Yes, I am still alive.

I promise.

I realize that the frequency of my posts has decreased to like, oh, once a month or so but that doesn't mean I don't have a lot of shit on my mind that I'd LOVE to spill. Just don't have the time anymore, somehow.

Hmmmm. Wonder where it all goes? I mean, seriously? Am I THAT busy? I can't be!

Anyway, here's the recent Spencer updates:

1) Glynn just got back from his Peru trip. Which was going to be OUR Peru trip, until we both collectively decided that my nerves were shot to hell and couldn't take a trip to a country where I was likely to get robbed (at LEAST), shot, kidnapped, or otherwise assaulted. It also ended up being more work than fun as we had initially thought. So Glynn took one for the team (God bless him) and did MY lectures as well as his at the dental conference. He said it was a bit like being at the U.N. because the translators sat in the back in a glassed-in box and all of the conference attendees wore headphones. THAT would have driven me crazy. Poor guy, though, he's now suffering the side effects of eating authentic Peruvian food on his last night in the country. Montezuma strikes again. :( He's home sick today, needless to say.

2) I did get a great visit with my parents though, while he was gone. They came up for a visit to help me out and keep me from going all batty. I think the family really thinks I've lost it. And God knows, I have been a bit unstable lately. But I'll pull through it, I have to! It was awesome to have them there, I always like it when my parents visit.

3) Our Halloween was awesome, we had Annie and Sarah and we had a blast! We carved pumpkins and roasted the seeds, went trick-or-treating, and handed out candy. Annie dressed up as a baby, Sarah was a cowgirl, and Maddie and Brady BOTH went as dinosaurs. They were all so cute! I'll post pictures as soon as I can (which is only when I can sit down in my own home and use the computer undisturbed aka never) Maddie and Brady are finally getting the hang of trick-or-treating, except Maddie would hold out her bucket and say "Trick or treat!" at which point Brady would hold out his bucket and say, "Can I have some too?" TOO CUTE.

4) The quest toward ultimate Jeep construction continues. Glynn's got the Jeep in these cool new huge tires and is making it harder and harder for me to get up in the damn thing, but I love it. I better get with it, though, or he WILL get the bumper sticker that says, "Lift it high! Fat chicks can't jump!"

5) I'm so fat. Fat fat fat fat FAT!!! I'm heavier than I've ever been in my entire life and I hate it. Hate it hate it HATE IT! I tried to work out with Emily last week (or the week before?) just doing some yoga and I sweated so bad (another lovely side effect of all this medication) that I made a huge puddle. That's not the bad part, hold on. I was thinking, good, I'm finally back in the game and able to work out again, but NOPE! Had pain back on that damn nerve again and I'm TERRIFIED to overdo it and damage all the progress we've made! I'm therefore grounded to extremely low impact treadmill walking (yawn!) that makes me feel like I've made no progress. I know that all this weight (well, most of it) is due to the medication side effects and that as soon as I stop taking them I should be able to snap back pretty quickly but it's the interim that's killing me. I suppose I should be grateful to be pretty much out of pain these days, but I'm starting to think that fat is worse. My self-esteem is in the shitter and I hate looking like this! I refuse to buy bigger pants so I'm stuck in schlumpy nasty female gym-teacher/volleyball coach clothes. Hate it! Hate it! You all KNOW that I love my fashion and shoes, and I can't get by with it now. Cute little black dress is not cute now on this fat ass with huge wobbly bits. UGH.

Okay. Done. Vent over.

Ummmmm, I think that's all for now, folks! Practice plans are humming along and I'm freaked out hourly about it, but I'm also excited and can't wait to walk through the doors of our practice someday SOON. Get back to my roots of pediatric dentistry. What I was born to do. :) No more of this general dentistry shit. Adults. Gah. I hate 'em. (no offense, y'all).


God is great, beer is good, and people are crazy.


(listening to country music station, and it seemed like an appropriate quote to end the post).