Mono, my weekend, the accident

Hello all!

I have lots to say, so lets jump right in there!

I do indeed have mono. The doctor diagnosed me last week (Wednesday). She also said that I'm suffering from anemia, so she drew more blood to test what type. When she gets the results back, I'll have to go in again so she can give me some iron or something for that. So the combo of not having iron in my blood, and having Mono had been what was making me so tired. I am feeling much better this week, although I still don't have my regular stamina back yet. Last week, my doctor forced me to take Thursday and Friday off work, and I managed to read almost three books, get loads of errands done, watch a bit of T.V, pay my bills, do some laundry, and go to the grocery store. It was great to get stuff done around the house.

I had a fabulous weekend with Chris, as always :) Friday we met up with Uly, Dan, and Vicky and went to Midtown Cinema and saw Babel. I enjoyed the movie, it was interesting. Afterwards, we went to Zephyr's for dinner. It was quite enjoyable - I do so love Zephyr bread. Then we stopped by Dan's for a bit to hang out and see his cat. Then Chris and I went home, and to bed. Saturday was another nice day. I slept in, which was lovely. We got showers, then went and got Thai for lunch. After that, we frequented both Targets and picked up some new board games. Did you guys know that the new Target has a Starbucks in it? It was fabulous. So after shopping for awhile, we returned home and played several rousing rounds of Scatergories, one of my favorite games. After some Trivial Pursuit, I took a quick nap. Then it was time to get ready to head to York to see Paula Poundstone. I had never heard of her, but she's a pretty famous comedian. Chris had gotten tickets to see her at the York Strand, which I had not been to for a long time. It was pretty packed out, and we had really good seats. The show was great, I thought she was really funny, and we had a great time. I did not sleep well that night, resulting in me being pretty cranky Sunday morning. I think this was the first time I had been particularly cranky in front of Chris, but he handled it well. He gave me cuddles and chocolate, which definitely helped me to snap out of it by around 12. We then left to go to Lancaster to meet up with Melinda and her fiance Sean for lunch at 2. Thankfully we got there early and put our names on the hour long waiting list. Lunch was delicious, and it was very nice to see Mel and Sean again.

When we left the restaurant, it was snowing. This was a super big deal for me! I have missed every snow flurry that we'd had so far this winter, so it was the first time I saw snow this year. I was very very excited, and it made it so much better to be with Chris when it happened. I'm smiling now just thinking about it :) We stopped at a couple of the outlets, but neither of us really needed anything, so we didn't stay long. After getting back home (and finally being exposed to the Beatle's entire White album) we spent the evening inside relaxing.

So, the weekend was very busy, but very fun. It was hard to go back to work yesterday. I think I need an extended vacation. At any rate, I was driving on 83 (the not closed part) going home around 3:00 and I'm on the phone with my mom. All of a sudden, I see brake lights all in front of me, so I automatically start braking. The car in front of me, a blue jetta, doesn't brake right away, finally notices the brake lights, and starts braking with hardly any room. She swerves into the other lane to avoid rear-ending the car in front of her, and starts fishtailing across the highway, and slams into the guardrail. Now, I'm watching this all, and I'm stopped plenty far away from her. All of a sudden, I get rear-ended by a small truck behind me! (Obviously they were not paying attention, as I had stopped a long time ago) Mind you, I'm still on my cell, so I'm like "Mom, I was just in an accident, I have to go--" and hung up, amidst her freaking out. Now, the guy behind me didn't hit me that hard at all, but it was still pretty darn scary. We all exchanged info, but I don't think I'm going to report it to my insurance company as it really amounts to some scratched paint, and that's about it. In my job, I drive a lot, and I'm definitely more concerned about it now. With such a little car, I could get seriously hurt in a big accident. I'm going to make an effort to be more aware and defensive when I drive.

I went home for dinner yesterday, which was nice because I haven't spent any time with just my mom recently. She made chili and rice, and it was delicious. After I got home, Chris called me, which always makes my day :) We didn't really talk for long, though, because Teri stopped over for an hour before her dancing class at Messiah. It's always nice to talk to Teri, I love getting her imput on things going on in my life. I feel like she's my counselor sometimes. After she left, Sarah called me and we got to catch up also, which was lovely. Around 10, I called Chris back but I think he might have passed out, and missed my call ;)

Well, I think that officially brings us up to date. Life is good right now.

~Molly