Halloween Party Bust!

So this weekend I planned a huge Halloween party for my neighbors and friends here in Syracuse and I spent a lot of money decorating my house and making fun party food and only 6 people showed up.  There were 12 confirmed guests and another 14 or so maybes and only 6 showed up.  Now, they all had good reasons why they didn't come.....one got electrocuted and felt ill, two couples were dealing with the flu, one couple got stuck at a work party and some others ended up spending time with family but all in all, I am feeling a little lame, lol.

I thought for sure more people would show up and I was so excited planning a great party and then it was a bust.  I guess I needed a good dose of humble pie.  Of course, then I had to go to church and hear all of the excuses and all of the "Oh I wish I could've come" lines but really, I just wish I could ignore them and not pretend that it was awesome, lol.  Then as a cherry on top, I was looking at facebook to see if a new girl in my ward was on fb and she wasn't, but it brought up a screen to show recommended friends and it showed a girl in my ward who was already my friend and I had invited her to my Halloween party and she has unfriended me, uh, thanks for that.

So, I usually shake these things off pretty easily and don't let many things get me down, but I can't seem to shake this one yet.  I think it was a culmination of sooooo much work and so much effort put into it, and then it was just kind of boring and of course you could tell everyone that did come felt bad for me and didn't leave early because they didn't want to hurt my feelings.  However, by about 9 PM I just wanted it to end and go to bed.

Oh well, I am going on a getaway trip with Justin this week so hopefully getting away for a while will get me out of this funk.  I'm feeling kind of done with Halloween.......

Here are the pictures.

Doing Better

I went to see my family doc about a month ago and he put me on Meloxicam, a long time release anti-inflammatory drug so that I can rest all night without pain as well as prilosec for heartburn.  The first afternoon I took the prilosec it gave me a bad headache so I am taking it at night with my Meloxicam and it is no longer causing headaches. 

The first night I took the Meloxicam I had no pain and could've slept in til 10 AM, it felt so nice.  Since then I haven't been completely pain free but that usually happens when I do too much with my upper body like mow the lawn, trim and fold a ton of laundry all at once.  I also have some pain when I don't take it every day.  The only question now that I am doing a lot better, do I keep taking this drug the rest of my life?  I guess every few months I could stop taking it and see how I'm doing without drugs but it sure feels nice to feel so much better.  I need to call the doc soon and discuss furthering my treatment.

It does have a side effect of possibly preventing pregnancy so that may be something to consider and of course if I do get pregnant, then I can't take it or any nsaid's for that matter.  Anyway, life is getting better and I am feeling so much better.

I have also been battling a cold/sinus infection for over 2 weeks but I refuse to pay to see the doc for this.  It is getting better but still there a bit, sheesh.