MY BAD BRIAN!!!

so my friend Brian read my last post and sent me an email regarding leaving him and MC Hammer out of my blog. So here it is just for you Brian!

Brian came down from Oregon to visit with our friends Chris and Rachel and I was lucky enough to be graced with his presence as well. :) We had a BBQ one night, and then went to the fair to see MC Hammer!! It was AWESOME!!!! We laughed and danced and made fun of other people! Pics to follow once Brian finally emails them to me since I have been buggin him for them since he left.... I blame you for me not posting this blog.

Ok..... so I went through all my pictures and have none from September. I sat back and tried to remember what I did last month that I didn't take any pictures of.... nothing came to mind until I remembered that September was my month of DRAMA!!!! My wonderful rommies Nikki and Seth moved out since Nikki bought a house. To take their place a new couple named Aaron and Kadie moved in on September 3rd (ish). They were her for a week before the drama started. I went to work the first weekend in September and came home to two giant holes in the walls (one in the entry way and one in the bedroom) and no roommates were answering my phone calls or texts. When they finally did respond there was lots of apologizing and explaining. Aparantely Aaron and Kadie had gotten into a drunken fight, Kadie threw something at Aaron in the bedroom and put a hole in the wall and then Aaron punched a hole in the wall in the entry way. There was lots of yelling, door slamming and throwing of items. This all happening while I am at work of course. I live in a VERY quiet culdesac with mostly retired neighbors that no longer have lives of their own. So how interested do you think they become when something this exciting comes around.....? No, thankfully none of them has a heart attack.

Well, my landlord got a call that there was yelling and screaming and that they both left the house leaving the back gate open and the front door open. This is the point that pisses me off the most. They can put holes in the wall. The wall can be patched. They can yell all they want. A noise violation can be paid. They can even leave without notice. I will find a way to survive. But leaving the back gate open lets my dog out into a world that is NOT dog friendly unsupervised. She has only gotten out once (with the help of genius roomie dogs cuz she is not that smart) and ran for a couple block before I found her. I am so not okay with them putting my dog at risk of being hurt. ARGH!!!!!

Well, I told Aaron that he could not move back in because he obviously has anger management issues and I told Kadie that she could move back in as long as she paid to have the holes in the walls fixed. Long story short... the holes were patched, but the walls were not painted. Kadie did not pay for any of the rent or bills that she said she would. Aaron became obsessed with my withholding his mail (which I would never do- I just return to sender at the post office so there is no chance he could get it.....) and became a stalker and started a fist fight with my boyfriend over it. The court turned down my temporary restraining order against Aaron saying that he was not a credible threat ( I guess he has to put someone in the hospital before he is a threat....)

Here we are coming up on the end of October and Aaron just asked my roomie, Rich if he could borrow some money. All I could do was laugh. I told Rich that he must think he has proven himself to be a trustworthy individual.... or at least persistent. What a joke. but now we have Melanie and Margaret. 2 sisters that are sharing the master bedroom and they are so very quiet. A nice change from the psychosis of Aaron and Kadie.

Rafting with Rich

After a long week my roomie offered to take me rafting. It was a very relaxing day, until we realized that we forgot the keys to the car at the launch point. Chris came and rescued us though...

Rich did all the work...

I sat back and did nada the entire time!

Rich being silly sittin behind the seat... he had to hold on though

cuz I realized that if I rocked the boat he would fall into the water!!

pretty shore

and the other side

more...

crane!

calling Chris to come save us...

Lauren's Night Out!

Just some pics of my little sister's very first night out. Rich and I took her to a few places... It was good times!

MUAH!!! I loff her so much!!!

CHEESE!!!!

Rich kept blinking... this is the best one.

YAY!! Rich with open eyes!!

My little sis!!

Hospital Fun!!!

Wow... so I am finally writing the story of me in the hospital.... Here we go from beginning to end.

So, on July 24th I went on my first motorcycle ride in about 20 years with my friend Rob. After he dropped me off and went home I had a really bad cramp in my back/side... So I went to bed early and spent the rest of the night crawling back and forth between my bed and the toilet. By the time morning came I could barely move I was in so much pain. My lower back on the right side hurt so much!!! So I begged my roomie Seth to take me to the Med 7. Once there the physician thought I had appendicitis and called an ambulance to take me to Mercy San Juan. After I got checked into the hospital I spent about 45 minutes in the waiting room before going into triage. Once in triage I was diagnosed with possible liver problems. So they sent me into the intake portion of the hospital where I had blood drawn. While waiting for the results of the blood test I spiked a temperature of 103 and was finally given some pain meds. I could finally move without being in excruciating pain. (Pssst... this whole time Seth barely left my side. What a great roomie huh!)

Then the blood test came back and they said I had a crazy blood infection and my body was going into toxic shock. I was given some more shots and then sent to get a CAT Scan. Shortly after the scan I was told that I had at least 2 kidney stones that were blocking my uriter duct (the little tubey that connects the kidney's to the bladder) So I got a stent in my right kidney to drain my kidney into a bag until the block could be removed and so the massive infection that was in my right kidney would not pass into my bladder giving me a UTI.

Putting the stent in shocked my system and lowered my BP to below 40. I was then sent back to the emergency room where a pressurized IV was put into my shoulder to pump in my meds and fluids as quickly as possible. It was held in with stitches. I was on 3 different antibiotics, one blood pressure med, and an IV of fluids since I couldn't eat or drink anything. Then I was sent to the ICU for 3 days.

Lots of pain meds, lots of antibiotics, lots of sleeping and even more sleeping, and very little eating. In the 3 days I was in ICU I lost 10 pounds. I don't remember very much during those first few days, but i do remember that my friends were always there. My mom visited almost everyday. I couldn't have flowers in ICU but was told that lots were sent. After the ICU I was sent to the CCU for 2 days so that I could still have someone keep a close eye on me. I was still on blood pressure meds since my BP wouldn't stay above 80. After those 2 days I was finally sent to recovery for 2 more days and finally released.

During all that time I passed 3 kidney stones and recovered from a kidney infection which crossed over and caused a blood infection and then put me into toxic shock. It was a CRAZY week!!!

I was going to get pics of everyone that came to visit me in the hospital, but I wasn't very lucid most of the time...

Thanks to everyone that helped me out- mostly Nikki, Mom (Merry), Rachel, Seth, Nate, John, Lauren, Lindsay, Chris and all the nurses that took extra special care of me!!

Me and Rachel in the ICU

And Christopher too!

I went with Rachel to the Davis Farmers Market to fund raisers for the Autism Speaks Walk Now for Autism. I have to give MAJOR Kudos to Rachel. She braved many farmers markets and painted many faces showing her serious dedication to raising as much as she could for the walk. She is one of the single most awesome people that I know!! Check out her work below!

Waiting for her first kido... in 103 degree weather!!!

Her very first girlie.....

And her dad!!

BLUE!!!!

Recap: Rachel=awesome. nuff said.

Camping!

This year we all went camping to Bear River and had so much fun!!! Most of the river was barely deep enough to sit on the tube and float, but it was still a blast!!! Here are the pics!!!

Nikki digging out the snake from under Chris and Rachel's Taj Mahal.

Hemi's rock

Floatin down the river with the rope.

The one time that Seth decided to hang onto the rope with us!

Cuz he got left behind last time!!!

Me and Hemi girl!

Nikki and Rachel chillin!

Rachel coolin down in the river

My Sassy avoiding the water!!!!

Such a pretty girl!

Chris chillin!

Seth and Nikki

Mark doing his floor routine!

Work it Mark!!

And now for the big finish!!!

Here we go again!

Wait for us!!!

Sleepy Seth....

He is so stackable!!

Until he wakes up!

Hemi protecting us from splashes!

Ranger genuinely concerned about us being in the water....

He will make sure that we all come back ok!

We had an awesome time and I can't wait to go camping again!! I have the best friends in the whole world!!!

Geocaching!!!

After telling my friend Mark about geocaching for a while he finally decided to join me and Nikki on a sunny Saturday afternoon to see what the hype was all about. We went out to Folsom Lake and had a blast finding 4 out of 5 caches!! The little green horse was my personal fav today. We also ran into fellow cachers on horseback....I was totally jealous. Someday I will go geocaching on horseback!!

Me, Nikki and Mark

Some shots of the lake

It was a beautiful day!!!

Now Mark is hooked and we are all sending travel bugs to my brother in Singapore to race their way back to california!! I will keep you updated on the progress of this plan as it unfolds!

Autism Speaks River Cats game

My friends and I went to the River Cats game that benefits Autism Speaks (Rachel and I are on the fundraising committee) and we had a great time. We even convinced our buddy Mark to come down from Chico to kick it for the weekend! It was a great time for an incredible cause!

One of the rainbows that were over the field

The field

The game once it got dark

I love this picture! The rainbows were beautiful!

Good times with Chris

Awwww.....Chris and Rachel!

K! My Turn!!

and now with Rachel

The group....Ray, Chris, Rachel, Nikki, Me, and Mark