Life's a Beech...

• I went to the doctor at work yesterday because my eye was swollen and my throat hurt. I happened to mention that my back had been hurting since I had Stella. I also told him that I have an appointment with an orthopedic specialist in May. He had me lay on the table and he had me pick up my knee, didn't hurt... pick up the other knee, didn't hurt... lean like this, didn't hurt. Ok, he says, you obviously are in pain so I am going to give you a shot of toradol for your back, prednisone and decorel for your throat, and I will start you on a regime of 3 pills per day which included Soma, some pain pill, and something else. Can you believe that?! I couldn't believe it. No wonder so many people are addicted to prescription medication! Apparently it just gets doled out to whoever "might" need it. I declined everything except the throat medicine but all I can say is WOW. I don't normally even take ibuprofen much less would I start letting my work doctor shoot me up with all kinds of pain meds!! Maybe I am old school but haven't people ever heard of just sucking it up? On the plus side, I didn't have to pay for the doctor's visit AND my prescription, after insurance, was 16 cents!! Now that is cheap!!



• Giving up fast food + 30 Day Shred = ZERO pounds lost. Disappointing? Yes. I forgot part of that equation though. Laurin's Starting Weight - Fast Food + 30 Day Shred + 10 bags of Easter Candy = ZERO pounds lost. I guess I should be happy thats an = and not a >. Hey, whatever, for some reason Reese's Eggs and Snicker's Eggs are just better than the bars! Easter Candy won't be around forever.... Maybe then I can get a <. I am still impressed that I haven't had a biscuit in 6 weeks. :)



• I LOVE The Pioneer Woman. She is my go to for a good recipe! It might not be very healthy but I can guarantee it will taste good! She's a great blogger. She can do anything. And a big fat plus, she always makes me smile. If you don't know her, you need to check her out. The only negative I have to say about her is that she threw down with Bobby Flay, my famous pretend boyfriend (yes, I know that's a random pick and yes, I still have pretend boyfriends), and in my discussions about how excited I was to watch the throw down some information was revealed that led to a very ugly pretend break up with Bobby. I'm still not over it. The break up... not the pretend relationship.