Saturday, June 21, 2008

It gets worse before it gets better?

I have been going to the chiropractor for three weeks now. My first visit the doctor told me that I may feel good for a while, but during the treatment, I would feel some pain due to the adjustment to my spine. I was fine with that, but I assumed it would be pain in the same area that I had pain before, my lower back. I am now having lots of pain in my neck. It has been a week now that pain started in my neck. I thought it was caused by a restless sleep or too many pillows, so I have only been using one pillow the last few nights. Now I believe it is the work from the chiropractor. My next appointment is Monday, so I have to deal with it through the weekend.
So does that saying work with other things in my life? How about my weight loss. I am the biggest I have ever been, so obviously I am going to start loosing soon.......right?

Friday, June 13, 2008

A Good Friday the 13th


Today is supposed to be a bad day, if you believe in all those superstitions. I had a very normal day. Went to work, the chiropractor, back to work, came home, and feel asleep on the couch. There was not even anything out of the ordinary today. I will watch a movie tonight since I do not have to get up early in the morning. The movie will either be "The Condemned" with wrestler Steve Austin or "Half Past Dead 2" with wrestler Bill Goldberg. I got both of these movies because these two wrestlers were in the movie "The Longest Yard" with Adam Sandler and they were both very good in that movie.
Hope everyone else had a very normal day on this superstitious day.

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Doctor bills

I know the doctors are usually correct when it comes to the care we need, but do they realize that it is way too expensive to have the care we need?
I have a hip problem and I need to wear a lift inside my shoe to raise my right hip. I also have heat therapy and a adjustment from the doctor. I found out that the out of cost for me would be 109.00 per visit. That would be not bad, but since I have to go for 3 days a week for 6-8 weeks, this is going to be very expensive for me.
I will continue seeing the doctor this summer and hope my condition gets better. I am starting to feel better as far as being able to walk better without pain. I know it is good for me.
Why do I get stuck paying an arm and a leg for care, but some people get health care free or at an extreme discount. Here I have to work two jobs right now to make ends meet and then this happens, but some people at sitting at home with three kids, no job, sitting at home smoking away, buying their kids the most expensive clothes, but they get free health care. What am I doing wrong? Why are the educated and middle-class people being punished with full expenses?

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Summer goals

Tomorrow will be my last day at my main job for a while. I will have the summer off until mid-August. I will only be working my second job. It will be much better and the best part is that I will still get paid by my first job. Two checks all summer and only one job. Could there be anything better? Well, yeah, but I am not getting into that on this blog. LOL
My goals this summer are:
1. EXERCISE: I have a gym membership, but do not use it to the extent that I should. I really need to start using it more often, but with gas prices like they are right now, I might try walking/jogging/biking around the neighborhood. I enjoy walking and biking in the early morning before it gets hot outside. Since I am used to getting up early for work, I hope to continue and just exercise. I need to loose 20-30 pounds before the summer is over.
2. PAY OFF BILLS: I have two credit cards that I would like to pay off this summer. That is the reason for the second job. I would also like to start a savings account and put money in there every month. I have lots of things I want to purchase, but they all take down payments. The biggest thing I want to save up for is a new car!
3. HOME REPAIRS: I will be painting one of the rooms in my house this summer. It is a very light yellow color, I haven't decided if I want to keep it yellow, just brighter; or change the color altogether. I will also be painting a wall border in my basement game room. The walls are a bright red right now, and I would like to do a stencil border of the spade, heart, diamond, and club around the room. I will paint the club and spade in, and just put a black line around a heart and diamond. I will probably alternate black and red.

I think three goals are plenty. If I set too many goals for myself, then they will not get done.