Wow.

Words to disceibe my past month:
Wow
Tired
On the go
Last minute
Family
Scans
Dr. McDreamy
Catching up
Falling behind
Sleepless
Vomit
Stress
Release
Leaving behind
Forgiveness

There's alot to discuss. There's not enough time.

Christine
~Sent from my iPhone~

I Heart Charlene Harris

So this is the one I'm on right now. I've listened to the audio books for a while now. They're so great for the escape from traffic, and all Toronto Drivers... Most times. :D

Seriously... Get the books or audio books. THEY ROCK.

In Sickness & In Health...

Saturday night the Bob and I had planned to celebrate our 2nd wedding anniversary. I think we were going to do the quiet at home dinner just the 2 of us.
Instead we got to spend it in Toronto East Generals Emergency Department with a ton of strangers. Sigh.

Things have been a little tight around here, so I figured I won't put any pressure on Bobby to buy gifts or take me out for an expensive dinner (even if I'm STILL craving steak). It was going to be a perfect evening and maybe we'd get a drive in.

Unfortunately someone up there had some other divine design... Bob became so totally ill I had to rush him to the hospital.

I felt so bad for him. He was so incredibly sad and grumpy and a great big sick child.

Bobby has gout.
He had an attack that began a week ago.
He didn't have any meds for his attack until half way through the week.
The emergency anti-inflammatory gout meds started to make bobby feel more ill almost immediately.
It began with one bout of diarrhea, then it slowly began to affect him every time he took the emergency anti-inflammatory (every two hours). It was horrible. I took a trip to the pharmacy to see if there's something I could get for him and what I should be doing to help relieve his pain. When I explained the situation to the pharmasist and he told me straight out "take him to the hospital right away!"

So... Off to the emerg we go.
I felt so bad for him.
He hates needles.
They had to put in an iv and he looked at me like I was the most evil person on the face of the planet. he was looking up at me with these big puppy dog eyes, and he was so cute, I felt so bad for him.
It's always the big burly guys that are afraid of needles. :D
We were at the Hospital until 3am.
Got home at 3:30, and I couldn't fall asleep until 5am...
I was so worried about him.

Any how. He's better now, and I'm glad that the ordeal is over.

No... we didn't get to celebrate our anniversary in the traditional sense but, we spent time together as a couple...
Like we would in the future as we grow older, through sickness and health.

Happy Anniversary Bobby. I love you & I'm sorry you were ill.

So... It's Going To Be An Interesting Morning.

Bob's fathers Bone Marrow test is first thing in the morning.
Bob's sister & mother have decided to join us.
I'm sure it's going to be that kind of day.

I'll let you know when I get back home.

Stuff sucks.

I need to get shit off my chest.
STUFF SUCKS.
I am so tired of stuff. Mine, yours and everyone's.
I'll get to why this has come up in just a moment.

I know that life has funny ways of trying to bring people together but sometimes the end result is more drama than when they weren't speaking.
I HATE FAMILY POLITICS.
Just shoot me.

This is going to a long bumpy ride. Hold on.
So...
2 weeks ago My husbands father was more or less diagnosed (it was in a weird roundabout way & the Dr. used the "if it walks like a duck" theorem) with Lung Cancer.
Since the roundabout diagnosis I've been taking him to the hospital for all of his appointments (which comprise of tests... a lot of tests and scans and things that get jammed into his arm)

PREQUEL-
This past year my mother in law and sister in law have NOT been speaking to my father in law.
Infact there was a HUGE blow out not so long ago. During this blow out the MIL & SIL said some real nasty stuff to the FIL. They didn't regret it UNTIL NOW!

2Weeks ago(around the time of the roundabout diagnosis):
My MIL instructed me not to say anything to my SIL until we knew for sure. Well seeing as it walks like and duck and quacks like one too, it's fair to say that we know sorta for sure.
My MIL told my SIL, and guess what... She was mad at me for not telling her. WTF????
Like I want to be caught up in the middle of this stupid shit, but guess what here I am.

Fuck me.

Back to today.
A couple of days ago as a result of the news reaching the SIL, the SIL made up with the FIL ( or at least she thinks she did, he's still not acting as if he's happy to be around her)
Now suddenly the MIL and SIL decided that they want to join us for his respiratory testing this afternoon. I told each of them more than once that there won't be a doctor at the respiratory exam and there won't be any one there to speak to (other than the exam technician who can't divulge anything anyway) .
I know from experience that they won't have any results from this test for a while, just like the others and that they shouldn't expect anything to come out of this visit.
I should have known this would end in disaster.
SOOOOO....
My SIL doesn't drive. How is she going to get the appointment from her job at Markham and Progress to Toronto East General Hospital you ask? It's ok. I'll pick her up. I figure this is a nice gesture.
Then we pick up the MIL & FIL & and my husband and head to the hospital for his respiratory testing.
Every other test I've had to go to with my FIL, we joked and laughed and tried not to be to serious about the whole thing. I know it is serious, but I also know that he doesn't want to be around people with the doom and gloom attitude while we go through all this testing. I mean you have to understand that the testing is hard enough.
Worst of all I am sure they (the SIL & MIL) don't want to be there for the hard stuff, watching my FIL suffer through the endless pokes in the arm by technicians and nurses who can't find his veins, or when he's crying because he's in pain from the cardiac stress test, they just want to be there to talk to the doctors. It's ok that I get to see him suffer, because I'm just a peice of shit that they use so they don't have to go through all this stuff.

Did I mention that in the blow out my SIL, told my FIL that she would be happy to bury him?

Moving On.

So we get to the appointment and I'm translating for the technician, all of a sudden my SIL storms out of the exam room. Like seriously WTF???
At first I thought she was just upset that her Dad is going through all this trouble, and found it difficult to watch, but I found out later it was because I was doing all the translating for the technician, and my father in law.

Fuck me.
Seriously?
After all the appointments I've been to with the old man, and all the stress I go through to get him there, and never mind the cost of driving every one around she want's to cause drama?

I just want to say I QUIT.

/rant

Halloween Haunt @ Canada's Wonderland

A group of us went to Halloween Haunt last year and decided that we would make it an annual tradition. I really enjoyed it last year. they had decorations and creepy creatures hiding behind every corner. It was incredibly fun.
This year we made it to the haunt on Halloween as opposed to any other week end. I found I was disapointed. There weren't as many creepy creatures roaming around this year, and I found that didn't work as hard to scare us.
There was this awesome graveyard thing they did last year, I was looking for it. I was sad not to see it.
Here's a list of the Mazes (Haunted Houses) we made it to:
Club Blood.
I found it entertaining and well planned from the entrance to the dancefloor and Go-Go dancer in her cage. This one of the Haunted Houses I hope stays around for a while.
Blood Shed.
Get it? Blood Shed you see what they did there? Blood Shed. My friend Nelson must have said that like 20 times last night.
Asylum.
Obviously about a loony bin. It was enjoyable nothing out of the ordinary.
Mother Noose.
This was one of 2 3D mazes that Canada's Wonderland has to offer. The glasses sell for $1.00 a piece and you're told they will enhance your experience. I might just be getting old but I found the 3D glassed did nothing but blur your vision and enhance your headache. The Maze was fun as they always are but I think next year I'll just skip the glasses.
Clowns at Midnight.
This maze had an incredible entrance, I love it! In fact this maze had some of the most interesting creatures and I really enjoyed the time we spent there. I would easily say this was my favorite one out of the bunch.
The rides awesomeness as always:
Behemoth
Backlot Stuntcoaster
Dragon's Fire
The Fly
(those were just the ones we got to ride. next year Vortex here we come.)
The funnel Cakes and footlong hot dogs were AWESOME, and I can't picture a trip to Canada's Wonderland with out these orgasmic goodies.

Shows:
Fangs.
Ok so we decided to catch this show seeing as I had heard from alot of people that it was wicked and funny.
Honestly I didn't thing it was THAT funny. It was short so the script sucked. The music was good and what the hell was with the dancer that kept screwing up? Any how the show was an overall MEH!

Oh Canada's Wonderland how I love Halloween haunt.. but next year can you bring some more enthusiastic creepy creatures and bring back the graveyard.
kthxbai.

Check out their website for further information
Canada's Wonderland Halloween Haunt