Archive for January, 2009

scrapes

I am insanely tired but inspired (rhymes) so here I am posting. Apparently steroids give you insomnia, that’s my story and I’m sticking to it. So pair the insomnia for the last two nights with the fact that I am taking Benadryl for all the hours I am awake and you get a deliriously tired me! And to think I drove to KC and back today, eek!
Here’s the deal people; I get into scrapes. Now you may not be familiar with the term and this is due to your lack of “Anne of Green Gables” viewer-ship. Watch it, learn it, love it. I know I’ve talked about this before but again my blog, my rules, muahahah. Anne is constantly getting herself into trouble and there’s a time when she says something along the lines of, “here I thought I was past getting into scrapes and now I’m in the worst one yet” (paraphrased that). Isn’t that how it always goes? After EVERY scrape I get into I SWEAR it’ll be the last and it never is. And the latest one always seems like the worst. Last year I completed muddled and overbooked my nanny schedule. I felt awful and was sure I’d be fired but it worked out, God is good and I still work for both parties (woo). Now I’ve gone and messed up a wonderful trip to Sanibel because of an oversight. The good thing is, all concerned parties now know I’m scatterbrained (hello! must I review the last 4 days? INSANE itching ->steroids ->insomnia + benadryl = crazy!), which is half the battle. Don’t you hate when you’ve done something wrong and are waiting for the wronged to find out, that’s the WORST!
I’ve been thinking though. I feel as though scrapes are a sign of life, I sure know they’ve marked my whole life! They’ve certainly made things interesting too, although I wouldn’t miss the anxiety and worry that hits you right before you fall asleep, stealing precious hours of slumber. One of my greatest stories is about being stuck in Venice, which may have actually been the greatest scrape ever (it involved intense nausea and tears, hard to beat) and it’s made me better, made me laugh and, if nothing else, given me a completely unique experience with someone I love!
At least I didn’t sell someone else’s cow!

LOVE!

ps the itching is better, still reacting to coldness though!!

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I’m allergic to cold (warning: this is graphic)

So this morning I was going about my business when my legs starting itching. I’ve noticed that my skin is a bit dry all-around and all this weather craziness is not helping. Yesterday I wore shorts outside, today not so much. So my legs are REALLY itching, to the point of disturbance, so I go to the bathroom and notice that they are swelling a bit too…there’s a rash. Now usually I wouldn’t be broadcasting “HELLO WORLD I HAVE AN AWFUL AND UGLY RASH” BUT, the end is going to be interesting, so hold on a sec. I apply ice to my now VERY HIVY arms and notice things are getting REALLY REALLY bad, mind has jumped to DEFCON 5. I’ve tried calling mom, as is usual for every emergency and DEFCON 5 situation. She is driving in Alabama, blissfully unaware of the itching HECK I am in. I decide this calls for medical attention, so I go to the walk-in clinic across the street…you know the one where you are exhibited to all doctors if you have a pus pocket on your ear-drum (another AWESOME malady, be sure to tell your friends I’m single!). The great thing about this walk-in clinic is that you are seen VERY quickly. And I was. Doc, er PA, and I couldn’t figure out what had caused my crazy reaction. I got a steroid shot and a “Medrol pack” (aka steroid pills). I came home and still was going out of my mind from itching so I took another Benadryl. Eventually things got better, I stopped wanting to rip my skin off. However I had to get groceries tonight and started the whole thing again. Plus my face was getting rashy too. BINGO I’m allergic to cold. It’s awful. What will I do? And this is a totally real thing, I’ve looked it up and diagnosed myself.
For now I’m fine and thankfully less itchy than 5 minutes ago. So, shall I move to Sanibel forever?

LOVE!

ps Who needs to wait til they’re old to only talk about illness? I’m an 80-year-old in a 25-year-old’s body. awesome

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It’s official world

I’ve grown up. I recycled all of my Prince William magazines today. All 20 of them. Don’t worry, I will still harbor a burning, secret (or not-so-secret) crush on him.
I also pulled down all the collages I made in high school and threw them away. Well not the wedding one, gotta save all those great ideas for my wedding to Prince William.

AH, I thought LOST was over but it is NOT. Gotta go!

LOVE!

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Conversation with my father tonight

me: “When did you start skiing?”
dad: “Oh in high school”
me: “Did you work on technique or was it just for fun”
*slightly quizzical look from dad*

dad: “Technique. It’s always been one girl at a time”

He thought I’d asked when he had started dating.
And I’m the one who has impaired hearing due to two (self-diagnosed) impending ear infections.
I love that he answered technique!! How the heck do you work on dating technique?? Maybe if I knew I’d be dating, ha!

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edit: I am attending my “real” class at St. Mary’s here in Leavenworth. I start William Jewell on May 18, just got an email today all about it! I’m also taking Nutrition online from KCKCC.

hey yo

I’m still here, still alive, though BARELY. I’ve been hit with another cold, I bet you guys can’t wait to hear more about my immune system woes. Thankfully I found the missing part to my humidifier making it functional, woo. I hope this means I will not be waking up around 4 AM, going to the bathroom and then not getting comfortable for half an hour. PRAISE THE LORD though, that darn neighbor dog has not been barking incessantly so I didn’t wake up at 2AM or 7AM to that confounded annoyance. I’m thinking the dog is not outside because it is DANG COLD OUT, making it the ONE reason I’m thankful for the arctic temperature. Has Kansas always gotten this cold? I do not remember it being this cold here or in D.C. D.C. is windy, making it SEEM colder, I will give you that.
Speaking of D.C., I was just there. Took a lil weekend trip out to my ole stompin’ grounds. Boy I miss that place. So many cute guys (yes I’m that shallow, this is my blog, and it is a judge-free zone). I think a lot about what makes a place exciting. Obviously D.C. is about 105 times more exciting than K.C. Why is this? I think because I equate exciting with possibility and there is a whole heck of a lot more possibility in D.C. It’s not a very fair comparison because D.C. has been around a while and has a LOT of people. And I know how to go out in D.C., I have young friends there, K.C. not so much, there isn’t really a “gang” I hang with here, people who, despite my protestations, drag me out to the best times of my life. Maybe I’ll find some real partiers at nursing school. ha. I will tell you this; I saw more porta-potties in D.C. this past weekend than in my WHOLE LIFE COMBINED. Guess there’s gonna be lots of pottying come January 20. What a pity you can’t see the mall due to the sea of blue and green plastic. I bet it smells come inauguration day too (should that be capitalized?), these are the things I think of because I lean more toward practical rather than spontaneous. Every D.C. native I know is ditching town or holing up this weekend. I told them to rent their rooms, they could totally make a killing!!
In other news, I started my Abnormal Psychology class today. This is my “real class”, in that I must actually get off my butt, go to it and listen for 1 hour and 20 minutes every Tuesday and Thursday. Let’s say I have a new appreciation for all of those “non-traditional students” who were in my night classes at JBU. It’s hard to walk into a classroom not knowing a SINGLE PERSON and feeling as though you are old enough to be everyone’s mom. The teacher explained that most people experience their first schizophrenic break between the ages of 18-24, so HA! One thing I can check off the list (we’re gonna forget the word “most” in that last sentence). Thankfully this class seems really interesting and I can legitimately start judging/diagnosing everyone around me, sweet! Okay, maybe not so legitimately. I have a feeling there will be a lot of “intern syndrome” going on in my world.

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So this is a rough draft of my Sanibel rental site. I put up a few photos in case you are looking at renting a heavenly home in paradise. Thank you Kate!

Harbour House

Any helpful suggestions, especially from people who know how to build websites, would be AWESOME!

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Only 4 days late!

TOP THINGS IN 2008

These aren’t in any real order and the books/movies may not have been released in 2008, just saying.

Top 5 books that I read
1. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
2. The Berlin Wall: A World Divided by Frederick Taylor
3. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
4. Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer
5. Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer

Top 5 Places I Visited For the First Time
1. WHITEHAVEN BEACH, Australia
2. New York City, New York
3. Sydney, Australia
4. Long Island, Australia
5. Cairns, Australia

Top 5 Movies I Saw in 2008
1. Becoming Jane
2. ONCE, in fact it should fill all 5 positions because I love it THAT much
3. Iron Man
4. Lars and the Real Girl
5. Away From Her

Top 5 Memories of 2008
1. Watching/participating the day my brother married the woman of his dreams
2. AUSTRALIA
3. Seeing Wicked performed on Broadway with Cecilia
4. Gaining acceptance to the BSN-AT program at William Jewell
5. Spending the week after the wedding at the Lake with cousins

Perhaps I should have made more lists while on the 24-hour drive from Sanibel but I was TOO busy avoiding death. Yes, traveling on January 2 in Florida is not a wise choice because college bowl fans are CRAZY drivers and WILL cause wrecks (not to mention profanity). I am so very thankful that God protected us because we would not have arrived home unscathed if it were not for him. I am also thankful for my sympathetic nervous system, which my recent physiology refresher course has taught me so much about.

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