Kelly's World

Recently, I grew a colony of spots on my stomach. They are bloody sexy, let me tell you! They are so sexy, they put chicken pox and measles to shame. It would be like chicken pox meeting my spots in a bar and saying “yo”, and my spots just looking them up and down and then turning away, not saying a word. My spots are just that damn cool.

They’re bad enough that Mat is too freaked out to touch me. He thinks if he does they’ll swarm up his arm, and he’ll catch herpes. Even though I don’t actually have herpes, he has assumed my spots have the power to pass on that disease. It’s ok, I understand. Like I said, my spots are damn cool; the ability to pass on a new virus wouldn’t surprise me.

So I figured I had better go and actually see someone about it, and the first doctor told me it was either an allergy or a fungal infection. I got a prescription for ointment, and off I went. I thought about whether there was a chance I was lactose intolerant given the rash first surfaced when I was drinking more milk than normal. But then I did what I do best, and ignored the possibility. I love my milky cappuccinos too much!

A week later, also known as today, I decided I’d better go back for a checkup since the ointment hadn’t done anything. The rash was still there, and it had now become itchy. My original doctor wasn’t there today, so I saw someone new. She had one look at the virus and declared I had “Pityraisis Rosea”.

Pity what now?

Pityraisis Rosea.

Right.

Then I got the REALLY good news. There’s no treatment to get rid of it (it goes away by itself) and it lasts about 1 – 2 months. Awesome! Not only do I get the ability to scare my fiancee for a month (and I didn’t even have to wear a halloween costume) but I also get the bonus of getting so itchy that I need to scratch near my boobs in public. And there’s not a damn thing I can do about it. Today must be my lucky day.

As soon as we left I did the first thing anyone does after seeing a doctor. I googled my new pity virus. Then I google image searched, just to compare rashes. I did it on my phone though, and was staring at the first result when Mat piped up “urgh, Kel that’s gross. Can you stop?” That’s when I realised that also on the same tab was a picture of a penis with a rash. Oops. I then got super embarrassed, and started giggling my head off. Given we were in a chemist at the time, it wasn’t my finest moment.

On a sidenote, here’s a link if you want to have a look at the google search results, and then have a giggle. Lots of scary looking private parts in there! Thank god I’ve not got it anywhere as serious as them.

I guess I’m lucky that I’ve managed to get a virus that is only in an area covered by a t-shirt. I don’t have to wander around scaring anyone or anything. Though, because I can, I will keep flashing Mat with my virus just to get a reaction from him. Yep, I’m totally mature. But hey, I have a rash that itches and that I can’t do anything to get rid of. I may as well use it for my own entertainment!

Ok once again I left the photo until late. This is an iphone shot from the couch, I call it “Kelly is too lazy to think about a decent photo”.

Struggling for a photo I took a picture of a random cord in our bedroom. Dog hair kindly donated by Turbo just a few minutes earlier – argh! Time to do *ANOTHER* vacuum.

There’s only a few weeks until our engagement party, and I’m a little bit nervous. Back in January when we organised where to have the party, I thought “I’ve got this, it’s going to be a cinch”.

Unfortunately, I’m fantastic at procrastinating.

The venue was finalised early, bonus points for me. Logical step would be to prepare the invitations and get them out immediately. Not so. I’ve only just posted out invites to family members this week, and with exactly 16 days to go that wasn’t my brightest moment. Friends were invited by word of mouth since the date was finalised, and told to keep that date free. But for the family members or friends that we don’t get to see often, I really haven’t given them much notice and there’s a high chance they won’t be able to attend. Negative points for me.

Originally we had planned on having a band at the party. My dad spoke to one guy, and he offered $450 for 4 hours. We thought “nahhh, we can get cheaper”. The next guys were more expensive, they wanted $500 for 3 hours. Then we looked at the budget, and how much we had managed to save with 2 months to go. Our savings targets hadn’t been met; something had to go. Thus, the decision was made not to have a band. Negative points for me.

Food we’ve got covered, easiest part of the whole process. It’s a late afternoon gathering, so we only have to provide snacks and nibbles. The venue gave us a list of options, and we chose what we wanted. Now it’s just a matter of waiting for everyone to RSVP before we confirm food based on numbers. So the food is covered, bonus points for me. Ideally, we would be able to provide an open bar for everyone so we can all enjoy drinks together as well. However, with the budget already being as tight as it is this just isn’t an option. I’m incredibly disappointed by this.

Then comes the decorations and photos and all that jazz. What does one do for an engagement party? Do we have to have some sort of a display of photos of Mat and I? I hate being in photos, so finding something I’m willing to share with people is going to be tough. Should I be sharing the history of our relationship in some sort of way? I’m completely clueless about this whole area, therefore negative points to me.

So at the moment I’m in the red. I didn’t give much notice for the party, I have no idea about decorating the place, we can’t have live music, and we had to cut the budget. After this party things will be kicked up a notch. I’ll have to start planning for a wedding. A WEDDING. A lifetime memory, something that you will experience only one time in your life (you can only have one “first” wedding, and ideally it’s your only wedding). That’s a hell of a lot of pressure. So I can’t help but wonder…if I can’t plan an engagement party and pull it off, how am I meant to plan a wedding?

The Sunshine Coast has copped a fair amount of rain recently, and as a result there’s been a few road closures from the flooding. I tried to take a photo of the very swollen Cornmeal Creek, but equipped with only my iphone non of the photos turned out to a point where I’d be happy to put them as a photo of the day. Instead, you’re all stuck with this photo of a railing overlooking the creek.