great weekend :) | squirrellord's Blog

Heya!  Well, its been a few days since I posted, so its time for me to catch up!  I was so busy this weekend, it was a whirlwind of fun!

Friday I bugged out a bit, i started getting more frequent muscle twitching and pains in my arms and legs.  My foot has some crazy spasms as well.  I called my sponsor and he referred me to a friend of his in recovery who is a doctor.  I called him and he was super nice and spoke with me for about an hour, and put my mind at ease.  Amazingly, we determened at the end, that coffee (which i had a lot more then usual on friday) was a cluprit for making these symptons worse.  He referred me to another doctor to be my primary physician.  I havent had a physical in a long time, so I made an appointment this morning with him for Wednesday.  Im still gonna have to get to the eye doctor and the dentist, but one thing at a time.

I also got a lot of my bills paid, feels good.  Moneys gonna be tight until my next paycheck, but a lot of pressure is starting to get off my back.  I still have a few hundred dollars to pay off, but ill be fine come next friday.

Left Philly early saturday morning, and rented a car to go home.  The drive was good, its nice because I am going away from the beach traffic.  Called some friends during the drive, and missed my exit, and almost wound up in Manhattan haha!, but I found my way home easy enough.  Spent a lot of time with my folks on saturday.  Dad was doing okay.  They, as always has a bunch of chores and stuff for me to do around the house, as well as me playing tech support to my dad on his computer, but i was quite patient.  My mom mentioned I had a bike down in the storage area and my eyes opened up!  I was debating buying a bike for my traveling around philly.  Taxis are expensive, and walking more then a mile or 2 in the heat sucks!  I go tthe bike, and it was still mosty in mint condition, as I barely used it.  The tires were shot, as it had been sitting around in a storage room for 10 years.  I wound up bringing it to a bike shop and they replaced the tires, tubes, oiled it and adjusted it and it only cost me 65$.  Not bad!!!

Saturday night I went to my friend Ryans house.  My buddy John came over as well.  We had a good time, and even though Ryans girlfriend was drinking, I didnt have much urge.  We took a late night trip to white castle and I had so much fun on the trip, laughing and dancing in the car.  Made me realize i dont have to be intoxicated to have fun.  We watched some movies, hung out and then I went home late.  My house was a sauna.  I have no idea why my parents (who have central A/C) keep the temp at 80 degrees at night.  I gave them a suprise and turned it down to 70.

Sunday was fun, had breakfast with my buddies, went to my other friend Eric's house and got my TV i gave him a long time ago.  I saw his baby and hes a beautiful kid.  He kept pooping, it was funny to watch Eric play dad.  We played Guitar Hero on his PS3.  I had a ton of fun.  I think I am gonna treat myself next paycheck to a PS3 and guitar hero, and then more games to follow :)

After Eric's house I went back to Ryans cause I got my bike back from the shop and he lives a block away.  Hung out there for a bit, then went home.  Had dinner with my folks, and then headed back to Philly.  Amazingly I had ZERO traffic on the way home, and made it back very quickly.  On the way back, I am so used to getting drugs and making all the calls and arangments on the way back, that the thoughts started going through my head.  I would dismiss them, then they would come back.  Its so annoying.  I wish i could just shut those cravings and thoughts off permanantly.  But I did the right thing, and got home.  I got a spot right in front of my house, so getting the tv, bike and all the other stuff up was very easy thank god.  I still cant sleep through the whole night.  I woke up twice.

Things I didnt do this weekend that I should have:

1) Gone to a meeting.  I slacked.

2) Read from the big book.  I slacked.

I am going to try to do both of the above today to make up for it.  Anyway todays been fine.  Woke up early to move my car.  I had to move it before 8 or i woulda gotten a ticket, so I got it at 8 on the nose.  FIlled up the car with eht 50$ AMEX gift card I got from the company for christmas, and got 11 bucks back in change, so that was a nice bonus to not have to pay for the gas.  Returned the car, gotr some breakfast and came to work.  Been a normal day here, nothing too exciting.  I got a lot done last week, and In my weekly meeting with the boss he noted that.   Gonna leave soon for the 1 oclock meeting.  Other then that alls well.

I hope everyone out there has a great day!

--Squirrel