Broken Bone Woes

And the honeymoon blog is delayed yet again.

Man oh man have I been busy this past week.

Chris got in to an accident at work and broke his arm.

I was on my way home from my weekly Zumba class with Chelsea when Chris called me. He said "I'm being serious, I need you to come pick me up. I had an accident at work and I need to go to the hospital to get x-rays done."

I would have freaked out a lot worse than I did, but Chris sounded so calm, which kept me from losing it.

Apparently, while he was riding his bike in the parking lot, a car pulled out in front of him. Well, his front brake worked a little too well, and my poor hubby went flying over the handlebars. The fall ended up breaking a bone in his right elbow, and bruised up his left hand pretty badly where he caught himself. Thank goodness he was wearing his helmet, because he said when he hit the ground, his head hit too and he heard his helmet crack!

One of his co-workers was following behind him and was able to call the accident in, and Chris was taken care of by the on-staff EMS.

I got there as soon as I could and they released him to me, so I could take him to the HealthPlex in Norman. We went in to the ER, and it was the weirdest thing. I kept expecting it to be like in House or something, where nurses and doctors and medics are running around, and there are people in pain everywhere...but there were two other people sitting calmly and patiently in the waiting area with us after we signed in. I'd never been to an ER before, but it definitely wasn't what I was expecting.

I felt so helpless, and still sometimes do. Every so often, Chris would get what he described as a muscle spasm in his broken arm, and he would be in so much pain. I couldn't hold his left hand to let him squeeze, because his palm was bruised up too badly, and I was afraid to hug him because he was cradling his broken arm across his chest. All I could do was sit there and hold him to me lightly, or rub his back.

When it was time to get the x-rays, the doctors tried straightening out his arm, and Chris said he was on the verge of tears it hurt so badly. He said it was the most God awful pain he'd ever felt, and it made me want to cry. They got Chris' arm put up in a fancy splint, but it was up to us to make a follow up appointment with an Orthopedic specialist to get an actual cast put on. Back at home, Chris ended up sleeping on the couch with his arm propped up on pillows instead of coming to bed. We didn't get to sleep until 12:30 or so, and then at 5:30am when the pain medicine they gave him wore off, we were awake again. We hadn't filled his prescription yet because we didn't have the information from Riverwind to get the pain killers paid for. We did manage to get his pain relieved though, and he made it until we were able to fill his prescription.

After that ordeal, Chris tried calling people all day long to get information on the specialist he was supposed to see and how Riverwind was going to pay for it all. Luckily, since it was a work related accident, workman's comp is going to take care of all the bills. The trouble though seems to be to get in touch with anyone. Everyone kept transfering Chris to someone else, or they wouldn't be in their office.

Well today, he was able to get ahold of someone to make an appointment for Monday to get the cast put on.

I've been doing my best to make sure Chris is as comfortable as possible, and while I don't mind it one bit, it's been quite tiresome. Yesterday I was exhausted, because the night before I had only for like 5 hours of sleep, and even then, I kept waking up all night.

After filing Chris's prescription and bringing him his pain killers, I got home at about 6 or 6:30 and decided to take a nap.

I didn't wake up until 9, and I could have easily gone back to sleep and stayed in bed until 7am this morning for work. I got up though and made dinner when Chris got home, then was back in bed at midnight.

I would sleep in tomorrow, but Chelsea and I are going up to a barn sale in Shawnee, held by the marvelous Photographer Faith.

Maybe next time I'll get to talk honeymoon...

And since things were a bit chaotic with Chris breaking his arm and all...here's a picture for Wedding Wednesday!

Oh where oh where has my money gone. Oh where oh where could it be?

I know I still owe everyone a blog about the honeymoon with pictures and all, but I haven't felt in the blogging mood lately.
Money has been tight now that Chris and I are feeling the effects of our taking time off work for the honeymoon and wedding finally.
I know we'll make it through, but we still owe money to people that helped have helped us out, and though they are friends and family, I don't want to take advantage of that.

I know things could be worse off, and I know we're not that bad off financially...but I've never lived on my own before and I've never had to pay bills. My paycheck will cover the rent, and not much else. I might have $50 left over to last me for two weeks, which will probably end up in my gas tank.
Plus, I got sent home from work today because we ran out of photo paper, and since I'm a printer, I had nothing to do. Not going to feel good come next Monday when I get paid now.

I know that worrying isn't going to do me any good, especially when we will be able to get by...but I can't help it. Sometimes, it's hard not to worry about things...especially when Christmas is coming up, and I wanted to be able to get presents this year since I couldn't last year.

Why must weddings be so financially draining? The wedding is over, and I still have no money!

Wedding Wednesday!

My return as Mrs. Figueroa!

Oh my gosh, I can't believe it's already been so long since I've last written!

So much has happened, and I know I'm going to miss some stuff that I really wanted to talk about, but that's how it goes I guess.

I'll be sure to cover all the major things though, like, for instance, the apartment and wedding!

Let's start with the apartment.

Chris and I have (just about) all of our stuff moved in, and the apartment is now a disaster! It's incredibly messy due to all of our stuff everywhere that has yet to receive a proper home. Poor stuff.

Plus, we just got back from our honeymoon (which I will also talk about!) and so we have dirty clothes everywhere that have yet to be washed, and suit cases that have yet to be unpacked.

Our apartment is no longer empty though, and with a million thanks to everyone that helped Chris and I get everything we needed to start off, here is a virtual tour of the 800 sq. ft. apartment that is, the Figueroa Apartment...

 

Obviously it doesn't look like this anymore...but since it's far too messy to give you a new, updated picture, you get this.

This is the view from the front door. Hello living room!

 

Thanks to my mom and Lee, we also have this awesome futon couch! It's super comfy and can lie flat to make a bed. (Kendy, this means you have no excuse for not staying over and visiting me!)
 

Turn around, and we have the TV! Another contribution from Mom and Lee! The entertainment stand thing, however, is thanks to my sister-in-law and her hubby. I like it a lot, and the TV is tons better than the old one Chris had before. 

 

Next up, we enter the kitchen! It also has much more in it now thanks to everyone's generous contributions. It's a great little kitchen for the two of us!

 

On our first night together at the apartment, I made lasagna and garlic bread and served it in our new glasses (given to us by Momma) and we ate at our newly assembled dining room set (thanks to the family and friends that came to my bridal shower). I love the dining room table and chairs. they are the taller kind instead of your standard chair, and I love taller chairs and tables. Plus, they look so nice!

I think we may get some seat cushions though in the future sometime, but they are great as is!

 If you go around the corner and turn to your left, you'll see the bedroom. Very nice size, I was afraid it'd be a lot smaller. It also has a walk in closet! Though...it's rectangular and skinny, so not a very cozy walk in closet, but still! The bed was given to us also by Chelsea and Kalen, and I love it! Super comfy, and the bed frame looks very nice.

 

Now, turn around and go down the hall and you'll find the bathroom! Towels and shower curtain were courtesy of Lee, and I like them a lot.  I also put together that thingy that goes over the toilet all by my lonesome! The only thing that sucks, is that the towel rod there won't let you push it back against the wall, so you have to do a superman reach to get the toilet paper.

There's the tour of the apartment! What do ya think? Not too bad I think.

So next is a little bit about the wedding.

I have to say, I'm glad it happened, but I am SO glad that it is over with! It was very stressful at times, and very time consuming, as well as financially, emotionally and mentally draining!

It went by far too fast for my liking, but I think that's what people always say about their weddings...you hardly remember any of it.

Thanks to Faith though, I have some amazing pictures to look back on and cherish what memories I do have!

So right after the wedding, Chris and I ran off to the Bricktown Hotel for the night instead of rushing off to our honeymoon like most couples do.

We had reserved the King Suite thing at the hotel for the night and we thought it'd be like $200, but we figured...hey...you only have a wedding night once right? (I know I know...that's not true all the time...), but the room was closer to $300! We went ahead and paid for it, and I'd say it was a tad pricey still, but still very awesome!

Luckily it came with a big, super awesome hot tub (in the living room), two flat screen TVs, towels folded like swans and seashells, a Hershey's chocolate Symphony bar, a bottle of some fancy chmancy champagne (that did NOT taste good at ALL!), a gigantic comfortable bed, a mini fridge, a microwave, and free useage of the hotel's shuttle VIP shuttle service.

It was pretty awesome.

Chris and I ordered some food from the Spaghetti Warehouse for our first meal as a married couple, and when Chris went down to the front desk to ask if the shuttle driver could take him to pick the food up, she said the driver would go and get it for us! So he did! He went and picked up our food for us and Chris just paid him for it. It was awesome!

 Well...I have some wifely duties to go attend to (making dinner...mostly because I'm starving!) so I'll be off now.

I will write up a few blog posts in the next few days about the honeymoon, and I think I'm going to steal Jeanette's idea of "Wordless Wednesday", but instead will have "Wedding Wednesday" where I will post a wedding or bridal picture for a while!

Until then...See ya!

Love you all!

I haven't forgotten about my blog!

I promise I haven't forgotten about you all. We're all settled in to our apartment, but we don't have internet access. I have a lot I want to share with you all, but you're just going to have to hold on for a little longer!

Until I get the change to write, here is a teaser photo from the wedding!