Wow. Well, it's been quite the busy day today! Actually, it's been a pretty busy week, what with volunteering with a group of folks from work at the Oregon Human Society on Thursday and today's activities of helping Fran move, driving around town with dad looking for an area rug and then scrubbing every speck of schmutz from the kitchen!

The humane society project was helping to maintain the dog-walking path they have out there and that involved shoveling loads of mulch (read: manure) into wheelbarrows, which were then taken out to various areas of the walk and spread onto and around the plants. By the end of the 2 hours we were all totally wiped out. However, it was fun, and nice to catch up with friends and meet new co-workers!

After spending more than 2 hours in the hot sun, though, I was feeling quite wilted. Still, I'm shocked by how much better I feel, how much energy I had on Thursday to do this sort of thing and even had enough energy to go to the company's picnic afterwards!

I got up quite early this morning (for a Saturday) and headed out to Fran's house to help pack her up and move her in with her fiancee! I finally got to meet the fiancee's pooches (two little chihuahuas) and they are adorable... And then I headed out to dad's, where we hopped in the car and drove all over kingdom come to check out area rugs.

These suckers range in price from about $99 (at Fred Meyer) to $3500 or more (at NW Rugs). We, of course, found one I liked for the budgeted price (dad was buying the rug for me for my birthday!) at the first place we went and thus ended up going back there two hours later and taking it with us. It's a neutralish color with green accents that match my couch. So it's all good. Rennie likes it because she can now jump off the couch without sliding a foot on the hardwood floors; I like it because it gives the room a cozier feel to it!

After dad left, I did some weeding out in the front yard (the dandelion garden I've been "cultivating" was in desperate need of attention, as the flower stalks were taller than Rennie!) and then cleaned and mopped the kitchen. It was just gross in there and now it is not gross.

After all this hard work, though, I've spent the last couple hours sitting on the couch watching Little House on the Prairie. I brushed Rennie - that's about the extent of my activities for the evening. I'd intended to do some homework but, well, that just didn't happen. Oops!

So, tomorrow! Again, though, I was really active today - more so than I've been in months - and I still feel pretty good! Progress!! I don't know if the Copaxone is doing anything for my MS, but being OFF the Avonex sure is making me feel better! YAHOO! (Never again, people: I will NOT go back to the Avonex. The benefits are just not worth feeling that crappy all the time.)

In other news, I got my test results from my neurologist's office. Guess how much they charged me...

Go on, guess!