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So, today was one of those days when I really shouldn't have gotten out of bed. I wanted to balance it out by posting a happy list, so I'm gonna try to post some happy things after I tell yall what a shit day I had.

- I was still kinda pissy about having to spend so much for my prescriptions last night, so I wasn't in the best of moods to begin with.

- My rat, Penny, had a mammary tumor. She was fine and then she wasn't. She was the more social of our two rats, and she loved to just kinda hang out in the pocket of my hoodie and chill. But the tumor was sucking away all her nutrients, and the vet said that even though she was probably in pain, she wouldn't show it because in the wild if she were to show weakness, she'd be eaten. We had the option of surgery to remove the tumor, but it was expensive and if the tumor was cancerous she'd require extra treatment. Also, she'd have stitches and would have to be kept separate from her sister, and there was no guarantee that she would actually be okay or that it wouldn't happen again. So me and the vet and the kids talked about it and decided the best option would be for her to be euthanized, and even though we made that decision together, it wasn't easy and this morning sucked.

- Broke a glass when I dropped it for no reason, and it shattered and pieces went all over the kitchen.

- I've had a wisdom tooth that's been bothering me, so went to have it extracted today. It hurt before, and I know that eventually I'll be glad it's gone, but right now it hurts like a bitch. It was growing back towards my cheek instead of straight up so it was a bitch to get out, and then it wouldn't stop bleeding. Dr says that because it's stitched up to keep the space from bleeding into my mouth, it'll most likely bleed into the tissue and I'll look like I have a bruised jaw for a few days. Yay?

- Do you know how hard it is to swallow pills when you have a whole in your mouth and aren't supposed to eat/drink on that side? I take half a dozen pills a day anyway, and now I have an antibiotic and a pain pill on top of that.

- The boys weren't cooperating AT ALL with me and/or Harley this afternoon, and I busted one of my stitches yelling at Ronnie. OUCH!

- I am now practically broke, again. Which means no Chicago for me unless my dad works the rest of the week and I can scam money from him.

- I made the most awesome roast in the crock pot today and it smells absolutely delicious and I can't eat it.

- Davey backed up the toilet in our main bathroom while I was napping and it was a DISASTER. Like, I had to have my brother come over and take care of it, that's how bad it was.

- To top off everything: MY FUCKING PHONE IS DEAD! Like completely kaput dead. I typed a text message, hit send, and it went blank. WTAF does technology have against me???

Okay, so that's... 10 shitty things. Which means I need to come up with at least that many happy-making things to balance it out.

1. Kristina went to the obgyn today. She's 13 weeks and the baby looks great and the sonogram pictures made me wanna cry. RT said "we got to see the little birdie fluttering around", so since I'm convinced Baby is a girl, I've already decided her nickname is gonna be Larkin!bird. (Larkin Rose is the name they have picked out for a girl)

2. I have THE ABSOLUTE BEST friends. I don't deserve them, and I don't know if they/yall know how much I appreciate everything, but really. You are too too good to me. (asimplechord & omgshutyourface, I'm looking at yall right now; there are others, but you two made my day today)

3. Last night at the Relay for Life kickoff meeting (which was excellent, and I'm super excited about this year's event, which is themed There's No Place Like Hope), I won the door prize and got a cupcake that's bigger than my head.

4. M called earlier and I told him that he didn't want to talk to me tonight because I'm grumpy and it hurts to talk and he doesn't want to hear all my crazy and that I was just gonna demand all the hugs/cuddles in the world and then cry on him. So he offered to come over for cuddles and movies. I didn't take him up on it, but it was still nice.

5. Idk if this is necessarily a happy thing, but it amuses me. The puppies are mostly house broken, even though they're particular about the type of puppy pads they'll use when we're not here or at night or whatever. But Duke has this habit now of getting up with me in the morning when I first get up and have to pee, and even if he's already been outside, he'll come into the bathroom with me and pee in the floor. Silly dog.

6. Shameless comes back on Sunday and I'm pretty darned excited about it. Also this month is Royal Pains and Being Human. Yay TV?

7. The boys are back in school and mom is back at work and Harley goes back to college in a few days and I'm so so glad to have our routine almost back on track. The past month has been hectic and crazy and I really didn't like it.

8. I got a gift card to JCPenney for Christmas so I went to spend that today and hit their clearance racks, and ended up "saving" more than I "spent," which is always nice.

9. Duke is trying to type on the laptop, and Duchess is laying on my feet. They are the bestest puppies. When I don't feel well, they lay in here with me all calm and good and keep me company, even though they're super rambunctious most of the time.

10. It's almost time for jackiesjunkie's baby to make an appearance, and there's another someone on my flist who is expecting my hasn't made an official announcement yet, so yay for 2012 babies?

11. I haven't had a coke in weeks. I haven't even wanted one. This is super super weird for me, and sonicbookmark says it means I'm a pod person, but it's probably a good thing?

12. Every one of you reading this makes me happy. ♥