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So I am sitting in front of my computer on New Year's Eve, after just dominating my husband in Scrabble. Does that make me a total bore? Nope. It makes me a Mommy. John and I are hanging out at home tonight. The kids are in the tub supervised by Daddy. And here I sit at the computer. I am OK with that.
New Year's Eve is such a setup. There are probably tons of people out there that are feeling down and depressed because they have no where to go, or no crowd to be with. So, I am going to send some positive energy out to the people that feel invisible, forgotten, and alone. I hope that you find the peace and happiness that you are looking for.
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So a friend of mine bought me this Itune... Hmmmmm....
Love it!
So today I received some good news, and bad news?, and some post party news.
My test results came back for my cholesterol which went from 250's to 207. WOOT!
That is the great news.
My doctor called me. The last time a doctor called me on the phone I had to get my appendix out. The time before I had to be treated with an IV for my Lyme. My Lyme disease test came back, another positive test. My levels are high. However, my levels were high last year as well, and they chose not to do any treatment because they were not sure if it was active Lyme. MRI test showed a spot last year, but they did not know how to interpret that spot. WTF? If I am strongly positive, and have a spot on my brain, and no one knows why that is, what do I do? They have the degrees, not me. There are two entirely different schools of thought when it comes to Lyme Disease. One is that Lyme Disease is a chronic illness with episodes of activity, and the other school is that Lyme Disease is a one time thing. Treat it and then it is done.
I really do not know what to think. The treatment for Lyme is brutal, IV antibotics for a month with a PIC line directly into your body. The treatment made me feel worse than the disease. Am I wanting to go through that again? NO.
Am I going to continue to feel the symptoms forever? Fatigued, cognitive issues, irritability. The doctor is referring me again to the infectious disease doctors in Portland. Not sure what they are going to say. Last time they asked me what I wanted to do. And that was incredibly annoying, because for starters I DO NOT HAVE A MEDICAL DEGREE. Frustrating. I am so tired. I am so bitchy. I cannot remember shit. Not good when I am dealing with clients regularly.
As far as the party, I have realized that I do not like to have any needs, and when I do I want to meet them on my own, without help. Being needy makes me feel awful, so I then turn it inward and become angry with myself. This is my destructive cycle. I need to work on this. You are all my witnesses.
I found out that I got an A in one of my classes. The grades are electronic, so as soon as the professor grades it she puts it online. The other grade I am not sure about, she does not grade online. School is now out, and I have offically made it through my first semester of graduate school. WOOT!
That is it, my update. I am tired, and bitchy, but I am done with school. Now I can get back to watching those soaps :-) Kidding. I seriously cannot wait to start my new book, "The Secret Life of Bees".
World AIDS Day
According to UNAIDS estimates, there are now 33.2 million people living with HIV, including 2.5 million children. During 2007 some 2.5 million people became newly infected with the virus. Around half of all people who become infected with HIV do so before they are 25 and are killed by AIDS before they are 35.
Around 95% of people with HIV/AIDS live in developing nations. But HIV today is a threat to men, women and children on all continents around the world.
Started on 1st December 1988, World AIDS Day is not just about raising money, but also about increasing awareness, fighting prejudice and improving education. World AIDS Day is important in reminding people that HIV has not gone away, and that there are many things still to be done.
