Since it’s been like…20 years since I’ve posted (okay really only 5 days since anything of substance), I will do an actual Mother’s Day post tomorrow. But it’s already Mother’s Day so I had to say it. It would just be wrong of me not to.
As I’ve promised like 30 times that I would post, here I am doing so. Honestly I’m freezing my tush off and my back is killing me (we’ll get to that later) so you all should be grateful. Or I should be grateful as I think I read this the most. Although there are quite a few more of you out there than I originally thought. Never would have imagined…
Anyway, getting on to it…last week was my last week of class. As I’ve already so obnoxiously announced (yes I get this much later on) I had my Stats final on Thursday and I found out my grade on Friday. As everyone can see I did fairly well and I have a final grade of a A in that class. Now if I can just pass my other two classes life might not be so bad.
Well, back up a little to last Tuesday. Tuesday was, like I said, my last day of class and I only had one at 530. I had an appointment at 2, and then I planted myself in the library for a couple of hours until I went and met one of my professors (the one who gave me a C on my paper, ouchie). I almost didn’t leave for my appointment though, because…it started doing this…

Yes that is hail. Yes it is May. No I have no idea where the F it came from.
Luckily for us, well for me at least (and who cares about anyone else really? sheesh) it stopped pretty quickly. It lasted long enough for my car to be covered in hail. Go CNY! I take back all those great springy things I said about you. And I really wouldn’t take them back if it was a one time thing, but well, IT’S SNOWING RIGHT NOW….so CNY, you and I are not friends right now.
So yes Tuesday was grand…I had a great appointment with my professor, who I have seem to have grown quite fond of as a person, just not a grader…and my last stats class was very uninteresting since it was just review.
And then Wednesday happened. Oh dear dear Wednesday. Wednesday gets a big, go to h e double hockey sticks from me. I woke up Wednesday morning with my back a mess. More than a mess. It hurt to breathe. I would literally cry if I had to do anything other than sitting there breathing shallow. As anyone can imagine that meant I was crying pretty much the entire day. Around noon I was uncontrollably sobbing and decided I couldn’t do it anymore and called Brandon to come home for me. But, just to insert a little happiness into this post, because it was pretty much the only thing that kept me going that entire day, Erik learned how to play on the computer so he wouldn’t bother the crying Mommy too much.


Sorry they are lacking any good photographer qualities. As you can imagine I wasn’t moving far off my spot in the bed and I was looking through tears so it wasn’t the easiest job in the world. Getting back to my story… so I called Brandon sobbing and he rushed home to try and take care of me and Erik. Seriously, seriously with all my heart I have no idea what I would do without him sometimes…best husband and daddy anyone could want… After a few hours Brandon and I both decided it would be best if I went back to the Dr. to have him check my back out again.
Yes, again…I was just there a couple of weeks ago for my back. Obviously not even close to this bad. Some people might remember the story of when I was hit by the drunk driver almost 6 years ago now. She rear ended me and pushed me to the other side of the intersection and my body went so forcefully forward I slammed my head into the steering wheel. My back and neck are extremely, broken from it and still haven’t healed. So I randomly get to be blessed with the “oh my god I can’t move” every now and then. Which luckily it doesn’t happen often so it is something to be grateful for. It could have been much much worse.
So yes, back to the Dr. I went, he said um wow, ouch. Then gave me a lot of pain killers. Go Dr. E.! Kidding…
On lots of pain killers (and muscle relaxers) Patti sleeps. So Patti slept the rest of Wednesday, pretty much all Thursday (with the exception of the two hours for my final) and Friday morning. Until the pain killers I took Wednesday night had completely wore off. I didn’t take them at all Thursday in fear of sleeping through my final (which at that point I would have gladly done) so no more sleeping was to be had by me. I in fact slept in a chair for a few nights straight. With my insomnia, Patti sleeping in a chair = Patti sitting in the chair staring at the ceiling while everyone else sleeps.
Friday Brandon’s dad took Erik for me so I could work on my paper, and that’s what I did. Well at least tried. I finally painstakingly finished it tonight. Literal pain…this chair is not good for my back.
I should go to bed, but as the work has turned my brain on (although probably not enough…I’m sure the paper is going to warrant another C…even after 30 hours of work…at least) I’m still awake!!
Yay me. Okay, I’m going to stop babbling on about non interesting things and focus on a more aesthetically pleasing post for tomorrow. I already have pictures ready to go! Woohoo. No more boring, promise.
…oh and if anyone was wondering who that guy is in the youtube clip I posted before this, it’s Ludovico Einaudi. He’s the guy playing the piano. Yes, be obsessed with him now too….