Hello to 2013

Still sick here, but grateful.  Grateful for the fact that we're all here, safe, and in one piece.  Also for the fact that this past year, I feel like I've been given my life back, even amidst all the struggling.  Grateful for the host of friends and family who are there, loving and supporting me, …

Saying Goodbye to 2012

It's been a month since I've been here.  My apologies if you have felt abandoned.  But with school projects coming due, finals, and work with Nutcracker, not to mention all of the stress and insanity because of our insurance settlement STILL not being here, I needed to pare down my activities.  And I'll still likely …

Not Your Ordinary First Day of School – Part 3 of 3

I had to take an extra day to post, because my daughter is ill and I was swamped with homework and having to do a project for my husband. The 6th of September...it's the first anniversary of the day my husband was struck from his bicycle on the way home from school by a hit …

Not Your Ordinary First Day of School – Part 1 of 3

If you've been following my blog at all, you'll know that I've been looking forward to the events of today for months. After nearly 20 years, I'm back in school and finally finishing up my degree, and moving forward. It's a dream come true, a dream that I never imagined would take me on this …

Crazy Weekend

I have to reveal up front that I was not feeling well at all this weekend, so crazy to me may not be crazy to you. Friday, I got my parking permit for PLU, and squared away some last minute paperwork for school. By the way, I'm so excited for Tuesday, it's very hard to …

Miscellaneous fun

This weekend has been a difficult one.  I did WAY too much on Friday.  So I'll just post some photos of our activities on Friday.  First, went to Fort Steilacoom Park with my daughter's boyfriend's family, then we went to a Rainiers baseball game.            

I Just Can’t do it Alone

Feeling really tired for the past few days.  Not certain if it's just the heat or the thyroid issues, but I have no energy at all.  Having a hard time keeping up with anything this week...have to remind myself to take my meds and even juice.   The thought of all that lies ahead and …

No Excuses, Please

When I went to college, I wasn't really prepared for what I was about to face.  It's not that I was a bad student in high school, I wasn't...in fact, I was above average.  Of course, I struggled in math but I excelled in English and History, which made up for it.  Still, I was …

I do it myself.

When we're growing up, specifically, when we're toddlers, we learn a certain amount of autonomy, and are proud of being able to do things on our own.  We have this new skill and knowledge set and want to practice it, but often the adult 'experts' in our lives want to think we are not capable …

Those who support our dreams…

All this talk about dreams and life changes, and I haven't even given much of a mention to the guy who has supported me in all of this. Ever since we met in college, Jym has been encouraging me to meet people, do things, go places.  He's been the one to try to convince me …