Over the past 7 years I have become semi reclusive, I’m perfectly happy not talking to anyone, but Bill. I don’t like hanging with the “girls” and when I see someone from the past when I’m out I usually turn the other way so I don’t have to talk to them unless they chase me down. Bill is totally opposite and loves to talk to everyone and it seems like he knows everyone.

I have many acquaintances and people I know, but I don’t do best friends anymore except Bill, but that’s different. I’ve actually had 1 best friend and 3 semi best friends in my life at different stages, these females I shared most of my thoughts, dreams, and secrets with and they with me. It makes you very vulnerable and more susceptible to pain when you put yourself out there and trust.

It’s hard when you lose those friendships for whatever reason and it makes you a lot less likely to trust. The first best friend I ever had was when I lived in an orphanage and in the 8th grade she took my boyfriend away. Well, not actually we had already broken up, but I thought we would get back together, but she decided to get in the middle so we were no longer best friends.

At least that experience was at a young age and taught me a lesson so the other 3 were more like semi-best friends with a lot less trust. I’m too old to play mind games and I really don’t like getting caught up in drama so I’m perfectly happy not participating these days. When I was younger I did enjoy going out and socializing, but now it’s too hard to make small talk with people. Thank God Bill’s good at it so I can just listen.

Point and shoot cameras are suppose to be simple to use, that’s why I use them because I don’t know anything about cameras period. The first digital point and shoot camera I owned  was a Sony and it was a 3.2 MP, which worked great till this year and I should have stuck with that brand or a Cannon instead of the Kodak I settled for. Bill thinks the photos look okay, but I think they suck.

I was under the impression that the more pixels like this one at 12.2  meant the pictures would be clearer, but that’s certainly not so and I was reading an article at The Consumerist which explained and I followed a link from there to Petavoxel that showed a sample and more explanations for me and they say that anything over a 7 is very unnecessary. I found a lot of good info on that site so I’ll have to read more so I’ll at least know what I should get the next time.

When we took our ride on the trike to Gettysburg the other day I took some point and shoot photos with my Kodak so I’m going to share part of our ride with you, hope you enjoy my crappy photos, but you will still get a sense of what a great little town it is with lots of cool shops to poke around in.   If you want a larger view you have to click on the thumbnail and when that one loads click again for the largest view. I’m only going to post a few at a time so I’ll add more tomorrow.

What a weird week, I haven’t been online very much and since ditching Entrecard I haven’t felt obligated to even turn my computer on except to check my e-mail. I received my last e-mail from EC yesterday and have now canceled that subscription because I really don’t care what they are up to anymore, I like not feeling pressured. I am looking forward to catching up with everyone’s blog once things get back to normal around here.

Monday we took Obie for his surgery and they found that he also had an umbilical hernia. They went ahead and corrected that and didn’t even charge us which we certainly appreciated since his bill was already over 300 dollars. I have been watching over him to make sure both sets of stitches stay in place and so far so good. It was very painful for the little guy the first couple days so I’m glad we had pain pills for him and he is taking an antibiotic for 2 weeks.

We didn’t even know he had a hernia and apparently the vet that took care of him before we got him at 4 months didn’t either, nor did the vet that checked him out after we got him, thankfully the vet that did his surgery found it. All three vets work at the same place so maybe they figured they owed us the repair since the other 2 had missed it, at any rate we appreciated the freebie repair.

While I’m updating I might as well throw Bill in here also. Bill’s laser eye surgery from a few months back worked great on his eye pressure, it’s the lowest it’s been in years. 20 in one eye and 14 in the other, his doctor was very excited about the results and so were we. Also his blood work for diabetes came back normal so now he doesn’t have to worry anymore about that. We took him to the ENT for a throat problem he has and has been very worried about.

He was very nervous about having the scope put down his throat so the specialist could see what was going on so I went with him to hold his hand. If he had known it was going down his nose instead of his throat I’m quite sure he would have canceled that appointment. I sat there and watched her jab a 6 inch or maybe longer cotton swab down each nostril with a numbing anti-gag solution on to decide which was the best side for viewing then she inserted the Flexible Fiberoptic Laryngoscope.

It looked so painful that I decided right then and there that nobody is going to ever stick anything up or down any part of my body so long as I’m able to prevent it. Of course if I’m ever in a coma then there’s nothing I can do to prevent those types of weird procedures. Later Bill said it didn’t actually hurt, it just felt weird, but I’m not convinced because I was watching and it actually hurt me, I really hate being an empathizer.

She decided he had LPR reflux or Laryngopharyngeal Reflux which can cause the following symptoms:

• Hoarseness
• Thick or too much mucous
• Chronic throat irritation
• Chronic throat clearing
• Heartburn
• Chronic cough
• Cough that wakes you from your sleep

Before the appointment he had to fill out a very long questionnaire of course that helps them to actually pinpoint what your problem might be. He has a problem when he swallows liquid. Sometimes he starts choking and I even called 911 once, but he was able to get it under control. Of course he thinks he’s dying when this happens, I did tell him it would probably open if he passed out, but he doesn’t believe things unless a doctor tells him so. So I made sure I asked her when we were there and she thought for a minute and said it probably would.

I was surprised that she hadn’t mentioned how large his uvula was, you know, that thing that hangs down in the back of your throat, so I mentioned it myself. He sometimes has an allergic reaction to some foods and it gets even bigger. Once when this happened he asked me to check his throat and I swear it looked like a little baby penis. I have never seen such a huge thing hanging in the back of any ones throat, no wonder he chokes sometimes in his sleep and has even tried  to swallow it.

She said she had noticed it and that it even had a small growth which he had already known about. I had mentioned before about having the thing, uvula cut out so they had a small discussion about that and a sleep study, which I think is an excellent idea because he snores like crazy, but they can also check some of his other problems, but that’s further down the line. At any rate she sent him home with a prescription strength antacid and a feeling of relief in his heart knowing he was not dying that day from some dreaded disease. :)