Everyone and their brother knows how I feel about dogs. While Keegan is a great dog (personality-wise), she’s not so healthy (read last post). Claudia mentioned rescuing a dog from the pound. Well, this is similar It gives me a chance to post something near and dear to my heart. Greyhound Gang and Greyhound Pets . Two wonderful organizations. One who I hope to adopt from when I am done with school.

And yet again, I feel like I am getting sick. For the last month, I have gotten sinus headaches, low grade fevers, and all the aches of being sick - but then never got it. It’s getting really annoying. One one part, that means my immune system is doing great, but on the other part, it means constantly feeling like crap. I wish I could just get sick and be sick and be done with it. Last night was a fever of 101, sore throat and chills. I wake up this morning with just a sore throat. Go figure.

So - let’s just say that I will never own another Cocker Spaniel ever in my life. Last night was the hardest thing I ever had to experiance. While she lay on the floor seizing and convulsing, I really had no idea what to do. I felt so helpless. “Was it something I gave her?” I couldn’t help but ask myself. This poor dog, from having ear infections all the time, to having skin infections, to having food allergies what else does she need? Of course, *slaps forehead* Epilepsy! The poor thing, as she’s having the seizure, all she wanted was me. Walking to me proved difficult for her but I just sat with her while she she was convulsing. I did make her vomit to bring up what she ate earlier in the day (I feared that the chunks of garlic in the bread she stole poisoned her). After that she seemed fine. Today, she is lazy, way too attached to me. As in “Oh my god, don’t let me be by myself.”

Gosh. Let me just rush right out and spend another couple hundred on a dog that’s going to have boatloads of problems. Brilliant!

For the last couple of days, my eyes have been bloodshot and painful - since my eyes were dilated at the eye doctor. So, I ask the Pharmacist and he recommends Rohto V Ice. Never again. The first drop I put in my contact-less eye, stings like all get out. After a full minute of tearing up (and not being able to stop it), my eye feels better - but mostly because it’s numb. My right eye had been hurting worse than the left, so I was like what the hey. I put one drop in my right eye as well (who’s the dumb one?) The stinging sensation is incredible. Whoevers bright idea it was to put an astringent in an eye drop, F for you. This morning, my eyes are still bloodshot, only now they sting, and they still hurt. Score one for the home team.

I was stumped on what to make for dinner last night, partly because it was Good Friday and secondly I just didn’t feel like cooking. So, twenty-five dollars later, I decided on Shrimp Scampi (with whole wheat pasta) and Eggplant Parmesan as a side dish. Very yummy. I’m not a big Eggplant fan, but after eating my own Eggplant, with my own sauce - not bad, I say. Not bad at all. I might just have become an instant lover of Eggplant. Oh, and the shrimp wasn’t too bad either.

ETA: The Rohto V Ice after a while today actually helped

So, I had made an appointment with the Opthamologist last week. I had said “I want my contacts back!” and the girl laughed. I was totally not kidding. I had gotten contacts shortly after turning twenty and had them for a few years. With my insurance at work, it was either get glasses or contacts and they had sworn to me that my plan for glasses was much better than the one for contacts. So, I went and got my glasses and spent about $60. I hate them - with a passion. I hate feeling like they are going to fall off, seeing the lines in front of my eyes, etc. So, I was determined that the next time I was eligible for another eye exam, I was going to get contacts. I was hoping my prescription for my glasses hadn’t changed that much. Good thing I was right. She was even able to lower the strength in my left eye by a quarter. Happy, happy, joy, joy. I was putting on my makeup this morning and I was like, wow. You can actually see my whole face now. If that’s not enough to boost ones mood, then I don’t know what is.

Okay, lame joke alert *points up* Seriously though, I’ve been studying very hard this afternoon. Turns out that math, which I was never really that great at, has deteriorated so much in my mind that even simple problems like 6-2*2+2⁵ are stumping me. I’ve given myself a total of 3 weeks to study for the entrance exam (at which point I’ll apply and take the exam in the same day….hopefully). I took the free pretest online for the English assessment and passed with flying colors but the math, I’m really stuck on. I want to totally bypass the pre-math courses (that cost money but don’t count as college level credits) if I can. I would like to actually get my Bachelors in 4 years, not 5 if I have to take the extra math classes.

Does anybody want Ms. Poops-a-lot? I’m so fed up with this dog that I’d like to send her over to a rescue. She’s three. By three years old, you’d think a little bell would have gone off in her head that says “Hey, peeing and pooping in the house is bad. Very bad.” As it stands right now, I’m about to rent a Rug Doctor to clean the carpets….for the 3rd time in the last 3 months. She has no health issues other than sheer laziness. That and the fact that every single stray cat is attracted to her like white on rice so on and so forth. I’d like to just get the heck out of here and have my own house, but no.

As for my migraine, it is still here, sitting right behind my eyes. It’s quite annoying, but I’m beginning to think it maybe the onslaught of a cold that is going around like the bubonic plague at work. I don’t think that there is anyone healthy in this county. You’d think my immune system would have created an antibody for every single thing that I run across at work. Little kid sneezes, wheezing, hacking, runny eyed people. But apparently this little bug is like “ha, ha! you puny human! I will have my way!” So, I’m off to recline in the recliner with a good book (no more studying tonight!) and it will be all good. Though I’m a little peeved, not only did I miss John and Kate Plus 8 this week, but also NCIS. Woe is me.

So, I have my first migraine that I’ve had in oh, about 2 years. It is kicking my butt. I’m going to go lay down in a minute with my ear plugs and eye mask. Sounds (even typing) is just sending throbbing, sharp pains into my brain. Not a laughing matter. I had a whole blog planned out for tonight (do you ever do that…you know plan what you want to blog?) but it is going to have to wait.

By the way, So-Crafty.net will officially be around for a year. Just got my domain renewed and hosted