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How This Week Changed Life
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Nov 21, 2009 7:38 am
Mood: daring,
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This past week really has changed some things for me. It's kind of funny how so many little things can make a difference...not always in good ways, but in all kinds of ways. I just hope I can remember everything that's gone on so I can determine, to some extent, how these changes will effect the future.
Chris has been sick with some kind of viral infection and hasn't been to school since Tuesday. I took him in for a strep test on Thursday and they said it was negative. They always send those in to the lab where it takes a couple of days to know for sure. I was going to send him to school, yesterday, but his cough made me send him back to bed. I wish we could all just get well and stay well.
Zach didn't want to miss school last week because it was "Spirit Week." Funny, how just having the kids dress a certain way with wearing funny hats one day, or mis-matched clothes the next, can get them excited about going to school. I'm glad it works. It made it easier to get him to go.
A friend mailed me four books this week. He found them online. They look really good. "Coping with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury", "Brain Injury Survivor Guide", "Brain, Heal Thyself", and "Overcoming Fear, Worry, and Anxiety". I'm most excited about "Brain Injury Survivor Guide" by Beth Jameson. It was published just last year, so it's more up-to-date. I read four chapters of it. It's easy to read because the lines are spaced. It's easier to focus on books when the lines are spaced.
One thing about that book, though, is that, when I started reading it, I just started crying. Just knowing that all these things I've had to live with all my life are because I was in that coma for three weeks.....and that my whole way of thinking and relating to the outside world....is finally being understood...I mean, wow! That just makes me cry! And what seems so amazing to me is that this woman that had the brain injury in the book...has such a wonderful husband who's learned to understand and help her! I mean, I do have my parents who've done so much for me....but they didn't know that I didn't know my limitations. They didn't know all the problems people with brain damage cause for themselves or that I wasn't as capable of handling stress as people without brain damage. I can't wait to show them these books. I hope they read them
These books will help them understand my sister, too, because Multiple Schlerosis is a form of brain damage.
My sister. My poor sister. I wish there was a way for me to help her. She had more tests done last Saturday that showed that her treatments aren't working. She has more trouble staying on her feet. She has more pain. More lesions on her brain. I would help her if she were in town, but don't see her much at all because I can't even figure out how to get to her house on my own.
She has more to deal with than I do because she tires easily and can't be in the sun. She has to give herself shots every day. Now we've found out that they aren't even helping. Multiple Scherosis is a cruel disease.
This week has also changed me because I've been talking to some of my bigchurch friends about the last days. It seems that each one of my friends has discovered something new this week...or at least, revealed it to me. One told me that the European Union...I'm guessing that's what EU stands for....has elected a new president. He said that this coming week that president is going to sign a charter organizing a one-world religion.
With the studying I've done and things I've heard, a one-world religion is one of the signs that's predicted for the end times. I always thought that the one-world religion would come after the Antichrist sets up his kingdom on earth.
Two of my friends told me that they think the Pope is the False Prophet. One says that he's the antichrist. I think that we just need to pay attention that we don't do anything we were warned not to do.
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Ouch.
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Nov 19, 2009 11:44 am
Mood: embarassed,
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I think that I need to concentrate on what I'm doing more when I'm on that treadmill. I finally asked someone yesterday what that belt was for with the clip on it, so I put it on. It turns out that the machine won't stop until that magnet comes off of the belt and that belt is TOO long to come off before someone falls off.
I wish I would have known that before, because today I fell off. I just wanted to see how many people were running around the track, but forgot that multitasking isn't something I'm very good at. I was okay....just jumped back on again and ran some more, but that was kind of embarrassing. Especially, when one of them men who saw me fell and KNEW I WAS OKAY. (He saw me running afterward)...went and told the manager what happened. Sheesh, can't a person fall once in awhile?
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Now I Know Who Was Murdered Sunday Night.
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Nov 17, 2009 8:01 pm
Mood: mixed,
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I found out today who was shot to death at the end of our block on Sunday night. I didn't hear the fight or the gunfire because I was at Walmart with the boys. They were dividing their money to buy another SIMS game they'd been wanting.
It probably wasn't the smartest thing I ever did to find out about the murder, but, then, I'm not known for thinking about all that could go wrong. I just asked two young men who were walking out of that apartment what had happened and one of them told me that the owner of the apartment was shot to death. Another woman was shot in the leg. The owner was only 49, and the other woman was in her twenties.
I realized from the description the men gave me that those were probably the woman I gave tomatoes to a month ago. That was the only encounter I had ever had with either one of them.
Thanks to a bigchurch friend, I found out from a website that the murderer escaped. That's not good. I'd hate to think he's still out there with a gun shooting other people. I bet anything it was drug-related, too. It might have been a drive-by shooting.
I worked out harder than ever today at the Y. I was going to stop running on that treadmill I just figured out how to use, but then TobyMac's song..."You Got Me Feelin' So Fly" came on, and I just had to get back on there and keep going. Then Newsboys' "You Love Is Better Than Life" came up next and I had to run to that, too. I can't help it....I love those Christian artists.
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Chaos of a Mad World
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Nov 16, 2009 12:43 pm
Mood: scaredd,
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Mom called me this morning. She usually calls to ask if the boys talked me into letting them stay home from school. I did send one of them, but Zach's school sent home a letter saying that if our kids had ANY flu symptoms to keep them home. Zach was sneezing and had a bad stomach ache. I think that would be a reason to keep him home.
The other reason Mom called, though, was because she watches the news and found out that someone in those apartments on my corner was shot and killed last night. She said that it was two women that were shot and that the other one was in the hospital. She said that they didn't mention any names.
Dad called an hour later and asked me if I had heard about the shooting on the corner. I guess Mom didn't tell Dad she called. The police cars are still out there. Dad told me that, at least our neighborhood should be safer until they leave.
You know what I find interesting? Connie, the woman that lives down there by those apartments, told me last week that she was really scared that something was going to happen there. She said that there was a drug problem and gangs that hang out over there. She seemed particularly nervous last week though....almost like she knew it would happen. My daughter told me that Connie said once that she was a prophetess. I wonder if she really is! [COLOR orangered]
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How It Is
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Nov 15, 2009 7:36 am
Mood: relaxed,
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I have so much to say, I just don't know where to begin. I mean, even in one day, a lot of stuff can happen. [/COLOR! I can make this blog pink! Ooo....bold pink! I've been blogging all these years and didn't realize I could change the size and color. Shows you how observant I am.
Anyway, on to the blog...
My daughter was on her way back home from Kansas City, so I told her she needed to stop here so we could spend some time together. We agreed to meet at the mall. The boys wanted to get out of the house, anyway, so it didn't take much persuasion to get them to agree to that.
So, after I mowed the lawn one more time because Dad told me it would chop up the leaves and be better for the lawn....we headed off toward the mall.
My daughter called while we were on the way and told us she accidentally got on the turnpike headed toward Emporia. I can't figure out how she did that, but, somehow, got turned back around to go the right direction and eventually got to the mall.
It's kind of funny, though, because with that little delay, I happened to bump into Zach's teacher's mom. I don't know if I mentioned before that two weeks ago Zach's teacher was involved in a serious car accident that even put her little girl in a coma. I didn't know how bad everything was until I talked to her mom. The little girl is okay, but the doctor said that she probably wouldn't live if she had another concussion. Please pray for her.
My daughter ran into a couple of her friends, too, and we talked to them for a little while.
We eventually ended up in Sears, where they were having a big clearance sale on their summer clothes, so we looked for a little while...just to see if we could find anything interesting.
When we looked at the dresses, we found some really pretty ones that were only five bucks! I told her I didn't have anywhere to wear those, but that was too good a deal to pass up...and they were my size!
My daughter found some pretty dresses she bought, too. Who knows? Maybe, someday, both of us will have a reason to wear those.
When we got home, Zach took my picture with them on and made it look like I was in front of the Epcot Center at Disney World. It's amazing how he can edit pictures like that.
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A Horrible Thing
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Nov 14, 2009 7:54 am
Mood: bad,
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Yesterday, I got a call from Melanie's dad. I took care of Melanie for the first three years of her life before my daycare was closed down. If you've been reading my blogs, you know all about Melanie, how she's three and a half, being raised primarily by her dad.
I grew to love Melanie, though...I mean, sure, she was always throwing fits and not a very happy child, at times....but since she had the water shut off a few times at her house, I could understand that this was only one unpleasant thing she had to deal with. I can't imagine how it would be to live for a week at a time without having the water running.
But, when her dad called yesterday, he told me something just so terrible, I'm really worried about her. He told me that Melanie told him a boy at her day care wanted her to do something sexual with him! I mean, I don't know how old this boy is, or anything about him...but Melanie is only three years old!
Hearing this, makes me just want to go get her and keep her here, away from all the terrible things out there.
Please pray for Melanie. It seems like the only thing I can do now is pray.
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No Two Days are The Same
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Nov 10, 2009 7:59 pm
Mood: fine,
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Yesterday, I went to the dentist and got a cavity filled. There goes another $120 to my credit card. I'm not really upset about that, though, because I thought I was going to have to get a cap and that would have cost ten times that much. God will provide.
As soon as I got back home, it was time to make lunch. They didn't have school yesterday. My dad took advantage of that opportunity to get my sons to rake leaves and pile them on the garden plot for next Spring. It took several hours, even after I got lunch cleaned up and started helping them. It was great, though. I love working outside when it's nice and cool. It was really overcast during that time and we knew it wouldn't be long before the rain came.
I took the boys to the library after Dad left and it started pouring. We stayed there for a couple of hours and it rained the whole time.
Today, the boys went back to school and I got busy cleaning house. I don't know why, but it's a lot easier for me to do that when they aren't here. I guess that's because I get distracted so much. A book I was reading at the library made me realize that I have a very short attention span. That's why my blogs are never very long.
I went to the Y...but I just couldn't get interested in running a full mile like I usually do. Someone showed me how to work the treadmill, but I got bored with that, too. Maybe because I was sort of sick from eating so much broccoli the night before. I just love broccoli.
I went grocery shopping after that.
Sunday, I took Zach to church, then we went to the nursing home to visit Aunt Betty. I loaned her the book I read, "The Shack", because she loves reading so much. I think she'll like it.
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Eighty-five Degrees in November!
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Nov 7, 2009 8:06 pm
Mood: good,
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I couldn't believe how hot it was, today! I'm wondering if that wasn't some kind of record high temperature for November, here.
With it being so warm, I wanted to do something outside with the boys that we haven't done in a long time. I think it had been at least two years. I wanted to play goony golf.
I told the boys and they liked the idea, too, but it sure took them a long time to decide who would get to sit in the front seat. I think it took them half an hour to come to an agreement. It didn't bother me that much, because I just got a catalog from the Christian bookstore and found out that Todd Agnew has another CD out that I hadn't seen before. And it's on sale! I didn't mind looking at the other deals they had, either.
We got to the golf course and had a great time. I got the ball in the hole with only two putts, a lot! The boys did pretty well, too. At least, they did better than I did at their ages. I was a really sore loser, too. That's probably why we didn't play that very often.
After we golfed, I took the boys to see the cheap dollar movie, "G-Force." We had a pretty good day.
I think I might be able to get Chris to go to church with us tomorrow. He went to bed so early last night that he was up before six this morning. I don't think he'll want to stay up much longer.
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What Great Timing!
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Nov 6, 2009 12:51 pm
Mood: just fine and dandy,
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I've been working on reorganizing since the boys are over the flu and back in school. After getting Chris tested for mono on Tuesday, since he was sleeping so much I looked it up online. He seemed to have most of the symptoms. He must not have mono, though, because the lab didn't call me back to tell me he does.
I talked to both of Chris' school counselors and they told me they would try to work with his teachers so he would have time to finish all the work he's been missing. I'm really proud of him, now, because he's getting a lot of it done. He's starting to get back into the normal routine of going to bed at a decent hour, too.
Getting them back in school gave me the chance to go through their rooms to try to make sense of them again.
I know. I say every time they mess up their rooms that I'm not going to clean them again, but they get so bad I just can't stand it anymore.
Chris' bed had been broken for a long time, anyway, so I spent most of the morning trying to fix it. The foot board was so stripped, though, that when I thought I had it fixed, I moved the bed again, and it broke.
I was so frustrated...but Dad came over to tell me I need to get the boys to rake the leaves....and it was just the right time for him to get here...right when that dumb bed wouldn't stay fixed. He went right home and pulled out a head board and foot board for the same size bed. And those had been right in his own garage the whole time! I'm glad he saves everything.
I'm just waiting for him to bring over some slats to hold the springs up. The ones just lying under the bed were an inch too short and wouldn't do. In the meantime, I've rearranged everything in Chris' room and he's probably going to be annoyed.
Z came over three times this week. He sure livens things up. He's so little, but did his best trying to help me move things around. Chris is really good with him, too, because they both like playing with his toy guns and light sabers. I just wish it didn't get dark so early now, so they could do more playing outside.
Another three-day weekend. They sure don't seem to have school much in November. Monday is another teacher's meeting.
I guess I should take the stuff to the recycle bins, now, before the kids get home.
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A Weird Monday
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Nov 2, 2009 8:47 pm
Mood: good,
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I really did try to get my kids to go to school this morning. Really! Chris insisted that his throat hurt and that he was really nauseous all night. Zach had been sneezing and coughing a lot yesterday. The main reason they stayed home, though, was because I couldn't figure out how to get them up. I even washed Chris' face and it didn't help.
I called the doctor and had the nurse call me back. I described they symptoms both of the boys had been having all week last week.
She told me that they probably did have swine flu....that it's really spreading fast. She told me that about ninety percent of the kids that have been in the office lately have had swine flu and that it isn't really that big of a deal. She said that if they didn't have a fever for 24 hours that they would be fine to go back to school.
So, tomorrow, they're going to school.
I called my dentist, too. My tooth has really been bugging me. I think it's effecting how I think and everything. They had me scheduled to come in after ten.
I decided to go jog my mile before I went to the dentist, so I went to the Y, then came back home to check on the boys. I called them in sick, then went to my dentist appointment.
The dentist took some x-rays and said it didn't look like I had an abscess and he said I already had a root canal on that tooth.
They had to take more pictures, but finally they saw something, I think, because they put me on antibiotics and codeine. He told me to come back in a week so he can see how I'm doing. I'm glad I might not have to get a cap, but I had it all figured out how I was going to pay that dentist bill.
I canceled Chris' appointment for a med eval. He hasn't had any more anxiety attacks, anyway, so maybe he doesn't need meds. Besides, I couldn't wake him up.
Then, Z came over. It had been a couple of months since we took care of him. He's still a good boy.
I spent a couple of hours while he was here, trying to get Chris to do his homework. Wow, that's hard. Not the homework. That's fairly easy. What's hard is getting him to do it. I had to handfeed him his algebra questions while he was trying to watch a movie.
Then, one of his assignments was too write twenty facts about a famous Hispanic person. I looked up notable Hispanic/Americans and saw that Jaci Valesquez was one of them, so I clicked on her name.
I love her singing. I have a couple of her CDs. It was fun finding out that she's made so many and won so many awards. I hope Chris gets that assignment done tonight.
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