Every Sunday, I ride my bike to choir practice.  Normally, I don’t have any issues and it’s nice to get a little bit of exercise before church.

Today, as I was on my way home, I realized I had left my sunglasses on top of the piano, even after I made a mental note not to forget them. I turned around to go get them and on my way back, I biffed it big time!

I was biking a little fast and I needed to slow down to turn into the driveway of the house we practice at.  And, instead of slowing down on the road like I should’ve, I braked on the gravel. Needless to say, the gravel didn’t provide very much traction and my bike slid out from under me.  I fell sideways onto the gravel and slid a few feet from where I first hit the ground.  When I got up, I noticed my foot was a little scraped up, but not too bad.  Then, I realized my arm was stinging really badly and I saw a huge gash or road rash on the back of my arm just under my elbow.  Once I got back home, I felt some stinging on my leg and found a little bit of road, or jean in this case, rash on my calf and thigh.

Corey and I thought it’d be better to get the dirt and gravel cleaned out of my arm and foot instead of taking pictures of the wounds.  It took about 15 minutes to sanitize my wounds with water, rubbing alcohol, and Neosporin, but I’m all cleaned up and bandaged now.  The ironic thing is that my wounds from my previous crash are just starting to disappear.

I checked my bike and the pedal and handlebars are a little scratched.  Other than that, it looks pretty unscathed.  I was hoping to keep my bike looking new a little longer.

Update: I needed to change the dressing on my arm.  While I was doing that, Corey decided to take a picture.  Here’s what my arm looks like.  The creamy substance is Neosporin.

You may remember I received my first speeding ticket last year.  You may also remember it was the mother of all speeding tickets. However, because it was my first speeding ticket or any type of traffic violation, the judge took pity on me and gave me a reduced sentence.  Instead of having to pay the $400+ fine, I only had to pay $152, which in and of itself was awesome.  The judge also told me that if I went 12 months without receiving any traffic violations, this one would be erased from my record as if it never happened.

*insert drum roll here* I made it!  As I was driving around today, I realized my 12 months was up a little over a week ago! … You better watch out!  The speed demon is back in business! Okay, not really … sort of.  I don’t plan on getting caught for at least another 14 years anyway.

I had my eyes examined yesterday.  It’s been about four years since I last had them checked.  I know I’m supposed to go every year, but new glasses are expensive and, honestly, I just kept forgetting to make an appointment.  I’m notorious for doing that with other yearly checkups too.

However, as of late, I’ve had a really hard time focusing on things because I get a really bad headache or get dizzy.  This usually happened when a room was extremely dim (a movie theater during the “First Look” ads) or when the sun was way too bright (usually in the car).  The headaches and dizziness have been more frequent in the last month so I decided it was time to make that appointment and use part of our tax refund to pay for it.

In the last four years, one eye has gone from a -1.50 to a -2.75 and the other has gone from a -2.25 to a -3.00.  There’s quite a difference. The doctor was worried about the huge change, except he said that it was more tolerable since it’s been four years.  He’s having me try contacts first before I order new glasses.  He wants to make sure I won’t get headaches from the huge change in prescription before I spend $200+ on glasses.

I’ve wanted to get contacts for awhile so I can have real sunglasses.  They’re not much of a change since I’ve had them before.  I just haven’t had them for almost three years because I forgot to order more.  And, I knew my prescription had changed so there was no point ordering the old prescription.

It’s amazing how much you don’t realize you’re missing until you’re at the doctor’s having an eye exam or you have the right prescription.  For the first time since I started wearing glasses (at 14 years old), I couldn’t see the top line on the eye chart when I stood behind the line.  Now that I have my new prescription, everything is so clear, clean, and crisp.  It’s a little dizzying because I’m not used to it.

Anyway, I’m glad I finally made an appointment.  Hopefully, I won’t have anymore headaches.  And, I’ll be able to enjoy going to the movies more because I won’t have to deal with the effects of the dim lights in the theater before the movie starts.

I really hate showing these pictures because things are still not put away or organized and are downright messy! Anyway, the kitchen, laundry room, half bathroom, and full bathroom are all unpacked and put together.  (Although the laundry room’s a little messy because I haven’t put our clothes away yet.) Our bedroom’s livable right now.  And, everything else has an “out of sight, out of mind” status.

As you can see, we have a really nice fridge.  The other appliances work for now, but we’d like to buy new ones that will match the fridge.  We don’t have a lot of furniture for our living room because our couch broke and our TV’s in our bedroom so Corey has something to do and can be comfortable while he heals from his surgery.  We don’t have a table because our old dining room used to be the home for our piano so the dining room’s a bit empty.  The wood flooring you see is parquet.  We want to change it to a more traditional wood flooring, even though it’s nice enough for now.

The third bedroom’s Corey’s office/art room.  The second bedroom’s my hobby room and will be a guest bedroom once my parents drop off my antique bed.  I’m excited to have a place for all my yarn!

The full bathroom has two doors, one from the hallway and one from the master bedroom.  I miss our double vanity, but it’s okay.  The half bathroom is our cat bathroom.  Yes, you read right.  Our cats use the toilet in that bathroom and, for now, their litter’s there too.

The wooden toilet seats will be the first things to go.  Whoever thought of wooden toilet seats should be shot! Wood soaks up germs, whereas porcelain and plastic don’t.  And, slivers and ugly.

There’s also a pantry across from the washer and dryer.  We can finally start building our one-year supply of food storage. Eventually, we want to replace the washer and dryer with a stackable set so we can put floor-to-ceiling cabinets next them.

When I took this picture, I was standing in the doorway to the bathroom.  To the right, there’s a pair of double closets! Corey keeps joking he’ll end up with a quarter of one and then I’ll have my closet and three-quarters of his. Our light is remote controlled! It also has a fan attached to it, and it looks very modern and nice so we don’t even have to change it.

All in all, we’re very happy with the place.  We have a few things we want to do to make the place our own, like painting, changing fixtures, etc.