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Monday, 02 February 2009

  • Nothing like house hunting...

    So... We went to see a house Saturday, and it was actually really nice!
    I think it's a really lucky find, especially compared to the last home we viewed that needs a ton of work! The last place has really damaged stucco siding, which is very expensive to remove and siding is expensive to replace, as well as the interior needs a lot of work and new windows!
    This new place appears to be in quite good condition, interior and siding intact! Plus there is 2 floors and a basement! The basement is kind of short, but it's make great for storage and a freezer. I'm not complaining, not everything could be perfect.
    I think our realtor really likes me because she said to my fiance on the phone "tell 'Alyss' that she HAS to see this kitchen, it's huge!" I had told her I was a homemaker and she figured out I was pregnant on the first view. Heehee, I'm glad I look preggo and not fat to strangers!
    Not to mention the house she is showing us isn't even on the market yet! She said she was thinking of us, as a new family starting out and figured this house would be perfect. She's good at picking I must say, I'm just brought my parents and papa to make sure there is nothing to wrong with the structure that we couldn't notice (we're no home professionals!) My mom, step dad and papa have done a lot of home renovations and my step dad and papa have both helped built houses, so I trust their opinion.
    Apparently from their review, everything that is wrong with it is easily fixable.
    So we're highly considering putting in a bid, my step dad wants to go take a look (in the attic) one more time before we do... and then if it's good enough, we'll be getting it!

    I feel pretty excited! We live in a 1 bedroom apartment right now, and it's really not cutting it. My fiance doesn't even have all his stuff here and we feel cramped. (Doesn't help it's kind of messy (in the cluttered way)!) Since being pregnant I've been a bit lazy. LOL I'm bad.

    Anyways, some stuff about pregnancy!
    I've notice for the past few days a new fatigue has seem to set in, I can't find any other reason except for being pregnant. I'm not to happy about it, I'm into the whole 3 o'clock afternoon naps again! I miss the energy, I almost feel like I wasted it! I felt exhausted at the gym on Friday, we had to leave a bit early because of it! I was disappointed, but it won't be stopping me from going. I'll just have to go after napping and just making sure I've eaten enough, I think I should probably go back on the Ensure. I don't know though...
    I'm still on the 140lbs mark, so I'm getting more used to the fact it's just all baby.

Monday, 19 January 2009

  • Downward I fly...

    So lately everything has just been getting worse for me, and it's all in my head. It's like yeah I know it is, and I know my life isn't terrible... But everything feels like it falling apart in front of me.
    I'm so stressed about quite a few things, finding a bigger affordable place, money in general, if i will be a good mother at all, that my dad is in the hospital... There is 4 months to go with this pregnancy, I am scared of birth. Sometimes I keep thinking I'm just not ready for this baby, not at all. Then I feel bad for thinking that I may not want my kid, inside I know I do.
    I just feel like everything is so out of control, and so if I can't even control my life/mind sober and not on meds... What good am I? That doesn't make me a good person... At least it doesn't feel like it.
    Everyone tells me I'm going to be great mom, and that I'm a wonderful person.
    Why am I the only one that thinks I'm not?
    I keep wishing I could drink again, take drugs and just numb the pain within. But I can't ever again. I see a cousellor and it's not helping at all.
    I'm starting to consider going back on medication again, but I fear harming the baby.
    Ahhh! I'm just so confused!!! What is real anymore? Where am I?
    It's just so stupid, why can't it be simple?

    Anyway, other than that...
    My dad had to go to the hospital because his depression got so bad he was getting suicidal. I tried to visit him and bring him some personal affects, but he refused visitors. That amde me cry, we gave the stuff for him to the nurse. At least he's safe and can get back on meds to being stabilized and healthy. I just wish he'd see me... 
    But whatever, why would anyone want to see ME? It doesn't matter what I do for people, no one will like me in the end anyway.
    On a completely different topic...
    I still haven't gone to the gym I signed up to a week or so ago. We are planning to go tonight for sure... I bought pants and some middle priced exercise shoes for inside the gym (can't track mud all over...) So hopefull that will help.

Friday, 16 January 2009

  • There we went, and back again.

    Okay, so the fish didn't make it, I'm under the impression it was a zombie fish for a good few hours. Then it went to the other side of life, death. Which is good, I'd rather that than some zombie fish.
    Yesterday I watched this movie Tideland, it's one of the most messed up movies I have ever seen. It's about this little girl with junkie parents, her mom dies, her dad brings her to his mothers old farm. The old lady is long dead and gone, and they stay in the abandoned house. After some messed up stuff, we meet some interesting characters which leads to a bigger trip... Obviously the little girl will have some major psychological problems when she gets older. I won't say much more to ruin it. Irregardless I recommend this movie to anyone who likes weird movies. It has the little girl from Silent Hill in it (if anyone cares).

    I also downloaded some pre-natal yoga, my friend kept trying to convince me to go take classes. I can't afford classes, if I would I could. So I tried it out today, it's pretty good. I'm definitely way out fo shape though, in pathetic standards. I was so tired the first 3 months of being pregnant that did not help, then with this -40 winter... as if I'm going outside. Depression also takes away a good chunk of motivation. *sigh* So I signed up to this cheap fitness club, it's $10 a month and there is no contract, you can quit whenever and keep going for as long as you want. I haven't gone yet, but I will be on Sunday after I get some proper shoes and bra. I only have one bra that fits since being pregnant, and well, it's not the right kind of bra. Bleh.
    To amny things, not enough money... I have about 4 months left in my pregnancy, and we still have to get things. We're definitely considering re-usable diapers, and baby slings. I don't know what else we'll need... wipes obviously, car seat... A breast pump. *sigh* the world of babies is such a strange one.

Saturday, 10 January 2009

  • Fish out of water, literally.

    Yesterday I (well, we) finally got around to setting up the "new" fish tank my nanny gave me. It was for my female betta fish, she's red and he rname is Angie. The only problem was, one pice was missing so we couldn't get the lid on at all... So we just put the filter on and used cardboard to cover the top thinking it'd be alright. We put Angie in her new home and she was content as can be swimming around in her new larger home (her other tank, no more like fish bowl is small in comparison). So we left her over night in there, woke up this morning I saw her swimming around. Good I thought, the cardboard did stop her from jumping out.
    Wow, I was wrong... A little while later I walked by and I couldn't see her, there is a cave thing in there, so I figured she had hide herself in there. About an hour later I walked by, still no sign of her. I thought this was really weird... So my fiance and I looked and looked, we even reached in and moved the cave. She wasn't in there. Then I realised, she must have jumped out, but where?! We have a cat, so we were worried that she ate it. But there was no way Angie could have jumped out the front of the tank. There was a gap in the back though, the tank is on top of a movable cupboard in our kitchen, instantly I figured she must be behind there. Honestly though I feared the worst, I'd almost rather her have been eaten by my cat then have a slow suffocating death behind the cupboard.
    So my fiance moved the cupboard and looked while I held the cat, yep there she was, unmoving and full of dust and hair. We just put her in her new tank, she finally got to have some new freedom and a nice big tank... She jumps out the morning after and dies. It made me feel so sad for some reason, I'm just really sensitive, I have always been.

    Although it doesn't stop here...

    I told my fiance to scoop her up, MAYBE she might still be alive... it didn't look like it, I mean it have been an hour or so, she was covered in dust and not moving... For some reason anyway I had some hope. My finace quickly filled up a measureing cup with tap water and dropper her in, she floated to the top unmoving. I started to cry and I held my cat (my cat was more curious, I bet she wanted that fish). I felt kind of stupid crying over a fish, but I let it out anyway... My fiance looked just as sad. I walked over and looked at my fishy. I'd had her for months... I know fish die eventually, but I didn't want it to be this way. Then I noticed something...

    Her gills were pulsing again!!!

    I wondered at first if maybe it was an illusion, that water was just filling her up or something. I kept watching and I became convinced she had started breathing again. So I put on a glove and reached in and started to push he deeper into the water to make it easier for her. I let go, she floated up again, I was determined though. I pushed her down, then I started to stroke her to get the dust and hairs off of her scaly body. Her fin started to move, but only one... I thought to myself if maybe it would be worse for her to come back to life if she's gimped like that. I internally decided if she made no recovery I would kill her quickly and swiftly. That time didn't come yet though, I know she's need some time, get the dust off her sides and being able to breath again. I mean I wouldn't expect a coma paitent to pop out of bed and dance around after waking up. So I kept up with poking and gently stroking the dust and debris off her. Then happily her other fin started to move and she would occasionally jerk away from my intruding finger.

    I was seriously amazed at this point, I did not know you could revive your fish after that.
    Only my hope discovered this... What if I had just given up and threw her away?

    I couldn't though, inside I knew.
    It just really makes me think about life and the decisions people make.

    Right now she's in her tank relaxing, she swims occasionally. I don't know if she'll be better fully ever.
    For now she's on observation, I have no idea if she might randomly die. I hope not, I hope she makes the full recovery.

    If not, at least I tried... So we'll see.

Friday, 09 January 2009

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    You'll Rebel to Anything
    By Mindless Self Indulgence
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    I had a nightmare...

    I had a dream I was sleeping in this weird tunnel that was an underpass of some kind. It was in the middle of the night and it looked like there was a moon out. The tunnel was pretty long, but I could see the end/exit clearly and I saw this sack thing there.
    There was someone else in the tunnel with me who was my "friend" (although his face kept changing) he was halfway down the tunnel. I called him over (I was near the enterance) and told him there was a dead body at the other end of the tunnel, so he was like "I'll go look." and I was like "NO! Stay here..." since I felt scared.
    Then someone came into the tunnel from the other end, so we pretended we were sleeping... they just kept walking by. I had this errie feeling that there were upset and tortured spirits in the tunnel. But I couldn't move to leave as much as I wanted to... 3 other people walked by, and I kept pretending I was asleep (but with my eye cracked open to watch them)
    Then this guy with a little black puppy dog comes in. The dog sniffs me and I think "please don't notice me, please!" the guy ignored me and keep walking. Suddenly he stops, turns to the wall and there is a large hole there now, and someone is in it talking to him.
    This just really scares me, was that person there in that hole the whole time?! Then I "wake up"... But...

    I'm still in a dream!!! But now I'm in my fiances car, and my friend is in the back. I feel relieved, I wasn't really in that tunnel. Then I turn around and there is the entrance to the tunnel not far from the car!!! We were parked outside it!!! I felt horrifed. I felt like my soul and my friends soul had been in that tunnel with all the tortured spirits of the murdered. I woke up my fiance (who was sleeping in the drivers seat) and asked him if we could please leave. It was 3:48AM I remember clearly seeing on the clock. But he kept saying he was to tired, I started to get frantic I wanted away from that tunnel...



    Then I woke up for real, and it was morning and my real fiance was leaving for work. I told him I was scared and he stayed with me a bit and rubbed my back. Then put me back to sleep... but on the couch, because I didn't want to sleep in the bedroom because I was so afraid of having that dream again. I know I was silly, and maybe it doesn't seem that scary... but being in the dream sure was... I hate dreams like that.

    I always wonder if dreams are metaphors to life, it really seems like it.

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