Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Ok, good news and bad news:

Bad news: I passed out twice this morning. Let me explain. Since starting this diet I have been getting on occasion really horrible leg cramps in the morning. I have a tendency of stretching my legs out early in the morning when I am rolling over and they cramp up bad. Normally just one leg will do it and it hurts like crazy but then stops and Im able to fall back asleep. Well this morning I got cramps in both legs at the same time and they were BAD. I could not stretch out my legs or my feet. The pain was so bad I thought I was going to throw up so sweating with pain I got out of bed and hobbled to the bathroom cause my legs just wouldnt straighten. I mean when I woke up I started whimpering and crying which I dont normally do and that woke Ronny up. I have a high tolerance for pain. Anyways, all I remember is getting into the bathroom and looking at the toilet. I dont remember what happened after that but next thing I know my face is in the toilet and I feel AWFUL and Ronny has his arms around my waist. I was SO out of it. It was horrible. I couldnt figure out what was going on and didnt realize I had passed out. I thought I had fallen asleep or something. I couldnt think straight. I was still in pain and feeling nauseous. He helped me to my feet and I guess that is when I went out again. When I came to I was on my knees and Ronny was holding me up. He pushed my head back and felt my forehead. I felt really sweaty and totally out of it. I thought I was dying. I have NEVER felt anything close to this experience. I dont know what caused it, I doubt it was the leg cramps but regardless it was disturbing. I remember when I woke up the second time I was so relieved that my legs had stopped cramping and I wasnt nauseous anymore. He helped me to the bed and I was shaking all over. I just wanted to sleep. I couldnt talk and I could barely move, I was so weak. He called my manager and left a message saying I wasnt coming in today and I called her later when I got up. To say the least she was really concerned. I am not a person prone to fainting. UGH. It was so bad. I still feel pretty bad. Just weak and flu-ey and my legs are SO sore. *blah* I cant wait till my mom wakes up in America so I can call her. It was quite tramatizing and I am a big clutz and always sick so for me to say that you know it was bad! Anyways, I have decided that I need to up my sodium intake so will start having chicken now and then. I cant continue as I am. Its not healthy and I wont lose weight at the cost of my health.

Ok, on to the good news:

Good News: We have booked our tickets for Rome and Venice for our 2 year anniversary in September! I am SO excited. I just cant believe we are going. When we were dating it was my dream for us to go to Venice on our honeymoon but that didnt work out and we spent a very blah time in Fort Lauderdale and as most of my friends know, we got evacuated by a hurricane while there! So this will be our second honeymoon. =) We were going to go to Egypt but now that we are moving back to the states, I thought there is no way I am going back without having been to Italy first! So we agreed we would go to Italy but couldnt decide between Rome and Venice so decided to combine the two. Got VERY cheap airline tickets from here to Rome and even cheaper tickets from Rome to Venice. We are staying at B&B's in both places. In Rome, the B&B is extremely central and had very good reviews. So did the one in Venice. I paid about 20 pounds extra and we got a superior room in Venice with a canal view. *grin* Its going to be so romantic!!!! OOOOOOO, SO excited! We are spending 5 days in Rome (FAR too many things to see there!) and 3 days in Venice. The B&B in Venice came with a private boat excursion to Murano Island in Venice. Didnt know that till I booked it. How cool is that! So as you can see, I am way happy. We got a GREAT deal on the whole trip. =)
We will be going to Sweden in 3 weeks time to say goodbye to the inlaws and our convention is next week so a lot of things to look forward to. Hopefully the fainting will pass!
Thanks for the comments. I love you all!

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