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Monday, November 21, 2011

Day at the HMH ER... Again.

Today I spent the day at Huntington Memorial Hospital.
At about 8pm my stomach started to hurt and I couldn't avoid the magical room for more then 2 mins. By 9pm the pain had become so bad I was crying. I couldn't sleep, sit, stand or lay down everything hurt. I called my doctor and he said to take some pain killers and ride it out till morning. By 11pm I was in so much pain that I was certain I didn't have something like a bladder infection. The pain had spread to my back so I just sat around in agony trying to ignore it and wait for morning. 4am and the pain is now so bad I'm groaning with every breath and so I call my doctor again. He wants me to go to the ER "Right now" because I need tests done and fast. Did my appendix burst? Kidneys failing? Another cyst burst? I really had no idea but by now all I could think about was getting there and getting an IV with pain killers that would actually do something. 
     When we arrived the waiting room was empty which was a welcome thing since it meant there were not that many people there to wait for. I filled out the papers and sat and waited to be taken back. The vampire came to collect my blood for some blood work and put me back out in the waiting room. She managed to get her sample with one simple stick, something that rarely happens with me. It was not that much longer before I was moved into a room. 
    Once I was in my room I started to relax a bit. The pain had begun to subside for a short time and soon I had the IV with fluids and pain killers in to make the ride even less painful. They decided to do a CT scan on my belly to see what happened to me. Before I could do that I had to drink the contrast dye. This stuff is nasty! It looks like water and smells like water but it is most certainly not water. After about one glass I got another pain attack. I was alone in the room because mom had gone to another room for a moment. I had no call button so I sat in my bed saying as loud as I could manage "Someone help me" eventually my mom came back and went and got the nurse who quickly gave me a IV shot of a pain killer I can't spell at the moment. (I will update with the name later) This was the most amazing thing ever. I'm allergic to morphine and its in the morphine family so it had a similar effect but it only lasted about 5 seconds then all my pain was gone but a tiny ache in my back. This includes my headache and anyone who reads this or knows me knows how crippling my headaches are. If this medication came in a form I could use at home I may actually feel human again.
    The CT test only took a few mins once I finished they dye they took me down the hall and quickly did the scan. I spent the next 3 hours waiting for the results of the scan. I have no problems with waiting but I was in desperate need of help a couple of times and there was simply no one around. There had been a trauma case which took up all the them. (I have no problem with that either) I wasn't going to die right away just in a lot of pain.) The doctor finally came in and gave me the results. "Looks like you passed a kidney stone. We will give you medication to control the pain and send you on home follow up with your doctor in 2-4 days."  The nurse came in and gave me another shot of the pain killer and after 30 mins took the IV line out and sent me on my way. 
    It was a special day for mom her friend died recently and the group of friends who knew him were meeting. I felt okay having had that pain killer so I said I would go with her. It was nice to meet her friends and it seemed like everyone already knew me. I guess mom writes as much about me as I thought she did. Everyone was worried because I looked sick. I honestly was feeling pretty dizzy by this point and just wanted something decent to eat. We headed off to get food after we were done there. One stop first I had to pick up some shampoo because I ran out. I took one step out of the car and was instantly sick so a total mess mom brought me home. 
   I'm in a lot of pain tonight and food cant decide if it's friend or foe. I will do my best to update this with how I'm doing tomorrow. I just hope I really did have a kidney stone and it's done and over with. Last time I was in the ER with this pain they said it was a kidney stone and it was a ruptured ovary cyst. If that keeps happening the Doctor wants to remove my female organs so that I don't rupture one and bleed to death. I'm really really wishing it is only a kidney stone.
    Thanks again for reading. If you have any questions please leave me a comment.
-Ginn

Friday, July 29, 2011

Cheesedog-ness!

I made a cheesedog.
1 Nathans hotdog.
2 layers of cheese.
1 bun.
EAT.

There you go Brennan.

Thursday, July 28, 2011

CT scan results and other more interesting things.

I was badly ill which was a large portion of what happened to my job. I haven't been so sick since I had a monster flu when I was like 10 years old. My head feels like someone has an air compressor hooked up inside my head and just keeps pumping. I've been having odd issues breathing for well over a year and a half. After being put on 4 allergy medications at the same time and seeing no change I pretty well knew it had to be something else. What? That I still didn't have an answer to. Right as I began training for my job I got a bug. Flu or what I have no idea but it triggered my breathing and head pain problems to just go above and beyond what my body could stand. I went to see my doctor thinking maybe I had a sinus infection. He said it looked as if I did have one and put me on a normal week or so set of antibiotics. After I finished them there was really no change to speak of. He sent me to an ENT who then ordered a CT of my head. And this is where my nightmare began. I have had many CT scans MRI scans and X-rays over the years. I imagine my parents felt I was the most accident prone demon child on earth. So I knew what I was in for... A tight tube and being uncomfortable for an hour or so and spending 2 years of my life just trying to get the IV in my arm. The scan actually was not bad the poor woman just could not my vein to come up in my arm so she put it in my hand. (I always ask them to put it in my hand because of that.) She was super friendly and said sorry for the discomfort and are you alright well over 30 times. The horror came after the scan. On Friday night the ENT called me and said that it was very important that I come in on Monday when she had the full results of the scan. The preliminary results showed a mass in my Maxillary sinus on one side. The entire weekend I was scared to death I had cancer. I went in on Monday and she showed me the scan... I'm no doctor but to my shock I could plainly see there was A LOT wrong with my scan. She went on to explain what each of my "abnormalities" were on the screen. My sinuses are way bigger then a normal person about 2 1/2 times larger. One side was about 90% filled with this mass. She thought it was a huge infection so she put me on a 6 week dose of antibiotics. Unfortunately for me that is only the first thing that was wrong on the scan. My nose is badly broken on the inside my airway on one side that is meant to be relatively straight up from my nose looks more like a fish hook. And I have tonsillitis to cap off all that lovely news. I was diagnosed with chronic sinusitis, chronic tonsillitis and a badly deviated septum! When I am finished with the rest of this antibiotic I will need surgery to removed my tonsils and to fix my nose so I can breathe right again. The end of Monday night the pain had just exploded. I called the ENT and got one of her office staff and told her what was going on and that I wanted to speak to the doctor. She said well we aren't giving you any more medicine and hung up the phone. I wanted to talk to the doctor and just tell her what was going on with me and ask if this pain could say BE A POSSIBLE WARNING THAT THINGS ARE GETTING WORSE!? I just could not get a hold of her. Her office staff is rude and fully and completely incompetent. So I called my general care doctor who is amazing. He was on vacation (I already knew that) so I spoke to his partner. She was very helpful and put me on some major pain killers so that I could actually do anything. The pain is so bad without the medication that the moment I woke up I wished I was dead. I was screaming and just falling into a bad depressed state because I couldn't even lie down to sleep because it was to hard to breathe lying down. All I could to without the medication was sit in the chair and try my best not to cry because that made the pain even worse. With the antibiotic and pain killers the pain is manageable but I hate having to take medication. Even more when it's a very major pain killer. Right now all I hope is that the antibiotics are actually helping the mass shrink and that the infection goes away so that I can get the surgery I need.


That's what I've been up to the last few weeks here.


I went out to the pet store to get some new chew toys and stuff for my animals and then went out to dinner with my Mom at the Outback Steakhouse. I have been going there since I was a kid. Before my family got into a money crunch when my grandfather fell ill we would go there and I would do my homework after school. I like many of the things served there. The Cheese Fries, Bloomin Onion, Prime Rib, Outback Special, Victoria Fillet  and Alice Springs Chicken are very good. They also make a sundae called a Cinnamon Apple Oblivion.


I took some pictures for you guys. The dessert I have photos of is a "mini" Cinnamon Apple Oblivion. The steak is an Outback special. And the sauce is the "bloom sauce" (The orange sauce.)Which is an odd horseradish and something cream sauce and their home made ranch. The ranch sauce is excellent it has some chilli powder of some kind in it which gives cool home made ranch a nice kick I love it.


(still editing this post)

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Rat Care Tips!

The rat's some of you saw photos of in my other post are not my first rat pets.
My first rat was a gift from a girl named Abigail for my ninth birthday. The rat I had back then was special. I had never seen a rat that colour before I have also never seen one since. We named her Champagne because of her special colour. We called her Rattigan most of the time. 
I also have the two rats who live in New Zealand with Malcolm named Lone and Star.




Having had a few rats I know a tip or two about how to take care of them. There are a few basic things you must do and be okay with to own rats.


1. You must have two rats. They need a house-mate to be really happy. It takes no more room to own one then it does to own two.


2. If you are not willing to be scratched up a bit and licked to death they are likely not the right pets for you. They love to climb all over you and play hide and seek. The little claws tend to get you when they climb.


3. If you do not have at least an hour a day to spend playing with them OUT of the cage then you should not own rats. They need love and playtime. Pet rats are made to crave love from their owners.


4. Rats are very smart. It's important to give them things to stimulate their minds. For example you can set up games. I tend to take treats and bread crust and stick them half way in the bars of the cage. They spend time pulling items into the cage. Also put bits of paper towel or tissues in the cage bars as well. They will add this to the nest they build to sleep in.


5. Use paper critter litter. Do not use clay or wood chips! Wood chips can cause bad allergies in rats. I use plain grey paper litter made from recycled paper. 


6. Save all paper tubes like bath tissue rolls and paper towel rolls and put them in the cage for your babies to play with. You can buy fancy houses for them to sleep in for the cage but also if you have them put in a Kleenex box in on it's side. I have a fancy large plastic house and 2 Kleenex boxes in my cage. They both sleep in one Kleenex box and use the fancy plastic house to store food. 


7. Rats can eat many of things. If you are eating it you can pretty much share a piece with your rats. Lab blocks have everything a rat needs to live on and should be the main meal source. Salad is also a very good thing for your baby. 


8. De stinking... Rats can become smelly in between baths. I suggest you get something called Ferret sheen. It smooths and shines the coat and leaves a nice smell behind.  Change the bedding/litter and wash the houses every 2-3 days. (More if you find your rats can be extra stinky.)


9. Rats sleep much of the day and are awake at night. They do make a good amount of noise which I have learned to live with and can sleep okay with. If you are a light sleeper you may consider putting them in a place outside your bedroom while you are sleeping.


10.  You will need to buy rodent chew toys/treats for your rats. They MUST chew regularly to maintain a healthy length for their teeth. They are rodents so the teeth never stop growing. Petsmart has a good selection of chew toys for rodents. If you are unsure what one would best fit a rat then ask of the employees at your pet store of choice. If you do not buy them toys to chew they will chew on things like cell phones and charger cables. Some will do this anyway so do not leave your rat unwatched where there are cords.


Rats make excellent pets for people who want something to love and snuggle with. They are small, smart and super soft and cute. The most expencive part of owning a rat is getting a good cage. They need a larger cage. They need space to run around. Be sure you have a large cage with at least 3 floors in or is about the same in length. The rat cage I own is much like this however I think mine is a bit larger and has a different opening and closing mechanism. Once you have a good cage the expense of owning a rat is much less then that of a cat, dog, or reptile. Take your time when picking out your rats. Spend time at the store petting all of them if they happily sit on your shoulders for a long time it's a good sign. Also make sure they play well together. Be aware that in a new home there will be some fighting over dominance and space in the new cage. They are also vocal when grooming so they are not always fighting when you hear squeeking. I hope if you were looking into getting a pet that this gave you some ideas. If you have any further questions please comment this post. 

Friday, July 8, 2011

Photo Dump (Self)

Hello!
Just a photo dump of some of the crazy things I do when I am bored.
Enjoy...













Wednesday, July 6, 2011

New Babies... Cookies and Cream! + Photo Dump

Hello.
I want everyone to say hi to the newest members of my family. 
Cookies and Cream are a new rat pair and they are super cute as you can see. If you didn't already get it by the names Cookies is the black rat and Cream is the white rat. I will post a few photos of the both of them here for you.












I want to show of this photo my mom took because I <3 it.

Friday, June 24, 2011

Let's Review... Luigi Ortega's!

Hello everyone.
This morning I went to buy a lipstick I had my eyes on for quite some time. Film Noir! It's a chocolate brown with a red base. I rather love this colour it makes me feel powerful and good about myself. Christine at my local M.A.C did my eyes a dark dramatic eye. (She told me I was not allowed to wear them both together but the goth 12 year old in me insisted I at least do it for a photo.) :P Sorry Christine.

Then I went with my mom out to lunch at a place I had never been before called Luigi Ortega's. They have so much to pick from and it all looked good! They even have some exotic meats for the adventurous eater. The mini pizza seemed very popular. I got the appetizer "Elephant Garlic Shrimp". My mom got the spaghetti lunch special. The shrimp was really good!! We got an Asian salad to go for later. The sauce for the salad is a thick almost syrup like orange and ginger flavoured sauce. I took some photos of the extra shrimp I brought home.
Day 2 of the review
I looked over the website to do some extra research for this post and I discovered something super awesome. THEY DELIVER! I decided I would order something else off the menu just to have one more thing to review. For lunch today we got the lunch special spaghetti it comes with 2 meat balls and a coke. The sauce they have is lovely; it has great flavour and lots of body to it. The meat balls are baseball sized piles of goodness. We also got a BBQ chicken pizza which was yummy but I'm not an onion fan! If you like onion and BBQ chicken this is the pizza for you. The pizza box is super cute! The place is covered in cartoons of the two chefs Luigi & Ortega. They have tons of TV screens that play all kinds of sports as well as cartoons, news, and court shows pretty much anything you like.
I took a bunch of proper photos on day 2 of my review so I hope you all enjoy them.
Talk to you all soon.
Enjoy!

Elephant Garlic Shrimp



















Sunday, June 19, 2011

Well... It's been interesting. + Reviews

In a post before I told you about a new job I got.
Well, I got screwed and treated with total disrespect and that's really as far as I'm going to go into that. I don't want to badmouth people. Moving on with life! My plan is to try to get the job I wanted in the first place. I will keep applying till I get it. :D

My camera broke so I haven't been able to do photos of any of my new recipes but I think I have that fixed so watch out here I come with new reviews of lots of new and awesome places, food, people and items! 

It's been a month of discovery and re-discovery.
Today I want to talk to you about one of the discoveries and one re-discovery I made recently.

Let's start with the re-discovery.
El Pollo Loco had fish tacos for awhile igniting my love for them. Sadly it was a limited time offer so when they vanished I was very sad. My mom went to dinner with a friend and brought back a fish taco from a Mexican joint we go to a fair amount called Paco's. Every fish taco I had up till this point was a fried fish fillet with baja sauce and either cabbage or lettuce shredded in. This is what I expect to see on my plate when I order a fish taco. This was not what I saw when I looked at this fish taco from Paco's. At fist all I saw was shredded cabbage and this yummy looking creamy sauce. (Spare me the cream sauce on the fish taco jokes guys!) :3 I was starving so I dove right into this thing. The sauce is amazing; the fish is not breaded but seared in a spicy blend of seasoning. It Was Heaven! Oh my goodness. I was obsessed for like 2 weeks I had 2 of them almost every day.  It's a ways away to get there so we don't go there every day all the time. If you find yourself in the Pasadena/Arcadia area PLEASE check this place out. They also have a shrimp enchilada which my mom and my uncle love as well as many other dishes. Chips are perfect, good salsa and a "Manager's special" Margarita. It's the same as the standard margarita but they upgrade you to the good stuff for no extra charge when you mention the manager's special. It's not a huge place; the parking lot is pretty small. It's lovely inside and they do have outdoor seating for people who prefer to be outdoors. 

Now to the discovery!
Carmela Creamery is a new store in the area I think it popped up while I was in New Zealand. Every time we passed this place it was slammed full of people so I figured it was a sign of good things. I decided to stop there yesterday and I was shocked. It's a special creamery. They make very cool and different flavours. Lavender Honey, Mint & Cacao Nibs, Strawberry Buttermilk, Watermelon Mint and Salted caramel just to name a few! I tasted the Mint & Cacao nibs. It tastes like fresh mint leaves. It's real folks no green Ice Cream with chocolate chips here. The cacao nibs are crunchy and a bit bitter but it works wonderfully with the mint ice cream. MUST TRY! I have every intention of going back and getting one of their ice cream sandwiches. They have two cookie flavours for the sandwiches, Dark Chocolate and Chocolate Chip. I can't wait! They also serve cupcakes from a place called "Blue Cupcake" which I will update you on when I try one! I was waiting in line and listening to the people talk about the flavours. Now when you take a kid to a place like this they would go EW at the flavours. That doesn't seem to be the case here. Teens and small children alike seemed to love the new and complex flavours this place has to offer. If you are in Pasadena check them out! If not check out the website and pass it on.


More to come soon, 
Ginn

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

New Job and NUMB3RS?

Ever since I was a kid I picked wild-flowers and weeds and put together flower arrangements for my family.
Despite being a huge tomboy I liked the outdoors and the flower arrangements I made always made people smile. I've enjoyed doing my photography but I have been really excited about getting a job working for someone other then myself. I want to have some sort of a structure in my life and I feel my new job working floral will give me just that! I will also have access to nice food and quality ingredients so I can make new meals and with the extra activity I am sure I will at least loose some weight which would make me feel much better.
I will be working at Safeway.in the floral department. I have really enjoyed my time in training so far and it was no where near as scary or as hard to grasp as I first thought.
  
Getting hired was kind of like a movie.
My friend came over and just as we got settled into out typical chill out mode I got a phone call.
It was the "VONS" branch of a Safeway store asking me if I could come in for an interview in two hours. (I had only just applied the night before I got the call.) So I left my friend at the house and went off to the interview I had applied for another job there but I mentioned I did have some handle on floral and she said... "See you here tomorrow at 9am." By the time I got out of the interview I had less then 2 hours to go and pick up uniforms. Thankfully I managed to get two full uniforms and ended up having to take my friend whom I had planned to hang out with home! The next day I went to the customer service orientation and it was so much fun. At lunch we were told we could go get food but that we had to practice the customer service tools we had learned in the class. 


You have likely already seen the show or heard of it but I am a big fan of NUMB3ERS. I love the way math is explained in the show to people like me who have very sharp minds but math is just something that is very hard to totally grasp. I love the inherently brilliant minds of people like "Charlie and Dr. Reid" From the TVshows NUMB3RS and Criminal Minds. I enjoy all the people in the show NUMB3RS and it reminds me very much of my own family. Most of all my uncle George. But it really just seems like a very dramatic meeting at foxes on a weekend morning. 
If you have not checked it out you should.
It's about an FBI team and how the brother of one of it's members who happens to be a mathematical genius. It's alot of fun to watch and I really do learn from it even if it is a drama.
LoL

Sorry for the epic mistakes I am certain I made. 
I'm kind sleepy. :D
<3 More rat and other fuzzy baby photos soon! <3

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Long time no post! Sorry about that... o_o'

I haven't made a post in a while... Stuff got real here and I'm franticly looking for a job currently.
I've been buzzing around the net. My wow account is down at the moment so I've been putzing around Gaiaonline again. I've been a member of Gaiaonline since it started back when I was about 16. A lot has changed since then. 
If you follow my DeviantArt page you know I wrote a story a long time ago I figured I would show some of the people from the story. If you don't follow my DA and you would like to know more and see how they look please visit my journal entry about it Here

I've been hunting around on the net for some cool ideas on things to cook.
I found some cool ideas from some other blogs. 
We ran out of stuff to cook with here and it's been raining so going to the store to get more hasn't exactly sounded like the best of ideas to my mom who does the driving. So there has not been to much in the way of creative cooking going on. However I will share an old stand by of mine. 
Garlic Butter Pasta!
When I don't know what to have to eat this tends to be what I make.
What you will need is your favorite pasta. (whatever kind you like is fine)
Butter
Garlic salt. 
Honestly that's all you need.
You want to fancy it up a bit?
Cut up some cherry tomatoes and throw in a small handful of mozzarella cheese.
All you have to do to make it is cook the pasta, drain it and put it into a bowl with some garlic salt and butter stir it up and eat it. It's simple. It's yummy. It's pasta. It's cheese. Make it. 


I will be doing some makeup looks using URBAN DECAY Naked Palette. 
I'm trying to find some simple looks for interviews and so I end up messing around with it all the time. I also hope to get some new photographs out to you all very soon. Sorry for the long pause without an update!
-Ginn

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Photos And FAQ + Recipe

Hello again! <3
I got a few FAQ's to answer from my DA page.


1.What server do you play on? (WoW)
Sentinels (RP)


2. What class do you play? (WoW) And what is the name?
A better question would be what class don't you play but here goes.
Kathalea (Pally)
Naemilla (Priest)
Vaelana (Rogue)
Marcyl (Hunter)
Shamala (Druid)
Emasha (Shammy)
Nicolina (Mage)
Volka (Death Knight)
I have a second pally and Priest as well but one is a bank and the other I may delete and make into something else...




3. What kind of Lashes do you use?
I don't use False lashes... I never have in fact they scare the crap out of me. My eyelashes are just very long and thick to begin with.  The photo above is just my plain lashes not curled with BadGalLash. They are naturally blonde and without a dark mascara you can't see them.
So... Yeah.


4. Are you a professional chef?
No. I'm a home cook and I love cooking but I do not make a living off of it. But I don't think I would say no if an offer came around.


5. What camera do you use?
I have a Canon Digital. I started with a auto zoom film camera.
Honestly it's more the eye you have then the camera.








I made Mac n' Cheese the other day and people went a bit nuts over the photos so I figured I'd post them with the recipe.



Here is what you will need to make this:
1 Box of your favorite Mac n' Cheese ( I used Kraft ) 
2 Slices of Provolone Cheese.
Cheddar about 1/4 cup.
Mozzarella about half a cup. 
1-2 small pads of butter.


How to make it:
Cut all the cheese into little pieces. Then cook the pasta as it says on the box. 
Pour in the cheese sauce mix from the box (you can skip this if you want) Then add the cheese bits and mix until gooey. If you find it's becoming to sticky and not saucy enough add a bit of room temp cream and keep mixing. The heat from the fresh pasta should melt up the cheese nicely.
Now EAT BEFORE IT GETS COLD!

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Bubble Brigade

I have an orange tabby here in LA. Her name is bubbles. She has many different nic-names we have come up with over the years and some have stories to go with them. Orange rocket came from when she was a baby tearing around the house in Maryland and all you would see of her was an orange streak. Psycho Mow from her random playful attacks on everyone.  Bubs, Bubble Butt, Fluff Butt, Fuzz Muffin, Bubble and so on. She's a lovely cat who is VERY photogenic however doesn't always love the camera.
(We all have our moments) 
I got her when she was not even ready to be separated from her mother out of a box of kittens someone down the street found under their storage shed. They didn't want the mother raising them in their yard so they boxed up the litter and were sending them to a shelter. This made me super angry. It was a hard time for me. I was 13 goth and rebellious a major pain in the butt. My mother was in hospital for a broken back. And I was stuck at my grandfathers house in Maryland. I decided I was going to take one of the kittens home. There were 3 kittens in the box that I really loved. 1 Male orange tabby who was almost exactly the same as bubbles only with different eyes. 1 grey kitten I have always wanted a grey cat but I was thinking about my mom and decided since I knew her dream was an orange female tabby to take that one. 
I grabbed my hoodie and held the squiggling ball in my huge middle pocket all the way up the elevator in the hospital and placed the tiny kitten on my moms belly. "Oh no" she said as she petted the little kitten who looked up at her and meowed. She was in love and everyone was hooked. The little kitten grew quickly to become the largest cat I have ever owned. 
A few years later my grandfather died and it was time to move things out of the house. This included Bubbles. We packed her into a cage and started the car. She RIPPED the door off the cage and curled up next to me and for the next 3000 miles gave us lots of laughs and stories to tell. We were pulled over somewhere in the middle of the country for speeding. The cop walked up and started laughing. He said he was going to ask dad if he knew how fast he was going but bubbles had sprawled out on the shelf under the display. So the cop petted bubbles who was happy with being fussed over and let us go
When we got her home she and our other cats Cherry and Chessie did not really like the idea to much. But Chessie was very old and dying and soon passed away leaving Cherry and Bubbles to work things out. They did and now they have places they hang out and there are no more cat wars in the middle of the night. Cherry is very old now... Almost 20 so she has no time to deal with a kittens shenanigans. More about her another time. Here are some recent photographs of Bubbles for you all.




With love from the Orange Rocket...

Friday, February 18, 2011

Back in LA

I've been back in the USA for some time now.
I haven't felt motivated to do a whole lot the last few days. I really miss my little family back in New Zealand. Malcolm and my baby rats are all alone now and have no one to spoil them. I feel bad having to be on the other side of the world from the 2 little balls of fuzzy love I had become so attached to. My little star runs for my voice desperately when she hears me on skype... It's enough to break my heart seeing my baby trying so hard to reach me and knowing I can't hold her anymore. 
It is true that I do have my fair share of babies here in LA. We have a large dog, two cats and a bunny. I also have an extended family of fuzz-balls that belong to my friends. Luna and Puck my friends little Dachshund puppies and her larger dog Ahanu. And a giant real life Garfield belonging to one of my childhood friends. All of whom I love like they were mine.  It's 7 am here at the moment and I have no clue what on earth I'm doing still awake.
The day after I got home the above mentioned friends had a welcome home party for me and we had mac and cheese and a huge cake which I will admit did help with the sadness quite a bit. When I got home however my 72 year old mother was laying on the floor in front of the front door having fallen. I have no clue what I would have done without my friend there. My dad and I could have never gotten her up safely without him. She smacked her head on the fridge and came down pretty hard on her tail-bone. She's in a lot of pain (well more so then usual) and is having a bit of trouble walking now.  
It's funny now that I look back on just how many times this same friend has come to save the day in an emergency. He drove me to the ER about 3 times? He came to visit me when I was stuck in a bed with a morphine drip after my surgery 4 years ago now.  O_O omg it's been 4 years WTH?!... Uh anyway... I just have no clue how I could have managed without his help the last few years.
My Dad came from Maryland to pet-sit and visit me when I got home which was also nice as I don't see him much these days.

Hopefully I will get to updating this more with photos of things I cook here. I would like to start cooking more often but that means we need to get food for me to cook with. ASAP I will start cooking and updating way more often perhaps with new photos of random stuff here and there.:D
For now I leave you with this:
End worlds longest blog post...

Thanks for reading...
Ginn


Again it's like 7:00am I'm sure I made spelling mistakes and typos but I'm to sleepy to be able to tell.

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Back in Takapuna.

I really had fun on our trip here last time the ocean was magical and everything was just right.
This time it's changed a bit... There was a storm here and so you can't see the ocean floor anymore and there so so much decaying shellfish and seaweed on the beach that it smells really bad. It's lovely to look at from the footpath. The water was very warm today it was so hot I decided that I HAD to do something. If I can figure out how perhaps we will go down into Auckland and catch a whale watching trip or something of the sort today. 
Snapshots: