I'm trained for this.

Well, I'm on MARTA. I didn't miss the train on this glorious Monday morning, so I consider that a sign of good things to come.

I had a good weekend. Friday night I met some old coworkers for dinner because one of them (SS) was celebrating a birthday. Then several of them came to watch me perform, which was fun.
Wow, that guy's suitcase is huge.

On Saturday I went to a family birthday get-together. We had burgers, and they were delicious! Then we watched my cousin's soccer game, which I really enjoyed. Go Abbey! It made me wish I still played.

Then I went and had pizza with KS. It was a lot of fun!

I then went on a hunt for the glasses I lost last weekend, but I was not successful. I ended the day seeing 50/50 (Me? Movies?) with AM and RE. I would recommend it. Humor combined with illness is right up my alley.

Yesterday was a lazy day. I did exercise, but I also slept in excess. The Falcons won, and Drew Brees was amazing for my fantasy team!

I ended the weekend with Italian food and Yogli Mogli while talking Mission: Creative with ES.

Well, I'm one stop away. Hope everyone has a nice Monday!

Unfinished business

Well, this weekend was pretty nonstop. The festival was fun and I think people enjoyed our performance. It was difficult to focus with so much going on around me, so it's good to have that knowledge for future off-site performances. We only did one set of improv, and I played Buzzer Debate and Meet the Experts.

I then went and hopped on the MARTA train to go meet some friends for the concert. I have to say that I was not prepared for how cold it was going to get. Thankfully I ran into some other friends who had a blanket. Thanks to my hood, I didn't have my entire head under the blanket like some of my counterparts!


I'm posting this because I started it a few days ago and feel like changing subjects. This is my blog and I do what I want. The timestamp will show when I started this, but it is actually almost 9:30 p.m. on Thursday by now...

Leavin' on a MARTA train

Well, I'm getting ready to venture out into the real world for my post-op appointment. I have made the decision to ride MARTA. IT'SMARTA. I was already considering this anyway since I don't feel like driving/parking/paying a fortune, but my decision was confirmed when I was visited last night by what I deem to be the start of a...

MIGRAINE.

It started much like it did the night before the migraine at the hospital. There were holes throughout my vision and it got to where I literally could not read anything. There were also flashes of light - almost like waves. I decided to go to sleep because it was disconcerting to look around when I couldn't see anything clearly. Even with my eyes closed, though, there was a ton of activity. This morning I woke up with a headache, so I took two Excedrin Migraines. I hope the medicine slapped that thing around.

Last night I went to the improv show! I figured that it was the best way to make my post-surgery/hospitalization public debut. My roommate and I went and had so much fun! It was an awesome show. It was the perfect mix of personalities, games, senses of humor, etc. Thank you to my fellow apprenti for making it more-than-worth the journey out of the house!

I don't have much else to say. I've exercised and written a lot this week, so I feel pretty productive. I'm looking forward to the weekend (even though this entire week has been like a weekend)!

Roadblock

Yesterday was CRAZY!

My bathing suits shipped! I just went and tracked the package and it appears to be in the ATL. Guess who's getting her bathing suits on time! Awww, snap. Now let's just hope I got the right sizes.

I got up and worked for a while and then decided I wanted to go pick up something from Starbucks, so off I went. I quickly grabbed an Iced White Chocolate Mocha Latte (mwahahaha!), which kicked the day off right.

Then, for my lunch hour, I went to the fitness center where I witnessed a miracle. I'm being overdramatic, but I did run 3.36 miles without ever even slowing down. In fact, I increased the speed after two miles. Usually I end up standing on the side of the treadmill for a few seconds several times, or may even turn the pace a little slower for a bit. Yesterday, I was ON FIRE! I honestly couldn't believe how energetic and unfazed I was. There wasn't a single moment when I thought I needed to stop. In fact, I only stopped because I needed to get back home. Maybe Starbucks for breakfast helped...

The afternoon was consumed with work changes that are under way that I'm probably not allowed to mention. It's good, though.

At this point it was almost time for the Braves game debacle. Well, I had a drink or two before we hopped on MARTA to ride down to the game. It was raining when we got on MARTA, and my sister decided we should bring an umbrella. I'm very glad she did because I said I was willing to tough it out, but didn't realize it was going to be a monsoon. When we got down to the Five Points station to hop on the bus to the stadium, it was raining so unbelievably hard. Everyone was standing under the awning waiting for it to stop, but we made a run for it with the umbrella. It was a pretty bad call because we were sloshing water everywhere. Then, I proceeded to get on the bus and sit in a seat next to a leaking window, so I sat in water and it continued streaming in the window and getting on my pants. We moved across the aisle.

We got off the bus and hurried to a covered portion at one of the ticket gates. Our parents were in a parking lot tailgating (inside the truck) nearby. We were going to wait it out because we didn't think we should even try the long walk in the pouring, horizontal rain. Well, I asked the Atlanta Police Department officer if we could drink beers and he said no because we were in public. So we decided we were ready to venture to the truck. Our dad met us halfway, but it was a long journey. We got to the car and I ate a footlong (yes!) Publix sub. I also drank three Bud Light Limes. Finally, at about 8:45 p.m., it seemed to be clearing up so we headed to the stadium.

Thankfully our seats were in the club level and were covered. The game was a good one, and I improved my seasonal record to 3-0. It was 7-3 in the top of the 9th with one out when the bottom fell out of the sky. So, they called a rain delay at about 11:30 p.m. I wanted to stay and wait it out, but then they announced that the Friday night fireworks were canceled due to a noise ordinance (since it had gotten so late). With that information, I really didn't push back on my family because they were ready to go.

We took the long journey back on MARTA and got in the car a little after 12:30 a.m. Well, when we got to my sister's place, there were tons and tons of cop cars on the road. It appeared we had stumbled upon a roadblock. It was just past my sister's place and just before mine (we live less than .2 miles apart). They were letting cars through one at a time and talking to everyone, so needless to say, I did not feel prepared to drive. Instead, I fell asleep on my sister's couch. I woke up at about 1:30 a.m. and went outside to look. The roadblock was still in-process. So, I went back to sleep again and got up at 3:30 a.m., just in time to realize I'd missed my vanilla for the first time since the study began. Oops. Stupid cops. I finally headed the .2 mile home since the cops were done.

Is it just me or am I interacting with a lot of cops lately?

I'm getting ready to go down to the theatre for a lengthy shift on camera. Let's. Get. Energized!

Yeeeehaw!

Well, yesterday was quite the day! I got up close to 6:30 a.m. to get ready for the Great Strides Walk. I had a lot of fun at the walk and had many people supporting me. There were probably 20 of us, which was by far the biggest group that I've ever had. We all wore our t-shirts and got a lot of compliments, which made me smile - made that t-shirt stress more worthwhile. I also got to meet two people that I've known online over the past year (JT and CM), so that was a lot of fun. AND, I got to see my friend ED for the second time in one week! CRAZY! It was fun catching up with all of the folks from the Foundation, the care clinics, etc. The CF community really is a special one.

When I came home, I was completely exhausted. Not really from walking, but from being sleep-deprived for one too many days. I conked out for more than two hours. I literally didn't even hear my phone ring. I slept like a log and got up with time to eat and get ready before hopping on MARTA to go to the concert. I needed some cash so I ran up to Publix and got cash back by buying Red Bulls for us...

Right as we were leaving, we were discussing the probability of rain and thought we'd be fine. Literally as we pulled out of the complex, we heard a weird noise (like knocking on the car) and both wondered if something was wrong with the car. Then, though, we realized that the world's largest raindrops were starting to fall from the sky. I don't think I've ever seen raindrops as big as these. We kept driving to the MARTA station and heard a loud crack of thunder and rain started pouring from the sky. I just started laughing uncontrollably. We were terrified. I don't know when it stopped, but it was like it had never rained south of Atlanta near the concert.

The journey to and from the concert was interesting. It was full of high school girls dressed inappropriately and hanging on guys. Now, normally I am a pretty understanding person, but many of them were surprisingly rude and inconsiderate - running into people without apologizing, yelling over us to talk to each other, etc. We initially wondered if we were ever that annoying, and, although we might have been loud or immature, I don't think any of us had blatant disregard for other people.

Anyway, enough of that nonsense! The concert was a ball! We saw Love and Theft, Lady Antebellum, and Tim McGraw. It was a lot of fun. We had lawn seats and sat up on the hill away from too much of the chaos. The weather ended up being perfect and the whole night was a lot of fun. I can now understand why people say the things they do about Tim McGraw. Cowboys are studdly.

Today is supposed to be a day of rest and relaxation. I woke up earlier that I'd have liked, so I think I'll take a noon-hour nap!