Sam's Blog

Blech. My allergies are acting up again. I hate this feeling. I had a rough night trying to sleep. I was tossing and turning and my teeth hurt so badly. I am convinced that it is the sinus pressure pushing down on it, but I am not quite sure now. I finally took some ibuprofen and it started to work around 3am. I woke up with a headache and now there’s tons of pressure building up. I can’t take any meds at work because I get too drowsy and fall asleep. I don’t think my boss would like that. Argh! Fun fun. Well, I guess it can be worse.

So I found out that we’re going to definitely get our internet back next week. Yay! I have been a bit discouraged to post because of the dial up situation, but I have been trying. I have things in my mind that I want to post about, but by the time I sit in front of the computer, I forget my ideas. Such is life.

On my weekly “Tuesdays with M” dinner, we had interesting conversations about our families. We have a very similar family structure. We both have 2 sisters and 1 brother, our grandmothers both live at home, and there’s always that one sister that we don’t get along with. The only difference is that I am the youngest and she is the middle daughter. She was talking about her cousin’s new stepmother and gave examples as to why she is not a good mother and all of the sudden, she started choking. I started laughing, but then she was still coughing and then I realized that it was serious. She was able to cough it out and drank some water and was fine, but as she put it…she “choked on karma.” And that was the lesson of the night.

M’s grandma just had surgery and is very weak and I feel bad for her, though apparently she is not that nice of a person. My grandma is 85 and is in great health. She does have minor complaints and coughs every so often, but I am glad that she is doing well. Amy’s grandma was really sick recently as well, but she is starting to recover. She can’t do much since she lives in NY and it frustrates her. We all don’t see our grandmothers very often, but yet they have been a topic of conversation between us all recently. I love my grandma, but she knows how to push everyone’s buttons to the point where it’s frustrating to talk to her. And she nags, but what grandma doesn’t? I have been very fortunate these past few years to get along with her well and enjoy the time that we spend together. But my family that live with her are not as fortunate because they get into arguments with her all of the time. We all get our stubbornness from her. I wish that there was a happy balance.

Last night, Amy and Angela came over for our first official “Stitch n Bitch” session. We went to Tito’s Taco’s and stood out in the rain with no umbrella because, according to Amy, “It’s California, we don’t need umbrellas!” Unfortunately, it was raining pretty steadily, so we got all wet. Haha. It wasn’t that bad though. I took some allergy medicine and it made me feel drugged and drowsy. I fell asleep during parts of Hero while knitting. My body is so weak when it comes to drugs. I was able to stay awake for Season 4 of Sex and the City though. I am hoping to keep up a regular knitting night. Though it sounds boring, it really isn’t. I think that it’s the only time that we can get together and chat and be “girls” with our busy schedules. Anyone is welcome to join us!

SATC quote of the day:
"If two people only have one thought between them, something is very wrong." - Carrie (Season 4 - The Agony and the 'Ex'-tasy)