It turns out that the drugs I will now have to take are not only immune-suppressing and dangerous to the pancreas and bone marrow, they also cause birth defects. Which means if we want to start trying for another child in the spring, I will have to get off the drugs (just as they are starting to help since it takes 3 months for them to work) and ( Read more... )

Okay I am majorly depressed today. Doesn't help that it is gray and rainy out, either. Yesterday I posted about my cousin's health problems. Well, yesterday afternoon I went to the doctor and now I have worries about my own health. First of all, I am now 150 lbs, which is the most I've ever weighed and I am so mad I could scream. I still have ( Read more... )

I always knew the federal government was retarded, but I didn't know how retarded until this week. With all the people defaulting on student loans, you would think they would be happy that someone ANYONE is paying their debt off. Not so. Here's the story: Because I took last semester off but didn't tell the government, they assumed I was done ( Read more... )

For my class I have to post answers to given discussion questions. I then have to post a follow-up response to someone else's posting. Last week I wrote a follow-up to this guy's post and I thought I was very professional but argued his point. This week, the guy writes a follow-up to my post and it seems to me the reply is very mocking. To be ( Read more... )

TO has separation anxiety. He screams when I leave his sight. Even when Daddy is there. Tomorrow I leave him with my friend for three hours while I meet with my advisor. This does not bode well ( Read more... )

I just spent an hour shopping LillianVernon.com for Christmas presents. A bit early? Yes, but when you have an 8-month-old in tow it is hard to get any shopping done. So now I just have to get Tim's approval to spend the money--might have to wait until this month's credit card statement closes, though. But if all goes well I will have a total ( Read more... )

Went to my doctor's appointment this morning only to find that it was Monday and they wrote the wrong date on the card. So now I have to go on Wednesday (I have an appointment with my advisor Monday) and have more days of steroids. And now TO isn't napping. I need a vacation...

My son has learned to suck on his toes. While my mother says this is a great milestone, I personally think it is disgusting and I will be glad when the phase passes. On the upside, he ate well today (except for solids again) and we had a fun time watching my friend's son this morning. The only bad thing was that TO wouldn't nap and was cranky, ( Read more... )

TO seems to really like broccoli, but I think it is giving him a tummy ache. Last night he was up at 12 and wouldn't go back down, so Tim put him in his swing and slept on the living room floor. Needless to say no one got much sleep. Then we had a very busy day today (shopping for things we needed like formula and new clothes for Tim), so TO was ( Read more... )

I've been having dreams lately about a certain ex-friend. Some of them are "real" dreams, which I've discussed in here before. They are dreams I have that feel so real that when I wake up I can't tell at first whether it was a dream or something that really happened. Normally when I have these dreams about people it means I am supposed to ( Read more... )