a link to check out
the August Pain-Blog Carnival is posted at How to Cope with Pain. lots of good entries are included, as always.
I’m home from my brother’s wedding in Nauvoo, IL. it was a great weekend, and I’m still recovering. 
hopefully I’ll have some pictures to share in the near future!
grammar
i was heading to a doctor’s appointment in a part of town i don’t frequent, when i saw this sign (on one of those electronic sign boards) –
Do your insurance look FISHY?
which prompts just one question from me -
Do your ad lack grammar?
or maybe they are trying to bring the LOLcats speak into the mainstream? if so, ur doin it wrong.
Filed under Uncategorized | Comments (11)do you guys remember my entry over at How to Cope with Pain earlier this month?
today and tomorrow, How to Cope with Pain is holding a vote (for prizes, even) on the favorite article! you have to leave a comment — go check it out, wouldja?
Filed under blogs, headaches, migraines, pain | Tags: contest, voting | Comments (2)tales of tomatoes i have known…
well due to a auspicious comment left by my muum, i came to realize that my tiny orange tomatoes were actually ripe! what great news! the only thing is, their size left a little to be desired. when i say tiny….well, have a look for yourself:
luckily, they were delicious. also fortunate is the fact that i have a few more still on the plant – they are green, but soon will be ripe! and a little bigger.
then, just a few days later i bought some tomatoes at the store. i was cutting them up for some sauteed vegetables, when look who was looking back at me!?! this evil little grin –
reminded me of caryn’s happy bell pepper. er, that would be ‘The Placid Pepper of Eternal Happiness’. she’s a writer, after all. when she writes a blog entry, it sounds good!
Filed under blogs, cooking, hilarity, randomness | Tags: gardening, tomatoes | Comments (6)meme meme meme meme
i have been tagged for another meme! my sister gretchen tagged me this time. away we go!
3 Joys
1) my husband
2) my family – i am so lucky to have such a loving and supportive family
3) music
3 Fears
1) ferris wheels — i have this recurring dream of dying on one. weird, i know.
2) …..
3) ….really don’t think there’s anything else.
3 Goals
1) research and work with my doctors to improve my migraine situation — less pain or fewer headaches; i wouldn’t mind both!
2) and more immediately, to finish hanging our pictures — then we’d be totally MOVED IN!
3) also to schedule a few more doctor’s appointments…one of those things i’ve been putting off
3 Current Obsessions
1) Nature Valley Sweet & Salty Peanut granola bars. really more of a candy bar. so delicious.
2) Burt’s Bees minty chapstick
3) sparkly hot pink toenail polish
3 Random Surprising Facts (*possibly not that surprising)
1) i love to be on time.
2) my tomato plant has 2 orange tomatoes, and half a dozen little green ones. i can’t wait for a red one!
3) my favorite movie is Gone With the Wind. LOVE the costumes, love the southern accents, love the story.
I tag …. no one! not in a tagging mood tonight. but if you want to play along, let me know in the comments — i’ll come visit.
Filed under Family, meme | Comments (9)exciting news
i just read about this over at A Chronic Dose — the House of Representatives recently voted to pass Michelle’s Law – a law which would allow seriously ill or injured college students to take up to a year’s medical leave from school without losing their insurance.
i can’t tell you how pleased i am about this. my chronic (daily) migraines began in November of 2004 — I had about a year left of school. that first semester, beginning in january 2005, i believed (and my neurologist believed) that this would be quickly taken care of — we just needed to start a preventative medicine and rule out everything ’serious’. i’d be on my way. obviously, that wasn’t the case. consequently, i got my worst ever grades that semester, both from poor quality work, and not being able to practice and play the piano as much as was required. i came home from school every day and just collapsed. i was in so much pain and so exhausted from just walking around campus, dealing with all the bright lights and loud noises that come with college attendance. it was a very trying time, especially as i was adjusting to being in pain all the time, all the while trying to attend my classes and practice my four hours a day.
ultimately, my neurologist recommended that i take some time off school, to focus on getting better. she felt that school was adding stress, which was only making it more difficult for me to recover. i don’t know about that — what i DO know is that i was in much more pain than i needed to be, trying to do so much with a migraine.
so i went to the office of the registrar, and asked to defer — the maximum allowed was a semester, regardless of the reason. once my semester was over, i was no better. so i appealed to a committee to be able to defer longer, including a note from my doctor, and filling out oodles of paperwork. no dice. i had to drop out and reapply once i was ready to start again. as for insurance, that meant that i was no longer a student, but a student spouse. the situation would’ve been even more difficult if i hadn’t been married. but being a student spouse as opposed to a student is a lot more expensive for insurance. it was just, in my mind, a lot of needless heartache and money spent.
i don’t fault my particular university, because i believe it would’ve probably been the same no matter where i’d been. it was difficult to feel like no one really cared, and that there was nothing i could do. maybe things with my headaches would’ve been the same, regardless of having a year deferment. but maybe not – and it would’ve certainly saved some heartache and some money.
three cheers for Michelle’s law! the bill is moving into the senate — if you want to support it, please contact your senator.
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