April 30, 2004

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  I am not really in the mood to write much tonight, it has been a busy day and I would rather just relax –

  
  

  so here is a little diversion for now:

  
  

  Friday Five (borrowed from jkhsquonk who stole it from lionne )
  1. What was the last TV show you watched?

  
  

      “the Young and the Restless” this afternoon

  
  

  2. What was the last thing you complained about?    

  
  

      lingerie manufacturers not making the nicest styles of bras in “Goddess sizes”, also about how much of an ordeal bra shopping is (both complaints made at the same time, tonight in WalMart) 
   
  3. Who was the last person you complimented and what did you say? 

  
  

      Bernie, when I found him shopping in the garden section, after I finally emerged from the women’s dresssing room – I said he was learning well (or I was rubbing off on him)
  
  4. What was the last thing you threw away?

  
  

       the plastic seal off a bottle of Starbuck’s Mocha Frappucino

  
  

  5. What was the last website (besides this one) that you visited? 

  
  

       eBay

  
  

  

  
  

  There has been a lot happening in the last few weeks. Lots of stuff going on around the house and yard, including a new chainlink fence around the back yard, and plans for the new patio nearly finalized (still have to “audition” a couple more contractors before making the final decision) Lots of planting, digging and wheelbarrow pushing on my part — I have been getting more than my share of exercise and fresh air. Indoor improvements are in the near future, too, stuff that isn’t entirely up to me to do all the work on for a change.

  
  

  In addition to that, I am dealing with a health issue that sort of broadsided me, something that was discovered in my last blood test. I have an autoimmune disease called Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis, that my mom also probably had, but it may not have been diagnosed as such. She always just said she had a “thyroid condition”. It is permanent - not curable, but not exactly life threatening if treated - and can be regulated with medication. But it is freaking me just to find out I have it, and know what I am facing. And adjusting to the medication could potentially be a difficult process. The good news is that I should feel a lot better in many ways after I get settled into the medication. The symptoms of this disease explain so many things I have been dealing with for so long, and the doctor said I won’t be experiencing a lot of them anymore if things go well with the meds. It also explains a lot about my long-term battle with my weight and unexplainably gaining weight when I wasn’t eating much at all.

  
  

  I haven’t felt like writing about this, because I am still processing a lot of it in my own mind and emotions (which are all over the place right now) but I am sure I will be writing more about as time passes. Fatigue is a major issue, and has been for quite some time.

  
  

  Part of the reason I immerse myself in so many projects is because I know if I don’t keep pushing myself to keep going and do stuff, I will just climb back in bed and sleep for days on end. So I have been keeping busy, and when I have not been busy, I have been sleeping, or just walking around dazed in a sort of half-way-awake state. Trying not to lose the progress I have made with weight loss, and so far I have been maintaining, and not gaining anything back, but I have been taking a bit of a break from being so strict withthe nutrition plan. I don’t know if it is the meds or what, but I have had a few days where I felt simply ravenous. I am being careful not to go too far overboard, but I have been indulging the appetite a little bit, at least for now, until the meds stabilize my system.

  
  

  Sigh.

  
  

  Well, it could be worse. I knew with my family history that there was a potential for thyroid issues, but thought that since I was able to lose weight fairly well, that I had dodged that obstacle. Guess I was wrong again. Still not able to put into words what I am feeling about the whole thing.

  
  

  Anyway…

  
  

  I have a lot of stuff to do this weekend, and hope we don’t get too much rain. More shrubs, flowers, and a couple of trees to plant, and I have to transplant some old rose bushes, too, because there will soon be concrete where they are standing now.

  
  

  There used to be electrical wiring from switches in the garage to outdoor lighting in the back yard around the swimming pool, and lights in the pool cabana (which is still there, but no longer has working lights or water to the bathroom). But when the pool was filled in, the electricity was disconnected and a lot of the wiring, water lines and stuff were bulldozed under, too. I am determined to find out where the wires were running, at least where they go into the garage at one end and the cabana at the other end, and then do whatever is necessary (with the help of our electrician, of course) to run new wiring out there and get the lights hooked up again. This may mean that it will look like the yard has been full of gophers on acid by the time I am done, but I am going to dig till I find the old wires and then dig trenches for new ones! I am really pressed for time on this, because I have to do it before they put concrete, gravel, fence, and flowerbeds over where I need to be digging. 

  
  

  Okay, so I guess I found the time and energy to actually write a decent entry about some of what has been going on in my life. Hmm, how about that?

  
  

  I think I am going to go take a nap now.

  
  

  

  
  

   

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