A light at the end of the tunnel?

This has been a SUCKY last couple of days, but then I finally just heard some good news. First, though, I'm going to go through the suckiness:

This cyst crap has been killing me for the last couple of days. I can't wait to have this ultrasound and start getting this little mother flower treated!

I HATE work... HATE it! I can't stand these people. They are under-handed, evil, hateful, spiteful, petty, deceitful, aweful people! I am miserable, but I'm stuck here. I keep praying that God either gets me out of here or calms me down and makes things better here.

Speaking of work. Called the city of W. Covina and found out that they put hiring on hold for the senior administrative assistant position. Hopefully, by the new fiscal year (beginning in July) they will start up again, but I won't hold out hope since the County is having the same kind of retarded budget issues. Grrr!

Tried to get a consolidation loan through my credit union because the rate I have now on my current loan is killing me and is really just outlandish for someone with such good credit. Well, apparently, good credit means nothing if your debt ratio is bad. So, even though my Fico score is over 700 (also known as "Very Good"), they won't approve the loan because I have too much debt. So, basically, even though I have been very responsible and diligent about making all my payments and making them on-time and above the minimum, I'm still considered a risk. HILARIOUS! The crappiest part of the whole thing is that I wouldn't be in such a high amount of debt if it wasn't for the fact that I've had to make NUMEROUS repairs (in the thousands of dollars) on my lemon of a car (all together, literally, over $10,000 in repairs). So I'm screwed until my mom takes the car off of my hands in August. Once that happens, I'm going to go back and try again.... Until then, it's an OUTRAGEOUS interest rate for me.

Then, I find out a few hours ago that I won't be paying $1100 for my braces like I thought, but instead will be paying $1550. Yay. Insult to injury. Thanks!

Okay, now the good news...

I just got off the phone with my sister, Kim. She was feeling very queasy last night. Non of it could be attributed to a stomach flu or any kind of sickness, so I say, "have you taken a pregnancy test?" She says no and then tells me she plans on doing it. I ask her some other fun questions like, "are you breasts tender?" (too much info... I know). She says yeah. Hello!

So, she took the pregnancy test and it came back POSITIVE! Looks like I will be having a new neice or nephew in less then a year! Of course, we aren't getting ecstatically excited yet.... she's going to the doctor tomorrow to find out for sure. As soon as he/she confirms it, it's excitement central, son! If she is prego, I'm going to be so happy for her because they have been trying for a year now and I know how it feels to want it so bad.

At least I got some bit of good news out of all this crap!

Changes...

Some changes are about to happen in my life, but before I get into that I'm going to update this whole cyst thing. I have not had the ultrasound yet, but it's scheduled for this Friday, so I will know for sure hopefully by next week, if not on Friday itself. I do know that I am in a little pain, which was partly brought on by Gatito stepping right on the area that is giving me problems yesterday. He came over to get some pets as I was lying on the couch and managed to step right where the pain had been coming from. Of course, I'm sure he aggravated it because almost immediately I started feeling it. Not fun.

Anyway, change numero uno is that I've started a campaign to lose some weight. I won't say how much I weigh, but I will say that I want to drop AT LEAST 20 pounds. AT LEAST. After seeing how much I weigh at my last doctor visit, I've had a wake-up call. I will be starting ASAP. I even went so far as to purchase a used elliptical machine this weekend from some guy I found on Craig's List. (I got a good deal too... =] ) I have vowed to start eating more healthy and to use my machine at least 5 out of 7 days in the week for at least 30 minutes. I promise you, people, you will see a new person. I am going to be at least a size 7 if not smaller.... watch!

Change number two will be braces, with my first appointment being this Wednesday. Finally! This has been 10 years in the making. My senior year of High School was the year I was supposed to get braces. I asked my mom if we could put it off until after I took my senior pictures... actually I insisted. As soon as those pictures were taken I was ready to go, but it just never happened. Of course, my mom says it's my fault and that I insisted upon waiting, but I have to say that I only insisted upon waiting until AFTER my pictures. After that, it was up to her and she procrastinated. So for maybe the first 5 years of these last 10 years, I blame her. After that, it is more or less my bad, because I am an adult with a job that includes dental/orthodontal benefits. =)

So yeah, a year from now I'm going to be one skinny brace face. Hahaha! It's all good... It's all about improving yourself and making yourself the best you that you can be! It's worth the effort...

Just as I thought...

Went to my doctor appointment and it turned out okay... I guess. Looks like there is a strong chance that I have an ovarian cyst. That's not great news, but it's better than "you may have cancer" or something scary like that. I have to setup another appointment for an ultrasound. Once that's done, the doctor will hopefully be able to tell what's up down there. If it is a cyst, he will prescribe birth control pills. Okie dokie. I can work with that. Like I said in my previous post, as long as there is nothing invasive involved.

Changing the subject... I was surprisingly very happy with the doctor today. He is also Liz' doctor and she recommended that I make him my primary doctor when I finally moved my primary from Panorama City to Montebello. He was very thorough and he didn't treat me like I was a hypochondriac or like he just wanted me out of there. He totally respected what I was and wasn't willing to do. I was very happy with him, which is crazy considering he works for Kaiser. In fact, that's probably the first time I have ever said anything positive about anything Kaiser-related.

The bad thing, though, was that I found out how much I weigh and it's definitely TOO MUCH. Let's just say I am extremely close to 200 lbs. I know I don't look anywhere near what I weigh, but I still know that I need to get my butt in gear. I need to lose at the very least 20 lbs.... at the VERY LEAST. I think I might start waking up early and going jogging. I'm definitely going to cut out A LOT of carbs. The way things are right now is NOT COOL. (I know... a lot of caps there. lol) It's time to overhaul this body!