Thank you, Allyssa.

I'm currently sitting at my manger's house right now b/c I had to drop my car off at the shop out here. Again. (This is not the only reason I'm here, read on.) I think I'm needing to replace the brakes now. Freakin-A, I'm so sick of replacing crap on this car. I mean, granted, it was free and it runs like a champ, however...this is the most expensive "free" car I've had in awhile--since I've had it almost 2 years I've dealt with: replacing tires, replacing battery, having to spend a TON on a new air conditioning pump thingy, electrical problems (still have no interior lights...therefore, when the sun sets, I cannot see how fast I'm going), and now the brakes. Blah. Oh well, it could be worse, I guess. I just can't wait for my Ford Escape! Or Honda CRV... Whichever.

So I started to get a scratchy throat a week ago, Monday morning. I did all the preventative things I could think of...gargling salt water, nasal spray, vitamins, Airborne, Mucinex. Tuesday's show came and I was defintely sick with allergies. Well, now my allergies have turned into full on infection...like, hacking cough and everything. So I'm going to the doctor's today at 1:40PM. I hope this clears up in the next day or so...I'm leaving for Michigan on Wednesday night!

((This ice pack on my thigh is putting me near to hypothermia. I might want to remove it. Maddie attacked me after I attacked Kim this morning. She jumped and I swear to you, this dog has dragon claws...cut me all the way down my thigh. Ugh. I'm so glad I have good dogs without dragon claws. Haha. ))

I'd just like to say, that this is all Allyssa's fault. I viewed her blog (b/c she's constantly reminding me to in her Facebook status hahaha) and then I started reading and could not stop. Before I knew, I was creating my very own blogger.

It reminded me of how I used to do the whole LiveJournal thing pretty religiously up until about a year ago. I looked at that blog late last night and just kind of laughed. It's all about "Michigan boy" and my last entry was around August or something of last year. My oh my, how much can change...and who would have thought that I could meet someone who would end up giving me MORE drama than him?! No ladies and gentlemen, I didn't think it possible either. But it did indeed happen. However, that drama was much more temporary and was given to me by someone MUCH less deserving of my time and tears. (I did get some killer songs out of it though, so I guess it was worth it just for that, ha) You see, I'm not the girl I was a year ago. My reactions to things are much stronger, much wiser, much healthier. And because of this, I can look at the silver lining even if the clouds are raining crap on me. (Gross image, I know.)

But, I'm happy to say...that I'm no longer drowning in any downpour. It was a rough start to 2008, but that only promises even GREATER things soon! God gave me sooo much to handle early on so that He could trust in my strength and my faith enough to reward me later on. I feel like I'm in a really good place. I don't necessarily know WHY I feel this way...I don't have huge, earth-shattering news to share with anyone, it just feels different. The energy is different. I feel different. I dig it.

Cheese Nips + Apple Juice + reality television on the couch= fantastic sick day.