Starting Over

All the good Coldplay tickets seem to have disappeared like THAT. 

Disappointing.

Added a picture to my Drawings page, if anyone's interested.

Woke up late again today.  This is not a good thing. I mean, yes, it's nice to sleep in, but not this much! 
Ha.  I remember when waking up at 11 was way too early.  What's sad is that it was less than three months ago that this was the case. It's crazy how quickly things can change! 

Anyway, woke up late, like I said.  Had open-faced egg mcmuffins for breakfast - delicious!  Did pretty much shit-all between breakfast and lunch... read some Firefly fanfiction.  Firefly seems to have become my latest mini-obsession.  There is some really good fiction out there, and there are some very talented writers.  I don't know if I like the tendancy to focus on River, though.  I suppose she is the most interesting character in the fandom in that she is the most bizarre, but I find her boring.  She's too predictable.  I can't relate to her.

Also, "River" is a dumb name. Sorry. It's right up there with "Apple".

You may recall a few days ago, when I mentioned that I've been re-reading The Bell Jar.  I am nearly finished with chapter eleven, and I'm a little disturbed by how much I can relate to this novel.  I don't particularly want to go into details now, but you can expect a post about this later on, when I've finished the book again. 

Played some DDR this afternoon... I thought it would make me feel like shit, but besides being perhaps a bit more difficult than I would have preferred, I feel pretty good.  I actually had fun!  I'll probably have another go at it tomorrow, I don't want to overdo things and turn myself off of the only tolerable form of exercise I have available when it's this bloody cold outside. 

I really need to lose some weight.

I feel so much better now that I know the Prednisone dose is coming down. I know it's entirely psychological, but I can tolerate the side effects much more easily now that I know they will be going away soon. 

I can't wait to feel NORMAL again.

Had a doctor's appointment yesterday, and got some great news!  My Creatnin number (the Holy Grail, as it were) has apparently gone down to EIGHTY-THREE.  YES. THAT IS 83.

This is a big deal.

83 is a normal number for creatnin to be at.

When I was in the hospital, my creatnin was around 140. That was bad.

That this number is going down means that the drugs are working. THANK GOODNESS, because THAT means that I (hopefully) won't have to go on the drug that will make me infertile at nineteen years old.  Call me crazy, but I'd like to have the option of starting a family someday.

The doctor said that my bone density scan results were better than average, so he took me off the Actonel (yaaay!) and he's also started taking down the dosage of my Prednisone - in eight weeks I will be down to 10mg/day, as opposed to the 80mg/day I was on yesterday.  This makes me SO HAPPY because I hate the side effects of the Prednisone.

Things are looking up, health-wise!

I am blogging from the surface of my brand-new (to me) desk!  Yaaay!  Pictures of my amazing new set-up will be posted as soon as said set-up is finished, which won't be for a couple of days as my dad bought me a bookshelf/hutch add-on as a surprise (yay Dad!) and he can't get it home until Friday.  It feels so good to finally be able to spread my office stuff out, and to be able to sit properly, in a chair, while I type and such! 

In other news, one of my fish (Adelaide) died yesterday :(  I did some searching around online and I think the tank that I have might have been too small for the two fish.  Kelsey said that I could have her old 10 gallon tank, so I think I will take her up on that offer after I get back from MTA.  I don't want Methuselah to be unhappy!  I'm not sure if I will get him another tank-mate or not, I will have to do some more reading/research.

Boy oh boy do I ever hate Daylight Savings Time.  Woke up sooo late today.  Now I'm going to be all thrown off-cycle for the rest of the day. 

Having a really trembly, achy muscle day today.  My legs are not impressed with me.  Hopefully this will happen less frequently when I get a desk in my room and can stop sitting cross-legged on my bed when I'm on the computer (which is sitting on a cardboard box). 

Watched the first two extended Lord of the Rings movies yesterday.  I'd forgotten how much I love them.  I'll watch Return of the King today.  Also watched Enchanted yesterday... I'm such a sucker for Disney. 

CP gave me a link so a roleplay board that he's involved in with some people he knows... I checked it out and sort of want to join, but I can see myself getting bored with it fairly quickly.  We'll see, though - if I can throw a character together today that's interesting enough, I might join up.

Started re-reading The Bell Jar the other day.  I raced through it the first time, and that was a few years ago, so I figured it was time to give it another go. 

I gave Jeremie the link to this site yesterday... he didn't seem impressed.  Oh, well.

Bought a sketchbook on Saturday.  Have a couple of things to upload, nothing very good or exciting but I hope to get that done sometime today. 

Desk shopping and doctor's appointment tomorrow, visit to MTA in ten days!

Went out with Amy yesterday evening for a girl's night.  Saw He's Just Not That Into You, which was surprisingly good. Drove around for a while, chatted about random shit.  Good time was had by all.

Talked to Geoff on the phone for hours.  He was drunk.  We always have better conversations when he's drunk.  Don't ask me why, I wish I knew.

Went to bed late.

Woke up early.

Ran into the city.  Ate way more than I should have while in the city. Bought a gravel vacuum thing for my fishtank, hopefully it will be easier to clean out now. Got a shirt and a scarft and a couple of DVDs for my mom at Wal-Mart. 

No good clothes at Addition Elle or Ricki's... disappointing.  I'm sick of having such a limited wardrobe.  New stuff comes out next week though apparently so that will be nice.

Overdid it today, so exhausted now.  Logan asked me yesterday if I was going to the Rock (local bar) tonight... I want to but at the same time I don't.  If he asks me again I'll go, if not then I think I'll stay home.

God I'm tired.

Watched two episodes of Firefly tonight, followed by Moulin Rouge. 

The more I see of Firefly, the more I enjoy it.  I can't decide how I feel about some of the characters, which is a nice change from most TV shows I see these days.  I usually find myself able to form opinions very quickly about characters in TV shows, and these opinions usually don't change.  Where's the fun in that? 

I like it when my chosen form of entertainment (be it a TV show, movie, game, etc.) surprises me or proves me wrong. 

I like it even more if it does so more than once. 

I found an unopened box of 24 Crayola crayons today. 

The smell of brand-new crayons is just magical.

That is all for now. Leave me to my crayons.

(What smells make you relax?)

I was supposed to go to Selkirk today to pick up a job application and do some shopping at Wal-Mart and Canadian Tire for the family.  Sadly, the weather decided not to co-operate and I was forced to stay home. Booo.

Played Guitar Hero for an hour or so, that was fun.  I get fairly good scores on medium, but when I mess up it's because I've done something stupid like confuse the yellow and red buttons.  I must have some kind of mental block when it comes to these colours!  Also, my hand does NOT open wide enough (or my pinky finger is not strong enough) to hit the blue button with any sort of speed or strength.  Anything faster than 1/4 and I fail hardcore with the blue button.

I do enjoy playing, though, despite my shortcomings.  It's a nice way to spend an hour on my feet instead of my ass.  xD

Tomorrow I will bust out the DDR, though, I think.  I've had a craving for a while now and I need to lose some weight.  Might as well kill two birds with one stone!  I just want to be careful that I don't hurt myself before I go to MTA, the last thing I want is for that trip to be cancelled.  It's pretty much all I've got to look forward to right now. I guess I should start thinking of things to look forward to for when I get back from my trip so I don't fall into an emo pit.

What do you do when you need some excitement in your life, when you need something to look forward to?  How do you find new things to do?