Well, it has been 2 years since mom's illness and since I moved back home. Guillain Barre Syndrome is a bitch...but it is MY bitch! I'll put a quick summary here: GBS is when your immune system mistakes parts of your body (specifically the myelin sheathe that covers your nerves) to be the enemy and attacks it. If you think of your brain as a light ( Read more... )

Went to IKEA yesterday to get a closet and desk in preparation for my move home. I was wearing the shoes I wore to Kym's wedding, so it was pretty new and not broken in, so painful to wear. I asked Chad if I could stand on the cart while he pushed me, and he did. It was pretty cute - down the aisle we went, him riding on it like a skateboard, me ( Read more... )

Ok, I'm trying recount some happier/funny moments ( Read more... )

She was in the hospital for most of September. Unlike previous stays, this one felt different - her kidneys were failing. I waited anxiously for news of any changes and was generally distracted from everything - I wanted life to come to a standstill so I could focus on this ( Read more... )

Next month'll be Oct 2008, roughly 5 years since I started a REAL job at NCEN (and boy do I miss NCEN), and now I'm starting to reflect how I treat money ( Read more... )

In March, my dad broke the news to me that grandpa passed away peacefully in his sleep. I was shocked. I was sad. I hadn't seen him since 8th grade.

15 years ago, I went to Taiwan for a mini-family reunion and portrait. My mom made me wear this ugly blue jogging suit with patches all over it - I looked like luggage that had traveled over the world ( Read more... )

I took the test. I did not do well. All that studying...and I was studying the wrong things, aaaaaagh!

I'll make it a quick update as I'm studying my butt off. Studying? Why?....I'll tell you later...maybe ( Read more... )

Mmm...this year not in a Christmasy mood. I think I'll make it a point to make presents in the future. It'll satisfy the crafty side of me while getting me into the giving-with-sweat mood (instead of just throwing down money ( Read more... )

I got my wisdom teeth pulled last Thursday =B - Chad says that's what I get for being too wise...but in all honesty, it's because I've been very very bad about going to the dentist *koff koff* for a while, so I had a badly decaying wisdom tooth in the upper-left area. That's opposite of being wise! Since I'm pulling that one, might as well pull its ( Read more... )