Saturday, September 12, 2009

Health update

So, I thought I would just give you an update on my health. I have not been doing well lately, but I know (or am clinging to a hope that) they will find out what is wrong and hopefully fix the issue. I just found out that the neurologist will be able to get me in sooner than February 1! That was good news. I have not made the appt yet because they just left a message and I haven't been able to get ahold of them yet. I have a sleep deprivation EEG scheduled for Sept. 28. This is a little scary because it is a test that they use to find out scary stuff! If they find something in this, then what I have is not good. It also stinks because I have to get a sub for that day (which I REALLY did NOT want to do!!!) Also, it will completely jack up my entire week because it is on a Monday. I have to not sleep for 24 hours (so I have to be up by 8:30 on Sunday and have someone drive me the next day because I will have not slept) before the test. Crazy! I have never heard of such a test.

I also talked to the mom of one of my tutoring students who is a nurse. She told me that she has 2 patients who are about my age and have very similar symptoms to me. Then she informed me that both of them have MS!!! What?! I had never even thought that what is wrong with me could potentially be something as scary and dumb as that! Anyway, then I made the mistake of looking up MS online because I don't know much about it other than it is not good. SO many of the symptoms are exactly what happens to me. I am trying to not go there. I don't know that this is what I have...and it could be a simple fix. So, that is the update! I still do not know anything, and I have lots of doctor stuff in my near future.

My Classroom!!!!

Ok...so this is what my knees looked like after falling for no apparent reason! I now know that it is related to my health problems, but it was still really sad. I fell at Parsons and my knees were scabbed and bruised for at least 2 weeks! Goodness...I am so sad!

My cousin was so sweet and helped me set up my classroom! The following
pictures are from that day!



I absolutely love these two things that I put up!
The first is at the front of my classroom...a great quote.
The second is my favorite! I had my students complete the
phrase and write their response on 3 X 5 cards. It turned out
great and is so encouraging to both myself and the students.



This was such a surreal moment for me! Sitting at
MY desk...who would have thought? Craziness!

I absolutely LOVE teaching! It is the greatest thing in the world, and I could not
imagine doing anything else. This is definitely what I was born to do and I
am so happy that the moment has come for me to fulfill my dreams! Such an
amazing feeling!

Summer Madness!

So...I have been terrible at blogging! So sorry. I am just entirely too busy, but I wanted to post some pics of what I have been doing lately. Hope you enjoy!

Hannah, me (holding Bailey), and my cousin Rachelle (we are sort of like twins)
(I probably shouldn't share this, but this summer we decided that
any time one of us gets a compliment, we should call the other and
let the other know that WE got a compliment that day! We are so weird!)

Me posing...just being silly. My cousin was taking pics of me and I felt awkward,
so I just started posing!



Christina and Halle...Halle is getting so big! She is almost 10 months old

Just hanging out at the lake...Rachel and Rachelle!

Bailey in all her cuteness! She is almost 7 months old.

I hope you enjoyed these pictures! I would upload more, but it takes so long for each picture to upload. I hate that!