Popcorn popping!

Spring has sprung! Let the praises ring out throughout the land. Oh how I love spring. I love being able to look out my window at home and at work and see the grass coming back to life in vibrant colors, trees putting forth tender new leaves (even popcorn!!), birds chirping announcing the day. It truly is a glorious time of the year. Our apartment is able to be refreshed with the gentle breezes and you can take naps in the sun. Oh how I love the spring.

Time to put away the sweaters, pants, and shoes, and break out the t-shirts, shorts, and sandals.

Clearer Vision

I recently went to the eye doctor for the first time in about 4 years. I didn't really realize how fuzzy and unclear everything has been. Just being able to see things in a more crisp and clear way has changed my perspective a little. It has made me think about how important it is to see clearly in the physical world as well as the figurative world. I have come to the conclusion that I need to have a check up and find out if I am seeing clearly on what my goals are for me. Do I like where I am? Should I change my place of work at the end of this school year and start fresh? I think that is what I might do to better my position and find a job where I am perceived in a more defining light, rather than the fuzzy ambiguous station I am currently. We'll see where this new perspective will lead me. To clear definition and deeper insight.

Workers what?

I know you have all heard me rant, rave, and generally complain about insurance companies before, but it still just blows my mind that almost a full year after my ankle injury I am still having to deal with the insurance companies. One would think that after countless calls, explanations, and even a few times with me being a raging ball of anger towards the poor unsuspecting customer service rep, we would have come to a conclusion and resolved this whole matter and been able to put it behind us. No this is NOT the case. There is still the matter of one bill being labeled as a workers comp. How or why it was ever labeled as such is beyond me. I guess what I find to be the most frustrating is that I keep getting bills, that are becoming increasingly more agitated. I have a vision of a Howler from Harry Potter, you know when Ron and Harry drive the car to school and end up Whomping Willow fertilizer..... That is how I feel when I see yet another notice of a past due payment. I thought, or so said the gentleman from UHC, I wouldn't have to deal with them again because they were going to straighten it out. The poor fellow was the recipient of a good tongue lashing with a very frustrated and overwhelmed me on the other end. I guess the old saying still holds true.."If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself". This is what I am doing, I loath it, and I want it done and over with.

Please for the sake of your own sanity don't get hurt while walking across a seemingly innocent piece of grass, the pain will only linger.

Laugh Attacks

Laugh attacks are when you spontaneously laugh at something that may or may not be funny and can't seem to get yourself under which only further fuels the laughter fire. It is extermely contagious and infects all those around you. There is no exscaping it.



I have had this happen to me on a number of occasions. What causes it or why it happens at all is a mystery. I have a theory that says that we bottle up laughter, much like how people bottle up frustration and anger that eventually explodes in one large outbursts. While the anger and frustration tend to have negative consequences, laughter only has positive. I had one such attack right before bed. Jake and I were just laying there having our nightly conversation, which is usually about nothing in particular and he said something and I made a funny remark that just set me off, which consequently set him off. Soon we were just a giggling, snorting, crying mass of happy. After about 10 to 15 minutes of this insane overpowering of giggles and a few tissues later, I was so relaxed that it was easy to go to drift off to sleep. They make me smile and want to have them more often. You never know when, where, or why an attack will happen. One must be prepared with tissues and something to hold on to when they do decide to descend on an unsuspecting victim.

Family pictures

I love this picture of my whole family being...well..my family. Boy I love these people =D

These are a few of the wonderful pictures we had taken at the beginning of the month. Don't we all look happy? I think so.