November 12, 2003

• Officially an O’Quinn

  
  

  Yup…as of two days ago, I’m officially an O’Quinn (according to State and Federal guidelines anyway).  We took the day and went to the Driver’s License bureau and the Social Security Office and then over to the Bank and got me all official like.

  
  

  Then we went out to lunch…we don’t get to do that very often, so it was very nice.  Jason took me to this little restaurant not far from our house, that I’d never been to before, but he’d heard that they were rated highly for their food.  It was an Italian restaurant called Venice Italian Restuarant…and it’s now my FAVORITE restaurant!

  
  

  I haven’t had authentic italian food in a long time (well…with the exclusion of my wedding night).  My dad used to take me to a little restaurant called Antonio’s when I was a little girl…the owner was a friend of my dad’s and barely spoke English.  The food there was out of this world…and this restaurant reminded me of Antonio’s so much it was unbelievable! 

  
  

  They brought us fresh baked breads…not just italian bread, but olive loaf…which I haven’t had since I was a little girl.  Their prices were reasonable as well…so I believe that we will be going back there.  

  
  

  After a marvelous lunch…we walked across the parking lot to the liquor store (so that Jason could buy a new bottle of margarita mix for my mom to replace the one he got into).  Then we were off to my doctor’s office.  See, I have an ulcer…well, two really if you want get technical.  Anyway, my ulcer has been hurting lately…a lot, and I haven’t been sleeping well because of it.  I also coughed up a bit of blood the other day…so off to the doctor I go.  The good news is that the doctor gave me a stronger medication to help with my ulcer and it’s working quite well…but he did run bloodwork on me to test me for anemia and other things.  He said that he has no idea what would cause me to cough up any blood…so tests were a must.

  
  

  But just as we got to the doctor’s office, I got a call on my cell phone from my mom stating that the bank called the house and that Jason had left his credit card at the liquor store and that they put a hold on it and that he would have to go pick up the card and bring to the bank in order to get a new one issued.  YIKES!  Umm…okay…just a bit of unecessary drama there.  So he went back the liquor store while I was at the doctor’s…he got the card and went to the bank and explained to them that there was no need to issue a new card considering he knows that he was the last person to use the card….long process of explaining btw.  Anyway, they finally gave him his card back but informed him that it would take 24 hours to activate the card again…but it only took them under 30 minutes to put a hold on it…hmmm.

  
  

  He picked me up from the doctor’s office and then we headed over to Target (as if he doesn’t spend enough time there…haha) to buy me a baseball glove.  See, he’s been wanting to play catch…but I haven’t been able to, until now.  So we got me a glove of my own (after he laughed at the fact that the only glove that fit me was one of Youth Size).  Then we picked up my oldest from school and went home…packed up the kids and took them to the park!  We played catch…we ran…we played…and I got to swing for the first time in almost 5 years!

  
  

  It was wonderful!!  I had so much fun…and Jason said how good it was to see me laughing and enjoying myself. 

  
  

  I must say though…yesterday, my muscles ached….BAD!!  I have aching muscles in places that I’d forgotten that I had muscle!! 

  
  

  Well…Happy Hump Day!!  That’s all for me for now…back to work I go!

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