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I told Larry Foote years ago at Barwis that I was a Lions fan and a postseason Packers fan when we discussed his Super Bowl versus the Packers. Because of finding out about Matthew Stafford yesterday, I am just sad!

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I checked the score on my phone and saw that the Packers were losing and I was glad that I was not watching the game. But then, I checked the score again and Rogers was making it a game! I decided to watch the last quarter. I didn’t even have to wear my eyepatch because I can just wear my glasses instead.

I was so happy to hear Aaron Rodgers say, “Green 19” like I have heard him say that for so long! I just love it! I think I would be more of a Packers fan if they were not in our division.

I am at a loss right now because I am not sure if I am still a Lions fan or if I have always just been a Matthew Stafford fan. I have the off-season to think about this and I don’t know what I am going to do.

Sean has been trying to cheer me up by saying that Stafford may go to the Saints and that would be a good thing! I am just at a loss right now and I can’t even be a postseason Packers fan anymore… Super Bowl was a holiday for me and Sean and this year being sheltered in place and seeing who is going to play, I just don’t know if I’m feeling it…

So my eyes were a bit wonky and while writing my blog post, my phone had a glitch and it was lost twice so I had to re-speak my writing into my phone. Now, I am still rocking an iPhone 7s and it works for me. I don’t have money to get a new phone anyway but sometimes it gets glitchy because it is so many years old. As I am laying in bed not really sleeping yet, I reread my blog post I wrote earlier to edit it. I am extremely embarrassed that there were so many errors! For that I apologize profusely!!!

One thing I did notice was that a picture I tried to insert into my post didn’t let me and I think that’s because I over-cropped it. This is the picture I wanted to insert and my previous blog post:

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Karen is standing in the front row and is the second person from the left. She is wearing the blue blouse and checkered skirt with penny loafers. She chose to wear her regular glasses (I think) and put her reading glasses? around her neck. I haven’t read this book for 30 years but I think that’s how I remember it.

I haven’t worn glasses in so long but I specifically remember this book normalizing wearing glasses and I liked it because by that time, I had glasses!

And, sorry about the errors! I truly AM embarrassed!

A couple years ago, I ordered an eyepatch because my vision has gotten pretty wonky in the past 20 years.

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My right eye was the first one affected with optic neuritis and years later, my left eye joined the party. I wear the patch watching basketball with my son or watching any fast action movie. I’ve even worn it when I go to the movies but don’t put it on until the house lights go down. Recently, I think Leia got a hold of it and frayed the strap a little bit but that didn’t bother me:

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It was during my ophthalmologist appointment last week and the four hours of testing when Dr. Skarf determined that a prism could really help me out with the vision in my right eye. He didn’t want me to get glasses at the eye care center but told my Mom to just go to, “Walmart” or a store like that to get glasses without a prescription in them. He would put the prism in once we brought him the glasses.

I got onto Amazon to order them. I had never ordered glasses online before like this so I just went with the pictures to decide if I was going to buy them or not:

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The description says that the are, “Non-prescription nerd glasses.” As my Mom took the glasses to the doctor, I thought of a book I read 30 years ago. It was from the book series, The Babysitters Club Little Sister:

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I thought of this book specifically because, Karen, the protagonist, had glasses. They were red just like mine and she gets a pair of blue glasses just before her school picture. She didn’t know which pair to wear for her picture. She ends up wearing both of them:

So, even though my glasses are neither red nor blue, I thought of this one. My Mom and I watched a movie last night and I put the glasses on. I could see clearly and when I turned my head to the right to look at my Mom during the movie, I could see just one of her which I liked. It look like the prism was helping. Here’s what that looks like:

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Back when I used to teach, I would wake up at 4:30 in the morning in order to shower before work. When I first started working, I used to be at work at 6:30 in the morning. But then as my disease progressed, I ended up getting to work later and later. I just attributed that to me being a better teacher and not having to do a lot of work before school. In retrospect, my disease was just getting worse.

I think it must have been five or six years into teaching when I got first hour prep. That was helpful and as the years went by, it proved to be extremely helpful! It seemed to take me longer and longer to get ready for the day.

I think it was my last two years of teaching when I stopped driving. The first school year that I stopped teaching, I was still in a normal routine because Sean still got up to go to high school. And I HAD to get up to watch GMFB?!

But, since the beginning of this pandemic, things have shifted. My disease has continued to progress and my days have also begun to shift. For example, I didn’t end up falling to sleep last night till after two in the morning. Therefore, I didn’t wake up until 11 and it took me a while to be in a position to get ready for the day.

Today, things are a little more painful than other days. Getting ready for the day was rough! There were A LOT more groans, grunts, and even a few tears. Today, I really feel that MS is winning. Well, I KNOW that MS is GOING TO win eventually but today is a little bit harder. I kind of want this day to end so maybe I can feel better tomorrow. Since my day has shifted, it’s going to be a while until I make it to bed. Quite honestly, I just finished drinking my protein shake for lunch so I will be up for a while. Hopefully, no more tears but the grunts are still continuing.

I took this picture of my hair on December 21st:

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My hair has grown considerably since the beginning of the lockdown:

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Some of these pictures may be out of order but my hair is a lot longer than it used to be!:

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I miss my shorthair tremendously! My birthday wish is to get a haircut and I might as well get two eyebrows and wax my face while I am at it. My birthday is not until March so the rest time still…

So, my Mom did it again. Last year she suggested a Netflix Christmas movie for me to watch:

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I actually really dug it because I really dig elephants!:

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It was the reason why I bought one of my Christmas ornaments for my tree last year:

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I originally ordered one but one of the ears had fallen off so Sean called for me because I was having difficulty speaking and they sent another one so now I have two!

Last week, she suggested a new one for me to watch:

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I also really dug this one but for different reasons. I have never gotten into wine and I always thought that I should but the only wine I have ever purchased is Boonesfarm so you know what that means. Sun Peak Peach and Strawberry Hill! Two for five dollars! How disgusting?!

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I know that I dug the movie because I have already seen it three times. I’m not even embarrassed to say that I have cheesy taste in movies but I dig it and that’s all that really matters! I would suggest people watch both movies!

So, I went out for the third time last Wednesday for an eye appointment. I still haven’t processed everything and I will write about it when I get there. I do have to say one thing about #MyGirlL though. It was a rough day for me for many different reasons!

When we got home, my Mom told me to turn my wheelchair around so she could hug me. She stood on my left and gave me a hug. I started to cry as we hugged and then I felt two little paws on my right thigh. I chuckled through my tears and put my right hand on top of her paws.

After a little moment, she came around to my left side to stand next to my Mom with her hands on the armrest of my chair so we both could hug her too! She wanted to offer comfort and wanted in on the love as well! It was the sweetest thing for me to feel those two little paws on my leg! #MyGirlL is the best and I love her!!!

I texted Sean this picture not too long ago. She hadn’t been outside when she put her paws on my leg so I didn’t get an a paw prints but it was like this:

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