Month: July 2021

#MyGirlL: Phase 2

Leia had her phase 2 treatment for heartworm this morning. My Mom took her while I still slept. It was strange waking up without her in the house. We were better prepared this time though, my mom had her pain medication ready and she took it shortly after she got home. But she was really slow:


A little bit after she took the pain pill, she ate. She is a little bit slower than she normally does because she’s not feeling well. My Mom picked her up at five this evening so Mom can tend to her throughout the night. She will take Leia back to the vet tomorrow while I am still sleeping again for one more shot. They will tell her whether or not she needs a phase 3 treatment too.

Christmas in July

I usually do NOT watch Christmas movies in July because it is July! But, yesterday, I watched the second half of a Christmas movie I saw last year on the Hallmark channel and I saw a commercial for a Christmas in July ornament sale! They have Christmas ornaments for 2021! So, I watch the first half of another Christmas movie I saw last year but I really wasn’t watching it but rather shopping for ornaments! I just put every ornament I liked in my cart but then I viewed my cart:

I saw the total and I started to laugh! Am I seriously going to spend $241.87 in one season?! The answer is no, of course! But, I will keep the ornaments in my cart to look at again in November and will probably streamline my list of ornaments I want to buy. Amy list end up only buying two or three but it sure was fun to shop for them last night! I really could use 2420 points So maybe I should just purchase them all?! Actually, the sale is over today and I do not have $241.87 but I will have to see what still is available when I am ready to purchase!

A Great-Aunt?!

Well, my nephew had his first child today. A little girl! Her name is Riley. But this makes me a great-aunt?! I think that’s crazy because I have had two great-aunts in my life. But… they were old, they were my Dad‘s aunts!

but, I remember when my nephew was born! I was 13 years old. So I guess, it makes sense that my nephew who is going to be 25 in six days has a child. I am her dad‘s aunt and I can’t wait to meet her! 💜💜💜

My Siblings

I’m really feeling it as the rain continues! It’s hard to find a comfortable spot sitting in my wheelchair! I am constantly adjusting it until my body will stop hurting for just a moment before it starts hurting again and readjustments are necessary! I am comforted by saying hey random picture from my photo album show up on my phone. I see it and it makes me smile. I smile because it’s proof that I had an able-bodied life not in pain!

“Claw Nails 2”

I took these pictures on October 11, 2019:


This shows how much things have changed since then because I asked my Mom to cut my nails a couple days ago because they were getting too long. I Took these pictures today and yes, I still have the same sweatshirt!:


The first pictures showed up on my phone which made me think about having long nails. Adam used to call them, “Claw Nails” when I was at Barwis because they would get so long. When one of them would break, I would cut the all.

But, fast forward a year and a half and I no longer have enough control of my hands to make it work for me. My long nails used to pop my contacts out of my eyes quickly. But now, I ask my Mom to cut my nails every two or three weeks because they hurt my eyes as I tried to put my contacts in when there is the slightest bit of nail sticking out above my finger..

But I think is that, ”Claw Nails 2” is a bust because I no longer can keep my, “Claw Nails’ when they grow.

A Fond Memory

Last night, the first song that came on when I had shuffle for my Gavin Degraw playlist was this:

So many fond memories are attached to this song! I am living in my first apartment with Sean and I’m still able to drive. I lived in that apartment for my first year of teaching. That was back when Sean wanted, “TV that stays in the TV! Not just DVDs!” I didn’t get cable until we got our second apartment. I couldn’t afford it back then with my first year teaching salary.

I went to sleep last night hearing this song and smiling at the simplicity of my life back then! I never thought it would be as difficult as it has become and dealing with my disease. I absolutely love that a song can take me back to an easier time and when I was more able

f Love hearing songs thatcan bring back these fond memories for me and it reminds me that I did have a life that was more able because sometimes, that’s a life that is hard for me to remember!

I Forget

My MS friends posted this one on Facebook:

Given how I feel from the second I wake up to the second I fall asleep, I do NOT feel normal at all! I forget that I LOOK normal because I FEEL furthest thing from it!

“Happiest Time of my Life!”

I’ve been really thinking a lot about this today. Today marks eight years from the first day I went to Barwis Methods. A friend texted me this a while back:

I feel so far removed from my time training at Barwis. This year, it really is hitting me harder! I meant that when I said that my diamond virus was the happiest time of my life. Aside from academic goals and the birth of my son, that was up there, FOR SURE! I was only there for a span of 1,196 days.

I was so hopeful back then when I first started going to Barwis. I was hopeful that I would be up and walking eventually. Then I was injured and recovery from an injury is long and difficult! I remember every day I spent at Barwis with fondness!!!

I am enclosing this picture because it’s two of my trainers who I don’t talk about a lot. Megan Sonstrom and Mike aMorphitt:


That day was my photo shoot with the MS Society. When I left that night, I had my Mom take a picture of me and Sean because I had gotten my hair and make-up done. I love this picture of us!:

Administrator Perks

I saw this post on Facebook earlier today:

I have done this numerous times but let me take it one step further, Back in the days of listening to CDs. Once I bought a CD, I would listen to it in its entirety ready to fully get the Full experience before I listened to the specific song I’ve bought the CD for.

But now, rather than listening to CDs, have playlists on Apple Music, it’s a little bit different. To be fully immersed in the artist, I will hit, “Shuffle” and just wait for my song to come on! But then there are days like this where I haven’t heard this particular song in a really long time so, I will just post it here and then I will be able to listen to it whenever I want because I am the administrator of this website.