I know it’s been awhile since I updated.  I’ve just been keeping my mind preoccupied with so many other things that I haven’t really even thought about this blog in awhile.  Anyway… to pick up from my last entry… everything was fine with the heart monitor, so it was definitely just anxiety.  I started trying some relaxation techniques (that Sarah recommended to me) everytime I get an attack, and they work pretty well most of the time!  So that’s good.

A little over a week ago on Friday night I saw Memphis (a musical) at the La Jolla Playhouse with Mike…  I completely fell in love with it.  The lead guy is flippin incredible and I think I have a major crush on him (too bad he’s gay haha).  I was just so amazed by his acting… and I think it’s actually the best acting job I’ve ever seen in a leading guy before (which includes all the many shows I’ve seen on Broadway).  I liked the show so much that I saw it again this past Thursday and I’m seeing it yet again tonight!  I know it’s crazy… but when you have an awesome friend who can get you however many free tickets you want… why not??

Switching topics now… yesterday Alex and I went hiking in Malibu.  We decided to do a 4.5 mile round trip hike to Escondido Falls in the Santa Monica Mountains.  When we got to the Falls… our map said that this was the turn around point for those not comfortable with a “bit of rock scrambling.”  We decided we were perfectly comfortable with a bit of rock scrambling (lol).  Little did we know that “a bit of rock scrambling” should have been called “a bit of mountain climbing.”  Some parts of this trail were so steep that they actually tied ropes onto branches for us to help us climb it.  It was super challenging, but also pretty fun.

HOWEVER… on our way back down we made a wrong turn (honestly we aren’t sure where we went wrong).  While the way we went did take us back down to where we started (at Escondido Falls), we sort of ran into a mishap.  Since we were not on the trail, we ended up running into a mini cliff that dropped down to the ground near where the falls were.  We had no choice but to just slide down the cliff on our asses.  Alex managed this a lot better than I did.  I have scrapes and cuts all over my ass and legs.  It hurt so bad that I actually started crying after.  And we still had to hike back.  What an insane adventure…

I went to the emergency room this morning.  What an awesome way to begin my day, huh?  I went because for the last few weeks, occasionally at night when I would lay down in bed I would notice my heart pounding really super fast.  It wouldn’t last that long though and I would eventually drift off to sleep and be fine the next day.  Last night though, it wasn’t letting up and I got really worried.  I did eventually get to sleep but I still felt like crap this morning, so I thought it would be best to make an appointment with a doctor for a complete physical.  The soonest they could get me in though was a week from tomorrow, and I didn’t want to wait on this so I went with my mom to the emergency room.

They did an EKG, a heart x-ray, a blood test, and a urine test, all of which came back totally normal.  But of course… my heart was beating just fine through all of this, and considering I really only get these strange palpitations at night when I lie down to bed, I wasn’t surprised.  So the doctor put me on a heart monitor that I have to wear for 24 hours, and I have to record on paper all my activities, times of activities, and any symptoms if there are any.  I’m going back tomorrow at noon to return the heart monitor so they can have a look.

I don’t think they’re going to find anything though because I’m pretty sure my problem is panic attacks/anxiety.  Lovely :\

Its a little chilly and gloomy at Laguna Beach this evening but I like the weather. It’s peaceful. And I got a new cut and lowlights today (getting ready for winter)!

I realize I haven’t been updating this blog as often as I would like, so I’m going to try to make quite an effort to write in here more, because there’s really no excuse for it.  I’m also going to try to get back into the swing of moblogging from my blackberry again.  Oh, and Twitter… well… that might be harder considering I never really was that much into Twitter.

I’ve sort of been having the time of my life in grad school over the past 2 weeks.  I absolutely love the program and I love Pepperdine.  My professors are awesome, as are my classmates.  I’ve met some pretty awesome people, and I’m just learning so much.  I’m starting to realize just how perfect this path in life is for me.  I think I can really do it well one day.

Right now Alex and I are watching Obama on Letterman (recordered from last night).  I love watching him   And to think we might have our first black president soon… that’s so exciting.  I really didn’t think that would ever happen.

I’ve been super busy ever since I got back from my Vegas trip with my mom and Lynda and I haven’t really been in the mood to blog.  I had so much fun in Vegas and I was sad to leave.  We did so many fun things everyday and Zumanity was great of course.  I posted photos on facebook and myspace (links are on the contact page).  I haven’t decided yet if I’m going to upload them to flickr.  I didn’t feel like my trip was long enough and it took us 8 hours to drive back with Labor Day traffic (normally the drive takes just under 4 hours), so I just wasn’t in a very good mood.  I also started school on Tuesday, so things have been crazy busy.

I’ve had 2 classes so far (I won’t start my Monday class until next week due to the holiday) and so far I think I’m really going to like it.  My 2 classes could not be any more different from one another (in terms of structure).  One class has no writing assignments, just a midterm and a final.  The other has no exams and in fact nothing is ever graded (the class is credit/no credit) but there are tons of reading and writing assignments, group projects, and activities.  It’s a class on group therapy, so it makes sense that we would be doing a lot of group activities.  Oh am I going to struggle in that class.  But nothing is graded and the professor said there are no right or wrong answers on the assignments… so how bad can it be?  Please note, I’ve been blogging in greater detail about my classes/overall experience in grad school at Psychofemme.com.  Though, everything from my blogs is automatically crossposted to Livejournal, so if that’s where you follow me, you can stay put.

Time to get back to work…