Wow... it's been eons since I actually posted anything of any substance here.

Well.... don't get your hopes up, 'cuz this is just a bunch of fluff too. :p

But, I figured I'd run through some random goings on to update those few loyal passers by who still wander by here on what's new in my world.

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Work has been craaaaazy lately.

I had one fellow working in my area who was very slow. I had hoped he'd pick up the pace with time, but it wasn't happening. Then he went and got in a motorcycle accident, and was looking at a months recovery time... so, I had to replace him.

We didn't have anyone lined up to bring on board, so for a week and a half I was doing that job, as well as trying to not let my own work pile up too much.

That combined with a couple 'clients' in my area who were being complete knobs about various things... and it resulted in me being the MOST stressed out I have ever been in my life.

I'd worry about work when I got home.

I'd worry about work when I went to bed.

I'd worry about work when I woke up.

Hell, I'd worry about work when I was at work.

My usual little tricks to ease my stress simply weren't working, at all.

It sucked... big time. I think I increased my grey hair by at least 15%, and I was all but sure I was going to develop an ulcer.

Eventually, we found a replacement for the seasonal position, and after I spent a couple days with him, he seems to be doing well, so I'm back on board with that.

And the things the jack ass clients were bitching and moaning about have mostly been taken care of.

So my stress level has, thankfully, eased off... I can't say I'm back to baseline on that front, but I'm at least getting there.

Sometimes I truly do hate my work.

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Lisa is doing great. Her baby bump is coming along nicely, and the little spud is getting more an more active all the time... kicking and punching. Feeling the baby move in Lisa's tummy for the first time was cool, and the other day I was lucky enough to be looking when the baby gave a good punch and saw Lisa's tummy jump. :)

Awesome.

Lisa's counting the days until she can start her maternity leave (end of August).

It will take some adjustments on our part to cope with the reduced income, but we've budgeted things out fairly conservatively, and it looks like we'll be in reasonable shape (assuming nothing catastrophic happens).

We've slowly been getting the baby room switched over from spare bedroom/office to baby room.

Most of the extraneous stuff has been taken out and we're organizing things.

We've got a used crib on the way (which is coming from friends of my sister, and my dad paid for).

We've been given a lot of baby toys and various other odds and ends.

We bought a car seat and baby stroller.

Lisa's been thrift store shopping and have gotten a small collection of baby clothes.

We're getting there. :)

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Our kitty, Hunter, is still alive and kicking. After his visit to the vet where things were all doom and gloom, I was convinced that Hunter's days were numbered. But, many weeks later, he still is (at least outwardly) as healthy as ever.

In fact, he seems to have a bit MORE energy now than he used to.

We have a big 2-story cat climber thing, and Hunter never used to get to the top level. Well, lately he's been getting up there. He takes a big run at it and hops & skips his way to the top and loves to lay there looking all proud and smug.

So, I dunno what's going on inside his kitty body... but as I said, outwardly, he's doing great.

We took him to a pet spa thing alst weekend, where for about $25 they cleaned him up, trimmed his claws, trimmed his hair, washed him, cleaned out the hair around his bum (yuck!) etc.

Retarded thing is... even after all that, he still sheds like there's no tomorrow.

I swear, he's a hair factory.

Seriously... I can take a fine tooth comb to him, and brush a single patch of hair over and over and over... for however long... 5 minutes... 10 minutes... whatever. And with each and every brush stroke, there is STILL hair coming out.

I bet if I looked closely, I'd see hair sprouting on him.

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Hope to go see Wall-E this weekend. It looks to be a very fun movie.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/disney...ney/walle/

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I haven't had my neurologist appointment yet. My doctor said I should here from them in one or two weeks... it's now been two weeks. If I don't hear from them soon, I'll have to call my doctor up and make sure I haven't fallen through the cracks, so to speak.

That said, I haven't had any health issues since my blackout.

But... I'm sure all of that was/is adding to my stress level to a degree.

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Other than that, it's all just same ol' same ol'.

All is well, for the most part.

And despite my general lack of commenting on other peoples blogs, rest assured, I have been reading. :)

Talk to you folks later.

I had my appointment with my family doc today.

He agreed with the ER doc that what happened to me didn't sound at all like a seizure.

However... my eeg results DID show seizure activity. o_O Suffice it to say, I was shocked. I was convinced it would come out totally normal.

As it stands now, there's nothing much to report. My doc has referred me to a neurologist to look more carefully at things, and suggested it might mean medication to keep my brain activity properly in check. But in the mean time, "it's business as usual".

I had my EEG this afternoon, and as far as medical procedures, it's got to be in the running for the easiest ever.

The tech drew about 25 dots on my head in measured locations.

She then gave me about 25 noogies... she had to rub a cleaning solution of some kind at all the spots to remove the skins/hairs natural oils, etc, to ensure good conductivity for the electrode thingies. This wasn't very comfortable, as she had to rub hard, but it was OK.

Then once I was all hooked up, I laid down on a bed, and she turned the lights low, and had me close my eyes.

After a bit of re-noogie-ing to get proper connections, I just laid there eyes closed for a while. Then she had me open my eyes, close my eyes, open my eyes, a few times.

I then had to take really deep breaths for 4 minutes, eyes closed, for some other readings.

Then more open eyes, close eyes.

Then we got to the best part... 20 minute nap break!

She actually said to me "OK, now I want you to try to snooze for 20 minutes" .

She turned the lights off and she sat quietly while I tried to fall asleep. I didn't manage to doze off, but I was pretty damn relaxed... and I guess that's the point.

Once that was done, the most uncomfortable part came up, and that wasn't too bad.

She put a super bright lamp right in front of my eyes, and with my eyes closed, the lamp went through various flashing cycles at different frequencies. The light was ridiculously bright... even with my eyes closed, I "saw the light" clearly, the whole inside of my eyelids lit up. lol

It hurt my eyes/head a little bit from the strain of the extreme brightness.

It was actually kinda neat though... I saw weird shapes with my eyes closed during the flashes.

You know if you have a bowl of water, and vibrate it, the surface gets ripples on it? And if you change the vibration, the ripples change shape?

Well... that's very much like what I 'saw' during this light flashing thing. I 'saw' lines and shapes, even though my eyes were closed, and those shapes changed with the different flashing frequencies.

Anyway... 'twas kinda wacky.

That went on for about 5 minutes, and then it was over.

The whole thing took about an hour.


I don't know what the results are... I have to wait to see my family doctor, which will happen next Thursday.

I'll report more then.

In the mean time, I'm feeling 100%. :)