Shanon’s Blog

Right now all I can say is that it sucks to be a girl. I am cramping so horribly bad. It kept me up most of the night and it just won’t stop and I don’t know why. Don’t they say that physical activity is supposed to help make it a tad bit better? I’m gonna go ahead and call bologna on that theory because I was curled up in the fetal position until my knees went numb even though I played two football games and 3 softball games this week. Is that not enough activity? What gives?

It was Keith’s birthday over the weekend and, while he is my best friend and I do love him to death, he is a pain in my butt. I don’t like gift giving sometimes because there’s too much pressure to get it right. Especially when it’s a gift for your best friend/roommate and I’m supposed to be one of the people who knows him best. I went to the store on Friday afternoon and wandered in circles for the longest time. I finally made up my mind and put two shirts on the counter to check out, only to give into my second guessing and tell them to put those shirts back on the rack and I got him one nice one that I knew he would never buy for himself. I think I did OK, but I think I have a tad bit of color blindness and no sense of anything fashion related. So I don’t really know.

Also on Friday I had sushi. Someone brought some to the studio one day last week and I really liked it. So Mary and I had a to-go order of sushi. I guess it was sushi. It wasn’t like big chunks of raw whatever, but anything related to something that has swam in water at some point is seafood to me. And uncooked seafood makes it sushi. It was so fantastic. Especially the one kind in the sweet and sour sauce. It was so great I actually craved the stuff again on Saturday. I didn’t have it, but it was on my mind. The best part of it was not feeling guilty after I was done stuffing my face. It didn’t take that much to fill me up and what I ate was not bad for me, I don’t think. Maybe my taste buds are finally catching up to my age and I’m opening up to at least trying things I refused before.

Yesterday was a pretty full day that kind of sucked because of the cramps from hell. I had a softball game and I can say with confidence that it was one of the worst games I’ve ever had. I’m not a spectacular athlete in any area, but I can occasionally hit and catch the ball. Yesterday I couldn’t do either and it felt horrible. I guess bad days happen and I need to learn to shake it off. I also went to Uncle Daddy’s BBQ for a little bit, but didn’t stay long because I had other stuff going on.

I’ve got more but it’s going to have to wait until tomorrow. I’m going to go curl up in the fetal position on the studio floor for a few minutes. It can’t hurt at this point.