IF YOU AIN`T GOT RELIGION IN YOUR FEET, YOU CAN DO THIS PRANCE AND DO IT NEAT.

I have not written about this yet...but I am trying a new medicine...Lamictal. So, I am not (supposed to be) taking my Prozac any more...

I have been in a really bad mood this week...really tired, really anxious and really (really) grumpy...and this morning I figured out why. All this week, when I thought that I was taking my previcid pills (for acid reflux) I was taking Prozac. The previcid is brown and pink and the Prozac is brown and green. I grabbed the bottle this morning to refill (what I thought was) the previcid and I was holding the Prozac. I feel like SUCH an idiot!

I read the side effects and sure enough...all of the side effects I have been having have are mentioned with the combination of these two meds.

A (small) part of me is somewhat relieved b/c I thought the Lamictal was making me like this and I was upset b/c my therapist really thought the Lamictal would be great for me.

On to bigger and better things...

I skipped the rubber chicken dinner on Tuesday night (in fear I might growl at someone) and went to the BX and did the elliptical. Since then I have been getting cramps in my right calf and tibialis muscle. Took it easy yesterday and I really worked on it this morning b/c the cramping kept me up last night. Hoping that it will work itself out soon.


Scott and I are heading to watch the Mocs in the Southern Conference tournament this weekend. There is no telling what our team will do...they have been very inconsistent and unpredictable this season. They have also been through a lot of injuries and adversities that I hope will help them to be a stronger tournament team. To win the conference we have to make it through Davidson, and Stephen Curry, who are ranked 25 in the country in the latest poll! Our girls are undefeated and I hope that they don't fall to the same curse the Pat's did. They SHOULD win it all.

I am really looking forward to the trip because I LOVE Charleston!

Take Care
Molly

THE DANCE CALLED THE CHARLESTON,
MADE IN NORTH CAROLINE.

Suddenly the air smells much greener now

FIRST...I must ask you all to help the Koz...he is in a contest for Bissell vacuums. The contest is for their spokes animal. I REALLY just want him to make it to the finals so that I can get a new vacuum :).

Vote for Koz here:
http://www.bissell.com/redirect.asp?page_id=47118&Pet=126

Koz says Thanks!

Friday night I drug a tired Scott to Carrabba's with me...I was having a major Margherita Pizza craving!

Saturday morning I headed to Atlanta with a good friend of mine. We hit Harry's Farmers Market (like Whole Foods) first. This trip was all about wine. My friend takes wine classes and we hit Harry's for their selection. She helped me pick out 6 bottles (6=10% discount!) including a couple of Spanish wines that I have never heard of. Then we hit Trader Joe's for a different perspective, in the Two Buck Chuck. Trader Joe's is SO nice and SO inexpensive, we need one in Chattanooga - stat! We then hit a Macy's and headed home.

Sunday was a crazy busy day. I went to church and then Scott and I headed to the Home Show. There are several things that need to be done to the house...first on the priority list is windows. I actually got overwhelmed there were so many window "dealers" there! (It is kind of an interesting set up in that you pay to get in...to get solicited.) We also looked into a new basement door, gutters, an electric fence for Koz and a Remodeling 101 class in April. Then we headed out to a baby shower. We played an interesting game...they melted different chocolate bars in diapers and numbered them...you have to open the diaper (you can imagine what melted chocolate resembled) and then guess what brand of bar it was! Scott actually did really well. Then we headed to Abuelo's for dinner with Scott's parents and brother's family. I did not eat much, I ate at the shower, but what I ate was pretty good!

Yesterday was not a great day. Koz woke up with an upset stomach, he was needy and would not let me do yoga in peace and I was in a funk all day and I could not snap out of it. Scott and I went for a long, hilly walk last night and I felt good for the first time all day. Colleen sent e a knee brace that she sells that worked really well! I am looking forward to testing it on a run! Scott cooked pork on the grill (I marinated it in pineapple lime salsa, which I thought was great) and we had a quiet evening.

I am feeling much better today. Did AM Yoga and Yoga for Abs this morning. Going to lunch with my Momma and sister. I have to go to a "rubber chicken dinner" for my Dad tonight...not looking forward to that.

Take Care
Molly

Eye fight with my brain to believe my eyes
And it's harder than you think
To believe this sadness
That creeps up my spine
And haunts me through the night
-Paolo Nutini

And the cross is someone she has not met, not yet

Thanks to Allez, I have been tagged.

The rules:Link to the person who tagged you.

Post the rules on your blog.

Share seven random and/or weird facts about yourself on your blog.

Tag seven random people at the end of your post, and include links to their blogs (5 on side bar).

Leave a comment on their blogs so that they know they have been tagged.

7 weird medical things about me:

1. My due date was January 17th and I was born February 1st. My Mom ended up going back to work because she got bored.

2. When I was 2 I was bitten by a snapping turtle and got salmonella.

3. In 1st grade my Mom got me out of the tub to find that I had bruises all over me. The docs first thought it was leukemia and it turned out to be an idiopathic blood disease.

4. In fifth grade I did not take care of a blister (new soccer cleats). The blister got infected, ate through my skin and I had to wear a cast to make sure that the blister healed.

5. My eye teeth can in at the top of my gums (think Dracula) and I started wearing braces in sixth grade. I wore braces for three and a half years. My bottom teeth are still crooked (probably b/c I did not wear my retainers!)

6. In the tenth grade I pulled the ligaments on the top of my right foot. I really did not want to stop playing, so I practiced shooting with my left foot. For the next two years I was defended for my left foot shots.

7. Three years ago Scott took me to the hospital b/c of pain in my side and a lump in my groin area. The doc was examining me and saw that I had a bandage on my side. He asked what it was and I said that I had a rash that I thought was from laundry detergent. Turned out I had shingles and the lump was a swollen lymph node that was a result of the shingles!

I tag:
Matt (I mean Bullet)
Court
Momo
Coleen
Jess
Danielle
Lisa

On a more serious note...A girl that I looked up to when I was younger died recently from a brain tumor. Molly Firth Hooper was a great person and an amazing soccer player! Her younger brother also has a brain tumor and her parents have become very active in the brain tumor society. I mention this because her family asked that donations be made to Dog Dreams team for the Brain Tumor Society’s Ride for Research, Brain Tumor Society Ride for Research. As athletes I thought that this might be something that some of you might be interested in supporting. For more information visit The Dog Dreams Team at: http://www.braintumorsociety.org/site/TR?pg=team&fr_id=1210&team_id=13350

To link the two parts of this message together I remind you all that another "weird" thing about my medical history is that I have OCD. I am more obsessive and most of my obsessive thoughts include my fear of a brain aneurysm or tumor. This obsession comes from the frequent headaches I get from my TMJ. I fell like I have an angel to look to now. Molly Hooper spent years battling a REAL brain tumor. In the last three days as my obsessions have surfaced I have thought of Molly and the way that she fought this disease. I have encouraged myself to clear my mind by thanking God for my health and the day that I am living. I have also prayed that Molly's children find similar peace. Thanks for listening...

Take Care
Molly

Says she talks to angels,
They call her out by her name
She talks to angels,
Says they call her out by her name
-Black Crows

All I really know for certain, babe, Is that Love Is All There Is

Saturday

Lazy Day. Kind of had a tough weekend. A lot of anxiety and jitters. Leaves me once again with worries about what to do...

Saturday night we went to the Moc's game. It was senior night and I will really miss our seniors!

The best part was that my brother in law and niece joined us!

I had to tell her who all the players were and make sure that she grows up with the love of the Moc's that I did!

We went to dinner after the game..trying to find a place with a TV (to watch TN kick Memphis's butt!) AND had food for Kate. We ended up at Applebees...you all are my friends so I feel I must tell you, (at least, if you are in Chattanooga) don't go to Applebees!

Sunday

Went to Grace Sunday morning. Enjoy this church more and more as I go.

Not much exercise this weekend...in fact, a family walk was the extent of the exercise!

(yikes, look at the junk in that trunk!)

Today

Normal day at work. Anxiety levels down a little, but still there!

Tonight Scott and I went....for a RUN/walk! We walked 4 minutes and ran for a minute. The first minute I felt a little pinch in my knee, but the next five, minute runs, felt really good! Afterwards I felt REALLY good! We were blessed with a 60 degree day here, perfect afternoon for a run. We are expecting rain and much colder weather to come...so I am guessing that it will be testing on the treadmill for a while!

Randomness

I have decided that giving up chocolate for lent is bad for my diet. It takes a lot more vanilla ice cream than dark chocolate to hit my sweet tooth!

Scott and I are headed on a trip in May to the Adriatic Sea.We are going to take a cruise! I am SO excited! This will be the last trip before we "settle down". I purchased the plane tickets today...so it is real!

Cute Kozmo picture of the week:

(we are going to the vet tomorrow...I have a feeling he is going to be put on a diet!)

Take Care
Molly

Every now and then
There comes a time
Someone comes along
to change your mind
You believe it's unwise
To give in to careless dreams
You believe it's a prize
You'll never win
-Sheryl Crow

Two cups of coffee in the morning, Two days till I stop feelin' blue

Feeling 100%, yea!

Been doing my yoga in the morning but I am still being REALLY lazy about getting the cardio in. If it were not for my 30 minutes out with Koz I do not know if I would be getting any!

Two different times this week I have "explained" that the reason that I am having trouble is that I have nothing to work toward. When I had a race on the horizon I not only had a reason to get out, I felt like I had to.

My brother in law has taken the step of signing up for a 5K. I was REALLY excited and I hope that his path will follow that of Matt's friend, whose first 5K seemed to change his life!

My brother in law is signing up for The Chickamauga Chase. He asked if I wanted to do the 5K with him. My immediate response was, "I can't because of my knee." Ever since those words came out of my mouth I have wondered, is that true? I hurt my knee training for a 10K. I now know I have a partially torn meniscus and once I found that out I stopped running cold turkey.

So...I am thinking. Do I need to test this knee again? A 5K is no where near long distance and I have until April 19th to work toward it! I ran my first 5K in 30 minutes and I know that I can do one again...even if I end up having to walk it.

I am thinking that this would be a great test for me, another thing to keep me occupied (as teacherwoman's masthead says, Running is Cheaper than Therapy.) and will truly give me a good reason to get off my but and go!

Going to give this 24 hours to think about...I will let you know what I come up with!






Take Care
Molly

Hold on tight
Hold on tight because the ship is sailin'
-Josh Kelley

Can I have some remedy

How do you get a baby blanket finished, a scarf finished, your Blogland book finishd, and loose a couple of pounds in three days? Get violently ill!

Have had a HORRIBLE stomach bug that put me in bed Thursday night through Monday morning.

Whew...glad to be back in the land of the living. I would not even wish that bug on "W"!

Today's song is in refernce to my illness AND the fact that The Black Crows are coming to Riverbend! Whoooo Hoooo...it has been TOO long since a band I actually like came to our festival!

Take Care
Molly

Cause if I had some remedy
I'd take enough to please me
-Black Crows

Coming along real good, But I still can’t do most of the things I should

Doing OK ...not great!

Monday I got up and made my way, very slowly, through the 50 minute Yoga Now video. My knees were sore and I was really tierd! I slugged A LOT of coffee and made it through the day.

Yesterday I ran a lot of errands, went and saw the head shrinker and was a super democrat. Went to a lunch meeting and a Dem Women's meeting last night. I CRASHED when I got home.

I have not been happy with myself the last three evenings. I have eaten too much, had two glasses of wine (usually have one) and vegged in front of the TV. I STILL have not finished my Blogland book club book and did not get S's Mom's scarf done in time for her birthday and I NEED to be working on my nephew's blanket for his first birthday Satuurday. I have just been tierd!

So I am picking myself up by the bootstraps tonight and getting to it. I am going to do yoga this afternoon and tonight I will finish the blanket and read my book!

On a lighter note, my sports and political friends alike will appreciate this article. I tried to tell him that SEC football is not laughing matter...

Berke proposal stirs Dogs fans

Hope everyone has a Happy Valentine's Day and gets to spend it with people they love!

Take Care

I can’t stop this crawling out of my skin
I know that you see yourself flying
Out of the skyComing down
To carry me
But I won’t come out
-Counting Crows