http://whenwewereliars.com When we were wired, the world was like a secret. -- Matthew Good Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:34:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I can hardly believe that I've had this blog for 3 years. I read through my posts from July 2005 and well, there's nothing profound or exciting to point y'all to. I was a sad and lost little punkin'. While I have my moments, at least for now I am ... http://whenwewereliars.com/2008/07/03/bloggy-birthday/ After greatly reducing my caffeine intake over the past several weeks, I had a bit of a mini-binge yesterday without even thinking. Iced coffee from McD's in the a.m., a bottle of diet dew mid-day and then a tall coffee light frappuccino in the afternoon. Well, I'll be damned if ... http://whenwewereliars.com/2008/07/02/i-am-strong-invincible/ "let them go-the truthful liars and the false fair friends and the boths and neithers-you must let them go they were born to go" -- ee cummings* I've been friends with Deb for nearly 6 years. We were work friends. The ... http://whenwewereliars.com/2008/07/01/the-truthful-liars-and-the-false-fair-friends/ A lady from the hospital called me today to schedule my day of pre-op tests. Holy shit, they don't play around. On the 14th, I will be enjoying the following: bloodwork, an EKG, a pulmonary function test, chest x-ray, gallbladder ultrasound and upper GI. Sahweet! lol My tests are scheduled ... http://whenwewereliars.com/2008/06/30/pre-surgery-funacliciousness/ I went to Panera yesterday morning to work on some reading for my class and also to start on a paper that is due tonight (love these Sunday deadlines. Ugh.). I snagged a small booth and behind me in a semi-crowded part of the restaurant. I could hear what I ... http://whenwewereliars.com/2008/06/29/easy-like-sunday-morning/ I am still pretty stunned over how quickly my weight-loss surgery plans have come together. I'll most likely be going to my all-day pre-op class on the 15th, where I'll get the scoop on everything. I've also found a local message board where I've started to connect with people. One ... http://whenwewereliars.com/2008/06/28/still-stunned/ My surgery is scheduled for July 28th! OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!!! http://whenwewereliars.com/2008/06/27/holy-crap/ I just had a voice mail from my surgeon's office ... and my insurance company approved my weight-loss surgery! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! That didn't even take two weeks, I'm stunned! I have another dietician's meeting Thursday to check my weight and I also have to call the surgeon's office to schedule the next steps. WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! http://whenwewereliars.com/2008/06/27/kick-ass/ I've been pretty tired the last few days and I wasn't all that surprised when I woke up this morning feeling like I had been hit in the face with a board. My face hurt, my ears hurt, my throat hurt, ugh. I got in to see the nurse practitioner ... http://whenwewereliars.com/2008/06/26/weekend-yet/ I put on my big-girl panties tonight and hit the gym after work instead of going home and sitting on the couch for hours. I worked out for just about an hour, following one of the plans that Kara the trainer had written for me. Gah. That shit is hard! I ... http://whenwewereliars.com/2008/06/24/working-it/