I’m slowly crawling out of the abyss of infections and ass abscesses to post some pictures. I got a new lens for my camera (Josh’s mom: “That didn’t take long!”) and I am kind of madly in love with it. I am also feeling so, so much better. After the onset of the second abscess, I started on another round of antibiotics and that really took a lot out of me. Last week was a wash - I went to work on Monday and left around 4:30 to get a follow-up from the doctor from my first abscess. Tuesday, I stayed home because we were up late with Matthew (one day I won’t get up in the middle of the night with him, yes?) and I was exhausted - and felt the start of abscess #2 start to rear its ugly head. Wednesday, I took Matthew to the doctor (side note; the administration there totally bites the big one; we were there for a 9:15 appointment about 5 minutes late and didn’t see the doctor until 10:30 and then didn’t even LEAVE until 12:15. Matthew and I were starving and we were both whining on and off.). Thursday, I was a moron who went into work because I felt fine but as soon as I got there, quickly deteriorated and went home, where I stayed, pretty much holed up, until today. Gah.

I told Josh today on the way home from work that I felt like a productive member of society again. Phew.

Anyway, on with the good!

- Abscess healing brilliantly;
- Love my new haircut;
- Love my new lens and am getting back into my photography again, which I have sorely, sorely missed;
- Enjoying knitting again;
- Marveling at Matthew’s real kisses - pursed lips and all - mixed in with the open mouth slobbery ones;
- Just enough chill and bite in the air to remind me that it’s not always summertime in California.