Farewell Old Friend…

Today I bid farewell to something that has been with me for quite some time.

A giant cyst on my back.

It was time for us to part, as much as it pained me (literally) to see you go!  I have had this cyst right on the middle of my upper back (really attractive when I wear dresses!) from as far back as middle school or high school.  Funny thing is, my dad has a cyst in the exact same spot! Who knew giant oil-filled growths were passed down from father to daughter?! 😉

I actually had the cyst drained when I was 19, but it grew back.  It’s been back for a while now, I think a few years.  My friends and I would call it my “third eye”.  There was one time we actually drew an eye on my cyst, but I won’t gross you out with the details!

Today I went to the DR to have my ol’ friend removed.  It HURT.  Not gonna lie, I really hate needles.  I even have a tatoo on my stomach and I can tell you that getting that doesn’t hurt as bad as getting shots (in my opinion).  Today I had about 5 or 6 shots in my back.  Ouch!  The whole process of getting it removed was quick, about 10 minutes.  After the shots, my back was completely numb, but I could still here what they were doing when cutting and stitching…ick! 

Are you afraid of needles/shots?

For some reason it really freaks me out when I am getting surgery, but I am completely fine watching someone else get something done.  I have even sat in on an 8-hour open heart surgery while interning in Cardiac Rehab and was not the slightest bit bothered by seeing a man’s chest completely open.  But thinking about someone hacking into my back was really bothering me!

Now, I am recovering.  My back is sore and throbbing.  It’s not awful though.  I can’t really lift upper body too much for the next 2 weeks until I get my stitches out.  I can still do some cardio though, so that’s good.

My poor achin' back

My New Job

No, I didn’t find a new full time job yet, but I did do something new today! Before getting my cyst removed, I worked at the “Student Appreciation” event at the University I work for.  My job was to run the cotton candy booth.  I had never done it before, so I was a complete newbie to cotton candy makin’.  It was hard at first.  You have to really rotate your arm just right to catch the cotton candy. As the day went on, I got the hang of it.  And if I do say so myself, I think it’s definitely something I can officially add to my resume as I search for a new job 😉

Cotton Candy Machine

I actually don’t like cotton candy or really any candy that much (besides chocolate) so I didn’t taste test any of my creations.  I did get some freebies from other booths though!

The most random freebies: Marathon bar, some tooth paste and tampons!

Pizza Friday

Since living alone for almost the past year in a very small town with not much to do, I’ve had to start some traditions with myself.  Fridays are what I like to call Pizza Fridays.  As lame as it sounds, I actually really look forward to getting a pizza and spending the evening on my couch watching movies with my dogs.  And this blog would be a total sham if I didn’t talk about pizza!

Every Friday (unless I am busy. I do have a life sometimes, I promise) I order a Buffalo Chicken Pizza from Dominos.  I also get an order of Cinna Stix because well, I like to eat.   You have to try this pizza, it’s my favorite!  Once I like something a lot, it’s hard for me to try something new in fear of not liking it as much.  So 98% of the time I order this same pizza.  Good thing Andy loves this pizza just as much as me!

I order from Dominos so much that the delivery driver said to me tonight “We were wondering when you were going to order again!”  Yeah, I’m a regular.  I explained to him that I was out of town for the last few weeks and that I was unable to have my weekly pizza. 

Would have been perfect, but they forgot to cut the pizza..!

 I enjoyed half of the pizza and I also enjoyed half of these…

Cinna Stix

I’m actually not even the slightest bit stuffed!

Weird how much pizza I can comfortably consume 😉 

The pups and I are just relaxing the rest of the evening watching the latest episode of America’s Next Top Model.  I love this show.  I’m one of the rare people who loves Tyra Banks.  How do you feel about her?

Before plopping down on the couch for the night, I tried my best to take a good picture of myself and the dogs. But they turned out like this:

Take 1

Take 2

Take 3. Doesn't it look like I am meditating?

 Have a great night everyone!