okay that is THREE signs!!

It has been kind of embarrassing telling people HOW i dislocated my knee. Some people will leave it at "I just fell and it dislocated somehow". Others will want to know more like "where, how...". I tell some people the truth and of course they laugh but I am wondering if there is a serious issue unfolding. Seriously...how many moth related accidents go untold each year. Counting my accident, I have three documented cases of moth related accidents.
1. Of course mine. I was attacked by a moth who disagreed that he would be sentenced to death by lysol. The little monster was SERIOUSLY darting at me and i could hear his/her hiss and might have saw some teeth!
2. On one of my many recent sick days I had the pleasure of catching a Jeopardy episode. Alex was doing his thing where he talks to the contests about weird things that have happened to them that they think everyone will want to know about. Well...one of the contestants was recalling an experience she had where a moth had flown into her EAR and she had to go the hospital and they have to REMOVE it! GROSS!! At least with my trauma, i dont think the moth touched me.
3. I cant thank Lora enough (and her mom) for sending me an article from a local news station. This situation is very tragic but for some reason I could not help to laugh! Click HERE to read.

I think I have proved my point and I am going to look more into this. Let me know if there is anyone out there with a traumatic moth experience...i might need to bring this up to my congressmen.

the results are in

I got a call on Saturday from my doctors office that I was not expecting. The results from my MRI were in. I guess I messed up the mechanisms that keeps the knee cap in place. I thought for sure that I would have to have surgery. What I time I picked to have this done! So that gave me something to worry about for the rest of the weekend.
I already had an appointment to see a knee doctor on Monday and prepared myself for the worst. Well, it turns i dont need surgery!! I am getting a new brace which I could not be happier with!! I can start putting weight on it and try to bend my knee as it will let me. I have a pretty good chance that I can dislocate it again but Im going to try my hardest not to let it happen.
Then I got to thinking last night, what if I really did need surgery? It just seems crazy that I probably did a lot of damage and i can just start walking around again....we shall see. I want to get rid of these as fast as i can! I hoping I will be able to do without them by Theresa's wedding. Thats my goal. I dont think I should be trusted to walk down the isle with crutches while holding a flame. I will not burn down the church on Theresa's big day! I just cant!
Awesome side note of the day: So I have been just eating my lunches upstairs in the staff lounge to save energy. Well I headed over to the elevator to return to work and it wouldnt respond when I pressed the down button. The button would not light up and no sound came from it. So I stood there for awhile and nothing. I really didnt know what I was going to do. I knew I couldnt stand up there all day so I went back through the lounge and headed down the back stairs. Yeah that was so much NOT FUN! I seriously almost fell head first because I didnt get my crutch planted right on one step. I was just praying no one would want to come up or go down the stairs because I was going to be there for awhile. I guess it might have been a good workout for my knee to get it back to into shape but seriously. What if i was in a wheelchair? one can only imagine the end of that story!!

another boring update...

Had an MRI yesterday and it went pretty well...ok it sucked. After I got myself situated on the table they came to the conclusion that I would have to do an open MRI because my knee didnt fit right into the holder thingie (medical term). So I had to get out of the first machine and was moved to another. It wasnt too bad except my back hurt the entire time and all I wanted to do was better situate myself but was told not to move from the waist down. 45 minutes later I was done and I went to sit up and I had the sharpest pain hit my back. Of course it was enough to bring tears to my eyes and I fell back onto the table. I had to sit there for a moment and finally was able to get off the table but barely able to walk. Let me enjoy my drama queen moment! I ended up not going into work and tried everything to find a position to sit/lay down in to relieve the back trama. My grandma came over and had dinner with me. She brought a can a chicken noodle soup and promised it was magic soup. Im thinking of pouring it over my knee and see what happens.
Today was my first full day of work this week and its getting tough as the hours go on. There is no comfortable way to sit in my chair...grrr. I am excited that I got a handicap spot for on-campus use. But I pretty much have to get to work 1/2 early to get a spot behind the building (that will be another blog!) I have to wait until Monday to see the knee Doctor...I will be doing some extra hoping that I dont have to have surgery!!
Last but not least...I cant tell you how excited I am that The Office starts again tonight! I was bad and bought the first and second season and I think its the only reason I have made it this far with my knee. I keep falling asleep (due to pain medicine...NOT out of boredom) before seeing some of the shows so I still need to catch up. So in other words...watch The Office tonight!

no good news

Had a rough weekend on the crutches but was anxious about my doctors visit today because I thought there would be some good news or something. Well all he did was pretty much manhandle my leg, bending it in ways I never could BEFORE i hurt it. Then after that, he pressed on it as hard as he could. That was also a treat. Then he said what I was dreading...that I would need an MRI and to see another Doctor. I cant even think of how much this is going to cost me. So I am stuck on the stupid crutches and I feel I should go to work because I should save up my sick time as much as I can. I also have been having a reaction to the pain medication they put me on. It just makes me really nervous, tired and/or sad all of a sudden. I went to work afterwards and what a donkey show. I think being able to find a parking spot and trying to "walk" into work is what is causing me to get so upset.
I got to work and I dont think my boss is too happy about what I did. I just dont get a feeling of support from her. Yeah, I had the worst timing in the world but I guess she wasn't too happy how we handled things while I was gone the one day! I know that she has an office to run and when we are short staffed it puts a strain on her and everyone but sometimes you cant help it. Thats why i feel so guilty taking a day off because i know she thinks less of me. If I could just suck it up with this knee problem I would but I really cant. Hopefully shes in a better mood tomorrow. Hope all goes well with the MRI.
thanks for listening while I vent!

how it happened is funny

This morning I was getting ready and trying to hurry as usual. I was in the bathroom when I felt something on my arm. I looked over and there was a angry moth freaking out flying around the bathroom. He/she would fly around for a minute and then charge at me. I think moths are one of the grossest flying objects and I was trying to get away from it. I grabbed the lysol bottle, my weapon of choice, and started trying to spray him down and maybe calm him down a bit. Well it was making him more mad, I would be too, but he continued to fly at me. Right when he was going to do it again, I started to step backwards trying to get out of the bathroom. Somehow I stepped wrong or tripped on something and twisted me knee causing it to dislocate and fall to the floor. Of course my first reaction was to scream because my leg bone was out on the side of my knee. I got it back in place and cant not begin to describe the pain. I then tried to move and it slipped out again. I got it back in and decided this is how i would die. I had to lie there for a good amount of time before I could figure how to get up again. I decided to go to the ER because I didnt know what I had done to my knee. When I feel, I heard a pop, and seriously thought I had broke my leg. Got to the hospital and had x-rays taken and no broken bones were found but they think i stretched the crap out of all the stuff around my knee. It was kind of embarrassing telling everyone how it happened..."yeah, I was running away from a moth." So now I have probably a $500.00 knee brace and crutches. Getting to work tomorrow should be fun. Good lesson learned and im thinking of starting a campaign to address of the issue of dangerous moths and how they effect everyday society. They may seem innocent but dont be so sure!

How much can I accomplish in one hour....

Its been a very interesting day! My car has been over heating for some time now and I guess filling up my coolant every other day started to get to me so I took it into the shop. Of course he didnt get to it yesterday so I got to drive my grandpa's truck into work today. It was great service. My mom took me over to my grandparents and he walked out and opened the door for me and had his truck all warmed up...A+ service!! anywhoo...I was going to run over to the car shop over lunch, since its close, and check in on my car. I thought I would go thru McDonalds real quick on the way and kill two birds with one stone. Well I am in the drive thru and my brother calls to tell his car broke down and he thinks he just ran out of gas and if i would come and save the day. Like a good driver I carry a gas can in my car, just for this very reason. Of course, the day that I need it I dont have my car. of course. So i had to run over to the car shop, stop and fill the gas can, and drive to where my brother was stranded all during my lunch break. I saved the day and his car started right up. But as luck would have it, I was almost late returning for lunch...and to top it off, I dropped my over priced chicken sandwich on the floor and it was in no state for human consumption. So basically, my lunch cost me close to $10 and I didnt get anything...
In other news....the UNO chancellor resigned yesterday(long story) and there were cameras everywhere! They were all staked out in front of the building I also work in waiting for her to come out. Of course, at first, i didnt notice them and Im sitting there easting twizzlers rocking out to my radio. Then I trip walking back into the building. If anyone saw me on the news...let me know...i doubt it...but I just want to know if I should change my hair color. Then today I was walking back into the building after break and I see a couple of people loading all this crap into the chancellors car. I wanted to get a closer look to see what she was taking home with her. that would have been interesting.

Conflicting reports

Not that I really care that Paris Hilton was arrested last night, I just cant help but read all the stories about it. Maybe its the fact that I am bored out of my mind or the evil co-worker is on another roll and I need to stop myself from throwing my Kleenex box at her.
I was reading people.com and found something interesting. Here are the two paragraphs as they appear on the site ( i put the interesting information in RED)

On Thursday morning, Hilton called in to Ryan Seacrest's radio show on L.A.'s 102.7 KIIS FM to explain the incident.
"You know what, it was nothing," she said. "I'd been shooting my music video for my new song, 'Nothing in this World.' Â… I got off last night at about 10 p.m. then I went and had dinner with my sister and all my girlfriends, and then we went to this charity event Dave Navarro threw for brain tumors.
"And um, I had one margarita, starving 'cause I had not ate all day, on my way to In-n-Out which is probably three blocks away, and I'm in my (Mercedes) SLR, which is a little fast, so maybe I was speeding a little bit" – she giggled – "and I got pulled over."
1. I just love how she phrased the charity event she was at "for brain tumors"...just really funny to me.
2. Then she first said that she went and had dinner with all her "friends" and then later she said that she had not ate all day....riiiighhttt.

Okay...i think I investigated that a little too much and you are now free to go....sorry for wasting your time!

have to add...

1. Hope you like the new layout..should be interesting.
2. Okay...what is up with Facebook!! Those of you who dont have it or havent seen it yet they have added this "feed" feature and it pretty much shows what you have done while on Facebook, like:

• Elizabeth just wrote on Billy's wall
• Elizabeth just joined I Heart Justin Timberlake group
• Elizabeth just took a crap
• Elizabeth is stalking people through facebook
• Elizabeth is searching for new friends

You get the idea. It has become a breeding ground for stalkers and shows everyone and their mom what you have been doing...just thought I would vent/share!

home again

Had a fabulous time this weekend in Colorado! My dad, brother and I set out on Saturday, really early, with hesitation of leaving Jasmine. I packed her a pretty good bag to take to the kennel that included a couple of toys and a bag of puppy treats. I still havent got to see her because we didnt get home until like 10:30 last night and plus it was a holiday and the kennel was not open. She is going to go CRAZY when my grandpa picks her up this afternoon and drops her off at an empty house. Anyway...enough about Jasmine.... After a very long drive we arrived in CO and the weather was fanastic. It was like probably 60 degrees with NO HUMIDITY! Sunday we had the wedding and the reception was at this gorgeous country club right next to Red Rocks. I was so mad that my camera died like 10 minutes after we were there and so I missed out on a lot of great shots. I got to see a lot my old friends that all lived on the same block as me growing up so it was really fun. Got to see my grandma on Sunday and she cooked a fabulous breakfast for a bunch of family, who I had also not seen in forever! My brother and I had to drive back yesterday and I was dreading it all morning. We got kind of a late start because we had to stop at target and jamba juice. Then we were taking the Toll Road out of Denver and we missed our exit and hit another Toll stop. I asked the worker if we had missed our stop and she was like "umm yeah...you have to drive to the next exit two miles away and turn around there and heres the directions." So we had to pay at that stop, turn around and pay at the other sides stop as well. $20 later, we were able to get on the right road. I drove through the greater part of NE and it wasnt too bad. My brother kept yelling at me for watching the DVD player while I was watching. I can totally multi-task!!

Happy belated Labor Day to everyone and hope you got to relax a little!!