Life's unexpected journey

I've spent quite a bit of time lately doing some research about MS, and I have honestly come to terms with it. There are a ton of sites that I've found which help explain treatment, procedures, and side effects. Once you get over the initial shock, and read other people's posts and stories, it seems a lot less scary. Not to mention, it really explains quite a few things I've experienced over the last couple years. Some of the symptoms I was having made me question my sanity, and now I am more at ease. lol ( I imagine my husband is too! He was always confused by symptoms I was having that were nothing short of strange. ;) )

I really want to thank everyone who has been really wonderful to me, I am extremely thankful. It has made all of this so much easier to handle, and I don't think I could of done it without you guys. ^_^

I am even trying to quit smoking! *gasp* Ok, well I slipped up once today, but I'm really trying. :)

I still have big plans for my life, and I won't be giving those up anytime soon. I'm hoping that once I am diagnosed, I can start working again so we can get a house. I want to go to college to complete an EMT course, and hopefully in the distant future..kids :)
( Even though my husband keeps trying to convince me that we don't need kids, we have two *very* bratty kitties at home who make up for it! )

As of right now, my life is pretty good. My one and only complain is this HORRIBLE itching I've developed on the right side of my scalp. Heat and stress irritate it ten-fold, and scratching doesn't help it at all. I'm sure people probably think I have fleas, If I'm in public, and I keep scratching my head! lol Oh well ;)

I've been spending quite a bit more time with my family, especially calling more often, and I was reminded yesterday of a favorite sport of theirs! Spooky hunting O_o
( I really shouldn't blurt things out like that without explaining first. *sigh* )

Ok, so here is a little bit of history about ' Spooky hunting'. When I was younger, probably around 16 or so, me and my friends all developed this interest in ghost hunting. It was a lot of fun back then.
We would research 'haunted' placed on the internet, and over the weekend plan a trip, call into work, ect. Mostly it was for fun and giggles, especially since all we did was just scare each other.
We started going to places like Rush, a little historical 'park' about 30 minutes from here. ( I think It's a historical park, but I could totally be wrong so don't quote me on anything. )
Anyways, I ended up spilling it to my parents one day, and after they chewed my butt for an hour for leaving town without permission, they showed interest. Shocking huh?!

Well, I agreed to take them to the place so they could see it for themselves, and 'Spooky hunting' was born. We saw nothing, obviously, but they had fun so next time we went they brought my aunt and uncle, who are now members of 'Spooky hunting' too!
I eventually lost interest in spooky hunting, but they didn't. It has now become a family sport which sometimes takes them to places quite a few hours away from home. lol

I do have to admit, I enjoyed scaring them more then looking for ghosts. Normally, me and my hubby would find out around what time they were leaving and where. We would get my uncle in on this, and lay waiting for them..in the dark! I have always wished I had a video camera, you would pee your pants laughing, trust me. :) Of course, I had to stop doing it when one of the times I got bitten by a spider while crawling around a bunch of dead leaves.

The one things I've noticed with ghost hunting, since I'm obviously a veteran ;), is that any old abandoned house or road is always haunted. Suspicious huh?
And my mom is going to kill me for putting this up on my blog, sorry mommy, but I can't help it. I still find it so funny that it has lived this long.
( I can almost picture them doing it twenty years down the road, and they will have equipment to 'catch' those darn blasted ghosts! lol )

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. ~ Helen Keller~

I've been wanting to blog for the last few days, but I have been trying to keep myself busy! :)

Well, I finally got that MRI done on wed, and sadly I had no good news from it. My doctor is about 99.9% sure I have MS, but he is also worried that I could have cancer. He isn't sure about that one, thank goodness, so I will be having a spinal tap on Tuesday so he can send it off to the University to have a second opinion. The scariest thing about the whole 'talk' was him talking about doing a biopsy on my brain. That is just not going to happen without some serious, and I mean SERIOUS proof.

I will admit that I don't remember every option he talked about since I was given a sedative before my MRI because I'm very claustrophobic so I wasn't all there. I remember most of it, I believe! ha-ha
I'm just getting really sick and tired of having to wait; I'm the most impatient person around, and waiting is not something I do well.

On a less depressing note, Phoenix and Comet are adjusting very well to each other.:) There are days I could swear we got a dog trapped in a cat's body. Phoenix has this horrible food addiction, for a lack of a better term. It is nearly impossible to eat around him. He cries very loudly anytime we step into the kitchen to get food, and he will do his best to try and sneak a bite when we aren't looking.
( we are getting better at guarding our food, and keeping him away, but it was very tricky at first. lol )
He is also very obsessed with any piece of paper he can run off with, and it usually ends up in tiny pieces ALL over the house, which sometimes includes bills. *Sigh*

Overall, he is a very sweet kitten, when he isn't shredding our arms to pieces, and he loves to snuggle when he gets tired! I will be sure, and post up some more pictures of him soon. I'm just feeling a bit too lazy at the moment so I'll wait until my next post! :)