Chick-Filet Sauce

I'm sitting here trying to think of something perky and wise to say to you all about how things have taken a turn for the wonderful and how all blog posts will be positive and uplifting from this day forward... but for the life of me I can't think of one sweet and fluffy thing to say.  I was just thinking of a way to give myself the "glow" though and that would be to grab a flashlight and put it against my chin and light up my face.  I feel that even though the act of doing this would only cause creepy shadows to fall across the bone structure (that isn't all that visible anymore) would only suit the true nature of my glow - fake and harsh.

I need one of these :)

I do have some somewhat good news!  I made it through the weekend without killing anyone!  This is a big deal on normal weekends much less on a pregnant holiday weekend!  I drove over a hundred miles, partially through Houston, and I only yelled at a few drivers.  I am actually very proud of myself for this because there were moments I wanted to take off my flip-flop and throw it out the passenger window at a few drivers.  It used to be that when you were driving out in the country the slow person you were tailgating would nicely move to the shoulder to let you by - now however they just seem to like reading my VIN off my registration sticker through their rear view mirror.  RUDE!  Its very simple - get out of my way and both our worlds will be better.

Another positive thing from the weekend... I finally found a way to eat fresh strawberries!  Think what you like but this is a really great recipe that I stole off someones FB and wow - yummy!!  So you take a strawberry and hollow it out a little then you take a cheesecake like filling and squeeze it in there then top with crushed up graham crackers (I used vanilla wafers).  YUMMY!!  Everyone loved them and they were so easy!  Next time I'm thinking about sealing the cheesecake in with dipping chocolate and then putting the crumbs on top of the chocolate :)

http://homesteadsurvival.blogspot.com/2012/05/cheesecake-stuffed-strawberries.html

Also on and awesome note!  I got to see my youngest brother John this weekend!  He is also in the Navy and is stationed in NY State.  He has such a dry sense of humor which I LOVE!  When he first came in to give me a hug he pointed down at my stomach and said, "So there's like, a baby in there?"  "Yep," I replied. "Cool - I like the sound of Uncle" and gave me a hug.  I know it sounds goofy but you just have to know my handsome, genius, amazing brother John!

Yesterday I hit a rough patch.  I have had migraines for a while.  The kind where the right side of my head feels like someone slammed a crowbar into it several times.  The kind where my right eye feels likes its going to be pushed out of the socket by some unknown force and I can feel my pulse throbbing under my scalp.  Yeah its great waking up with one of these!  I was prepared though!  Right before I realized I locked my keys in my car I took a painkiller.  Of course I hadn't eaten yet but the plan was to grab breakfast on the way in to work so no big deal right?  Oops! That didn't quite work out as I had to wait for my hubby to save me (once again).  By the time he was able to get away from work and open the car for me I was already tired and nauseous.  Okay no big deal!  Stop for donuts on the way in (yum) and finally make it to work... where I throw up the donuts :(

I make it through the rest of the day trying not to look up at people because for some reason when I look up the nausea gets worse.  I finally leave for lunch around 2:30pm right after taking another pain pill and pick up some Chick-Filet, and throw up as soon as I get to my house.  I eat my chick-filet in bed on a towel and have my hubby tuck me in when he gets home.  I sleep until 7:30pm.  Hubby goes and gets me a yummy baked potato which I eat and then we sit down for the Hatfields & McCoys.  Here comes the crowbar feeling again!  So much for it slacking off!  Another pain killer... and another running dash to the bathroom!!  GRRR - at this point I start crying out of self-pity and take a shower.  We finish the first part of the movie and then head to bed.  And the pounding just gets worse.  What to do?  ER?  No - Kennith has to wake up early.  Call my PCP?  Nope - Sadler Clinic shut down (FAIL!).  After hours call into the OB/GYN it is!  Not much help there but I was told I could take 2 Excedrin PM with a Zofran. Praise Be!  No headache this morning! :)

Gidget Greenmyer

To add a little bit of humor to my migraine.  For those of you who may not know my husband and I adopted a Jack Russel mix shortly after our honeymoon.  Her name is Gidget and she is pretty crazy but she is so cute we excuse her for much!  Now my puppy feels that she has just as much a right to be in my bed as I do and she makes sure both Kennith and I are aware that her spot is right in the middle of the bed between us.  Cuddle with my husband at night?  No way!  Gidget is worse than an old maid at an 8th grade dance in the 40's.  Anyway so I mentioned I ate my chick-filet on a towel in my bed.  Well I'm sure that by the time I finished there were a few spots of Chick-Filet Sauce (the best most yummiest sauce in the world hands down!) left behind so I rolled the towel up and put it at the end of my bed and forget about it.  Later, as I sit listening to Kennith tell me about his day, I look down and see that my dog has burrowed her way into the towel and is licking the sauce and crumbs I left behind.  She looked like a confused hermit crab because her butt was sticking out of the towel while the upper part of her body was engulfed inside the towel and I could literally see her tongue going up and down the towel from the inside.  Then (because she is so bright) she tried to stand up but the towel wouldn't give so she proceeded to flop around the bed with the towel stuck on her head until Kennith stopped laughing and helped her out.  It looked like we had put her in a puppy straight jacket!  Of course she must have realized she missed a spot because she proceeded to stick her head right back in there to get any little morsels left behind!  Silly puppy!  There is never a dull moment with her around!  What a personality! 

Anyway - today has been pretty good so far!  I feel more human for sure and managed to eat a few of the donut holes left over from yesterday!  Hopefully my doctor will be able to give me something better than what I'm taking for the migraines because the other solution is to take fenegren with it and that stuff pretty much makes me hallucinate - no bueno!