Warning: I have a feeling this post won't be very mature or coherent, I just need to vent.
WHY?!
Why the hell have I gotten sick three times in the last 6 months? I started walking last fall so I've started to take better care of myself, I got my freaking flu shot two years in a row, and we got a dishwasher so we make sure all of our dishes are clean and free of germs. Could it be the stress? All the freaking stress?? Ugh my mom being sick and a few other things have really gotten me down over the last year, but is that really the only cause?
My mom got news last week that her leukemia was spreading quickly again. This means that the chemo worked, but not for long, and she'd have to get back on chemo as soon as possible. I knew she would be starting another round soon, so I'm not entirely sure why it was such a panic other than the leukemia was spreading (isn't it always spreading though? I don't know why this round was different...). Anyway, they told her she would have to do out-patient chemo with a different drug (one that she has done in-patient before) starting last Thursday I believe. But then she got a call that she had to go to the hospital to get a brand new chemo drug (don't know if it's brand new to the world, but its one that she hasn't gotten before) to see if it can get rid of the leukemia long enough to get her transplant. I'm not sure of the time line at the moment, but she did go back to the hospital today.
Please, please, please, keep her in your thoughts. Please?
Anyway, I stayed home from work today and slept and took pills and drank water and tea like crazy. I planned on going back to work tomorrow but it'll depend on the level of pain in my head and throat. I'm sure I caught this crap because my coworkers find it necessary to go to work sick to prove their loyalty or something and I just don't see it that way. STAY HOME WHEN YOU ARE SICK.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Skype
Holy cow. I know I'm super late on the Skype bandwagon but this thing is AWESOME!
See, my husband's best friend is Doug (he has two blogs, Ramblings and Fitness). Doug moved away to Hawaii a few years ago, married an AMAZING woman named Angela (also two blogs, here and here), and works as a fourth grade teacher. He's also a budding triathlete.
Shameless Plug: Donate to Doug! Details HERE. You want a recommendation? This guy is awesome and he's trying to start his triathlon career on a teacher's salary in Hawaii. Any amount will help him register for races and buy proper equipment. He also posts daily about his training and his races. Makes me almost feel guilty about eating ice cream while attempting to write one post per month.
Anyway, back to the real reason for this post. We both have webcams and had made a plan to chat online from time to time. I can tell how much my husband misses this guy because occasionally he'll make a joke that I don't understand even though he's laughing uncontrollably. It is then that I ask him, "Hunny, you miss Doug, don't you?". After several months of talking about chatting we FINALLY synchronized our watches and got the chance to see each other face to face. From thousands of miles away.
And. It. Was. Awesome.
Doug and Angela - so glad to have you two in our lives, and we miss you. Aloha!
See, my husband's best friend is Doug (he has two blogs, Ramblings and Fitness). Doug moved away to Hawaii a few years ago, married an AMAZING woman named Angela (also two blogs, here and here), and works as a fourth grade teacher. He's also a budding triathlete.
Shameless Plug: Donate to Doug! Details HERE. You want a recommendation? This guy is awesome and he's trying to start his triathlon career on a teacher's salary in Hawaii. Any amount will help him register for races and buy proper equipment. He also posts daily about his training and his races. Makes me almost feel guilty about eating ice cream while attempting to write one post per month.
Anyway, back to the real reason for this post. We both have webcams and had made a plan to chat online from time to time. I can tell how much my husband misses this guy because occasionally he'll make a joke that I don't understand even though he's laughing uncontrollably. It is then that I ask him, "Hunny, you miss Doug, don't you?". After several months of talking about chatting we FINALLY synchronized our watches and got the chance to see each other face to face. From thousands of miles away.
And. It. Was. Awesome.
Doug and Angela - so glad to have you two in our lives, and we miss you. Aloha!
Monday, February 21, 2011
Randomness
In hopes to get over my blog block (similar to writer's block, but I'm not a writer), I figured I could throw out a few random things that have been happening lately.
- I cleaned a little this weekend. I had quite a few boxes in the living room that were taking up space and really needed to be organized, and I guess I finally got tired of looking at them. There are still boxes here and most of the stuff in the boxes I went through has simply been distributed around the house, but I feel a lot better about it.
- My mom was in really good spirits tonight. She's been in good spirits for a while but I feel like it was especially good tonight. She's home, still having a rough time, and she has to go back to the hospital soon, but she so strong it's crazy.
- I think I've taken out my camera twice in the last month? How sad is that? I really haven't had the time. Or the desire. Or any gigs because I told all of my word-of-mouth people that I was taking a break. It bums me out but I really needed to let it go for a little while - it just became too much to deal with. I hate to admit it, but I might not be able to pick it up again until Mom is well. And she WILL get well.
- I bought two pairs of shoes today, thanks to my mom's awesome birthday gift and some cash that I had gotten for Christmas/birthday. They're both walking shoes so I'm excited to get back into walking every night. I'm no triathlete or anything, but walking is good for me ;-)
- This was a pretty good three day weekend. But I need more. And more and more and more. Ugh.
- Netflix instant streaming video is AWESOME. Paired with my iPad it's the best way to spend time on a treadmill. I need to keep track of my workouts better, now that I'm trying to be more consistent again.
- I got three letters from my soldier who recently returned to Afghanistan. He wrote them over a two week span and mailed them separately but they all showed up on the same day. Crazy! I'm so lucky to have a soldier who has time to write back. I need to write him more often though.
- I went all last week without crying. SUCCESS
- I'm going to call an eye doctor this week. This double vision thing while reading is really getting annoying and I would like to avoid my 2:30pm headache. I will likely come out of that appointment with glasses. Yay.
I think that's about it. Maybe that gave you a small update? My mind, my environment, and my emotions are a total mess. Forgive the randomness, please.
- I cleaned a little this weekend. I had quite a few boxes in the living room that were taking up space and really needed to be organized, and I guess I finally got tired of looking at them. There are still boxes here and most of the stuff in the boxes I went through has simply been distributed around the house, but I feel a lot better about it.
- My mom was in really good spirits tonight. She's been in good spirits for a while but I feel like it was especially good tonight. She's home, still having a rough time, and she has to go back to the hospital soon, but she so strong it's crazy.
- I think I've taken out my camera twice in the last month? How sad is that? I really haven't had the time. Or the desire. Or any gigs because I told all of my word-of-mouth people that I was taking a break. It bums me out but I really needed to let it go for a little while - it just became too much to deal with. I hate to admit it, but I might not be able to pick it up again until Mom is well. And she WILL get well.
- I bought two pairs of shoes today, thanks to my mom's awesome birthday gift and some cash that I had gotten for Christmas/birthday. They're both walking shoes so I'm excited to get back into walking every night. I'm no triathlete or anything, but walking is good for me ;-)
- This was a pretty good three day weekend. But I need more. And more and more and more. Ugh.
- Netflix instant streaming video is AWESOME. Paired with my iPad it's the best way to spend time on a treadmill. I need to keep track of my workouts better, now that I'm trying to be more consistent again.
- I got three letters from my soldier who recently returned to Afghanistan. He wrote them over a two week span and mailed them separately but they all showed up on the same day. Crazy! I'm so lucky to have a soldier who has time to write back. I need to write him more often though.
- I went all last week without crying. SUCCESS
- I'm going to call an eye doctor this week. This double vision thing while reading is really getting annoying and I would like to avoid my 2:30pm headache. I will likely come out of that appointment with glasses. Yay.
I think that's about it. Maybe that gave you a small update? My mind, my environment, and my emotions are a total mess. Forgive the randomness, please.
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