This Day Wasnt Complete without a Trip to the ER

 Everything is going ok here now, just got back from the ER with Sheamus, 6yrs, he collapsed his thumbs into one of those collapsable small step stools. HIs left thumb was sliced into almost to the bone is it was a scary nightmare, he is very dramatic when it comes to the doctors and dentist so it was quite a production. 
I had to take a minute out in the hallway to freak out a bit when hubby got there, being a parent is the single most difficult and heartbreaking thing a person can do!
5 stitches later and a "sock monkey" thumb and we are finally home!
Bedtime, yay!

Hello World

Hello,
How are you all?? I guess I would know if I had been paying any attention to all of your wonderful blogs lately! I unfortunately have not.  The good news is still moving in the right direction and I am feeling better.  I have had to use the nebulizer recently for my asthma as the rescue inhaler hasnt been working for me but I think that is getting to be less daily so I am happy about that. 
I am really hoping to get back to my walking and running lately.  There are 3 more weeks of Spring classes and then I have Summer classes, digital photography and english to look forward to.  One art class in the Fall and then I am done with my associates degree! Woohooo!
I am still maintaining my 100 pounds gone!  It was actually warm enough the other day to wear summer clothes and my mother mentioned that I must have dropped some more weight.  I havent it was just the clothes but that made me feel good!  Of course its jeans again today and they are predicting snow on Monday, WTF?
The day before my motored scooter accident I was officially accepted in Phi Theat Kappa Honors Society and I thought I would share those pictures.

The best part is that I wasnt nervous about being photographed I didnt try to turn to the side or raise my head.  I was thinking wow I did need to pose in a special way now!  I can just live in the moment!

More proof of this

I was letting the kids take my picture one night!

That's all for now.  Lots of art homework to do! 

I know I havent been around commenting lately on everyone's blogs, I cant wait to get a chance to get back to them.  I am very thankful for the comments you leave here and I hope that every single one of you is doing well and in good health and spirits!

Hey, it's been shitty here

Yep, it has, after my last blog post I got heinously sick, so sick one of my professors took one look at me and sent me home, it-was-bad.  
Following that, I drove our motored scooter into a light pole and had a nice ambulance trip to the hospital.Out of the 4 people I heard of that got into a "motorcycle" accident, in a span of those three days,I was by far the luckiest.
After that I started to get better, even getting up early to walk and run one morning.
Then the next morning one of my kids was sick...
3 hours later I was heinously sick again.
It's been a lot of fun recently.  Thankfully I am a dedicated student, so (I hope) my professors know that I am not bullshitting.  Plus I could produce doctor's note if need be.
Oh dont get me wrong, there has been some good news interspersed here and there, but I wont jinx that by putting it on the blog, so you'll have to wait.
It's Easter, and the only way the kids got it this year was because my mom brought the stuff she had purchased for the kids over with filled eggs AND then brought their left over Easter dinner over for us.
BECAUSE my WHOLE freaking family is Absolutely 100% heinously sick! Remember that is 6 of us, that is alot of over the counter medicine, Im sure somewhere there is a file with our credit card number on it getting the attention of FBI drug agent.  Yeah...it's pretty amazing.
Don't call here unless you speak cough.
Don't come to the door unless you are looking for the Apocalypse.

Earth Hour Tonight!

8:30-9:30 Your time!

Im still here, barely

I am so very sick.  I have this pressure head cold, sore throat, achy body, extreme fatigue cold thing that hit me on Sunday and has not let up! I am so sick of it.  I have missed all my classes, I tried going to one on Wednesday, the teacher to one look at me and sent me home.  Which was good, because I was having a hot flash, there was sweat on my upper lip and I didnt think I could stand much longer.  Unfortunately though I had to go to the store to pick up meds because it didnt make any sense for me to go home and send my husband all the way back across town for them since I was right there.  
I really can not stand being sick.  And missing this much school makes me sick to my stomach.  I thought I was on the upswing but this morning I woke up and still did not feel any better.  My mom thought it might be allergies so I got some Claritin D, even the store brand was $21 for 30/12 hour pills.  Come to find out that all it is is psuedophedrine and loratidine.  I can get both of those cheaper and just take them together for half as much as $21!  I took that when I got home yesterday and it took a small edge off, but not much.  So it is definitely a cold.  I know two other woman that go to my college have missed school because of this same cold this week as well.
Good news is, even though I have been eating whatever I wanted for the last 6 weeks apparently I have learned to listen to my body because I stepped on the scale and havent gained a single pound!  This week I have purchased lots of vegetables and food to eat at the house instead of eating out and I feel like I am back on track.  Obviously I am not running again yet, but that will come.
And I will leave you with this picture of one of the first weeks of Conservation class of me cross cutting a log, Im the one in the pink coat.

Have a wonderful St. Patrick's Day weekend!

Just So You Know

Im back on track and ready to go!  Ill update you this weekend.  This week is midterms, wish me luck!

It's Been Awhile

Sorry, I havent been updating.  I've got long school hours and we are still looking to buy a house.  I am still sitting at 100 pounds gone and I am not actively trying to kick more weight to the curb at this immediate time.  I really feel good at this weight and I am not sure if I want to keep going.  So I am struggling with that, but I guess struggling isnt the right word.  I am comfortable here.  I havent ran since school started, that I am struggling with because it is something I want to do but I am not making the effort at this point.  Why? Well I have excuses, not sure if any of them are really valid, well some of them are, but I have taken steps to get back to the point at which I need to be.
I know that one of my fears with kicking more weight to the curb is the ever growing apron.  I am already uncomfortable with it and it will only continue as I continue down this path.  And no matter what anyone says, family, friends, whoever... it is not going to get better with weight lifting and exercise because lets face the facts here people!  I kicked 100 pounds to the curb and no amount of crunches is going to get rid of that or make it smaller!  
And yes I get it, you are kicking weight to the curb as well, but unless you have kicked a significant amount weight to the curb, which you havent because you dont have it to get rid of, you will never know!
Anyways, going to look at two houses tonight.  We are still stuck on the Cato house but it needs some significant work and we just arent sure if we want to move forward with it...