Jade's Babblings

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This hasn't been fun. I thought I'd be back to work Monday but the surgeon was skeptical. Here is is Thursday and tomorrow will be my first day back to work. And honestly, I'd love to be able to stay home tomorrow too. But I kind of want to get a jump start before the weekend.

I've been able to sit at the computer for a few hours a day so far and work from home. It's nice that I can do that. Too bad I still don't feel like I'm getting license keys as much as the other two girls. I ask dumb questions all the time. Granted, there are things that I am really good at that J and B ask me about but those are few and far between. I know I'll get it. I just wish I was getting it all faster.

Surgery went okay. I hate hospitals. And my anesthesiologist was a not so nice guy. See, I like to know exactly what is going to happen at all times, and especially with new experiences. I've had oral surgery three times before but this was my first time in a hospital so I was nervous. No one had said anything about putting a tube down my throat during surgery but this guy was asking me questions leading me to believe that's what they were planning. So I freaked a bit. No thank you. He looks straight at me and says, "Look, I just need you to sign this so we can get started. Unless there are any other questions. . ." Hello! I asked you a question that you weren't answering straight.

I don't believe they ended up having to do it, but that's no thanks to anyone telling me what was going on.

John got to sit with me in the recovery room after where they gave me some juice and crackers. I hadn't had anything to eat since the day before and my surgery appointment wasn't until 2:30 and I wasn't out until like 6:00 or something. John's parents happened to be nearby so they came to see me too, which was really nice of them. On the way home I called my mom and I also called Sarah and Kirsty as well though I barely remember the conversations. I was still all doped up. I'm really glad I asked Kirsty to be a bridesmaid. She's a lot of fun and we get along great. (Oh yea, I didn't write about that yet. I asked Kirsty and Jodi [from the 501st] to be bridesmaids. I think we'll all have a good time planning together.)

The next day John had to work all day so my mom came over to take care of me. I've been sleeping on the couch ever since the night before surgery so I'm pretty tired. That morning I had to take a shower before Mom got there and I thought I was going to be sick or faint in there because I was in so much pain.

Mom cleaned most of the day of course. But I did get her to sit down and watch "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" with me. She slept through some of it. As soon as she sits down (it's always been this way) she falls asleep because she's running around all the time.

Sunday I was on my own which I'll admit did suck a little bit. I should have called Sarah to come over and take care of me but I always feel like since we live an hour away from each other that that's kind of a pain. I wish they lived closer cuz then I'd see her more often.

Monday and Tuesday John had off, thank God. So he took care of me. Wednesday and today I've been on my own and then tomorrow it's back to work.

We missed seeing George Lucas on Saturday. Don't even talk to me about it. I'm so upset. Oh, but last night my Harry Potter cloak arrived from Natasha. It is amazing looking! I was so impressed. I can't wait to wear it. I don't know if we're going to Bob's party this weekend since I'm still in quite a bit of pain. I'd really like to go and show off my great costume, but I just don't know.

I guess that's about it for now. Back to trying to work from home and watching TV. . .

I've been out of work all week. I went in Wednesday morning for about an hour and a half. Woo hoo. What a paycheck that'll be. . . .

Turns out I have to have some minor surgery tomorrow. I was wondering why I was having back pain and it's because I have a cyst, tumor, whatever on my spine so they obviously want to take that off. It's not a big deal. It's not like they think it's cancer or something. I guess it's fairly common. Doesn't stop me from worrying at least a little bit about being knocked out for back surgery.

The worst part is that Saturday we were going to troop at the museum of science in Bostom because George Lucas is going to be there. It would have been so cool to see GL up close and personal. Hopefully people will take good pictures for us.

On the plus side, John called around some places about wedding reception sites. I was so proud of him. He asked really good questions and we may have even found a place down the street from the church. I'm psyched. And I really was proud of John. He really took some initiative and made me think he's a bit more excited about this than he's seemed lately. But that's guys for you right? Never very involved in wedding stuff.

Well, back to lying on the couch and watching x-files reruns. This is the one that takes place in Maine - the way life should be.

When Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter were released around the same time, I knew it was a mistake. Forever after those two movies will be associated in my head. I was so looking forward to LOTR because it's adult fantasy. I hate Tolkien. I think he's a terrible story writer. His books are boring and I want to just rip my eyes out reading about the description for every tiny blade of grass. "Now let's sing a song to the north. . . now the east. . . mustn't forget the west. . ."

This gets better, I promise.

So, hate Tolkien's writing; love his ideas. I think Aragorn, Gandalf, Gimli, Legolas, Samwise, Pippin, Merry, Elrond. . . . are some of the best characters and adventures ever written about. Middle Earth is brilliant and the ideas and theories behind it are endless. So I very much looked forward to seeing Tolkien's ramblings shortened on the big screen.

I was not disappointed.

I have never seen a Harry Potter movie in theaters. I have seen them all on DVD and have gradually started to appreciate them. I still think that the financers behind it paid someone off to make Chamber of Secrets rated "PG". Um, no. PG13 easily. But they wanted all the little kid fans to be able to see it so. . . .

Go forward from the first movie coming out to now. I have never read a Harry Potter book but John bought all of them for us so I can eventually. We have re-watched all three in preperation for the fourth movie coming out next month. And. . . . .I am working on my Ravenclaw costume. Yes, that's right.

I still wish that every time a HP movie came out a LOTR movie could come out, but sadly that will never be. I think that some HP stuff is far too intense for little kids and that parents blindly let their children do whatever is popular at the time. You can bet if there was some massive fad going on over a series of books, I would be reading them before my child set a foot near them. I think that Rowling's writing just happened to hit at the right time and that it's overrated, but I can still admit when I've been won over. Harry Potter has taken some of my costuming time, my sci-fi fantasy time. . . I love these movies. The fourth comes out on the same day as RENT. This will be a toughie. In the meantime, amuse yourselves with the parts of my costume I've gathered so far. I never much went for the Catholic schoolgirl stuff, but I have always said that I am having a second childhood (or 16-year-old-hood) since I met John. so this is probably a part of that. . . . We'll go with that.

The best part.
Cloak being made by Natasha.
Got my tie.
Bought a skirt at Kohls. Still looking for something better.
John bought me knee socks at whole foods.
Got shoes at payless. (The link is what they should look like. Mine are fairly close.)
Still need a white shirt.

John and I returned "Crash" and "Finding Neverland" last night. We should have watched Crash one more time. What a phenonenal movie. I even got J at work to rent it and she liked it a lot too.

While we were at the video store we picked up a copy of "The Interpreter" and John was eyeing a copy of "Kung Fu Hustle". I was so not up for that. I hate, with a passion, goofy comedies that have no plot whatsoever. The closest I came to watching one of those was "Old School" and even that at least sort of had a plot. So I was not enthused about the prospect of renting it, but John said that we always get things that I pick out and he's really been wanting to see this. (He also said he watches all types of girl movies with me, which is NOT a fair comparison because he LIKES girl movies. I HATE goofball stupid movies so that doesn't match up but whatever.) So I gave in and we rented both and went home to watch his.

It. . .was. . .torture. Apparently it's one of those movies that Americans rave about because they think it's cool to like it, not because it's actually good. It was more of a drama than a comedy. They tried to be "Crouching Tiger" but didn't quite suceed. Any humor that was in it was pretty disgusting - teeth falling out, nasty looking people, disgusting sounds. . .

It was ridiculous.

I did laugh a couple times and one or two of the special effects was at least "neat". In the end John just apologized and said how much he hated it. I felt bad at first because I thought maybe he didn't enjoy it simply because I didn't. But it turns out I actually enjoyed it more than he even did. When he got up to bring our dinner dishes into the kitchen I said, "So. . .I get to go back to picking movies now right?" and he said "Oh yes." tee hee. Poor John.

Tomorrow I'm going to look at wedding dresses. I was going to have Mom make me one, but I realized that the first time around I really missed out on getting to actually go to stores and try on things that I loved. So she said instead of making me one she and Dad would help me pay for one. . .within reason. That is really cool of them and I didn't expect it.

I was hoping Sarah would go with me, but when she didn't get back to me right away I made the appointment anyway assuming that since she doesn't work Saturdays now that she might have time. She's busy I guess so I'm going alone. :( But it's only an hour appointment so I'll just go and get an idea of what I like and don't like and all that.

I had a very interesting discussion on the Catholic forum last night about strapless dresses. One of the pages on The Knot had 15 tips for wedding dresses and one was to be careful about strapless because most churches don't allow them. So I discussed it on the board with people and was suprised to find out that at most churches that's true. You have to wear a shawl or at least a long veil and gloves. Because arms and shoulders are ever so sexy. . . .

But no worries. I called Father Kevin and asked him and he said that there are no restrictions like that at his church. As long as it's modest, it's fine. Woo hoo! Good. Because I've never been interested in strapless until now. . . lol.

Nothing else much new. The new job is okay. We have our on-call schedules for the next few months. I'm nervous and excited about that at the same time. I LOVE the girls I'm working with though. We have such a blast together. Everyone once in a while you just need to laugh, you know? This is a really time-sensitive high-stress job. It's good that if I'm going to be in a tiny room with two girls for the next god knows how long amount of time (as long as I have this job for) that they are at least girls I love to hang out with!

When I go home
the boys won't leave the girls alone
they pull my hair
stole my comb
but that's alright
til I go home

she is handsome
she is pretty
she is the belle of belfast city
she is a courtin' one two three
please won't you tell me who is she?


I've got that stuck in my head. . .

The meeting with Fr. Kevin went well. I just needed some clarification on a couple things. He wasn't able to answer all of it because some of it is up to the tribunal, but he did answer some. We sat and chatted with him for two hours, per usual.
Right before that John and I met up with Sandi, J and B (the two girls from work) at a restaurant in town. They had a couple drinks, we had appetizers. It was nice to see everyone outside of work. Kirsty couldn't go though. But I really love having female friends finally. Have I said that already? LOL.

Saturday we were supposed to go to Wizard World, but I woke up feeling miserable. I think it's all the stress or something. I ended up sleeping in a bit and then we went to breakfast at the new place down the street. It was cute and nice, very open and airy, and the service and food were good.

John and I ended up renting a couple movies. We got "Finding Neverland" which was better than I expected. I laughed, I cried, I felt awkward at some of the weirdness of it all. . . We also rented "Crash" which was freakin' phenomenal and I want to run out and BUY this movie asap. It was soooo good and so intense. What a brilliant piece of cinema. I should have seen that in theaters.

Sunday I did a local event for Valerie. She was doing a walk-a-thon and we had a couple 501st members show up to take pictures with everyone. Rob and JD showed up. JD brought his family, which was cool. It was kind of a slow day, but we did raise about $40 so that was nice. Plus we stood on busy street intersections and drew a few more people in so I'm sure we helped out.

After that I felt totally disgusting - a Boushh costume is REALLY hot and icky - so I washed up as best I could in the park restrooms and then headed over to John and Val's house. They invited me over after the event. When I showed up, Val gave me $500 and told me she knew John was worried about bills so we could have it. That was super nice of her and John.

I took a drive with them over to see my John at his work. Val needed some things at the store. So we drove over and I got to see my honey for a few minutes. I asked him to bring home these awesome hamburgers they have there (bacon and cheese in them) but he forgot. :(

I went home after that and basically cleaned until about 6:30 at night. It took me forever to clean the six bird cages. I want one big cage with dividers for the lovebirds so that I only have to clean the one. Honestly, the five little ones are driving me crazy. It took me like two hours to disassemble, wash, and put everything back together again.

When John got home we had kind of a crappy night. He forgot the hamburgers, which I was NOT mad about - just disappointed. You know how it goes; you're waiting all day for something, looking forward to it and then it doesn't happen and it kind of sucks. Plus we had a tiny argument over money. I think that we should put some of the money from Val towards the wedding. He's leaning more towards that it's HIS mom who gave HIM money for bills so. . .maybe we can put like $100 into the savings. But I need to pay the photographer soon so that really won't cut it. The last straw was when he referred to it as "your wedding". Ah ha, no no no you didn't. . . . but he did and I got ticked. Typically. :)

Anyway, it's not a big deal but it just kind of annoyed me. Stuff like that, if I said it, would make him wonder if I really want to get married to him so why doesn't he show the same courtesty by not saying such careless things? Men.

Today is my first day of working without Kirsty, the trainer on my new job. It's just me, J and B in a conference room alone until 1:00. We've gotten through it okay so far, but I still feel like I know nothing. I have to ask questions all the time. . . It's very stressful.

I wish I had money so I could go get a salad. I'm starving. I hate not having money.

I hope I can do something fun this weekend. . . . .