Drum Roll Please...

As I put the finishing touches on my bag of goodies I shall take to Chicago... I'm thinking about all the hard work I've put into my new job. I love my new job!

I've been planning, along with 3 other gals, a very, very large conference... and after next week, it will be over and we will start working on next year's conference.

Who would've though that I'd be SO excited to work 15 hour days... I seriously can't wait to board the plane on Monday.

I cannot wait to see the accumulation of our efforts, all laid out nice and neat.

I'll take pics and share of my adventure upon my return.

Go Huskers!

Headed to Lincoln, NE over the weekend to attend the Huskers vs. Ball State game.



Football isn't taken lightly in those parts... they are FANS. It was crazy. I'd never have imagined that a college football team could attract more people to a game than could fit in the Chiefs' stadium.



W and I were two of like 85,000 people there. It was insane... in the fun-est of ways!

Already... Feeling Better!

So I had my appointment at the Pain Clinic yesterday.

Apparently I'm not doomed and under 30 after all! :) Yay!

I got my first epidural shot of steroids and I'm feeling so much better already. My disk is protruding centrally, so I'm not a candidate for surgery... Yay, Yay!

I'll go back in 3 weeks to get another shot, and see how I'm doing. Hopefully these shots will keep me moving and let me do the fun things I've always done before.

So, today, I'm feeling brand new... and couldn't be happier.

I'm SO too young for this shit...

So I have a hurty back... so I went to the doctor when I couldn't stand it anymore...

So... two weeks later... and today I get this shitty news...

1. Moderlately large left paracentral disc protrusion with mass effect upon the left S1 nerve root.
2. Mild broad-based central disc protrusion at L4-L5.
3. Mild bulging disc at T12-L1.
4. Degenerative disc changes (arthritis) at L4-L5 and L5-S1.
5. Slight retrolisthesis of L5 on S1.

So, my next move is to leave a message to make an appointment to schedule a "consultation" at the pain clinic.

I wonder how long it will take them to call me back... and then how long it will be before they have an opening...

Won't somebody give me some drugs to make me a little happier?

I might just pull this off...

Paid all my bills... with the check half the size it should be (due to time without pay from my trip to Kauai).

This makes this 'faux' Monday a little easier.