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May. 20th, 2007 01:34 pmAnd it's so exciting now!
I haven't really posted much as to what's happening in the world of Bradley, because it is happening so fast. I'm in my final week of work, finals are next weekend, and we are moving in less than 3 weeks! There's even discussion that not only my mom-in-law, and even Jake's brother and sister-in-law might come too! It would be a whole caravan!
I also finally figured out what my hubby needed as a graduation gift.
He has been through so much. Having his identity stolen, a roommate that trashed his place, and getting his car broken into three times! Since his car was broken into about two years ago he has been stuck with a deck in his car that has a cd player, but it won't read anything, and really crappy speakers to where he usually just gives up and goes without music.
He asked me very sweetly if he could get a new deck for his car. I asked him how much he wanted to spend, and told him to double it. It was so exciting to watch him install everything in his car. We got him a whole set of new speakers, and a new amplifier (one he had catch fire before we met, we tried to fix it, but it ended up exploding). He was able to hook up his subwoofer in his trunk again. I haven't seen him this happy since the day we were married. We've now put at least $900 into his car, and it sounds beautiful! Best thing is, I get the set of two speakers that were in his car before that are still good, and the old subwoofer box. I'm gonna have a bumpin' bug!
And!!! We ordered my laptop last night! We have been looking around on Dell's refurbished page for a new lappytop to replace the overheating/non-charging/key missing wonder that I've had. I'm getting a 17" with one of the fastest processors, an awesome vid card, and 2 gigs of ram! W00t! And right after announcement of Starcraft 2!
We will be customizing our laptops as well. Jake did some computer fixin' work for some family members that own a custom sign shop. They've offered to make custom skins for our laptops before we leave. I've asked Jake to draw a chibi/evil version of me, and we'll put my online name on it as well. I hope that I can help design his as well.
We also decided it would be good to get me some new glasses before insurance ran out this week. I was given an allowance of about $250 to get some nice glasses. I found some very interesting frames. Chrome with blue and green on the sides. I even found out more as to why my headaches were so severe. I've had the wrong prescription for over 1 1/2 years! My previous optometrist told me that I was nearsighted, when everyone else said I was farsighted. So my eyes have been working way too much to go from looking far away, to looking close, and back. It's gotten so bad to where I can see better if I close my left eye than looking with both.
My optometrist told me that I should just go without glasses until my new pair comes in. It feels really weird, not having anything on my face, but lots of people have commented about the vivid color of my eyes. Kinda makes me want to consider contacts more.
But not all things are good. We've had to be careful because I've quit taking birth control, hoping it would help stop a majority of my headaches, but now a new side effect is happening. Whenever I tilt my head to the side, from a vertical position, the world starts spinning for about 5-10 seconds. The same happens when I return it to a horizontal state. I've had to be very careful not to tilt my head so much. It's not that it makes me nauseous from the world spinning, but if I'm standing I fall over. Yeah it's kinda funny to watch me teeter around everywhere, but it's kind of scary. This is something that runs through the female side of the Day family, there is no cure, nor explanation for why it happens.
Other than that, my mood has been good, and even with small emergencies (like my husband nearly frying himself hooking up power to his car battery), my panickyness has been able to stay in check. We are going to be able to continue my insurance (although a bit more expensive), so we can still continue my meds until we get good insurance again, and I can continue my therapy.
Cleaning is happening this week, and the real packing starts the next.
The knee of the curve is so exciting.
I haven't really posted much as to what's happening in the world of Bradley, because it is happening so fast. I'm in my final week of work, finals are next weekend, and we are moving in less than 3 weeks! There's even discussion that not only my mom-in-law, and even Jake's brother and sister-in-law might come too! It would be a whole caravan!
I also finally figured out what my hubby needed as a graduation gift.
He has been through so much. Having his identity stolen, a roommate that trashed his place, and getting his car broken into three times! Since his car was broken into about two years ago he has been stuck with a deck in his car that has a cd player, but it won't read anything, and really crappy speakers to where he usually just gives up and goes without music.
He asked me very sweetly if he could get a new deck for his car. I asked him how much he wanted to spend, and told him to double it. It was so exciting to watch him install everything in his car. We got him a whole set of new speakers, and a new amplifier (one he had catch fire before we met, we tried to fix it, but it ended up exploding). He was able to hook up his subwoofer in his trunk again. I haven't seen him this happy since the day we were married. We've now put at least $900 into his car, and it sounds beautiful! Best thing is, I get the set of two speakers that were in his car before that are still good, and the old subwoofer box. I'm gonna have a bumpin' bug!
And!!! We ordered my laptop last night! We have been looking around on Dell's refurbished page for a new lappytop to replace the overheating/non-charging/key missing wonder that I've had. I'm getting a 17" with one of the fastest processors, an awesome vid card, and 2 gigs of ram! W00t! And right after announcement of Starcraft 2!
We will be customizing our laptops as well. Jake did some computer fixin' work for some family members that own a custom sign shop. They've offered to make custom skins for our laptops before we leave. I've asked Jake to draw a chibi/evil version of me, and we'll put my online name on it as well. I hope that I can help design his as well.
We also decided it would be good to get me some new glasses before insurance ran out this week. I was given an allowance of about $250 to get some nice glasses. I found some very interesting frames. Chrome with blue and green on the sides. I even found out more as to why my headaches were so severe. I've had the wrong prescription for over 1 1/2 years! My previous optometrist told me that I was nearsighted, when everyone else said I was farsighted. So my eyes have been working way too much to go from looking far away, to looking close, and back. It's gotten so bad to where I can see better if I close my left eye than looking with both.
My optometrist told me that I should just go without glasses until my new pair comes in. It feels really weird, not having anything on my face, but lots of people have commented about the vivid color of my eyes. Kinda makes me want to consider contacts more.
But not all things are good. We've had to be careful because I've quit taking birth control, hoping it would help stop a majority of my headaches, but now a new side effect is happening. Whenever I tilt my head to the side, from a vertical position, the world starts spinning for about 5-10 seconds. The same happens when I return it to a horizontal state. I've had to be very careful not to tilt my head so much. It's not that it makes me nauseous from the world spinning, but if I'm standing I fall over. Yeah it's kinda funny to watch me teeter around everywhere, but it's kind of scary. This is something that runs through the female side of the Day family, there is no cure, nor explanation for why it happens.
Other than that, my mood has been good, and even with small emergencies (like my husband nearly frying himself hooking up power to his car battery), my panickyness has been able to stay in check. We are going to be able to continue my insurance (although a bit more expensive), so we can still continue my meds until we get good insurance again, and I can continue my therapy.
Cleaning is happening this week, and the real packing starts the next.
The knee of the curve is so exciting.