by Sarah | Mar 2, 2011 | All About Me, Random
I am not here.
For the first time in almost six month I have been kidnapped by my characters and have turned into a writing fool. Soon as I recovered from the illness that had me dreaming of horny hippies and House, M.D….I was lost. Much has happened, not much has happened. I have things to post about, but this blog is one of the things being neglected.
In good news, my 3 book series is almost complete, perhaps by the end of the week.
In better news…that leaves you with a random bullet-list for today for a quick catch up. It’s what you always wanted, right?
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* As you can see above I got my lovely new (to me a ‘refurb’) XS camera….the battery grip I’ve been craving…and the 50mm I’ve been dying for.
* All 3 have been sorely neglected. Soon as I got them I got sick. And then kidnapped. I need more practice time w/ my lens before I feel capable with it. Not to mention the camera. Hopefully soon I’ll be allowed respite from words for pictures.
* Report cards came in. Surprisingly good….some not-so-surprisingly not-so-goods…more on that later. All in all, though…we are very proud of our two schoolies.
* I’m still not happy about last weeks doctors appointment. I will be able to more fully explain once I have more fully digested it all.
* I started pilates last week. I loved it. The next morning I still loved it. I was achey…a wee bit sore in the right spots…but Im terrified to go tonight. Why? Well…right after loving it, I ended up having that flu-thing hit me hard. All that tightness/sore from the exercises felt about a million times worse. It makes tonight a little nervewracking – even though it wasn’t the pilates fault.
* In a strange twist of fate, being sick has helped me make great strides in my wish to stop drnking so much pop. Even though it never “made me ill”, I didn’t drink a drop of my usual while I was sick. By the time I DID drink some to help curb the incredible headache (partly caused by caffeine withdrawal)…it just didn’t taste the same. Even now, fully healed, it’s just…eh. I’m drinking a lot more water.
* I’m really happy the weather is getting warmer and the days are getting longer. I just wish it didn’t mean that my crawl space was flooded…for the third year in a row. The past three years have been so BAD for flooding. Our previously never-been-wet crawl space is now going to get a sump pump put in. *sigh*
* Still don’t have my teeth fixed. Had appts scheduled both last week and this week. Sickness in the household prevented me from making those. Hoping to get in first thing next week. I need to get the second estimate so we can make plans. Oy. Hate dentists. They charge INSANE amounts. Not fair.
Time to hush. Shower. Feed the little one. Get back to the keyboard and get writing. See you on the flip side!
by Sarah | Feb 26, 2011 | All About Me, Crap
I took this picture earlier in the week. When I had a sick husband & daughter…I didn’t realize that a mere 36 hours later I would be the one so laid up I wouldn’t be able to function to even take a picture or write a blog post.
At its highest, my fever hit 101.3 (I believe, only checked every 12 hours).
It hit suddenly.
At 4:00 I was fine. My stomach felt a little fluttery, but nothing that hinted at oncoming tragedy. I left my girls in the babysitting hands of their older brother and left to surprise the hubby to dinner out. His choice.
By 6:30PM when we were at Best Buy I was hardly able to walk. My chills were so bad, my entire body was trembling. We raced home with the heater on, leaving our secondary car at Archie’s work because I didn’t feel well enough to drive. By the time we got home I was done. Pain, fever, stomach cramps beyond belief. I was begging for mercy, and apologizing to Archie for not being more understanding when he was sick.
So what does this have to do w/ my post title?
Oh…well…didn’t you know that with a good size fever you get the STRANGEST dreams?
I blame the first night on my current obsession with catching up on old House episodes on TV. I’d left to go surprise hubs in the middle of a whiz-bang of an epi and my mind was still rolling over it…at least that’s my defense. Oh, and I just got my new XS and my new 50mm lens…so I’m sort of obsession over those too…
Which is why I was kept awake (and asleep apparently) with dreams of House and his team talking about cameras & lenses instead of medical terms. It wasn’t until a tombstone was built that I was graced with enough peace to sleep for a full 3 hours.
Disturbing?
The horny hippies?
Oh, well, they apparently (in my head) moved into the house next to my Grandma’s (now my Aunt C’s) house. I was in NY, somehow ending up in the house next door. A couple of hippies had moved in and kept going at each other with me right there, so I left…to see a new (very black) door on my g’mas porch..and all the porch furniture was black…but the old door was still there. The house looked the same inside (though I’m fully aware that it doesn’t now), just a few minor differences. My cousin was inside (my aunt C was absent) and rushed to greet me. My Aunt D showed up…but was more excited to see my nephew (where he came from? No idea) than me.
Then I woke.
The hippies…they disturbed me…still do.
Seeing my aunt and cousin? Much more refreshing.
Hippies…
Oy…
by Sarah | Feb 23, 2011 | All About Denver, All About Kennedy, Crap, Cystic Fibrosis
Answers.
For once.
A doctor that says…
“I know what it is.”
A doctor that says…
“I know what it’s not.”
No more tests.
No more specialists.
Just once.
For the questions to be done.
For five and a half years it’s been a never ending stream.
Never ending questions.
More specialists than can be counted on two hands.
Tests.
Hurry up – get this test done.
Now wait.
Wait.
Wait.
We have results.
But no answers.
More specialists.
More questions.
Retelling the tales over and again.
Just once.
Just once.
I want an answer.
by Sarah | Feb 22, 2011 | All About Me, Photography
It’s only Tuesday and my week has been brutal. After not getting much sleep at all last night, dealing w/ 2 sickly folks in the house I am left with this…
Headache
by Sarah | Feb 21, 2011 | All About Kennedy, Crap
When she tells you that she’s going to get sick…
She follows through on that promise.
One of those days that I’m grateful we already have an appt scheduled.
by Sarah | Feb 20, 2011 | Photography, Weekly Winners
All taken w/ Canon Rebel XTi.
The world around us faced a meltdown this week. In the middle of it the little one & I took a walk and just relaxed for the week.
Not All Gone
Cantaloupe?
*Just sitting in the snow. How? Why? I’ve got no idea.
Ready to Explore
Fractured Reminder
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First Cautious Step
Simple Joy
Thoughtful
Flying Proud
The Blue Door
Pointed Reflection
See more of my favorite photos over at my flickr account.
That’s all for this week. Head on over to Lotus‘ digs to see more!!
I am not here.
