I can't believe it is Friday again! Wasn't it just Friday yesterday? It sure seems that way that is for sure! Anyways, it has been a decent day. Painwise, my head is the normal pain and the fingers are rather sore as usual, but the rest of the pain is the normal pain, nothing is above the regular pain that I have everyday.
Calli and Natalie started working on Double Trouble even though I don't have the CD available right this minute. I am hoping to find it on the other computer. I am really hoping so. I will check it tomorrow when I pull the computer out of the box. Natalie brought it up for me. I thought it was super heavy and she brings it up like it is nothing. Wow, I am truly wimpy. A 11 year old student can carry something that I can't.
Acer was so excited about his new yo-yo today. It is so cute how excited he gets about yo-yos. He was jumping up and down when he showed me the new one. He is such a cute kid. He is doing very well with his spring concert song, "Heigh Ho" from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. He is playing that on the piano. His vocal song is "Summertime". My friend, Kelly Lynn has a friend that raised the song about a 3rd for me since the original was either too high or too low for him. I am trying to teach him about placement right now. So far, he is doing pretty well although I do have to remind him since it is new to him. I think once he gets used to the new technique, it will be second nature to him.
Calli is doing very well. She almost has Minuet in G by J. S. Bach down pat. I foresee about one more week and then she will be rockin' out the song! Her vocal piece, "Once Upon a Dream" is wonderful and she is doing awesome at it. Calli works very hard all the time. She wants to do a good job and really master the song whatever it is. I love her work ethic. Whether it is music or sports or school work, Calli wants to learn it and learn it well. She doesn't ever do a half baked job, not that I have ever seen in the 3 years I have been lucky enough to know the young lady. Her main goal right now is to be on the Paraolympic team in 2020 for Goalball. She is very serious about Goalball. It is a wonderful sport for the blind. I hope to see her in the Paraolympics in 2020.
Emily is working on the song, "The Bare Necessities". She learned the first page for this week and today we went over the entire 4 pages. This is the longest song she has ever played. I am so proud of all my students with how well they are doing. I simply adore them all. I think they all know that I think each of them is very special and they all are.
It has been a quiet week since the Bowman-Tomlinson family went home Tuesday night. They didn't have power for a couple of days so they came here because I had power. It was nice to have unexpected company. I am glad that I have the extra room for them.
Tomorrow I have an hour lesson with Camille. We will spend a lot of time on her spring concert song, "Reflection" from Mulan. I am thankful for the extra time to work with the lovely young lady. Camille is also a very serious young student. I have a couple of make up lesson tomorrow from earlier in the week. My 3 lovely young ladies will be having their lesson at noon. Their mom had to have a CT scan on Wednesday and needed to change the lesson. It wasn't a problem for me. I try to be as flexible as much as possible. I figure if I am flexible with them they will be flexible with me when I need to change times or days like I did this past Monday. I will have another scope in a couple of months to check on the status of my ulcer. I am hopeful it will heal by then or be healing at that point.
Outside of church on Sunday, I don't have plans at this time. I am hoping that I will be able to take my girls out for my birthday after church. Perhaps my girls (the Muglias) will be available to hang out for a while. I face booked them to see if they are available. Last week Lydia was confirmed in her church along with her brother Peter. I saw the pictures and she looked very pretty. It reminded me when I was confirmed. Kathy and I were confirmed in the 6th grade although the church we grew up in now has confirmation in 8th grade. We spent the school year learning about our faith as well as faiths of others. i remember going to other churches to learn the difference between them and what we believe. I really think that was a good idea because then we were learning so much more than just what our church believes. Other than that, I don't remember too much about it. I do remember I felt so grown up after confirmation. I really wanted to participate in confirmation. When our church sent Mom info about the class, I was very excited about it. The biggest problem would be paying for the retreats. At that time we were very poor and struggling to meet the bills. Fortunately, our church had a fund to help students like me. They also covered my brother's fees when he was confirmed the next year. Mom was excited for us to be confirmed too just like Lydia and Peter's parents were excited for them.
I don't have any random thoughts today. Hmm, I wonder why. Oh well, it is Friday! That means the weekend is here. My schedule is a bit backward than most. I can sleep in during the week but Saturday and Sunday I have to be up earlier. Saturday isn't too bad because I usually teach at about 1 but Sunday is a whole different story. I have to be up by 6:45 in order to be in church on time for practice before the service. I do hope you are having a good day too.
Friday, April 20, 2012
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Midweek 4-18
Today is Karlyn's birthday! Happy birthday Karlyn! I went to school with her. I remember when she turned 18. The days before her birthday she went on and on about how she didn't want he locker decorated. I was her locker partner. Peggy, another friend, and I did not decorate our locker before first hour. When Karlyn came to school and she saw how the locker was plain with no balloons or anything, she was so upset. What she didn't know is that Peggy and I planned to decorate during first hour so she would see it second hour. When she came to the locker between classes after first hour. Karlyn was very happy about that. We knew she really wanted her locker decorated so we planned to pretend to do what she was saying she wanted. We knew better. I wish I have pictures of the locker and us at that age.
I had to call the tummy doctor today to clarify about the new medicine. I wasn't sure if I was to still take Xantac because I was taking Prilosec in the morning. That is to help heal the ulcer. I have to take both medicines, one in the morning, one in the evening. I will have another scope in a couple of months to see how it is healing. Since I have never had one before, this is all new to me. I should find out the results of the biopsy next week. I do like my tummy doctor. I often see the physician assistant, whom I like too. She is very thorough and works closely with the doctor. I met the doctor when I was in the hospital in 2008.
Breanna and Katie practice with the pianist this afternoon. Both girls are auditioning for a scholarship on Saturday. I feel that both are ready. I hope that they both do very well. There are two prizes for the scholarship. The top score gets a $500 and the second place gets $250. I will know if either of them get a scholarship by Saturday night. The lady who is playing for them is so nice. She is in charge of the scholarship. She played for Rachel and Katie last year. Rachel won last year. I stayed in the dining room while Bea practiced with them. I didn't want to interfere. Both girls know their songs so that is a good thing.
Antoinette had her lesson tonight. We are working on her spring concert song. Well, I didn't realize it was 6 pages long! I shortened it. She is playing a song from Tarzan, "You'll Be in Heart". That is her only piece to practice this week. Antoinette had a little trouble getting used to the hand position but after playing it a few times, she did really well so I think by the 20th she will be good and ready. Isaac had his lesson today too. He and Antoinette graciously changed days for me because of the scope. I was copying some this for Allison this evening when I ran out of ink! I knew I should have bought the double package but I didn't. I will this time. I used to do that all the time. Then, when one would empty, I would have one ready to go. I am going back to that method. This running out in the middle of copying something needed that day is for the birds. I do not want this to happen again.
Tomorrow is choir night. I have Deema and Wama's music ready, thankfully. I copied those on Tuesday along with Aaiyana's new song. Aaiyana is quitting. Next week is her last week. I am sorry to see her quit but I totally understand about how much it costs to have lessons. Benjy and Joiene will have their lessons tomorrow too. They are beginners in the first book so they will not be playing a song from a movie because the songs are too hard. They haven't learned how to play notes that skip, for example: playing CECE instead of CDCD. CDCD is step notes while CECE are skipping notes. They will learn that in the next book. Despite not practicing they are doing alright. We do one page a week because they don't practice. They really can't do much more than that. We do the note speller and theory books during the lesson so I know it gets done and done properly. So far, Benjy is still learning his notes and has a few down pat. I am hoping he knows the rest that he needs to know soon.
I have finished reading the Anne of Green Gables books again. I simply love those books. The first and the last are my favorites although I really like them all. The last book is actually about Anne's daughter, Rilla and her life during World War I. I can't even imagine what life was like during that time. Lucy Maud Montgomery died during World War II. She was so depressed that the world was at war with each other again. She didn't even write in her journal that she had been writing in since she was a child. I have one volume of her journals. I also have the book she wrote, "Alpine Climb". Momma bought them for me for Christmas the year we went to Prince Edward Island. I had run out of money when we got to Anne's land as they call that area of Prince Edward Island. I had such a good vacation when we were there. One of the places we went to was called Woodslee. This place had miniatures of castles, some we super small and others were 1/10th of the size. There was even a miniature of the Tower of London. It was a great vacation. I have a picture of Mom standing in front of a miniature, but it wouldn't post.
I do hope your day was good!
I had to call the tummy doctor today to clarify about the new medicine. I wasn't sure if I was to still take Xantac because I was taking Prilosec in the morning. That is to help heal the ulcer. I have to take both medicines, one in the morning, one in the evening. I will have another scope in a couple of months to see how it is healing. Since I have never had one before, this is all new to me. I should find out the results of the biopsy next week. I do like my tummy doctor. I often see the physician assistant, whom I like too. She is very thorough and works closely with the doctor. I met the doctor when I was in the hospital in 2008.
Breanna and Katie practice with the pianist this afternoon. Both girls are auditioning for a scholarship on Saturday. I feel that both are ready. I hope that they both do very well. There are two prizes for the scholarship. The top score gets a $500 and the second place gets $250. I will know if either of them get a scholarship by Saturday night. The lady who is playing for them is so nice. She is in charge of the scholarship. She played for Rachel and Katie last year. Rachel won last year. I stayed in the dining room while Bea practiced with them. I didn't want to interfere. Both girls know their songs so that is a good thing.
Antoinette had her lesson tonight. We are working on her spring concert song. Well, I didn't realize it was 6 pages long! I shortened it. She is playing a song from Tarzan, "You'll Be in Heart". That is her only piece to practice this week. Antoinette had a little trouble getting used to the hand position but after playing it a few times, she did really well so I think by the 20th she will be good and ready. Isaac had his lesson today too. He and Antoinette graciously changed days for me because of the scope. I was copying some this for Allison this evening when I ran out of ink! I knew I should have bought the double package but I didn't. I will this time. I used to do that all the time. Then, when one would empty, I would have one ready to go. I am going back to that method. This running out in the middle of copying something needed that day is for the birds. I do not want this to happen again.
Tomorrow is choir night. I have Deema and Wama's music ready, thankfully. I copied those on Tuesday along with Aaiyana's new song. Aaiyana is quitting. Next week is her last week. I am sorry to see her quit but I totally understand about how much it costs to have lessons. Benjy and Joiene will have their lessons tomorrow too. They are beginners in the first book so they will not be playing a song from a movie because the songs are too hard. They haven't learned how to play notes that skip, for example: playing CECE instead of CDCD. CDCD is step notes while CECE are skipping notes. They will learn that in the next book. Despite not practicing they are doing alright. We do one page a week because they don't practice. They really can't do much more than that. We do the note speller and theory books during the lesson so I know it gets done and done properly. So far, Benjy is still learning his notes and has a few down pat. I am hoping he knows the rest that he needs to know soon.
I have finished reading the Anne of Green Gables books again. I simply love those books. The first and the last are my favorites although I really like them all. The last book is actually about Anne's daughter, Rilla and her life during World War I. I can't even imagine what life was like during that time. Lucy Maud Montgomery died during World War II. She was so depressed that the world was at war with each other again. She didn't even write in her journal that she had been writing in since she was a child. I have one volume of her journals. I also have the book she wrote, "Alpine Climb". Momma bought them for me for Christmas the year we went to Prince Edward Island. I had run out of money when we got to Anne's land as they call that area of Prince Edward Island. I had such a good vacation when we were there. One of the places we went to was called Woodslee. This place had miniatures of castles, some we super small and others were 1/10th of the size. There was even a miniature of the Tower of London. It was a great vacation. I have a picture of Mom standing in front of a miniature, but it wouldn't post.
I do hope your day was good!
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
It is so Quiet 4-17
It is so quiet in the house now. Yesterday, Heather B-T called to see if they could come for a few days while there power was out. As I have plenty of room, I said "yes, no problem"! So around 7:30 pm or so, the clan arrived to spend the next couple of days. They went home earlier than expected because they now have power. I enjoyed the company last night and today. I am so glad that I was able to have enough room for them. For some reason, their entire area of town was out of power. They were expecting to have no power for another day but surprise! Power is on so off to home they went. Acer is so tired tonight. Calli went to her house right after school where her grandmother was waiting for her. Heather B-T and Acer waited for Bill to come and pack up the rest of their things.
I had my tummy scope yesterday at about 9:30 am. I know have an ulcer. Ugh, how on earth did I get that one? He took some tissue at that time too to see if bacteria caused the ulcer, otherwise, I have no idea how I got it. At least this does explain why the tummy has been giving me major issues. I will have another one in 2 months to see if it is healing. the pictures look gross to me. I can see the hole in my stomach though in one of them. Heather B-T was gracious enough to rearrange her schedule with the taking of children to school to be my driver and stay with me the whole time then drive me home. I pretty much slept the entire day away. I even went to bed early last night. I was just so tired. I got up at the usual noon today.
Tomorrow Breanna and Katie are meeting with their accompanist for their scholarship auditions on Saturday. It was strange to have no lessons on a Monday since I usually teach a few lessons on Mondays.
I finished up Deema's song for the spring concert today. I have not, however, finished or even started the Double Trouble. I am almost positive that is on the other computer. I plan to pull the computer out of the box and check it before I redo the Double Trouble.
I opened up the Dining Room curtains the other day. There are two, yes two, holes in the screens so I can't open the windows until I get them fixed. I plan to take them to the hardware in the next month to fix them.
My sink in the main bathroom has some rust spots. It has caused a couple of leaks so far. I got a kit to fix some of it. I also have some paint to cover up the fix. I sure hope it works because I cannot afford a new sink. I just can't at this time. I do think this should be a good thing at this time. It has worked for us in the past so I am hopeful it will be a good fix again.
Tonight was NCIS night. Bill pointed out that the woman who plays Hetty looks like Edna from the Incredibles. I wonder if it is the same woman. I will check it out. No it is not. As a matter of fact, the character is voiced by a man. Definitely not Linda Hunt. I love NCIS Los Angeles. It is such a good show too. Right now Law and Order SVU is on.
I have wanted to see the new show "Missing" but it apparently it is on Thursdays at 8pm while I am at church. I will have to watch it online then. I love Ashley Judd and bonus, Sean Bean is in a few episodes too as her husband! What could be better?
Randomness for the day: Dr. Oz is finally talking about Fibromyalgia as a real illness. It is about time! He says that blood doesn't get to all the parts of the brain. He talked about it on his talk show in 2 parts. It was surprising because I thought before (from what I read) he didn't believe in it. Anyways, this should help let people know about it. I was rather happy about this.
I hope your day went well. My tummy is rather quiet tonight (I pray it stays that way) and my head is a bit sorer than usual, but not enough to cause lots of problems so far tonight.
I had my tummy scope yesterday at about 9:30 am. I know have an ulcer. Ugh, how on earth did I get that one? He took some tissue at that time too to see if bacteria caused the ulcer, otherwise, I have no idea how I got it. At least this does explain why the tummy has been giving me major issues. I will have another one in 2 months to see if it is healing. the pictures look gross to me. I can see the hole in my stomach though in one of them. Heather B-T was gracious enough to rearrange her schedule with the taking of children to school to be my driver and stay with me the whole time then drive me home. I pretty much slept the entire day away. I even went to bed early last night. I was just so tired. I got up at the usual noon today.
Tomorrow Breanna and Katie are meeting with their accompanist for their scholarship auditions on Saturday. It was strange to have no lessons on a Monday since I usually teach a few lessons on Mondays.
I finished up Deema's song for the spring concert today. I have not, however, finished or even started the Double Trouble. I am almost positive that is on the other computer. I plan to pull the computer out of the box and check it before I redo the Double Trouble.
I opened up the Dining Room curtains the other day. There are two, yes two, holes in the screens so I can't open the windows until I get them fixed. I plan to take them to the hardware in the next month to fix them.
My sink in the main bathroom has some rust spots. It has caused a couple of leaks so far. I got a kit to fix some of it. I also have some paint to cover up the fix. I sure hope it works because I cannot afford a new sink. I just can't at this time. I do think this should be a good thing at this time. It has worked for us in the past so I am hopeful it will be a good fix again.
Tonight was NCIS night. Bill pointed out that the woman who plays Hetty looks like Edna from the Incredibles. I wonder if it is the same woman. I will check it out. No it is not. As a matter of fact, the character is voiced by a man. Definitely not Linda Hunt. I love NCIS Los Angeles. It is such a good show too. Right now Law and Order SVU is on.
I have wanted to see the new show "Missing" but it apparently it is on Thursdays at 8pm while I am at church. I will have to watch it online then. I love Ashley Judd and bonus, Sean Bean is in a few episodes too as her husband! What could be better?
Randomness for the day: Dr. Oz is finally talking about Fibromyalgia as a real illness. It is about time! He says that blood doesn't get to all the parts of the brain. He talked about it on his talk show in 2 parts. It was surprising because I thought before (from what I read) he didn't believe in it. Anyways, this should help let people know about it. I was rather happy about this.
I hope your day went well. My tummy is rather quiet tonight (I pray it stays that way) and my head is a bit sorer than usual, but not enough to cause lots of problems so far tonight.
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Sunday, 4-15
I had a surprise lesson this afternoon. I knew that Rick would be back in town briefly and that he may have a lesson, I just didn't know it was today but that is okay because I was home with no plans to go anywhere. Rick had his lesson and the next one will not be until about end of May after the Spring Concert so it was a nice surprise to see him this afternoon.
I have not been too productive today. I was so tired that I slept in. I just couldn't wake up to go to church today. I didn't even hear the alarm, but I must have turned it off. I don't remember turning it off, but I must have or it would have still been going off when I finally did wake up. It is a rather loud alarm too and in order to turn it off I have to get out of bed to go across the room. I just don't remember it. I am pretty sure I set the alarm when I went to bed. However, I can't guarantee that I did. Either way, I did NOT get up to go to church. I am rather dizzy today from not having some of my medicine. I can't wait until tomorrow when I can get my arthritis stuff again. It wasn't so bad the first couple of days, but the arthritis hurts today. Overall, it was much better than I anticipated. My shoulder is pretty sore today.
I am watching Mr. and Mrs. Smith. I have seen this before and I have it on DVD. My younger brother loves this movie. I find it amusing. It is a good, entertaining movie and a good way to spend the evening while I finally start of the music for the Spring concert. I have to arrange Deema's song and make an accompaniment for the Double Trouble Trio. It is getting a bit late. I have got to do this and I have been procrastinating! I did say that for this year I would work on my procrastination and I am not doing too well on this one right now. Some days I am better on it than I am right now. I guess I shouldn't expect to fix this flaw all in a couple of months that would be why I planned a year to work on this. I wish I were more like my mother. She almost always did what she needed to at the time and didn't put things off like I do.
Well, I am going to watch Mr. and Mrs. Smith and work on music now. I hope you are having a nice evening. It is raining lightly here.
I have not been too productive today. I was so tired that I slept in. I just couldn't wake up to go to church today. I didn't even hear the alarm, but I must have turned it off. I don't remember turning it off, but I must have or it would have still been going off when I finally did wake up. It is a rather loud alarm too and in order to turn it off I have to get out of bed to go across the room. I just don't remember it. I am pretty sure I set the alarm when I went to bed. However, I can't guarantee that I did. Either way, I did NOT get up to go to church. I am rather dizzy today from not having some of my medicine. I can't wait until tomorrow when I can get my arthritis stuff again. It wasn't so bad the first couple of days, but the arthritis hurts today. Overall, it was much better than I anticipated. My shoulder is pretty sore today.
I am watching Mr. and Mrs. Smith. I have seen this before and I have it on DVD. My younger brother loves this movie. I find it amusing. It is a good, entertaining movie and a good way to spend the evening while I finally start of the music for the Spring concert. I have to arrange Deema's song and make an accompaniment for the Double Trouble Trio. It is getting a bit late. I have got to do this and I have been procrastinating! I did say that for this year I would work on my procrastination and I am not doing too well on this one right now. Some days I am better on it than I am right now. I guess I shouldn't expect to fix this flaw all in a couple of months that would be why I planned a year to work on this. I wish I were more like my mother. She almost always did what she needed to at the time and didn't put things off like I do.
Well, I am going to watch Mr. and Mrs. Smith and work on music now. I hope you are having a nice evening. It is raining lightly here.
Saturday, April 14, 2012
A lovely evening 4-14
What a lovely evening. I had intended that we would play games but we sat and chatted for several hours instead. My friend from college, Mani (or Monty as he is also known as) was over for the evening. It was so nice to see him in person again. It has been about 8 to 10 years since I have actually seen him in person so I was very excited to see him again. We are planning to get together again soon. I don't want to wait 8 to 10 years to see him. I also haven't seen our friend, Julie from college in about that long too. I often wonder how she is doing also. She lives in Indianapolis now. Since her parents have moved down there, she rarely comes to town.
Today was a good day despite not having the medication. I was a bit dizzy this afternoon for a while, but now I am not. I am going to wait and see how I feel in the morning to see if I am able to go to church. I won't know until tomorrow morning.
Ocean's 13 is on TV right now. I am not sure if I own this one or not, but it is a good movie. I enjoyed all the Ocean movies. I have seen all 3. They are just fun movies.
Other than church, I don't have any plans tomorrow. I did purchase the movie "We bought a zoo" and I hope to watch it tomorrow afternoon. I also need to work on the Double Trouble song for finale. I should do that tomorrow. I have to copy some copies of "Supercalifragilistic...". I guess I do have plans for tomorrow. I have things that I need to do. I also need to work on the subdivision newsletter now that we have activities coming up. I really do like meeting with neighbors once a month to visit and talk about what is going on with the subdivision. Right now we are working on the annual meeting and the neighborhood summer party. It will be a huge thing this year. I am looking forward to it since I don't really know a lot of my neighbors now. So I guess I should change that first sentence in this paragraph, I have several plans in addition to church tomorrow. I will be very busy tomorrow.
I finished reading all my Anne of Green Gables books again. I can't remember how many times I have read them. I simply adore them. I am now reading a book by Bertrice Small that I can't remember reading so I have no idea if I have read it or not. Either way, so far it is a good book. I have several new to me books to read after this one. When I am done with the new to me books, I think I will re-read all the Harry Potter books. I simply love them too. I am thinking of getting books 6 & 7 in paperback though because they are so heavy and sometimes they make my hands ache. I am not sure though because they cost money. I will have to wait and see. I am going to read for a while and then head for bed. Tomorrow morning will come very fast! I must say though, I love singing in the choir. It is a lot of fun. I enjoy the songs we are singing.
Today was a good day despite not having the medication. I was a bit dizzy this afternoon for a while, but now I am not. I am going to wait and see how I feel in the morning to see if I am able to go to church. I won't know until tomorrow morning.
Ocean's 13 is on TV right now. I am not sure if I own this one or not, but it is a good movie. I enjoyed all the Ocean movies. I have seen all 3. They are just fun movies.
Other than church, I don't have any plans tomorrow. I did purchase the movie "We bought a zoo" and I hope to watch it tomorrow afternoon. I also need to work on the Double Trouble song for finale. I should do that tomorrow. I have to copy some copies of "Supercalifragilistic...". I guess I do have plans for tomorrow. I have things that I need to do. I also need to work on the subdivision newsletter now that we have activities coming up. I really do like meeting with neighbors once a month to visit and talk about what is going on with the subdivision. Right now we are working on the annual meeting and the neighborhood summer party. It will be a huge thing this year. I am looking forward to it since I don't really know a lot of my neighbors now. So I guess I should change that first sentence in this paragraph, I have several plans in addition to church tomorrow. I will be very busy tomorrow.
I finished reading all my Anne of Green Gables books again. I can't remember how many times I have read them. I simply adore them. I am now reading a book by Bertrice Small that I can't remember reading so I have no idea if I have read it or not. Either way, so far it is a good book. I have several new to me books to read after this one. When I am done with the new to me books, I think I will re-read all the Harry Potter books. I simply love them too. I am thinking of getting books 6 & 7 in paperback though because they are so heavy and sometimes they make my hands ache. I am not sure though because they cost money. I will have to wait and see. I am going to read for a while and then head for bed. Tomorrow morning will come very fast! I must say though, I love singing in the choir. It is a lot of fun. I enjoy the songs we are singing.
Friday, April 13, 2012
Friday, 4-13
It is Friday the 13th. I guess it is supposed to be a bad luck day? I am not sure since I am not superstitious. I don't really believe in bad or good luck. Anyways, it is almost over at this point.
I don't have any lessons tomorrow or Sunday. Since I have been off ALL pain pills (except Tylenol) and arthritis pain pills for 5 days now, my head is not doing too well tonight. I am now off the coumiden and the reglan for two more days. I have put that I will not be in church on Sunday to sing because I anticipate being very dizzy and in a lot more pain at that point. I may be wrong, but I haven't been dizzy until today, which is surprising, a nice surprise though so I am not complaining about that. The pain hasn't been super bad either, which makes me wonder if I really need everything I take at this point. I shall see how I am by the time I get the lovely scope on Monday. Heather B-T will be taking me to the appointment. I am so thankful for such good friends. Heather B-T is rearranging the family in order to take me at the appointed time. I just want it over and hopefully I will have new some answers. At least the tummy isn't hurting right now like it did the other day.
I am pretty tired tonight and I just realized that I didn't take my nighttime Tylenol yet. Hmm, not a smart move because I will be heading for bed soon. Well, off to take the medicine (since that is about the only stuff I am allowed to take!) and then read for a bit before heading to bed.
I don't have any lessons tomorrow or Sunday. Since I have been off ALL pain pills (except Tylenol) and arthritis pain pills for 5 days now, my head is not doing too well tonight. I am now off the coumiden and the reglan for two more days. I have put that I will not be in church on Sunday to sing because I anticipate being very dizzy and in a lot more pain at that point. I may be wrong, but I haven't been dizzy until today, which is surprising, a nice surprise though so I am not complaining about that. The pain hasn't been super bad either, which makes me wonder if I really need everything I take at this point. I shall see how I am by the time I get the lovely scope on Monday. Heather B-T will be taking me to the appointment. I am so thankful for such good friends. Heather B-T is rearranging the family in order to take me at the appointed time. I just want it over and hopefully I will have new some answers. At least the tummy isn't hurting right now like it did the other day.
I am pretty tired tonight and I just realized that I didn't take my nighttime Tylenol yet. Hmm, not a smart move because I will be heading for bed soon. Well, off to take the medicine (since that is about the only stuff I am allowed to take!) and then read for a bit before heading to bed.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Thursday, April 12
It is almost mid April. Can you imagine? In Michigan, that means anything as far as the weather is concerned. For example, last week it was in the 70s and sunshine, beautiful weather, Tuesday? It was snowing and in the 30s. We have had frost warnings the last few nights. Now, I don't have any plants that need to be covered up, but many I know do.
It has been an okay day today. I had a few lessons and choir practice. I am not sure if I am going to sing with choir on Sunday because I will have at that point, have had no pain medicine but Tylenol for one week and I don't know how that is going to be. Tomorrow my tummy medicine and my blood thinner medicine must stop too. I am nervous about that tummy medicine stopping. i am not sure what will happen and how many tummy symptoms will return. After being ill last weekend, I am nervous about this coming weekend. I am praying it won't be too bad. That is the best I can do.
I don't have to teach this Saturday, which is unusual. I usually have 1 lesson to teach but not this week. I will miss Camille but she is unavailable for lessons this week. She is such a wonderful student. I do have Emily and Natalie tomorrow along with my Calli and Acer. Saturday night I am having a couple of friends coming over to play games. It should be rather fun, I think. My friend, Mani is coming. I don't know if he is bringing a friend with him or not but I haven't seen him in about 10 years. We reconnected on face book. I had often wondered about him over the years but I lost his address and his phone number. I am not sure if Star is coming. I hope so. I will need to pick her up though since she doesn't drive yet, but I certainly don't mind at all or I wouldn't have invited her. She wasn't feeling too well today but I am hoping Saturday will be better for her. Kelly Lynn is not available because she is helping her older sister move this weekend so maybe next time. I am anxious to see Mani and find out how he is doing. I went to college with him so I have known him since fall of 1988. Wow, that is about 23 1/2 years at this point. The first day i met him was in Marching Band practice. He said he was 26 and his name was Scott. I had just met Julie and we so believed him. Well, we soon found out he was just teasing. He was really about a year or two older than me (I was 20 at the time) and his name was actually Manvydas, otherwise known as Mani. Now he goes by Monty, but I have trouble remembering that. I don't know if he minds being called Mani or wants to be called Monty. It is really hard to say. I just can't wait to see him until Saturday.
I need to change the table cloth this weekend too. I have a beautiful spring table cloth. I like the Easter one, but since Easter was Sunday, well, it is time to change it. I got the spring table cloth when I bought the Easter one. I got them from JoAnn's near my house. I like that store. Mom and I used to call it the dangerous store. Another dangerous store is the bookstore. Yup, both were dangerous for us to go in because we always spent way more money than we should whenever we were in one. Mom was just as bad as me in either store. When we were in the bookstore, she would find books that I might like. She would be like, what about this one? Same with the piano music store. I sure miss shopping with Mom. Well, I miss everything about Mom, truth be told. I just miss her a lot. I haven't gone to the JoAnn's store too much because I am not into sewing at this point. I love to sew, but right now I am working on other projects. I do have the material I will be using for next Christmas presents for my students. I just couldn't sew this year. Because I sewed with Mom a lot, I am having a lot of trouble sewing again. It is just really hard to sew and not think too much of Mom. Anyways, I should be okay by this coming Christmas.
Tomorrow I am getting up early because Mariela is coming to vacuum and clean the kitchen and bathrooms. I am going to read some more and then go to bed. I hope tomorrow is good for you.
It has been an okay day today. I had a few lessons and choir practice. I am not sure if I am going to sing with choir on Sunday because I will have at that point, have had no pain medicine but Tylenol for one week and I don't know how that is going to be. Tomorrow my tummy medicine and my blood thinner medicine must stop too. I am nervous about that tummy medicine stopping. i am not sure what will happen and how many tummy symptoms will return. After being ill last weekend, I am nervous about this coming weekend. I am praying it won't be too bad. That is the best I can do.
I don't have to teach this Saturday, which is unusual. I usually have 1 lesson to teach but not this week. I will miss Camille but she is unavailable for lessons this week. She is such a wonderful student. I do have Emily and Natalie tomorrow along with my Calli and Acer. Saturday night I am having a couple of friends coming over to play games. It should be rather fun, I think. My friend, Mani is coming. I don't know if he is bringing a friend with him or not but I haven't seen him in about 10 years. We reconnected on face book. I had often wondered about him over the years but I lost his address and his phone number. I am not sure if Star is coming. I hope so. I will need to pick her up though since she doesn't drive yet, but I certainly don't mind at all or I wouldn't have invited her. She wasn't feeling too well today but I am hoping Saturday will be better for her. Kelly Lynn is not available because she is helping her older sister move this weekend so maybe next time. I am anxious to see Mani and find out how he is doing. I went to college with him so I have known him since fall of 1988. Wow, that is about 23 1/2 years at this point. The first day i met him was in Marching Band practice. He said he was 26 and his name was Scott. I had just met Julie and we so believed him. Well, we soon found out he was just teasing. He was really about a year or two older than me (I was 20 at the time) and his name was actually Manvydas, otherwise known as Mani. Now he goes by Monty, but I have trouble remembering that. I don't know if he minds being called Mani or wants to be called Monty. It is really hard to say. I just can't wait to see him until Saturday.
I need to change the table cloth this weekend too. I have a beautiful spring table cloth. I like the Easter one, but since Easter was Sunday, well, it is time to change it. I got the spring table cloth when I bought the Easter one. I got them from JoAnn's near my house. I like that store. Mom and I used to call it the dangerous store. Another dangerous store is the bookstore. Yup, both were dangerous for us to go in because we always spent way more money than we should whenever we were in one. Mom was just as bad as me in either store. When we were in the bookstore, she would find books that I might like. She would be like, what about this one? Same with the piano music store. I sure miss shopping with Mom. Well, I miss everything about Mom, truth be told. I just miss her a lot. I haven't gone to the JoAnn's store too much because I am not into sewing at this point. I love to sew, but right now I am working on other projects. I do have the material I will be using for next Christmas presents for my students. I just couldn't sew this year. Because I sewed with Mom a lot, I am having a lot of trouble sewing again. It is just really hard to sew and not think too much of Mom. Anyways, I should be okay by this coming Christmas.
Tomorrow I am getting up early because Mariela is coming to vacuum and clean the kitchen and bathrooms. I am going to read some more and then go to bed. I hope tomorrow is good for you.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Wednesday 4-11
I am such a silly. I totally forgot to write down that my 5:30 and 6:00 (3 girls) will be absent today so naturally, I got worried and called. Fortunately, her mother just giggled a bit about it. I apologized for interrupting her day since she DID tell me that she was going to be absent. If I don't write it down, then it doesn't happen, that is just the bottom line and well, I didn't write it down. I also forgot to copy the music that my lovely Allison needed. I didn't write that down either. With brain fog, I must write everything down or I will never remember. Of course, sometimes I must be prompted to write it down so I remember. Fortunately, I have very understanding students and they do giggle when I forget to go and write stuff down. I kept a sticky note pad by the piano so I have it to take notes in.
I went down to the secretary of state this morning to renew my license and my tabs. Ooh, not to self, put new sticker on tomorrow morning before driving! Anyways, naturally, I missed the deadline as usual, so I had to pay 2 late fees, one for the tabs and the other for the drivers license. What can I say? It is done now! I didn't even have to wait that long. I think it was about 15 minutes, which for our secretary of state is really unheard of. It is completely unheard of when you are renewing your license. The picture will be awful as usual, but as I am not really a photogenic person, I don't particularly care about the picture.
I have cleared my schedule for Monday's scope and recovery. All students have been accounted for and only one has cancelled for the week so that is a plus! I am so happy about that.
More randomness: Apparently yesterday a female sportscaster was covering the Detroit Tigers game when it started to snow. My friend, Kathy was watching or listening, one of the two, and she said something to the effect of here is something you don't see everyday, snow during the Tigers game. My friend had to laugh and post this to face book, I had to laugh too. She must not be from Michigan, many a baseball game has been played with it snowing in April in Michigan. You can't be totally clear of the possibility of snow until May down here. I am not sure about up north or in the Upper Peninsula. I thought it was super funny.
Another fact: one of my favorite actors, Sean Bean (Lord of the Rings, National Treasure, Percy Jackson, Troy, to name a few movies he has been in) dies in a lot of his movies. I never really noticed until it was pointed out on the Internet. Anyways, he is in the TV series, Missing, and I guess the beginning episode his car blew up and it was thought he was in it. Since I have missed this, (I know, horrors!) I think the interviews have all said his character was not in the car when it blew up. I was meaning to see this since it sounded very interesting, but I have no idea when it is on. I will be checking it out this week so I hopefully will be able to watch the episodes I have missed online and catch up. I also really like Ashley Judd and she is the main character. I will let you know if indeed, the character Sean Bean plays actually dies in this show like he did in Game of Thrones (not that I watched that, I found that out from my friend who does watch the show. I don't have HBO).
Well, that is all the randomness I can think of tonight. Nothing to interesting in the news today except we are expecting more cold weather for the rest of the week until Sunday which is supposed to be in the 70s. Welcome to Michigan!
I went down to the secretary of state this morning to renew my license and my tabs. Ooh, not to self, put new sticker on tomorrow morning before driving! Anyways, naturally, I missed the deadline as usual, so I had to pay 2 late fees, one for the tabs and the other for the drivers license. What can I say? It is done now! I didn't even have to wait that long. I think it was about 15 minutes, which for our secretary of state is really unheard of. It is completely unheard of when you are renewing your license. The picture will be awful as usual, but as I am not really a photogenic person, I don't particularly care about the picture.
I have cleared my schedule for Monday's scope and recovery. All students have been accounted for and only one has cancelled for the week so that is a plus! I am so happy about that.
More randomness: Apparently yesterday a female sportscaster was covering the Detroit Tigers game when it started to snow. My friend, Kathy was watching or listening, one of the two, and she said something to the effect of here is something you don't see everyday, snow during the Tigers game. My friend had to laugh and post this to face book, I had to laugh too. She must not be from Michigan, many a baseball game has been played with it snowing in April in Michigan. You can't be totally clear of the possibility of snow until May down here. I am not sure about up north or in the Upper Peninsula. I thought it was super funny.
Another fact: one of my favorite actors, Sean Bean (Lord of the Rings, National Treasure, Percy Jackson, Troy, to name a few movies he has been in) dies in a lot of his movies. I never really noticed until it was pointed out on the Internet. Anyways, he is in the TV series, Missing, and I guess the beginning episode his car blew up and it was thought he was in it. Since I have missed this, (I know, horrors!) I think the interviews have all said his character was not in the car when it blew up. I was meaning to see this since it sounded very interesting, but I have no idea when it is on. I will be checking it out this week so I hopefully will be able to watch the episodes I have missed online and catch up. I also really like Ashley Judd and she is the main character. I will let you know if indeed, the character Sean Bean plays actually dies in this show like he did in Game of Thrones (not that I watched that, I found that out from my friend who does watch the show. I don't have HBO).
Well, that is all the randomness I can think of tonight. Nothing to interesting in the news today except we are expecting more cold weather for the rest of the week until Sunday which is supposed to be in the 70s. Welcome to Michigan!
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Tuesday, 4-10
Easter was a good day. I spent the first part of the day till afternoon with Kathy and her family and then went to Julie's for the evening. It was a wonderful day. I really had a good time. I enjoyed the day with Kathy and her children. I remembered to bring the candy for the kids but I forgot the gift certificates for the boys and the stuffed bunnies for the girls. Yup, talk about brain fog! A definite brain fog moment. I will be sending them to the kids this week. At least I remembered something, I suppose, but I tried so hard to remember everything.
Good Friday night ended up being a horrible night. At first I was upset that Natalie missed her lesson but then about 15 minutes into what would have been her lesson, it was a good thing she was absent because I was ill right in the middle of it and for the rest of the night. It was so upsetting! I was so exhausted and my chest was so sore the next day from it. I think I literally slept the entire day and night of Saturday. I was up maybe an hour or so twice all day long. I did have to run to the store because I was out of the basics like bread, milk, jello, you know, the tummy friendly food. Anyways, I was feeling much better by the end of the day but completely exhausted. I wasn't sure if I would be up for singing in church early in the morning and the Easter activities, but I was fine. I was one very tired girl when I got home, but that is nothing unusual.
I will be getting the tummy scoped on Monday. It isn't too much of a problem as I will be sound asleep while it happens. It is this week before the scope that will be difficult for me because I must stop all pain medicines except for Tylenol, and all arthritis medicine 7 days before which means it is day number 2 without any tramadol. I also must stop all tummy medicine and blood thinner medicine 3 days before the procedure. I am not looking forward to this week at all. I am just not. So far it hasn't been super bad but Tylenol doesn't do too much. It does help some, but not too much, enough so far and that is important.
Tonight I went to the homeowner's association meeting. We are planning a block party this summer. Boy, it will be huge. I have contacted 2 of my friends to see if one is available for face painting and balloon animals and the other for her sons' band. It should be rather fun. I have never attended our subdivision party so this will be a first for me too and I have lived here my whole life! Usually, we were out of town when they would have it or I was working or teaching or who knows what else! I am looking forward to it. I don't really know a lot of my neighbors as I keep close to myself a lot unless I am teaching. One of my neighbors would like me to teach her daughter piano, so she is going to call me. I am looking forward to that. That will be rather fun, a new student. I have room for a few more but not too many. I am almost full up to the rim for lessons. I am thankful for the students I have. Not only does it help to pay the bills (you know the never ending bills!) but for something to do. I really like teaching and I feel I was born to teach. I did like performing and at times I miss it, but generally, I think I was born to teach.
A note of randomness from the news today. Did you know that tax day has the most crashes than any other day of the year? I didn't know either. Just some random fact that they mentioned on the news.
Tomorrow I have to get up a bit early because I have some errands that must be done before teaching. I dread getting up early, but it is a necessity or I wouldn't be getting up early to go that is for sure! I am not a morning person! I never have been, never will be (at least at this point in my life!) More randomness, when I was small, my mother used to have to get me up about 15 minutes than the boys. I would come down the stairs and sit on the bottom stair in a daze until my brain realized I was actually up. Too this day, I still sometimes have to do that. It generally takes a few minutes for me to realize I am actually awake. It is kind of funny now when I do that.
Well, time to read for a few minutes before heading up the stairs to my lovely, wonderful, cloud like, super soft, warm bed. I hope you have a good night too!
Good Friday night ended up being a horrible night. At first I was upset that Natalie missed her lesson but then about 15 minutes into what would have been her lesson, it was a good thing she was absent because I was ill right in the middle of it and for the rest of the night. It was so upsetting! I was so exhausted and my chest was so sore the next day from it. I think I literally slept the entire day and night of Saturday. I was up maybe an hour or so twice all day long. I did have to run to the store because I was out of the basics like bread, milk, jello, you know, the tummy friendly food. Anyways, I was feeling much better by the end of the day but completely exhausted. I wasn't sure if I would be up for singing in church early in the morning and the Easter activities, but I was fine. I was one very tired girl when I got home, but that is nothing unusual.
I will be getting the tummy scoped on Monday. It isn't too much of a problem as I will be sound asleep while it happens. It is this week before the scope that will be difficult for me because I must stop all pain medicines except for Tylenol, and all arthritis medicine 7 days before which means it is day number 2 without any tramadol. I also must stop all tummy medicine and blood thinner medicine 3 days before the procedure. I am not looking forward to this week at all. I am just not. So far it hasn't been super bad but Tylenol doesn't do too much. It does help some, but not too much, enough so far and that is important.
Tonight I went to the homeowner's association meeting. We are planning a block party this summer. Boy, it will be huge. I have contacted 2 of my friends to see if one is available for face painting and balloon animals and the other for her sons' band. It should be rather fun. I have never attended our subdivision party so this will be a first for me too and I have lived here my whole life! Usually, we were out of town when they would have it or I was working or teaching or who knows what else! I am looking forward to it. I don't really know a lot of my neighbors as I keep close to myself a lot unless I am teaching. One of my neighbors would like me to teach her daughter piano, so she is going to call me. I am looking forward to that. That will be rather fun, a new student. I have room for a few more but not too many. I am almost full up to the rim for lessons. I am thankful for the students I have. Not only does it help to pay the bills (you know the never ending bills!) but for something to do. I really like teaching and I feel I was born to teach. I did like performing and at times I miss it, but generally, I think I was born to teach.
A note of randomness from the news today. Did you know that tax day has the most crashes than any other day of the year? I didn't know either. Just some random fact that they mentioned on the news.
Tomorrow I have to get up a bit early because I have some errands that must be done before teaching. I dread getting up early, but it is a necessity or I wouldn't be getting up early to go that is for sure! I am not a morning person! I never have been, never will be (at least at this point in my life!) More randomness, when I was small, my mother used to have to get me up about 15 minutes than the boys. I would come down the stairs and sit on the bottom stair in a daze until my brain realized I was actually up. Too this day, I still sometimes have to do that. It generally takes a few minutes for me to realize I am actually awake. It is kind of funny now when I do that.
Well, time to read for a few minutes before heading up the stairs to my lovely, wonderful, cloud like, super soft, warm bed. I hope you have a good night too!
Friday, April 6, 2012
Good Friday 4-6
It is so hard to imagine what this means to me and other people at times. How do you explain feelings of total awe that someone loves you so much that not only did He die for you, He went through pure torture for you, without a thought of Himself? I marvel at that. I would like to think that I would die for someone I love instead of them but how do I really really know unless I am confronted with that situation? Anyways, the miracle of Easter is very awe inspiring to me.
Sunday is my birthday. I will be 44. Oh my. I remember when I was younger (in my teens), I thought 44 was sooooo old. Now, I don't think it is old at all. My body feels old, but my spirit feels young. I met up with some wonderful students and their parents for ice cream at the local Baskin Robbins. Oh my, what a joyous occasion it was! Several were able to attend so I was very pleased. Even my neighbors, the Hubels were able to attend. I had such a good time. Aggie was there and she was very excited to see Acer and Calli as well as meet some of the newer students and their siblings. Camille, Wama, Deema, Lulu, Mina, Ella, Acer, Calli, Antoinette, and her nephew were there as well as Carolyn, Peter, Sean, Rachael, and Melissa Hubel. I had such a good time. It looked like they all had fun too. Surprisingly, I got some really nice presents! I was not expecting presents! I got a new salt and pepper shaker, a stuffed bunny that is just adorable, some beautiful flowers, wonderful cards from the students, and a beautiful snowman mug. I really liked what I got. It as such a surprise. I also got a beautiful basket filled with a garden type stick that has a stone that says inspire as well as a chocolate bunny and chocolate eggs. Yum on the chocolate! Overall, it was a lovely day shared with lovely people. I had a very good time.
Calli and Acer had their lessons this evening. Both are doing very well. Calli was finishing up putting both hands of Minuet in G by J. S. Bach. She is playing that for the spring concert. Calli is going to sing "Once Upon a Dream" while Acer will be singing "Summertime" and playing "Heigh Ho". Acer and I finished "Heigh Ho" today at the lesson. My friend, Kelly Lynn's friend, is going to see about changing the key of Summertime for Acer and I. I hope it sounds okay and does well. I should be getting it back after Monday.
On Wednesday, Kelly Lynn, Star, and I went out after I finished teaching. We went to Barnes and Nobles and were there until it closed then we went to Ram's Horn. We stayed until 1:30 am. Oh my, it was so much fun. I was so exhausted the next day though! I had to get up early for an appointment with the tummy doctor. I have to get a tummy scope again. Ugh, although since I have been having major issues with the tummy again, I guess I have no choice.
My tummy is getting super upset so I am heading to lie down. I just don't feel so good right now.
Okay, I guess the doctor is right in getting me a tummy scope. For some time now, I have had upset stomachs for no reason. Usually, I can talk myself out of it and calm my tummy down, well, apparently, not tonight. Thank goodness for the empty box right near me. I get so upset when I get an upset tummy for no reason. My stomach is fine now, naturally. I don't get it. Why is this happening? I don't understand. I also have been getting super full about 1/2 hour or so after I have eaten. I don't have to eat much or even a lot, it just happens. It is very frustrating. I suppose I will have some answers in a couple of weeks when I go for the scope. I hate these scopes though. I think one time I got sick in the middle of it. Since I was asleep, I never noticed, thankfully! Well, on the 16th at 9:15 am, I will have the scope and hopefully some answers. I am just tired of this happening. I think I really am going to lie down for a while. It isn't anywhere near when I go to bed usually, but this has been a rough night now. As soon as the washer is finished with my clothes, I am heading to bed. Good night everyone!
Sunday is my birthday. I will be 44. Oh my. I remember when I was younger (in my teens), I thought 44 was sooooo old. Now, I don't think it is old at all. My body feels old, but my spirit feels young. I met up with some wonderful students and their parents for ice cream at the local Baskin Robbins. Oh my, what a joyous occasion it was! Several were able to attend so I was very pleased. Even my neighbors, the Hubels were able to attend. I had such a good time. Aggie was there and she was very excited to see Acer and Calli as well as meet some of the newer students and their siblings. Camille, Wama, Deema, Lulu, Mina, Ella, Acer, Calli, Antoinette, and her nephew were there as well as Carolyn, Peter, Sean, Rachael, and Melissa Hubel. I had such a good time. It looked like they all had fun too. Surprisingly, I got some really nice presents! I was not expecting presents! I got a new salt and pepper shaker, a stuffed bunny that is just adorable, some beautiful flowers, wonderful cards from the students, and a beautiful snowman mug. I really liked what I got. It as such a surprise. I also got a beautiful basket filled with a garden type stick that has a stone that says inspire as well as a chocolate bunny and chocolate eggs. Yum on the chocolate! Overall, it was a lovely day shared with lovely people. I had a very good time.
Calli and Acer had their lessons this evening. Both are doing very well. Calli was finishing up putting both hands of Minuet in G by J. S. Bach. She is playing that for the spring concert. Calli is going to sing "Once Upon a Dream" while Acer will be singing "Summertime" and playing "Heigh Ho". Acer and I finished "Heigh Ho" today at the lesson. My friend, Kelly Lynn's friend, is going to see about changing the key of Summertime for Acer and I. I hope it sounds okay and does well. I should be getting it back after Monday.
On Wednesday, Kelly Lynn, Star, and I went out after I finished teaching. We went to Barnes and Nobles and were there until it closed then we went to Ram's Horn. We stayed until 1:30 am. Oh my, it was so much fun. I was so exhausted the next day though! I had to get up early for an appointment with the tummy doctor. I have to get a tummy scope again. Ugh, although since I have been having major issues with the tummy again, I guess I have no choice.
My tummy is getting super upset so I am heading to lie down. I just don't feel so good right now.
Okay, I guess the doctor is right in getting me a tummy scope. For some time now, I have had upset stomachs for no reason. Usually, I can talk myself out of it and calm my tummy down, well, apparently, not tonight. Thank goodness for the empty box right near me. I get so upset when I get an upset tummy for no reason. My stomach is fine now, naturally. I don't get it. Why is this happening? I don't understand. I also have been getting super full about 1/2 hour or so after I have eaten. I don't have to eat much or even a lot, it just happens. It is very frustrating. I suppose I will have some answers in a couple of weeks when I go for the scope. I hate these scopes though. I think one time I got sick in the middle of it. Since I was asleep, I never noticed, thankfully! Well, on the 16th at 9:15 am, I will have the scope and hopefully some answers. I am just tired of this happening. I think I really am going to lie down for a while. It isn't anywhere near when I go to bed usually, but this has been a rough night now. As soon as the washer is finished with my clothes, I am heading to bed. Good night everyone!
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
5 days until the birthday!
5 days and I will be 44. When I was young, I thought 44 was soooooo old and yet it isn't! I feel older than 44 at times. Sometimes, I feel that I am almost 90 and other times, like I was 10 or so. My spirit feels very young, but my body is very old. I think most of us who have Fibro, feel very old in the bones or at least the ones I know do. Sometimes, when I am resting, my dreams take me to such wonderful places. Places I have been or seen on TV or in a book or in a magazine. I dream of doing things that I know I cannot. One is walking the great Chinese Wall. Yeah, that would most likely never happen since the stairs to get there would totally wear me out before I got very far. I also dream of doing things like skydiving (although the thought of jumping out of a perfectly good plane scares me when I am not dreaming), scuba diving, running a marathon, traveling the world by backpacking. Sometimes, I get inspired to do something and then reality hits and I realize that I can't physically do that. I don't usually mind my limitations, but some days it does bother me. Last night was one of them. I want to have "adventure in the great wide somewhere" (like Belle sings in the Beauty and the Beast movie and play), "I want it more than I can tell". Today though, it doesn't bother me. I am watching NCIS, which is pretty typical of a Tuesday night. When I was very young (about 11), I fell in love with the stars, the moon, and space in general. I wanted to be an astronaut. Momma and I researched what I would need to do. The first thing was that I would join the Navy. Then I would become a fighter pilot and fly those lovely jets. During that time, I would become a US citizen because in order to work for NASA you must be a US citizen. Unfortunately, I didn't grow tall enough to become a fighter pilot, then came the scoliosis. I fell back into the music dream again, then. I am not sorry though because as it turns out, I truly feel I was born to teach. I love teaching much more so than performing, although I do love singing in the church choir and I do like to sing solos once in a while, but overall, I would rather teach than do almost anything. I am thankful that my dance teacher started me teaching and that Mom helped me so much with how to do it.
Dance Moms is on right now. They are in New York City getting ready to audition for the Joffrey Ballet Company summer program. They are such a good program. I would have loved to train with them. The moms are being so loud while the audition is going on. It is just crazy. That is partly why I like the show because they are so outrageous. It amuses me. It is not how I run my music lessons. I work very hard to not have any favorites. There is something special about each of the students. It just takes a bit of time to find that specialness of each student, but I find it. Anyways, I do find Dance Moms to be entertaining. Tonight is the first episode of Dance Moms, Miami. It should be interesting, I think. I am not sure if I will stay up to watch it since I am very tired now. I may just watch the end of this one and head for bed right after it. Oh my, the Abby Lee Company just got a 10th place. I don't think they EVER got 10th place before. It was a definitely a blow to the egos. On the other hand, Chloe won the scholarship to the ballet school for the summer. That is awesome. She will learn so much this summer from them.
The movie "Titanic" will be re-released as a 3D movie. I have one student who absolutely loves that movie. Selma is planning to see it on Thursday. She has been waiting for the movie to come out for so long now. I saw it in the theatre when it was originally out. I liked it, but there were parts I didn't like. I am not planning to see the movie. I think there are other movies I wish to see and I don't do very well with 3D and things coming at my face.
I forgot again to call the hospital for physical therapy. I have been meaning to call since last Wednesday. Whoops, I have got to do this. I am supposed to have physical therapy for 1 month, 3 days a week and occupational therapy for 1 week, 2 to 3 times. The occupational therapy is for my hands, which are having a hard to closing. It hurts so much at times. The physical therapy is for the back and hips so maybe they won't hurt so much. The idea is to stop taking the Meloxicam but I am not sure that will ever happen. I know the risk, but I can't walk at the end of the day if I don't take it. I am not sure if I will ever stop taking it for arthritis, risk of bleeding or not. How will I function if I don't take something for the arthritis pain? I have to take that risk because otherwise I can't move by the end of the day. At this point, I have no choice but to take it. I can walk at the end of the night because of it so I don't see stopping anytime soon unless something better comes along.
I am going to read for a bit before I go to bed.
Dance Moms is on right now. They are in New York City getting ready to audition for the Joffrey Ballet Company summer program. They are such a good program. I would have loved to train with them. The moms are being so loud while the audition is going on. It is just crazy. That is partly why I like the show because they are so outrageous. It amuses me. It is not how I run my music lessons. I work very hard to not have any favorites. There is something special about each of the students. It just takes a bit of time to find that specialness of each student, but I find it. Anyways, I do find Dance Moms to be entertaining. Tonight is the first episode of Dance Moms, Miami. It should be interesting, I think. I am not sure if I will stay up to watch it since I am very tired now. I may just watch the end of this one and head for bed right after it. Oh my, the Abby Lee Company just got a 10th place. I don't think they EVER got 10th place before. It was a definitely a blow to the egos. On the other hand, Chloe won the scholarship to the ballet school for the summer. That is awesome. She will learn so much this summer from them.
The movie "Titanic" will be re-released as a 3D movie. I have one student who absolutely loves that movie. Selma is planning to see it on Thursday. She has been waiting for the movie to come out for so long now. I saw it in the theatre when it was originally out. I liked it, but there were parts I didn't like. I am not planning to see the movie. I think there are other movies I wish to see and I don't do very well with 3D and things coming at my face.
I forgot again to call the hospital for physical therapy. I have been meaning to call since last Wednesday. Whoops, I have got to do this. I am supposed to have physical therapy for 1 month, 3 days a week and occupational therapy for 1 week, 2 to 3 times. The occupational therapy is for my hands, which are having a hard to closing. It hurts so much at times. The physical therapy is for the back and hips so maybe they won't hurt so much. The idea is to stop taking the Meloxicam but I am not sure that will ever happen. I know the risk, but I can't walk at the end of the day if I don't take it. I am not sure if I will ever stop taking it for arthritis, risk of bleeding or not. How will I function if I don't take something for the arthritis pain? I have to take that risk because otherwise I can't move by the end of the day. At this point, I have no choice but to take it. I can walk at the end of the night because of it so I don't see stopping anytime soon unless something better comes along.
I am going to read for a bit before I go to bed.
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