Invaded!

I hate bugs! I hate the way they make my skin feel all creepy crawly when I see them. Our apartment seems to be a favorite of the local ant population. Every year this time all the ants seem to feel the need to make the journey all the way to the THIRD floor of this building to drive people nuts! I can't figure out where they are entering from so that I can douse the spot with ant killer. GRR. Normally I would imagine them being attracted to food, so Jason and I take care to clean up all the crumbs and to seal food so that there isn't anything for them to get into, but they keep coming! They crawl all over the opening of the cereal bags, and I just really don't want to eat it after!

Today alone I have killed about 20 of the blasted things! I have cleaned and bleached the surfaces and nothing stops them! AHHH!

Ok, I feel better now, but man I wish there was a way for me to get rid of them!

New Undertaking

I have decided to try and keep myself busy whilst I am jobless and not going to school. I am offering crochet lessons for anyone wanting to learn. I figure it is a way to share what I love doing and get some cash at the same time. I don't really know how many people out there want to learn, but what the heck! So, if anyone out there reading this blog knows someone who would be interested, I will be happy to accommodate. :) There may also be a friend referral discount. Anyway, ... wish me luck!

Radioactivity

Well the day finally came. I drank 75 micro curies of radioactive iodine today. So far so good, I am not feeling nauseous and no serious discomfort like some people have. So the next step is my whole body scan on monday .... yay!

In the interim, I am working on several projects. I am making a quilt for my niece at her request. It is turning out rather well I have tied over half of it and only have a few rows to go, so I may even finish it tonight. Then I just need to do some practicing on binding so that I can finish it off.
I am also working on a round afghan for the house, and a beautiful shawl for my grams! I have a fairly large selection of movies at my disposal so that will come in handy I guess. :)

I have the cutest husband!

Isnt' he cute?

We went over to the BYU track to see my brother in law run in the Rex Lee 5k Run for a Cure. He was running in my name as a cancer survivor. We hadn't seen the kids for quite a while and they were very excited. Peachy was yelling "Go daddy!" she was just so pumped up.


So Jas is not a fan of this picture he says he looks like a dork. Well my response to that is he always looks like that .... it is part of his charm. He always always makes goofy faces when you want to take a picture, and he does it on purpose. But I think he is so cute!

Radioactivity

Well I finally got a hold of the drs. We are scheduled to do the radioactive iodine treatment on the 24th! In order to get the treatment done in a hurry, since no one would call me back, I will be doing the treatment with the aid of another drug called Thyrogen. Normally I would stop taking my medication to stimulate any remaining tissue to starve it so that it will be ready to take up the iodine. In this case the Thyrogen does the work for me. So I have to go in Monday the 22nd, and have one shot, then Tuesday for another shot and then they will give me a very small amount to see how my body is taking in the iodine. Then they will use that information to calculate the total dosage that they will give me on Wednesday. I will then be in isolate for at least 8 days. Any visits can not be longer than 1 hour and I have to stay at least 6 feet away. So that is the scoop. Oh, and I start the low iodine diet on the 15th- not fun.

What to do now...

Well Jason lost his job yesterday. My unemployment has been great because as long as I am in school I don't have to look for a new job, however, I am withdrawing from classes on the recommendation of the assistant dean of the school of business, who has gone through this whole situation before.

So where does that leave us? Jason is looking for a job very diligently, and I have begun looking here and there. We are trying to get hold of my dr to see if we can move up the iodine treatment so we can do it before the insurance runs out.

Until then....

We are both home all day.... Now I love Jason, but I am not used to having him home all day! Am I horrible for not completely enjoying the 24/7 together time?