I have classes next week and then finals the week after, which means in approximately two weeks... I might actually be able to breathe!! And I'm lookin' damned forward to it!

Oooh, and in less than two weeks, on my mothers birthday, I'll finally be visiting the doctor! And I can ask him if it is alright to be exposed to microorganisms that cause infectious diseases, during my pregnancy. This is because I'll be enrolling in a class this fall that will expose me to such things as: pathogenic bacteria, causing diseases such as plague, tuberculosis and anthrax; protozoa, causing diseases such as malaria, sleeping sickness and toxoplasmosis; and also fungi causing diseases such as ringworm, candidiasis or histoplasmosis. I'd hate to catch something in lab and get all sickly when I'm supposed to be staying healthy for the lil' babe.

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In other news, BTK has finally rid himself of the possibility of ever having to drive the gem that was my very first car. I drove it for almost 11 years!! I named it PUBA way back in the day, during a time when hip-hop music flooded my ears along with influences of my young, smart-ass friends. That car and I have been through so much! It took me to concerts, colleges, weekends away and road trips. Not to mention the car accidents, the get-aways, and the cops. I have all kinds of memories with that car. Unfortunately for BTK, it's been on its' "last leg" the past couple of years and he's been the one to drive it. I never understood why he didn't love the loud drive, the blown speakers, the leaks when it rained, the smell from the mold... I found these things endearing, but I know he's been counting the days till he wouldn't have to fold his 6'2" self into that junky, teal Escort anymore. And the day came. A friend of ours decided to sell her Jeep, and BTK decided it would be his. The Escort has been sitting in the driveway since, and our neighbor visited us and asked if we'd be selling it. We were actually planning on donating it, since the condition of the car was so poor, but this neighbor explained his situation and in the end, BTK and I decided to just give him the car. We rounded up the paperwork and BTK drove it across the street to this guy and I stayed home to prepare dinner. When BTK returned, I was at the sink with my back to him and he said, "He wouldn't let me leave without giving me something". And I heard him set something down on the counter. I turned around to see a Nas.car.crock.pot. along with a handy carrying case and this smile on BTK's face that said, "oh, you are gonna love this!". And by love, I mean "make my skin crawl".

I couldn't believe it! So many memories, and what came of it??? A Nascar crockpot!

We traded my love of 11 years... straight-up... for a Nascar crockpot.

BTK says he can't wait to make chili in it. Seriously.

So now my very first car, in all its' glory, sits across the street with new Nascar window decals and I have a new Crockpot, featuring the King :)