Sick Puppy
I have been one sick puppy this week. Sore throat, fever, chills - ick. I have to admit, I was relieved when I found out a coworker had the same thing I did. For a little while, I was afraid that I was just having some serious flulike symptoms in response to overdoing it this weekend. It was a relief to know that I was just an ordinary person with a normal illness that would run its course, instead of it being related to my MS.
I'm almost back to normal now. My voice sounds terrible, and my nose is stuffed up, but I'm otherwise OK. Meanwhile, two coworkers who have gotten sick are blaming me.
I'm going to delay my shot this week, to give myself a chance to fully recover. Of course, there goes my excuse to sit around all day Saturday, reading the new Harry Potter book.
Volunteering
I got the information about my peer support/telefriend training in the mail yesterday. There will be 3 teleconferences coming up later this summer that I'll participate in. I'm looking forward to it.
House Stuff
Tim and I were so excited about the decisions we've made. We headed over to the Design Center with one of the wallpaper books we had checked out, to see how the wallpaper looked with our tile selections. Then we headed over to the model, where the sales agent told us that they're going with a new tile company, and we'll have to make all new choices for our tile. Hopefully it will be easier this time, since we have an idea of what we like.
Thursday, June 19, 2003
Wednesday, June 04, 2003
I read an email this morning from one of my blog readers - thanks for making my day!
Last month, I got an application from the National MS Society to be a peer support/telefriend volunteer. I thought about it for awhile, wanting to make sure I'd be able to devote the appropriate time to the responsibility, and finally filled in my application last night. It's in the mail to them. If accepted, I should be getting a brochure with more information soon, and then starting training next month. This should be easier than the last telephone volunteer job I had, which was for a crisis line. It's scary picking up the phone wondering if the person on the other end may be suicidal. I think I'll be able to handle this more easily.
Last month, I got an application from the National MS Society to be a peer support/telefriend volunteer. I thought about it for awhile, wanting to make sure I'd be able to devote the appropriate time to the responsibility, and finally filled in my application last night. It's in the mail to them. If accepted, I should be getting a brochure with more information soon, and then starting training next month. This should be easier than the last telephone volunteer job I had, which was for a crisis line. It's scary picking up the phone wondering if the person on the other end may be suicidal. I think I'll be able to handle this more easily.
Tuesday, June 03, 2003
I need to do a better job of updating this thing.
Interesting Article
I read an article in the paper today that suggested that some allergy and autoimmune disorders can be related to the cleanliness of the home. Apparently, children who grew up in very clean homes were more likely to suffer from allergies or autoimmune disorders since their immune systems weren't exposed to as many things when they were little. The article even cited a group diagnosed with multiple sclerosis who grew up in cleaner homes.
Hmmm, don't know if there is any association, but it does give me something to tease my Mom about. After all, she's an excellent housekeeper. Meanwhile, I'm no Donna Reed, so if we ever have kids, they should be safe, LOL (that's laughing out loud for those of you who don't frequent message boards).
How am I doing?
Busy, busy, busy. Obviously, I haven't been posting lately.
Health's been doing all right. I haven't reacted badly to my past few shots. I still flinch when I get the shot - no matter who gives it - and Tim still hates it that I flinch. He does a great job, though, and doesn't leave any nasty bruises. Vision's been fine. Have had a little bit of numbness now and then, but nothing that lasts for that long of a time.
Still dealing with minor bladder issues. Basically, MS can affect your "early warning system", and it can also affect your ability to know when you're done. So when I think I need to go, I better go. And I don't necessarily know when I'm done, so I have to be patient and wait to make sure. And when we were at the beach, I had to make sure that I didn't wait too long to hike back over the dunes to the house. But other than that, it's no big deal. I take cranberry tablet supplements, since I'm more susceptible to UTI's, but I haven't had any problems so far.
Had fun at the beach. Didn't have any problems with my MS, even though there were air conditioning problems in both houses where we stayed. I got tired one day and took a long nap, but that could be blamed on staying up late the night before and getting up early in the morning to make breakfast and hit the beach. Since I wasn't the only napper, I don't think we'll blame my illness. And even though I'm supposedly more susceptible to sunburn now, I only had a little bit of pink in a couple areas - mostly I was just a pleasantly light tan.
Last weekend was a hectic one. We went to the James Taylor concert with four friends on Saturday. Luckily, we had reserved seating, because less than an hour before the concert was a huge rainstorm. The poor folks who were trying for good spots on the lawn got soaked, while we just piled into the back of Tim's Honda Pilot and waited for the rain to pass before leaving the parking lot. Sunday included signing more house papers and going to a fundraiser for a friend who had a heart transplant. We got some good loot at the silent auction, including some fun jewelry for me, a gift certificate to one of our favorite restaurants, and a cool lamp for our house. Tim has already decided we'll use the gift certificate to celebrate his birthday.
Speaking of Tim, he got his contract from UNC in the mail, and he has submitted his resignation to Meredith. Next year, he'll just be at UNC, instead of splitting his time between schools. He'll miss the folks at Meredith, but it was exhausting trying to keep up with two places. We're both very excited about this move for him.
More House News
Well, we've signed all of the preliminary papers, and we have appointments scheduled at the Design Center to make our choices. We're trying to go through bit by bit and get done with them. The cool thing is that we're pretty much on the same page on everything - we're agreeing pretty readily on most choices. I've tentatively decided to go with the same interior color that Sue picked, but Tim wants to wait and see what my parents' paint color looks like before committing. They picked a darker shade, and he thinks the one I like may be a little too pale. Sunday was tile day. This weekend is a break from house decisions (more on that later). I think next weekend will be carpet weekend. We also need to get our paperwork done to join the country club, so we can go ahead and use the pool this summer. I'm looking forward to dropping by on my way home from work and taking a quick dip. Our friends are looking forward to invitations for dollar beer Fridays.
Happy Anniversary to Us
For those folks who don't believe that time flies, I'd like to point out that Saturday is our 6th wedding anniversary. Yup, Tim has put up with me for 6 years (actually, more than that when you include dating and engagement). We are celebrating by sneaking away to Chapel Hill for a 5-star weekend getaway at the Fearrington House. We're looking forward to some good food and some serious pampering, including champagne and massages in our room. I plan to do some shopping while I'm there, if I see cool stuff for the house.
Interesting Article
I read an article in the paper today that suggested that some allergy and autoimmune disorders can be related to the cleanliness of the home. Apparently, children who grew up in very clean homes were more likely to suffer from allergies or autoimmune disorders since their immune systems weren't exposed to as many things when they were little. The article even cited a group diagnosed with multiple sclerosis who grew up in cleaner homes.
Hmmm, don't know if there is any association, but it does give me something to tease my Mom about. After all, she's an excellent housekeeper. Meanwhile, I'm no Donna Reed, so if we ever have kids, they should be safe, LOL (that's laughing out loud for those of you who don't frequent message boards).
How am I doing?
Busy, busy, busy. Obviously, I haven't been posting lately.
Health's been doing all right. I haven't reacted badly to my past few shots. I still flinch when I get the shot - no matter who gives it - and Tim still hates it that I flinch. He does a great job, though, and doesn't leave any nasty bruises. Vision's been fine. Have had a little bit of numbness now and then, but nothing that lasts for that long of a time.
Still dealing with minor bladder issues. Basically, MS can affect your "early warning system", and it can also affect your ability to know when you're done. So when I think I need to go, I better go. And I don't necessarily know when I'm done, so I have to be patient and wait to make sure. And when we were at the beach, I had to make sure that I didn't wait too long to hike back over the dunes to the house. But other than that, it's no big deal. I take cranberry tablet supplements, since I'm more susceptible to UTI's, but I haven't had any problems so far.
Had fun at the beach. Didn't have any problems with my MS, even though there were air conditioning problems in both houses where we stayed. I got tired one day and took a long nap, but that could be blamed on staying up late the night before and getting up early in the morning to make breakfast and hit the beach. Since I wasn't the only napper, I don't think we'll blame my illness. And even though I'm supposedly more susceptible to sunburn now, I only had a little bit of pink in a couple areas - mostly I was just a pleasantly light tan.
Last weekend was a hectic one. We went to the James Taylor concert with four friends on Saturday. Luckily, we had reserved seating, because less than an hour before the concert was a huge rainstorm. The poor folks who were trying for good spots on the lawn got soaked, while we just piled into the back of Tim's Honda Pilot and waited for the rain to pass before leaving the parking lot. Sunday included signing more house papers and going to a fundraiser for a friend who had a heart transplant. We got some good loot at the silent auction, including some fun jewelry for me, a gift certificate to one of our favorite restaurants, and a cool lamp for our house. Tim has already decided we'll use the gift certificate to celebrate his birthday.
Speaking of Tim, he got his contract from UNC in the mail, and he has submitted his resignation to Meredith. Next year, he'll just be at UNC, instead of splitting his time between schools. He'll miss the folks at Meredith, but it was exhausting trying to keep up with two places. We're both very excited about this move for him.
More House News
Well, we've signed all of the preliminary papers, and we have appointments scheduled at the Design Center to make our choices. We're trying to go through bit by bit and get done with them. The cool thing is that we're pretty much on the same page on everything - we're agreeing pretty readily on most choices. I've tentatively decided to go with the same interior color that Sue picked, but Tim wants to wait and see what my parents' paint color looks like before committing. They picked a darker shade, and he thinks the one I like may be a little too pale. Sunday was tile day. This weekend is a break from house decisions (more on that later). I think next weekend will be carpet weekend. We also need to get our paperwork done to join the country club, so we can go ahead and use the pool this summer. I'm looking forward to dropping by on my way home from work and taking a quick dip. Our friends are looking forward to invitations for dollar beer Fridays.
Happy Anniversary to Us
For those folks who don't believe that time flies, I'd like to point out that Saturday is our 6th wedding anniversary. Yup, Tim has put up with me for 6 years (actually, more than that when you include dating and engagement). We are celebrating by sneaking away to Chapel Hill for a 5-star weekend getaway at the Fearrington House. We're looking forward to some good food and some serious pampering, including champagne and massages in our room. I plan to do some shopping while I'm there, if I see cool stuff for the house.
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