Well I had an interesting week to say the least...

For the past four weeks I have been experiencing really bad stomach pains (at least once a week). I figured it was gas pains so I would take mylanta, go to sleep, and when I'd wake up they'd be gone. Pat had bugged me to go to the doctor but since I couldn't find a common denominator, I told him not to worry about it and that I'd be fine. Stupid stupid decision on my part.

Thursday after school I began to get a little bit of pain in my stomach so I decided to go home and take mylanta as I usually did. Around 4:00 Pat stopped by on his break from work to say hi and to see how I was doing. I told him I was having those pains again but they weren't getting as bad as they had been in the past. 8 hours later, I was in the worst pain in my life, Pat immediately left work and my mom kept trying to get me comfortable. By the time 11:00 rolled around I was exhausted and in so much pain that I told Pat I needed to get to the hospital ASAP. The entire time I was in the car with him I was crying and screaming in pain. The poor guy had to have been worried sick but he didn't let it show. He held my hand and told me everything was going to be ok. When we finally arrived at the ER I was pretty much doubled over on the floor. Even after seeing the pain I was in they kept me waiting in the waiting room for 6 hours. Lucky for me the pain began to go away after two hours but boy was I pissed. What if my apendix had burst? Talk about a law suite.

By the time I was seen and released it was 12:00 Friday afternoon. Turns out the pain may be acouple different things. A. Spastic Colan which my mom has, B. Crones disease which my brother has, C. Irritable Bowel Syndrome (and for those of you who knew my roommate Kate O'brien that is what she has) or D. Some other GI problem. They gave me a bunch of prescribtions including some oxycodine :) and sent me on my way. All day Sat. I was completely out of it and my stomach muscles were still really tight. Now it is Sunday and after sleeping almost 24 hours I am feeling much better. The school I teach at was very understanding about me not coming in to teach and just hope that I get better soon. 

I was suppose to go to Christina's bridal shower Sat, but the doctor did not want me driving any long distances. Even Pat said to me "what happens if you get these pains when driving on 95? You can't function and odds are you'll crash." Though I didn't like it, I knew they were both right. Christina understood and Pat and I have agreed to take her and Blake out one weekend to celebrate. 

Well that's all for now!

• Tim
• Nathan
• Shanon
• Amanda
• Bill
• Yoda
• Corey L.
• Spencer
• Erik
  
• John
• Tom
• Pat
• Courtney
• Veronica
• Joe
• Jordan
• Tim and Kevin
  

Right now it is 7:35am and I've got 10min before the students arrive. I am sure they are going to be hyper but I guess it's that time a year. 

Thanksgiving was a little different this year then in the past. Usually we all went to my dad's parents house but since grandma is getting older my mother decided to have it at our house (we just redecorated so I am sure she wanted to show off the house). When my mother first told me this I was a little concerned because as many of you know my mother doesn't cook. Come to think of it I think I cook more then she does and thats not saying much. The day was spent in the kitchen while my dad, brother, grandparents, aunt, uncle, and cousin Zach drank and watched the Dallas game. When dinner was served I was quite surprised at how good everything was. I guess my mother and I make a good team!

Friday night was Dori's birthday so Pat, Jeff (yes he was in town), Laura, Tom, Sean, Dori, and a bunch of other people headed to Fell's Point for a drunkin good time. We started off at Shuckers where we had dinner and a few drinks. From there we headed to the Greene Turtle for some more drinks and dancing! We checked out a few other places in the area but ended up right back at the Greene Turtle. For those of you who know me pretty well you know that I am not that big of a drinker and when I do get wasted it is when I am drinking somewhere where I can pass out. Therefore, I only had two long island iceteas and one dirty girl scout shot. Of course this meant that Emily turned into the babysitter.

Pat got extremely drunk to the point where Jeff and I literally had to carry him to the car. On our way to the car I noticed that Patt did not have his leather jacket which meant Sean had to go from bar to bar looking for it. It was a good thing we went back for it because it had Patt's car keys and credit cards in the pocket. Sean had rented a SUV so all 9 of us were able to ride back to Sean's house together. Once there I noticed the guys were setting up a game of beer pong. As much as I would have wanted to stay and play I knew I had to get Patt and Jeff back (though Jeff was sober he had to be at the eastern shore that morning and it was already 3am). I ended up driving Pat's car back to my house and then Jeff drove Pat home. All in all I had a great night and met some pretty awesome people!

My father invested in a ping pong table which obviously will be used for another game :) I am looking forward to the weekend of December 28 because me and some friends will def. be putting that table to good use (Amanda, naked bonding time haha)!  More to come on this a little later!

Well the bell just rang which means the peace and quiet will be ending momentarally. Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving!!!!

~EM~