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Forcing the happies
Ok, I need to do this. Five things I am grateful for or happy about today:
1. My frig is stocked, and I have things I don't even need but are nice to have (beer, ice cream, triscuits, and cheese, for example). Yay for tasty and filling (though not entirely healthy, perhaps) food!
2. I typically get three-day weekends. Sometimes I don't, and most of ( Read more... ) -
Day-Before-First-Day-of-School Anxiety
I'm stressing over stupid things this weekend. First, there was the haircut from hell.( Read more... ) -
Nesting: Settling into the new home
Wow, I got everything on my shopping list and to-do list this morning except work on the welcome letter and syllabus (which I can do this afternoon/evening), AND I cleared out a TON of old, old pine needles and weeds from the south side of the house. Today's organic basket was pretty disappointing as to vegetables; there are a half dozen tomatoes ( Read more... ) -
Success!
I am back from a quickie road trip to Chino Valley and Prescott where not only did I accept a job teaching English at Chino Valley High, but I found a cute little house to rent in Prescott. I'm a wee bit scared of all the changes, but I'm also really looking forward to them ( Read more... ) -
Uncertainty
If it seems like I'm all confident and adventurous in the career move I'm working on this summer, that would be inaccurate. I'm scared to death. There are few things in the world I find more disconcerting than the uncertainty of the future, and not knowing what I will be doing, where I will be going, or how I will be able to afford a big move and ( Read more... ) -
Progress on job searching
I'm still processing the three job interviews I had yesterday. Not one of them is a "dream job," but what if my "dream job" doesn't come through?
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Succinct Update
Doc appt. this morning: Dr. C (pancreas specialist) order more blood work and a endoscopy and colonoscopy for ASAP to be done by Dr. L (another GI doc). I'm having a bit of trouble getting them a stool sample because I'm... um, pretty cleaned out (sorry if that's TMI), but I don't know if that's going to be a problem: the endo-/colonos-copies are ( Read more... ) -
Day 10 of the Involuntary Fasting Diet
My body is not my friend. At the risk of providing TMI, I'll just say that my GI system is in complete rebellion; it's not even subtle anymore. As a result, I'm down 12 lbs. in about a week -- at least last I checked -- though I'm doing my damnedest to stay hydrated. Not so much with nutrients because my body doesn't want to digest anything I've ( Read more... ) -
Wherein I describe aspects of the biliary system and their (dys)functions
I can't sleep tonight for pain, so what do I do but grab the iPad and research this condition called sphincter do Oddi dysfunction (SOD). The good news (?) is that everything I read meshes with what I experience and what the GI doc has told me, and I see the problem and probable resolution of it.
The most comprehensive information (for those with an ( Read more... ) -
My life is a mess today
Posting here because it's just TMI and seems inappropriate to keep updating in facebook...
( All the stuff about health/illness... )