Well, actually I've been up since 2 AM. So I will face my day with 4 hours of sleep but honestly at this point, I believe that sleep is WAY overrated anyway. I'm convinced that this insomnia will NEVER go away. I'm baking cheese-bacon biscuits and banana nut muffins to surprise Pam with to take to her employees this morning. I sent some homemade toll house cookies last week and Pam came home and told me all her guys (they are all really young) want to marry me I'd gone to a BBQ last week with her at work and it was the first time I'd met them.....when I sent the cookies, her boss said, "she's hot AND she can cook???" Damn, what an ego boost I'm still in shock anytime anyone says anything about me and "hot" in the same sentence. I still have very much the fat girl mentality and guess I always will. I walked in the living room at 2 AM to find that my Schnauzer has ripped up my new John Grisham book (The last Juror) that I've read 3 chapters ...... I guess I'll never know who the 'last juror' is I went with Daphne for her first OB appointment today, or yesterday rather. She's about 6 weeks pregnant. Everything looks good. Her due date is March 31st. She goes to the same OB/GYN that I do and when we walked in (I haven't seen him since WLS) he DIDN'T RECOGNIZE ME ....I guess he's not used to seeing me with clothes on Oh, and get this....she's 6 weeks pregnant and weighs 85 pounds!!!! Can you imagine??? I think when she delivered the last baby she weighed 110 pounds ....I called her a skinny ***** She's only 4'9" so her weight is 'normal' but at 5' tall, I don't think I will EVER weigh 110....or hell 125 for that matter. I also went shopping at Proffitts after work today. If any of you have a chance to get to the Galleria this weekend, they are having a GREAT sale. I spent way too much money but got some great deals.....all their clearance stuff is an extra 60% off! I got a pair of Liz Claiborne jeans that were regular 98.00 for 21.00! I'm really starting to enjoy shopping now (a little too much). It's so different being able to shop in ANY store. It has taken some getting used to, but I think I'm getting the hang of it I got the "official" word today from my Regional Manager that my counterpart at work has indeed resigned. I had suspected that this would happen soon. So now instead of splitting my time between 3 accounts, I'm going to be going to about 7-10 accounts. Corporate America......how do they honestly expect me to even remember the names of that many people ???? We'll see how that goes I guess. I think I will just start calling everyone Honey or ****head (but I guess that wont make me much money, huh??) Well, I guess that's enough rambling for now. Time to put another batch of muffins in the oven. Love ya'll Kim

OMG JACQUIE ......I hope you don't mind, but this is the best laugh I've had in a while That is SO something that would happen to me (but it would be before I had to go to the GYNO ) Glad to hear you got the ball rolling and that you and your mom like Dr. Freeman. I continue to keep you in my prayers Kim

natural redheads eyebrows are blondish, mine are anyway, poor thing what a time you have had! Sandy

I owe you a email or two, I hope to catch up on all owed emails, asap. LOL....... Time is a precious commodity these days, Im still waiting to hear on this job so it is nerve wracking too. Sandy

Oh my gosh, I can just see that! When I used to dye my hair red, I had to work really hard to get all the dye off the walls and I had a specific towel I used for my hair. It would get better after a few days and wouldn't bleed everywhere. All that is another reason I stopped dying my hair...too much trouble. But dang, I loved my red hair. I discovered from my surgeon that I have shrank myself. I now am only 5'10". But like you said, it made my BMI go up, which is a good thing with this surgery. If only, as we grew older, our FAT CELLS would shrink instead of our height! The H-pylori test is a normal test for the surgery. The meds should make the bacteria go away and everything should be just fine. I was so shocked when my test was okay because it seems like, with me, everything that can possibly go wrong, will go wrong. Glad you liked Dr. Freeman and that your Mama is happier with it now. Well, I am off to try to sleep. Since I have to go get my blood pressure checked every friggin' day, I have to drag myself out of the apartment every day instead of having my "rest days." But I don't see paying for a blood pressure monitor if I am only going to use it for two weeks. If it continues, I will probably have to go to the expense of getting one, but for this two weeks, I'm not paying out that kind of money. I went to CVS today and got it checked. The chair attached to it was not built for fat people and I almost didn't get it in and then I almost didn't get out of it, but at least I got it checked. I'm going to my sister's house tomorrow to get her to take it. I can't believe she agreed to do it, but I will have to go to Sheffield and catch her on her lunch break. Since she only works two blocks from my apartment, I thought she could come by after work and take it, but that would be too much trouble for her, so I'm going to go to her house, even though I have so much trouble with the stairs going up to her house. Beggars can't be choosers. Anyway, thanks for the update! Sounds like you had an eventful trip! You know how you can get that red dye out of things? Use Visine....it gets the red out! Love you, Joni