Wowzers

Sooooo, it's been awhile. A very very long while. 2.5 months, give or take, a while. Yeah buddy, I'm an ace blogger. No wonder this blog is read by tens of people every week!

Here's the last 2.5 months in a nutshell:

September
• ASU beat Michigan. Woohoo!
• I went to visit my buddy Mike (and his uber cute dog, Boomer) and played with with his Wii (and I mean the Nintendo game system, it's not code for something dirty, you dirty minded people!)
• Miss Crazy (Mom) had a very negative reaction to her migraine med (Topamax) and spent every weekend in bed crying b/c the Topamax had made her depressed to no end. On the upside, she didn't have any migraines.
• In short, September was the month I spent a lot of time saying things like "I didn't mean it like THAT!" and listen to Miss Crazy wax on how horrific her life is and trying not to take it personally.

October
• Mom stopped taking Topamax. Thank you Jeezus!
• First week of October: two of the four tires on my Jeep went flat. Dang Michellin tires just aren't good for more than seven years. Had to buy four new tires. = $400
• Second week of October: Mom still feeling some moody blues like side effects of Topamax but is not longer and, umm, delicate as she was. Boomer needs surgery to remove a growth on his leg. = $300
• Third week of October: Boomer pops his stiches. Another trip to the Vet. Vet decides not to restitch and puts him on antibiotic. Mom's hemoglobin levels tank (to a 9.4) and her creatin levels rise to a 1.9. Given her delicate emotional state, you can guess how she reacted to this news. Thought she was going to die...lots of crying, oh woe to her, etc etc. Me wishing the drama queen would move to Wisteria Lane... It's determined she has a bleeding ulcer. Put her on Prevacid. Her hemo. levels rise in 3 days (10.7) and her creat. stays level at 1.9. Her hemotologist thinks this is the result of another migraine med, Ketoprofin. Crisis averted.
Fourth Week of October: The hard drive on my iBook dies. No chance of repair. 4 years worth of stuff gone. Replacement drive = $250 Vital things were backed up on dvd's or discs but you would be amazed at the amount of stuff one can acquire on a harddrive that you will miss. The upside: I have a bigger (80GB) drive that will now hold even more stuff and a more current OS (10.4.10).
In short: Lots of $$ sucked out of my savings account and lots of unwarrented drama exacerbated by the remains of Topamax. On the upside, nothing tragic happend. Boomer survived his surgery. My laptop was given new life. When my tires went flat, at least it happend in the driveway. Mom didn't die.

I'll catch you up on November in a bit. I'm posting this using the Blogger dashboard widget and I'm not sure how in love I am with it yet. It's nice for short posts, but has nothing in the way of formatting (save for bold and italics) so I'll likely use it for quickies.