Cats, Birthdays, and Belly Aches

Ok I'm gonna let the randomness flow, here we go:

Today is the purrr-fect day. I so wish every single day in New England was just like this. However, my house is an icebox for whatever reason, so that's not cool. I just got back from a walk to my brother-in-laws house to pick up our cat carrier (which we left there after accidentally stealing our neighbors' cat and bringing it to Chris...that didn't work out and the stolen cat is still living outside our house dying a slow death. More on that at a later date.) Anyhow, I met a tiny FLUFFY kitten at Chris' house. It was the awesomest thing ever. So frickin soft and cute, gray with white paws, oh my! Chris wasn't home so I don't have any info on it right now, but I hope to visit it again sometime! Chris turned 31 this past weekend and my bro turned 28 on the 2nd, so Happy Birthday bro and bro-in-law!

Speaking of cats, Twinkle is making typing very hard right now as she keeps trying to stick her head under my fingers. Ok, she's outta here, back to what I was saying about the weather. I so have Seasonal Affect Disorder, winter totally bums me out. Which leads me to a discussion I had with Jay last night...

Me: You know what babe? I feel like I'm always half a step away from depression.
J: That sucks! Your life is good!
Me: Yeah I know it, but I can just see myself going down that road so easily even though there's nothing wrong! My life is good!
J: That's called clinical depression and meds could help that.
Me: I know and I will probably have to go on them for my belly soon anyway, so that should help. But I don't want people to think that I'm sad for a reason, I want them to know that I'm sad for no reason!

So yea, the mind belly connection is strong I think. Now I think my belly communicates to my brain to be sad mostly, cause my brain is so much more relaxed these days. Accupuncture seriously chilled out my mind, which is awesome. I used to "run high," which means seriously fast thoughts all the time, nervous, anxious. I'm not like that very much at all anymore.

Jay even noticed a difference once when taking me to the airport. Before accupuncture I was a fricking mess, super nervous about time, parking, getting my ticket, getting to the right gate, saying goodbye, everything! Now, I'm cool, I don't even cry at take off anymore. I only "run high" on a rare occasion anymore and I let Jay know when I am so he can disregard half of the things I'm saying. So, anyhow, I think my GI doctor will be putting me on anti-depressants after my colonoscopy, but we'll see. I just want you all to know that I'm not sad, my belly is! It's so weird how my IBS could seriously affect my mood and visa versa. Even when I'm not having an IBS attack I still think there are some serious chemicals running between the belly and the brain. We shall see I guess. Ok, those are the random thoughts for now. I should really get some shiz done now instead of sitting here checking blogs and email all day. Let's hope I do it! Bye bye.