CONNIE

When you stay away so long, I feel like our Board becomes a bit like a seam with a loose thread...one tiny pull and we'l fall apart - come back please. Your Reenie (by the way I posted a couple of notes to you personally at your profile page).

I'm here. The title of my life right now would be "Two Weddings, a Funeral and a couple of Birthday Parties" and thankfully none of them are mine. It seems like there has been something major going on every weekend since April. Last night was the first of two weddings and later in July we'll be flying to Baltimore for my brother's wedding. My sister's 40th birthday is coming up and it's a big deal. 4th of July will be an event and my son's birthday is the 17th followed by The Man's later in the month. Mine is the 22nd, but I don't have to do anything for that. Do other people have this much craziness going on all the time? My yard is suffering in this 113 degree weather because I just haven't have time to take care of it. I spent the morning cleaning The Man's pantry because he has cans in there from 2001 and can't see the tiny pull dates. I was afraid he'd poison himself. If I had my way, I'd crawl into bed for a whole weekend and sleep, sleep, sleep. Who am I kidding? Even when given the opportunity, I can never sleep for more than a few hours at a time anyway. Had a hip and spine injection last week and am feeling a little better. My pain docs are worried that I'm not sleeping enough and feel that I need to sleep to heal better. That's a great theory, but I wake up after a few hours no matter what drugs they give me. Frankly, I'm tired of all the drugs. Last night after we got home from the wedding, I took my handful of drugs, higher doses added a couple of days ago, and headed to bed. I was wide awake three hours later and staring at The Man who was peacefully dozing. I'm propped on my elbows staring at him when he wakes up and tries to focus on me with one eye. What? Let's go get one of your ears pierced. Insomnia on your part does not call for insanity on my behalf. Here's what they want me to take before bed... 2 Vicodin, 1 Tinazidine, 2 Neurontin and a Lunesta. I've stopped taking the Lunesta and take Melatonin instead, but you'd think that ****tail of drugs would knock a person out. Not me and that's why I think we malabsorb drugs as well as food. OK, I've either got to sleep or go comb through thrift shops to find lava lamps and bead curtains for my sister's party. Hugs, Connie