Lizzy McFly

Great news!  I finally got some sleep. Night after night of only getting two to three hours of sleep, I had three good nights in a row.  Man, I can’t even begin to say how much better I feel.  I’ve always known that when I got multiple nights with very little sleep, I get tired (obviously), more fatigued, bad headache and often a bad mood.  I never realized that whole body weakness is also caused by this.  I basically felt like I had a bad infection – that type of weakness.  Paws crossed the good nights continue, especially since Mike and I have a little vacation planned in the next couple weeks.

The kitties have been so supportive of my worse symptoms over the last few weeks.  Just look at this concern:

 

That pic of Pinky is a little more flattering than the previous one I took of her:

And Boo’s wasn’t much better:

She was helping us complete our puzzle.  While we were doing so, we both commented on how windy it was this afternoon.  Mike grabbed his phone to pull up the aviation weather app and as he did, I said “it’s (blowing) 27 and gusting 36!”  It was a total guess.  Mike couldn’t believe it when he looked at his app and I was dead on.  He said I probably just looked at my phone recently and saw it.  I pulled out my app and it showed the last time I viewed it was yesterday morning.  Creepy!

I had to do something this weekend that most women seem to love doing – I had to buy new shoes.  I hate buying shoes.  HATE IT!!!  My last pair were clearly very poorly designed, despite being Clarks.  I was hoping they would last me at least three years.  Nope:

Ugh.  Mike and I were going to Wal-Mart at the Fairview Mall and we stopped at the Brand Name Shoe store on the way.  The second pair I tried on were perfect.  Yeah!  They look like the last pair but seem to be a little bit better constructed….I hope:

Unfortunately I bought another pair a few months ago (Franco Sarto) but they are SO uncomfortable.  Sucks I wasted over $130.

You may have seen in previous blogs the picture of my pitot static tube cover.  I  always get a little nervous that someone is going to swipe it.

I decided to put a bolt through his little head, put on some washers and nuts so I could tie on some string to secure it to the plane a little better.  Obviously if someone still wants it, they can put the work into untying it, but hopefully this will be a deterrent.

Not too nice looking so I decided to get creative and turn the bolt and nuts into a headset:

Tee hee.  I love being weird!

My pilot friend recently sent me a picture of a hairless guinea pig and said I should get one.  I told her I’ve had one before.  I miss little Spartacus!  (Sparty for short):

Him and Mya got along so well.  Mya gets along with everyone though.  Look at her snuggled with Pinky:

I’m glad I’ve always had luck with my different pets getting along:

Had a great weekend although I didn’t go flying.  I didn’t want to push things after how crappy I’ve been feeling from the insomnia.  I did have to go for an MRI this morning (my fourteenth!)  Since today was a holiday, no one was there to print off my images CD, so I’ll have to run over tomorrow and pick it up.  I always have a lookie-see and compare it to my previous.  My neurologist asked for a copy of the CD as well.  At least I can hit the 15 minute max parking and not have to pay another $6.

Today’s symptoms:  Felt quite good!  The weakness is certainly gone, but I’ve still got a bad headache.  That I can deal with – the weakness, extra fatigue and everything else that goes with prolonged lack of sleep is another story.