random update.

forgive my absence, once again. things are crazy, as i am trying to keep myself somewhat busy and not so engulfed in this jail we call fibromyalgia.

super duper quick post before bed:

• saturday i went to lunch with my natural hair girls. i needed that. lots of good laughs. we went to coffee shop in union square; i love their herb fries!
• i started making bracelets. they're just cute little trinkets to keep me amused and entertained. i'm still debating if to sell them, since i tend to get aggravated when i have to depend on a hobby for a profit or income.
• today we had a little earthquake; it was more of an after shock. i didn't feel it in my office, but other buildings on the street did and they evacuated. cell service was down for a while, so i had a hard time getting in contact with my parents, darrel, or my family in virginia where the quake hit, but everyone's accounted for, and no one was injured.
• my tattoo's itching. horribly. i've never had a tat itch so much. but it's healing.
• tomorrow's another doctors appointment. i hope he doesn't agree with this whole sleep apnea theory.

that's about it. i'm watching whites on hulu until i knock out.

sorry i haven't been updating so frequently, things have been kind of crazy. let's see if i can do a quick recap of the past few days:

• the side effects have been subsiding. the brain fog hasn't been as strong, i'm not as nauseated as i used to be, and my appetite is coming back. unfortunately, the sleep is still what it is.
• friday i went to dc to visit my alex for the weekend. we got facials at the aveda institute and got cupcakes at red velvet cupcakery in china town, and went to a natural hair meet-up at a great italian restaurant, vapiano. they actually have a location in  new york city, so i'll definitely try to check that out. i did a lot of shopping =]
• my medication schedule was thrown off over the weekend. i definitely need to work on getting it back on track.
• today the doctor's office called, which completely pissed me off. if i called you last week to tell you that i'm having heart palpitations because of the medication, why would the nurse call me to see if the doctor called me back? this was four hours ago. the damn doctor still hasn't called me back.
• my mom's begun this extensive research on homeopathic remedies for fibromyalgia. she wants me to go see a chinese herbalist.

that's about it, in a nutshell.

mini vacation 2011

so darrel (the boyfriend) and i went on a little mini vacation! we spent a few days in stafford, virginia with my cousin, roxanne, and her husband, monty. we took the bolt bus down thursday night, and friday morning, we hit the ground running. 


chick-fil-a for breakfast, massages at massage envy, bowling, lunch at cheeseburger in paradise, an impromptu shoot, and a nap. we had every intention of going to see captain america, but darrel and i were knocked out, so we drove to redbox and got come movies: lincoln lawyer and rango.

saturday, aunt mil came over to surprise me, and we all squeezed into the sentra and drove for about four hours to virginia beach. tons of traffic! i got a light tan, we grabbed some pizza, walked the strip, and headed back to stafford.

sunday, monty made pancakes for breakfast. my cousins interrogated darrel for about half an hour, then we hit the road. hopped on the bus in dc heading for nyc.

i had a great time. i really needed that little getaway. i was damn close to pain free, which made this vacation a lot better. 

i tried to stick to my routine with my meds as much as possible. i woke up every morning between 5:30 and 6a to take the first savella pill. i usually take the last pill between 7:30 and 8p, but we were never home at that time, and i never took the pack of pills with me. friday night, i napped through my normal pill taking time; i woke up two hours later to take it, then ended up staying awake and watching movies for another five hours. 

and i took lots naps; between the buses, driving, and that one nap on friday, i got at least eight or nine hours of napping in. 

but none the less, we had fun, and for the first time in a while, i wasn't worried about pain. 

brOOklyn.

so my darling alex came to brooklyn! yay =]

this post has great potential to be really long; let's see how short i can make it..

friday consisted of cupcakes at my favorite place in the world, billy's bakery on ninth and twenty-first street, where i spent $30 on nothing but cupcakes and arnold palmers, then dinner at black swan in bed stuy. great place, great food, horrible mosquito bites from dining in their backyard. we had mussels, calamari, three types of mac and cheese, and fries.

  

we stopped at some random subway station to get her a metro card for the next day.

she was so confused; it was adorable.

saturday was probably the longest day of my life! i made us iced coffee and we ate the night before's cupcakes for breakfast, then we were out for forever. we hit up the new muslim spot on flatbush avenue for shea butter and all types of natural goodness. that was our first detour of the day.

after our natural-ness shopping, we hopped on the train and headed to the brooklyn flea in fort greene, where we bought matching tees for her, char, and i, cute little handmade bracelets, i bought a silk scarf, and she bought a leather ralph lauren belt.

then came the bus ride to thistle hill tavern in park slope for a late brunch. we rode through park slope, and alex fell in love!!

i googled best breakfasts in brooklyn, and thistle hill tavern came up. i must say, they're pretty damn good. alex had the speck and egg sandwich, which has prosciutto, tomatoes, and some kind of special sauce. i had the ham and grueyer sandwich; it's pressed like a panini and it has spicy pickles. i love pickles.

oh, and i had a mimosa =]

after brunch, we took a quick cab ride back to fort greene to meet up with nicky at habana for frozen margaritas. we all hopped on the train-- margaritas in hand-- and proceeded to reed space in the lower east side. nicky and i now have matching knockaround sunglasses.

detour numero dos was at babeland. pure comedy. alex was amazed by this huge rubber dick.

 
 

then came another cab ride to soho. double rL, the designer's market on prince street, scotch and soda, and supreme. we spent so much money!

now nicky and i have matching bracelets, too. swagged out cookin' hands.

and he taught this asian girl that worked at scotch and soda how to cook; she kept trying to vogue.

we split ways; nicky went to la casa de elLos, and alex and i went to bed stuy for her friend's rooftop housewarming party. that was an amazing view of my brOOklyn. 

yummy sangria; third drink of the day.

after about an hour there, my boyfriend, darrel, picked us up, and the four of us (his friend came along) went to buttermilk channel in cobble hill. yummy cheddar waffles and juicy fried chicken!! the bread service wasn't bread, they were popovers drizzled in honey. we got back home around midnight, after a thirteen hour day. 

sunday was her last day. i woke up and cooked, as i do every other sunday: mac and cheese, fried chicken cutlets, crackerjack shrimp, broccoli, and string beans from my mom's garden. darrel came, and we drove her to the megabus stop, the. to penn station to get on the amtrak. long story, don't ask. i was so sad! that was unnecessary though, because she'll be coming back up for the antiAchievers's shindig, then i'm going down to visit in september for that long jewish holiday weekend. 

it was ridiculous how much i was fighting sleep this weekend. the pain from walking and lack of sleep started to kick in while i was at work today. but that's what painkillers are for, right?

i keep saying how i miss my friends and i miss having a social life; alex's visit was very much needed. i love this chick to pieces <3


time for meds. time for bed.