what a week!

There were a couple of major events that took place this past week and I am glad to say they are over and the new week is about to begin.


To start, this past week was my finals week for school meaning I will have made it through another semester successfully upon getting all five of my grades. Since I took my Purchasing Management final last Thursday, first up this week was Jazz at 10am on Monday, Industrial Relations at 10am on Tuesday, Organizational Change at 10am on Wednesday, and ending with HR Management at 5pm on Thursday. For the most part all went well with the exams, but that is to be determined officially when I get my grades. I spent more time studying for the first couple and much, much less time on the second two. I have my reasons for this....which brings me to my next major event of the week.

ANDY and his stones.
So long story short, Andy woke up in mild pain on Wednesday morning and we shrugged it off to be a cramp at the most. I am in the room that my final will take place doing some last minute studying when I get a call from him that he is in complete and udder agony. Needless to say, he ends up needing to go into the clinic. He eventually had to take a couple of exams too today...just not the ones he was thinking he was going to have (i.e., Business Law). No, instead he had a blood sample test and a urine test done. While waiting for the results, it was beyond painful for him. He could not sit still and I felt awful not being able to help him in anyway but to just be there with him. The doctor came back and told us that he thought Andy most likely had a kidney stone but we would have to head over the to the hospital so they could do a CT scan and x-rays to confirm it. But before that, they wanted to give Andy an IV to get some fluids back into him because he had been vomiting due to the pain. This was the most ridiculous part for me to just sit back and watch because Andy is afraid of needles and they had to stick him five different times to get a spot that actually worked. The poor boy had band aids and tape on both arms, both hands, and the middle of one arm between his hand and elbow. At least after they were successful the fifth time, they gave him some medicine through the IV for his pain and vomiting and that seemed to help him A LOT after about 15 min. We eventually ended up driving to the hospital to have the CT and x-rays done. It was confirmed.....he had a kidney stone about 4mm. They gave him two different prescriptions and finally sent us home and by that time his parents had come to Eau Claire to check on him, because we didn't know what it was in the beginning. Since they drove all the way up there and Andy was feeling a little better we decided to start to move his stuff out of his dorm apartment. You see, they were planning on coming up Thursday (the next day) to officially move him out and take him back to La Crosse, but unexpected events always seem to alter our plans. Anyway, the new plan was that they took almost everything home and that he would drive home with me on Friday when I was leaving. It seems that everything happens for a reason...this one just might have been be a little wake up call to Andy about the excess pop and junk he tends to eat. But there is no way to be certain of what caused it until the stone is passed and taken in for analysis.


So moving on, I had that final Thursday night and I most certainly did not study for it at all due to the drama that happened just the day before. So I spent my afternoon packing more of my stuff up and decided to go in blind to my final. Oh well. So I managed to get done with my final within about 45 min (we were given 2 hrs) and walked home to continue packing. When Andy came back with my car (he was cleaning his apartment) we went to Subway to get some food, heading back to my house to wait for Grey's Anatomy to Start. I had a friend come over and watch it with me and my roommates and we were all just crazy while watching it. (I will do a more in depth blog about Grey's very soon) All I can say about it is WOW.

Friday rolls around and it is moving back home to La Crosse for the summer day. I had so many things to do. Here is my list:

Take books back for both andy and me
finish packing
load the car
finish cleaning andy's apartment
write out my post dated charter checks
clean the bathroom
make my bed with my clean laundry (didnt do)
clean my fridge area
check andy out of his apartment officially
hug roommates goodbye
eat lunch
head home

We made it back to La Crosse and hug out at his house until his parents came home, chatted with them a bit, then I headed home to my moms and hug out with her most of the night. Played some poker with my brother, andy came over and played a game or two with us. Then we all called it a night because Andy and I had plans all Saturday.

Saturday.....the crazy night
(side note i am getting sick of typing and anxious to go play with my kitty....ozzy, so my typing will go downhill and become much more sloppy and short)

woke up, showered, andy picked me up, went to bank to get money out, ate at coney island, went to shopko to get his mom a bday card (it was thursday...but drama stopped andy from heading home that day with her), back to my house, play risk and poker with my brother, went to best buy to get her gift, then to party america to get a welcome home banner and happy birthday centerpiece. we were going to his parents house for a small family get together for his mom's side of the family. his uncle Ken was just getting back from Iraq and it was his uncle greg's birthday. It was just the aunts-uncles, his parents, his grandpa, and us (none of the cousins and not his sister). It was interesting to have it be all couples and adults...kinda nice actually. Dinner and chit chat was good!!! but the highlight of the night was the card game we played and the fiascos that occurred. if you are curious call me and ask...otherwise i'll leave it at that...it was just hilarious and one of the best nights i've had considering how this whole week went down. ha ha ha ...... the party didnt end until way after midnight.

only bummer of the night was that originally andy and i were only going to stay until about 8pm then go to my dads to hang out....unfortunately my dad kinda bailed on us to hang out with a friend of his. oh well.... i suppose he deserves to hang out with his high school friend rick benson sometimes too. he can make it up to us later :)


So here we are today...sunday....andy is at church right now and i am still sitting in my pjs. we are going to try to stop by at my friend anne miller's parents house for her college grad. party. And then maybe try to catch up with my dad a little bit...who knows. I need to find a job soon...so maybe some applications will be filled out by the end of the night, if not..for sure by tomorrow.


lastly here are a couple of shout outs that are necessary:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Greg (andys uncle)
WELCOME BACK HOME Ken (andys uncle)
CONGRATS ANNE (grad. from college)
CONGRATS TIM (grad from college)
HAPPY BELATED BDAY Mary (andys mom)



updates to come:

my semester grades
greys anatomy
finding a job
tom moving out
flo's sister is gonna pop soon...baby time
7 pounds
my brother and dads bday soon
and whatever else may come