and then suddenly, last summer

so ends a lovely 3-day weekend that was over way too soon. (aren’t they all?) aside from going to the beach, we didn’t do a ton of stuff, but going to the beach was so lovely (even if i didn’t find any shells - just fragments).

and i got a tad of sun poisoning; i guess that’s what happens when you try to avoid the sun for years because 1) of all of the warnings about skin cancer, and 2) you burn super-easily. i didn’t burn, thankfully, but after sitting in the sun while eating breakfast at my beloved sonic, then standing on the shore in bethany beach while the waves washed over our feet for probably an hour, and finally walking up and down the boardwalk in ocean city, i got a decent amount of exposure. now i just have to try and keep it up on a daily basis (note to self: must try and get outside and into the sunshine for at least 30 minutes every day).

tonight, we gave the dog a therapeutic flea bath. actually, i don’t think she’s got fleas, but i’m not quite sure what they are. they’re very tiny, and they just make her itch like crazy. so we used this shampoo on her that kills everything (and man, just rinsing her down in the tub was gross), then i put anti-itch powder and a flea collar on her. we’ve tried everything to stay ecological and green with this, but the dog’s miserable, and i don’t want her bringing anything else into the house. she’s knocked out cold right now ;)

okay, now i’m getting sleepy. tomorrow, i enter a new and thrilling phase of my life (note: said with serious sarcasm). tomorrow, i get to have my very first mammogram :P admittedly, i am almost 39½, and i have an aunt who’s battled breast cancer twice, so it’s probably as good a time as any to start the process. i’m not looking forward to it, and i looked for a local center that does the new “pendulum”-style mammograms, but no such luck.

good night, blogger-world.

“blechy” (is that a word? doubtful.) day :P

i added a few new photos to the photostream at right…

i work up feeling out of sorts today. well, it started when i woke up at 4am, wheezing my ass off. then i tried using my inhaler, and i couldn’t even breathe deep enough to get the stuff into my lungs, at first. i finally did, but then the meds in my inhaler make me kinda wired or hyper, so falling back to sleep was not at option.

and my right hip has been bothering me the last few days. i’m certain that 15-20 years from now, i’ll have to have it replaced, but for now, i just live with it kind of popping in and out. anyway, if i sleep on my right side, it hurts, because i’m putting pressure on it. and if i sleep on my left side, i need a pillow between my knees to keep it elevated, or even with my torso. it just hurts, period.

but tomorrow morning, bright and early, we’re heading to the beach. we have to take an alternate route, because the chesapeake bay bridge (which is what we would normally go across to get to the beach) was damaged in an accident earlier this month and it’s really damaged. it needs repairs that are going to take at least 10 weeks, and they’re doing all sorts of traffic rerouting. so rather than fight that, we’re going a way i have never been before (hubby has because he’s from here, but we’ve always gone the same way in the 12 years i’ve lived out here) - north up I-95, then south on SR-1.

i’m kind of looking forward to a different drive for once, although it’s supposed to take about 3.5 hours each way. we’ll swing around to pass through newark, delaware, by the university of delaware. and we’re also stopping at sonic (probably twice - breakfast and dinner)!! i know, silly i’m looking forward to it, but the only sonic’s around here are in delaware.

and at the beach, we’ll do a very little bit of tax-free shopping, and then it’s onto the beach for me! i’m under doctor’s orders to “lay out” and get a ton of sun to get my vitamin D levels up, so sunbathe i will ;)

well, i gotta get up early if we’re going to hit the road by 7am (bah!), so it’s off to bed, now.

so stoked (very cool)!

i’ve been accepted into the AwayFind beta, and i just set up my account (sorry, but i’m not giving it out to just anyone, because it notifies me via my cell, and i’m not paying for people to screw around and spam me). which brings up a gripe i have: i’m getting a sh*tload of sp*m to my cell now, and i’m ready to KILL some of these companies. i don’t know how they get my number (because i guard it with my life), but i think it’s high time we enact something similar to the “do not call” list for email and SMS messages.

i mean, the email one is annoying, and i spend an inordinate amount of time on my “blacklist”, but it doesn’t cost me anything (except my time). but the SMS messages cost me $.25/each! i don’t think it’s fair that i have to pay for messages i don’t want!

anyway, back to AwayFind… i think it’s a very cool tool, and the beta’s free. but even after they open it up, there will still be a free membership, and then for $5/mo., there’s a premium version with a few more “fancy schmany” features. you should try to get an invite, and give it a shot.