Engagments and heart attacks

Good news first...
My best friend since kindergarten is engaged! She has endured heartbreak after heartbreak in our 23 years of friendship, and finally, she's met a wonderful man who treats her like the princess that she is.
The sweet thing is, her fiance proposed to her in front of me because he knows how important I am to her! I was as surprised as she was! We had all gone to a hockey game together and went out to eat afterwards. So, there at Red Lobster, amidst the crab legs and empty dishes, he proposed. Sweetest thing ever. However, his ring choice left a lot to be desired.... simply because it was something that wasn't her style of jewelery. But the next day, he returned the first one and came back with something fantastic.
The only downer to the story is he is a Marine and he is currently deployed. He hasn't left the country yet, he is in California. He will actually be heading for the desert (Kuwait first then Iraq) in October. So, they are trying to decide if they want to get married this fall or wait until next year when he gets back. I figure I'll be playing the maid of honor bit come August or September. I'm so happy for her it's not even funny. It is so wonderful to see her happy.

Heart attacks... my brother in law had a heart attack last Thursday. It was pretty massive, but I think he's home now (I haven't heard for sure). He was at work Thursday and he started getting short of breath, sweating, arm hurting, etc. So they took him to the ER her in our hometown. The idiot of a doctor, judging by an EKG, said, no, I don't think it's a heart attack, you can go home. Thanks to my sister's medical training, she insisted they run the cardiac enzymes more than once, and they then sent him on to a bigger hospital, saying that in fact he did have a heart attack. The did the heart cath on Friday and he had one artery almost completely blocked (95-100%) which they put in stent in. Another artery was 30-40% blocked, which they are going to watch for the time being. And the Apex area of his heart (the tip of it) had sustained damage to 75% of it. And the dude wanted to send him home! Personally, I would sue that particular doctor, but that's just me. Because at that point, he hadn't signed anything saying that he wouldn't. Oh well. At least he seems to be doing ok now.

I am surprisingly happy

Yes, you read that right. Happy. I finally see a way through the mess that is my life these days. I am truly working on myself.
I've lost some of the weight that the medication made me put on, so I'm pretty happy about that. My nero can't believe I am so sensitive to this medicine when it takes horse tranqulizers for anesthesia. Rather odd.
I'm still frustrated with my job, but what else is new. I'm trying to figure out what to do with the rest of my life (I have some ideas). And..... the icing on the cake... a fabulous trip to San Antonio in a few weeks...
My best friend recently got engaged to a great guy--a Marine of all things. And unfortunately he's getting deployed to Iraq in just a few weeks. Hmm.... I think that's the extent of the updates on me these days...

Seriously ready for warm weather...

I'm ready to move to Phoenix to tell you the truth.... I can't take much more cold!

Check out these pics from inside my house in January.... sorry about the dirty dishes!! :-)

I'm not dead....

Just extremely depressed.
But I'm working on it. At least I have great friends who show me unbelievable support--no matter how crappy a friend I've been.

Another prayer request

I got a text message today from my best friend from college asking if I had had optic nerve swelling from the pseudotumor. Of course I said yes... and she told me that she was told by her optomitrist that her optic nerves were swollen.
They sent her to a neurologist and luckily there is no tumor and no leisons (which could be a sign of MS) on her brain. And thank goodness that she's not in pain and she is having no other vision problems. Just keep her in your prayers too! Thanks!

Toss a few prayers up please...

Yesterday my sister took my 19 year old neice to the hospital because her entire right side had gone numb. She has a 6 month old baby and is stuck in the hospital with a neurologist that we don't trust (unfortunately, he was the doctor on call in the ER). There not sure what is wrong with her... I'm afraid that she's had a stroke on the right side of her brain. She's had a couple of different scans (CT, MRI) and so far they can't see anything for sure. So we're not sure if it's as serious as a stroke or if it is a nerve issue; granted, a nerve issue is serious enough. So, as you're saying your prayers, if you'd toss a few her way, we'd sure appreciate it! Thanks to you all.... and God Bless!
oh, and my neice's name is Stephanie. Thanks!

Happy New Year

Ok, so I have been super bad at posting the last few months and for that I apologize. That's what happens when you're in Finance at the end of the year. It's no fun.
But here we are at the beginning of yet another year. I'm looking forward to it. I'm actually looking forward to the anniversary of my stroke... because it means I'm alive and I've continued to recover well.
I'm looking forward to selling this house (if it ever sells!), because then I'll be able to get the space I so need to sort out my head.
I'm looking forward to a commitment I'm making with myself to get myself in shape. Losing the weight that I must lose in order to safely carry a baby. I'm thinking about getting in touch with the perinatalogist (doctors that specialize in high-risk pregnancies) to see what exactly what I need to do to be in the right condition to have my babies (whenever they come along).
I'm looking forward to getting off of the Plavix (come on MAY!!!) and figuring out a way to get off of all of the other medications. I will not be subjected to take various medications for the rest of my life.
And most of all, I'm looking forward to making my bucket list. There is a church here in town that has the following statement on their sign--"The Bucket List (don't waste your life)." And no, I've never seen the movie, but I know what a bucket list is.... And I'm sure my list will be a long time coming, but it will get written. And then I will start doing it.
First things first.... get out of debt.... figure out my relationship....

I hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Year's!