone I hadn't seen in a long time, myself. And she was smiling a little!
I hope you take my advice seriously and don't shut people out of your life that you may need to let back into your life again one day. Who knows if they will be there. Of course a true friend will never truly leave you, you may just have a lot of explaining to do to get them to open up to you again.
I of course found this recipe on Pinterest and I knew I had to try it out. The actual recipe from Sugar Baby Aprons was a mess though. It told you to add food coloring after you had already frosted the cake!!! So I am going to rewrite the recipe for you here.
Pink Lemonade Pound Cake
Ingredients: 1 (18.25 ounce) package lemon cake mix 1 (3 ounce) package instant lemon pudding mix 4 eggs 1/3 cup vegetable oil 1/2 cup milk 1/2 cup pink lemonade concentrate 4 drops pink or red food color, optional
Bottom Glaze: 1 cup frozen pink lemonade concentrate, thawed 1/2 cup white sugar
Top Glaze:
1/4 cup butter
2 cups powered sugar
2 tablespoons of cream (actually more then this)
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla flavoring _________________________________________________________ Recipe 1) Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour one 10-inch tube pan or bundt pan.
2) Combine the cake mix, lemon pudding mix, eggs, vegetable oil, 1/2 cup lemon concentrate and the milk. Mix until smooth. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
3) Bake at 350 for 50 minutes to 1 hour. If your oven runs hot be sure to adjust accordingly!
Remove from oven and prick cake all over with a fork. Immediately pour lemonade glaze over the bottom of the cake. This lets it soak into the cake and be extra moist
Let cake stand in pan until almost cool.
BOTTOM LEMONADE GLAZE: Combine the remaining thawed frozen lemonade and the white sugar. Mix thoroughly and pour over still warm cake.
TOP LEMONADE GLAZE: 1. Melt 1/4 cup of butter in a saucepan or microwave.
2. Sift 2 cups of powdered sugar into a medium size bowl.
3. Add the melted butter to the powdered sugar.
4. Add 2 tablespoons of cream.
5. If desired either add 1/4 teaspoon of almond extract or 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla for flavor.
6. Beat until smooth and creamy adding a little more milk if necessary.
7. Add Pink food coloring. 8. Drizzle over a cooled cake.
So there it is, although I recommend not using the top glaze at all. (It does cut down on the tartness of the cake though). The recipe is not like what it is supposed to look like. I kept having to add cream to make it spreadable. I don't know how they made 2 tablespoons work for them. I might also recommend for the next time making double the glaze and pouring some on top of the cake as well.
For now, I am going to enjoy mine with a nice refreshing glass of pink lemonade on my pretty pink bistro table and pretend I am in Paris! Au Revoir!!
Friggatriskaidekaphobics, an alternative, though just as tongue-twisty, word for the fear is "paraskevidekatriaphobia," is the word used to describe people who are afraid of Friday the 13th.
We all know the superstitions on Friday the 13th, don't walk under a latter or it's bad luck if a black cat crosses your path. Here are some I found in a Time magazine article that even I didn't know about.
• If you cut your hair on Friday the 13th, someone in your family will die.
• A child born on Friday the 13th will be unlucky for life.
• If a funeral procession passes you on Friday the 13th, you will be the next to die.
• Thought to derive from the Last Supper with Jesus and his 12 apostles or the Norse Myth where the uninvited Loki made the 13th guest, that having thirteen people seated at a table will result in the death of one of the diners.
There are many reasons that this day is considering bad luck for so many people. I however think it has good luck tendencies. It is my brother's 34th birthday after all and I have a love of black cats!
This day is how you make it, if you think it's unlucky then it will be, but if you think it's lucky it will be. I hope it's a lucky love day for me and I intend to make it a very lucky day for myself.
So for all you believers and nonbelievers, have fun and be safe!
So do you have any old shirts just sitting in a draw taking up space? This morning I made an awesome workout tank out of an exe's old t-shirt thanks to Blogilates.
It was so simple an easy that I made another one after my workout.
Want to make one for yourself? Just follow these step-by-step instructions and be sure to check out the Blogilates website for more fitness tips.
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