Month: July 2025

Old and Sick

I was recently listening to Third Eye Blind, specifically the song and the album I was listening to my first night at WMU. So I heard the specific song and then I let the album play. I know all the songs because I used to sing them!

I was specifically thinking about this song because it has been 10 days since I have had supplements. Oh, I am feeling it, to say the least!!!

My friend, Jonathon, said that you know you are old when you listen to songs you grow up with when we worked together. Well, I know I am older, but it’s interesting that a song I jammed to when I was 18 doesn’t it hit the spot for me now. maybe I’m just old and sick now…

My procedure is Tuesday and after I have it, I will begin taking them again and I’m so looking forward to it!!!

Brand New

Today, my Mom marveled at the fact that it was 70° inside the house and it was 87° outside. I just looked at her and said, “It’s like the air conditioning is brand new?!”

And then I smiled at her because it IS brand new because I just bought it! I had to live through nine summers with window air conditioners in my house. I must say that I really like that my air conditioning is brand new. This truly feels really nice!!!

I’m grateful that I was able to get the air fixed in the nick of time because I am really feeling sick now but I think that might be because I am NOT on my supplements because of my procedure coming on Tuesday. Either way, this brand new air feels wonderful!!!

Fitting

I watched A Castle for Christmas in its entirety today. It seemed fitting for me today. Because my AC is fixed, even when it’s 81° outside, most times, I am seated in my house with a winter hat on. Like I was today.

My ‘temperature gauge’ has been broken for years now and I told my Mom that if given the choice, I prefer to be cold then to be hot. When I overheat, I can’t see.

I swear that I was Irish in my past life because I really dig the kilts and the tartans!!! I didn’t hear Kelly Clarkson’s song until last year and I’ve only seen this movie four times so far, but I heard another song that I am looking for now. I’m sure that I will see this one again in July at least.

This picture showed up in my phone so it’s my “Pic of the day” and I shared it on Facebook:

Merry Christmas in July!!!

1012°

I got my teeth cleaned today from Sarah. She was my hygienist, but then my Mom wanted her so I went with Kristen because I liked her as well and my Mom and I got our teeth cleaned at the same time. Now that my Mom and I are no longer on the same schedule because I get my teeth cleaned three times a year instead of two, we both can see her.

She was the one who suggested to my Mom that I should take the pills for my colonoscopy. She asked me about that today and I shook my head and said it did not work so I am going back in October. I told her that we just have to wait for the schedule to open up and then I will schedule one. I told her that it will be unpleasant, but at least it’s a, “Ber” month.

I told her that I did not know what I was thinking when I scheduled all of these appointmentsin June in July. She looked at me and said, “Well, we didn’t know it was going to be 1012°?!”

I laughed at that statement because it has been so hot! Dr. Fox asked me how my summer was and I told them that it’s so hot!

So, my teeth are cleaned and next week I am going for my next appointment. I really can’t believe that this is how it is now but it is…

“I Bet That’s for Me!”

I was thinking the other day about a movie I saw on TV when I was probably 16. I periodically would see it when it was on TV since then, but the other day, I decided just to purchase it.

I have seen it four times since buying it so that makes me feel better because it costs less each time I watch it than what I paid for it. At least that’s what I tell myself!

The movie is, The Thing Called Love with Samantha Mathis and River Phoenix:

I will say that one thing that makes me wince every single time I see it is the twin towers as she is leaving New York. I remember when we would have the moment of silence to commemorate the events every year when I was teaching.

I remember one year a student asked me, what that was like because they were all too young to know. I thought about for a moment and I just said, “Sad.” And then I added that I was pregnant and it was so scary! I really wasn’t talking to my students then when I made that statement, I was just remembering.

Seeing those twin towers is tough for sure, but I am happy that I bought this movie! I think it was the second time that I saw it, that I realized that I seem to repeat Sandra Bullock lines!!!

I didn’t even know I said this because of this movie, but when my classroom phone would ring while I was teaching, I would always tell my students, “I bet that’s for me!”

But, I guess I did that a lot, I said things to amuse myself! I just think that it’s silly that I didn’t even know it was from this movie until I purchased it!

One of the, “Ber” Months!!!

I was going to write about the heat for the past two days, but it was too unbearable for me. Today it’s a little bit easier to breathe. But all this back-and-forth is doing insane things to my body!!!

I am leaving the house tomorrow to get my teeth cleaned but it’s projected to be in the 80s tomorrow not the 90s.

I don’t know what I was thinking to schedule all these appointments in this heat but MS needs to be addressed even in the heat. My Mom called to reschedule my colonoscopy and I can’t do it until after September 25. That schedule isn’t open yet so we’ll have to call again toward the end of July.

My rescheduled colonoscopy and endoscopy is not going to be pleasant at all with my two day preparation before the procedure but at least it will be one of the, “Ber” months!!!

This is My Life Now.

I secured my final appointment for the year on Tuesday. It’s scheduled for my internist in October. This is my life now. I really can’t believe this?! But this is how it is now.

A nurse called my Mom today to reschedule my endoscopy and colonoscopy. She told my Mom that it needs to be 3 to 6 months from my last attempt. That was on June 25. My Mom was in the kitchen and I heard her schedule it for September 9.

It took a minute, but I told my Mom that she should call her back on Monday because three months would be September 25 so she should call and reserve a date for the first weeks in October.

And by the way, I miss spoke about standing up fully. I didn’t stand up fully until today! It took eight days after getting anesthetized that I could come back from it. I didn’t even know that it was so hard for me until I stood up today! I can’t believe this is my life now!!!