Party On!

As you may remember, I went to my friends' house for a christmas party last night.  It went really well.  It was so nice to get out of the house and spend time with people; both old friends and some new faces.  Other than a few instances of longing over the "groaning board" (aka there was a lot of really yummy looking food) I didn't feel deprived or left out at all.  And, much to my surprise, we were there for five hours!  I really didn't think I would last longer than one or two hours.  And other than being a little more tired and sore in the face today, there doesn't seem to have been any negative repercussions.  So, overall, it was a good time.

We did get up this morning to take Ariel to PetsMart for her annual picture with Santa.  But get this crap, they don't have a live Santa!  WTF?!  They sit the critter in a chair and then line it up with a "virtual" Santa.  And they don't print it out, they email it to you.  But you can but a frame for $7.99, only 10% of which goes to their Charities.  Screw that!  So this will be the first year that Ariel didn't get her picture taken with Santa since we adopted her.  I'm pretty upset with PetsMart about that.  Ariel wasn't pleased either since she was harnessed, boxed, carred, and all around tortured for nothing.

I think I'm getting the hang of the tramadol thing. The trick is to not wait for the full six hours but to pay attention to the pain level.  If you don't let it get too bad, the tramadol is fine.  But if it hurts too much, it won't really work to kill the pain.  I've had two other sources tell me the same thing.  Good to know.  If I'm feeling up to it, I may try driving to the P.T. tomorrow.

That's all for today!  Hope all y'all have a good week!