Home, sweet home.

I returned home from Earthdance yesterday evening and let me tell you it was amazing! My bed felt so good. I had a lot of fun with friends and family alike. Met a lot of really nice people, it was nice to let my hair down. I tried acupuncture and fell in love! The kind I had (no needles) was a pain reliever. I met someone on Wednesday when I got up there who was an acupuncturist. I was sitting with my head in my hands kinda because it was going to rain and I always get bad headaches when the barometric pressure raises.. the guy asked me what was wrong, I told him. He tells me to wait, goes to his car and brings back these little sticker things. They had a seed in them and they stick directly onto an area on your body! You have to apply a lot of pressure, though. It had a little seed-like object in it which you put on a pressure/acupuncture point (I had two in my outer ear). Every time you start to get a headache or a body ache, you just squeeze the little seed thing as hard as you can. It was so amazing because I was in literally almost NO pain the entire time! Even my back and neck had a very minimal amount of pain. :)

Wow, that was a wall of text! (Actually copied it from my facebook, haha). I didn't take many pictures as I tried to limit my phone usage, but I know a lot of people did and you can find some on the Earthdance website. Hopefully, some of you will attend next years!

Some kinda baby things

So my sister is due in like 5 weeks or something like that and I've been getting together some things for her baby shower gift package I'm going to send. I don't have a lot of money but I am finding some neat little things here and there. I had found this little baby skin care set that was still factory sealed in the shrink wrap and everything at a thrift store and they don't look too horribly old or anything and there were 2 of them for $1 each and it was just one of those things that had been poking at my brain going "You should get those!" so I happened to be at that thrift store again today and remembered and I gave in and bought them. I'm actually pretty excited about it since it's by Burt's Bees which we all know is a really nice brand of product so there's nothing cheap about this kit. It says it was originally $8.95 on the package near the SKU so I figured I got a really good deal. It comes with a little bottle of lotion, a little bar of soap and 2 packets of "bath soak" and a 32 page booklet on baby skin care. I really like what it offers even if it's just sample sizes, and because I scored 2 of them. If you're wondering about it for perhaps a baby shower of someone you know then you can find it for $2 on Amazon here: http://www.amazon.com/Burts-Bees-Baby-Skin-Care/dp/0762419997

On another note, Jacob's contribution was this score find that was at the same thrift store. It's a really adorable pink hoodie with a girly skull on the left chest area, probably for about age 4 or 5. It's really awesome and perhaps a bit ahead of the game but I'm excited about it anyway! Hopefully she will hang onto it until she can wear it.

Other than that I just got a couple of bottles and pacifier's for 0+ months that hopefully she can use. I may pick up some wash cloths but my mom has the rest of things covered.

And last on noteables for the day is that I'm doing sort of a yogurt diet cleanse type. I didn't start it off this morning because we had turkey at Danny's Cafe as we do every Thursday but we opted out of mashed potatoes this time and went for peas. Jacob is doing this with me to be supportive and awesome. So the rest of the day is liquids only and yogurt only, low carb and low fat of course so that basically means Fage Total 0% and Chiobani brand. I didn't realize the flavored ones are so high in carb. My surgeons office told me that basically I'm to have no more than 40g of carbs per day. That's severely hard to do!

All the things.. at once.

So sort of a collab here of ideas and thoughts that have been going on with me the last few weeks. So far, I am still in the gorgeous mountains of Dahlonega, Georgia. I'm not going to lie, I have been craving to just be able to get into a car and see the sights. Jacob has been very kind enough to drive me around and show me all the things on my whim. And also just to go places when I need to get out and walk around. He lives in the basement and I'm having trouble adjusting to that. I did not really leave my own house much as it were, but I lived in a 2nd story bedroom so I still had a nice window of sunshine coming in. Don't get me wrong though, there are windows in this basement. They are just all closed. I just want to DRIVE.

Anyway. So my friend William posted an awesome picture of a man pony. I say man pony because I think it's just MLP (My Little Pony) fan art of a boy pony. I do not think it is actually something from somewhere specific. So it made me want a pony too. I WANT A PONY. So I was googling and found this really awesome pink, purple and black pony with skulls and all kinds of amazingness. I found it here http://www.tomopop.com/sdcc-2011-exclusive-my-little-pony-19967.phtml and apparently it was only available at some Con in 2011. I'm so jealous! I wish I could have this pony. Oh well.

Aside from that, just been playing a lot of Warcraft. Jacob bought me a new desk to have here. Originally we had a $20 one but it was just not comfortable for me to work at and then continue to sit at and play video games. So we got one that is basically the same as the one I have at home just without the extended attached shelving on the side. It's awesome. I love glass desks, they look sleek and modern and nice. So now it really feels more like "home".

I've been feeling slightly guilty about what I had to do to get to where I am now, but in the grand scheme of things I do not feel guilty at all. I think that may be where that guilt is stemming from. Guilty because I don't feel guilty about what I had to do. I did everything as respectfully and civil as I could, considering I had to break someones heart. But at least there were no lies or cheating involved. That's a plus, considering 99% of the time that is the reason people break up. It was my fault for not being honest with myself and trying to convince myself I was over Jacob when I really wasn't. But now we are in the market of buying a house and hope that whatever happens will happen smoothly and in a reasonable amount of time. I'd really like to be on our own and have our little place.

Aside from that not much has been taking my attention. We keep busy but it's nothing extroardinary. We frequent the thrift stores here because we both are complete nerds for them. We also find some yard sales to go to on occasion. I like things like that.

I feel I'm in some creative funk. I have the urge and motivation to be super creative but I don't know where to direct it to. I don't have my jewelry making things here, although I think I have some things to make SOMETHING. I just feel weird about it. I want all MY things to be here, but right now we can't do that.

I also am missing my dog an extreme amount. I miss her so much, it's like this huge void. I am anticipating the day when we can go and pick her up. What I'd do to be able to do it right now...