Owie Zowie

In a lot of pain today. I got an appointment with the specialist tomorrow-- funnily enough, it's the same guy that Deb sees for her knee. She says he's awesome, so I'm really hoping he can do something for me. Being this immobile and in this much pain really sucks.

On top of that, things at work have grown increasingly... complicated. I just know it's going to be a week of hard work coming up.

Sigh. I'm grumpy.

But just when I get too down in the dumps, my wonderful, WONDERFUL girlfriend cheers me up with a cup of tea or a funny story or just some good old fashioned cuddles. We hung out with our good friend Diane tonight and had dinner at Grace Tavern-- I'd never been there before and I had a blast! The food was awesome, the atmosphere just right, and it was so great to see Diane, who is such a smart, ballsy woman. Diane and Deb went to high school together and Diane moved to Philly for med school around the same time Deb moved here for theater!

After dinner we picked up a pint of Dove Cookies & Cream ice cream and headed to the Mariott, where Amanda McKenna was recovering from her surgery with the lovely and amazing Aunt Suzie. It was so great to catch up and compare war wounds with Amanda. We polished off that whole pint between the four of us and gossiped to our heart's content. Not only is Amanda pretty much the awesomest, bravest person ever, her Aunt Suzie sure is an amazing woman. Deb and I spent the whole car ride home discussing how much we wished Aunt Suzie lived in Philly full time and was our aunt too. That lady rocks!

Keep your fingers crossed for tomorrow. I'm really hoping the doctor will tell me a, it's nothing serious and b, here's some thing that will take away your pain. Oh, and I'm hoping that the work situation will resolve itself quickly and happily.

Until then I will continue to self medicate with a combination of amazing girlfriend, some good beer, intermittent ice packs, ibuprofen and a healthy dose of great friends. Doesn't really do much for the pain, but it sure is helping to keep my chin up.