I feel horrible!

Yes I really feel horrible… I haven’t been on this blog of mine since Thanksgiving! That is HORRIBLE! Will You, my fellow bandsters and support people ever be able to forgive me?

In My Absence: Things that I have missed out on celebrating with you are … #1. Christmas & New Year!!! I hope your holidays were all fantastic! Mine were well, let’s just say strenuous BUT happy nonetheless.

At the beginning of November we were informed that my DH would be losing his job as of December 31st Due to the loss of the primary contract at the Company, Unless, of course his company could get another contract before then. Well they did not get the new contract as they were hoping. So, DH is now on unemployment, aggressively looking for work but, in this economy who knows when that will happen. And I am working 2 jobs to help supplement the unemployment money that he is getting. I, on a whim, I picked up a “part-time” job for the holidays! I applied to be a sales associate at “Piercing Pagoda” a jewelry sales kiosk in our local mall, and due to the timing of my application (Black Friday) the manager asked when I could start and I did the following week. On December 1st I started as a “seasonal” sales associate. I had only wanted to get a few extra hours a week but, those few worked out to be 20 -25 /week for the month of December then the first week of January, my manager asked me if I would like to continue on as a regular sales associate… Because DH was now not working, I said yes as long as it didn’t interfere with my chorus’s or quartet. Then the second week of January I got asked again if I would be willing to advance to a “Key holder Associate”. I thought about it and told her yes, again as long as it didn’t interfere with my chorus’s or quartet and that she didn’t schedule me on to many weeknights due to the fact that I am up at 4 am to go to my day job. So I am now officially a trained Key holder and can open and close the store by myself. It’s actually very fun and honestly a “Relief” from my day job as the stress of THAT is getting worse and worse every day!!! I have been told that, that job could quite possibly come to an end this year if our new governor has his way! Supposedly an announcement is being made about budget and employee cuts on Feb 1. I may be sitting here on unemployment with DH soon too. So, I am glad I have this extra thing going on now! This is a picture of me and DH on Christmas Day!

The Second thing that we have missed celebrating together is my BANDIVERSARY!!! I have been banded One complete year as of January 12th 2011. What a day that was one year ago! Hiding my surgery from my father who was having a heart catheterization the same day at the same hospital and then being placed on the SAME FLOOR as I was on… Whew, but I did it! With the help of my DH and a very good friend.

Then a 3rd thing I need to share and vent about is at the end of the year there was a Big write up in our local paper about how the Bariatric Office that I have been dealing with for the last almost 2 years is CLOSING! WTF!!! How can an office that has SSSOOO many patients CLOSE! Now all I can think of when I read this is NOW what am I going to do. I had an appointment on 1/17 and I spoke to the nurses there. My particular surgeon is seeing all of his patients thru till the end of May and then hopefully he will be picked up by another local hospitals bariatric office and I will be able to continue with him. I really don't want to go to anyone else. My port is tilted downward and he is the ONLY one that has been able to hit it in the first try when he gives me fills. Granted the first time was a little tense but now that he knows he is dead on every time!!! So I wait till May now to see where he goes and then I will follow if he is within an hours driving time! I am now to have a teeny fill on 2/21 which means that I will see Dr G and talk to him about a game plan at that time!

OK, that is the updates for me! I know there are more things that I am forgetting BUT, for now I will keep the post a little on the shorter side. Not to mention I have a lot of reading to catch up on! How is everyone else out there in Bandland doing? I miss you all!