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February 24, 2005
What!? Two days in a row!
I know, I didn't mean to shock anyone by writing two days in a row, but... well, here I am! I have time, so I'm going to do it, darn it! First though, I need to go make pancakes for dinner. Stand by...
Wow. Those were some tasty pancakes. Not as good as Pampered Chef's bake mix pancakes. I would highly recommend those, if you've never tried them. Tonight, I had Bisquick Blueberry pancakes. They were tasty. The sad part is, I can't eat nearly all of the pancakes that the mix makes, so I end up pitching more than half of it. Oh well.
So, the big snow storm we were supposed to get today. Didn't really happen. I stayed home to work, for fear of the snow, but it didn't really happen. I have to admit, I really enjoyed working from home. I got to periodically jump on my exercise bike, have the travel channel on most of the day, while I was working, and make whatever I felt like for lunch. How great is that? I won't get used to it, though. I know it won't happen very often. Plus, I never know if I will have internet access at home or not.
I've also been having some seriously vivid dreams lately. Consider this a ranting aside, if you will. I don't think I've gone a single day in the last two weeks without having a dream. Most of them have been good dreams, but I have had a number of nightmares. What is the cause of that, I wonder? If anything, I've been taking less drugs to sleep. Maybe that's the key.
Anyhoo... there you have it! Two... count them... two blog entries in a row!
Posted by karen at 06:14 PM | Comments (2)
February 23, 2005
Elusive Sleep
Did you ever feel like you were trying really hard for something, but it was just out of your grasp? You keep persuing and it's just out of reach. I'm dealing with that in several areas of my life right now, but the most physically obvious is my sleep. I have been trying method after method to bring sleep to me. First off, to complicate, some of the prescriptions that I'm taking make me sleepy. You wouldn't think this would be a complication, but, alas, it is. For they make me almost too sleepy, so when I take them at night, I can't wake up in the morning, so I take them in the morning, and I struggle to stay conscious through the day. I'm convinced this will even out eventually.
Secondly, I had been taking over the counter sleep aids to fall asleep and stay asleep. This works splendidly, but to be honest, I don't think it's healthy to rely on a sleep aid to try and sleep all the time, even though it works GREAT! So, for the past two nights, ok, three now... I haven't been able to go to bed as early as I would like, or to fall asleep as quickly. I have a feeling it's a lot like it would feel like to beat one's head against a brick wall. However, since I have never experienced this, I am only speculating.
This theme has begun to spill over into other areas of my life. The beating of one's head is that of which I am speaking (trying to avoid the dangling preposition, and it comes out all 'formal'). Anyhoo... there are things in my life that are out of my control and that drives me absolutely crazy. As anyone who remotely knows me knows... I am a bit of a control freak with a touch of OCD on the side. I know... go figure. But when things are out of my control, and I try really, really hard to take control and it doesn't work, I get frustrated.
I'm feeling a little on the outside of a lot of areas of my life right now, and I know some of that is my fault... probably a good portion, but there's the little voice in the back of my head that keeps thinking that it's not all my fault, and somehow, I am on the outside looking in... almost pounding on the glass, and I can't break through. How about that for a metaphor, huh?
Posted by karen at 11:23 PM | Comments (1)
February 15, 2005
Going home
It's Tuesday, and I'm heading home from North Carolina. The worst part of this trip is that I have no idea when Robin & I will get to be together again. In the past, we've always had another trip planned, but this time, we don't. It's getting a little expensive to fly, which is the best way to travel. I sure wish I was independently wealthy.
Yesterday was pretty uneventful, which I knew it was going to be, Robin still recovering from mono, and Robin kept telling me he didn't want me to be disappointed with our first Valentine's Day together. The truth is, it was disappointing, but not because we couldn't do anything, but I felt more disappointed because he wasn't feeling any better. I know it was misiniterpreted, but that's the truth.
Now, I'm leaving in less than an hour, and I'm pretty sad about that. I don't want to leave. Especially since I've had a chance to help out a little bit, running errands and such, and now I feel a little like I'm abandoning them. Plus, with the added fact that I won't know when I'm going to be coming back.
Oh well, as we keep reminding each other, God is in control.
Posted by karen at 11:02 AM | Comments (0)
February 12, 2005
Sitting at the airport...
Here I am again, sitting at HIA. Waiting to board my first of two flights today on a dinky little airplane. It's a ridiculous hour of the morning. It's not even 6am yet. At least when I started typing this. By the time I post, it will no doubt be after 6. Still... what are all of these people doing up this early?! It's EARLY, people! Go back to bed! I wish I could.
I'm excited about this weekend, spending my first Valentine's day with Robin. It should be a great weekend, even though he is still recovering from Mono.He's getting better, so that's a good thing, but 'taking it easy' is the theme of the weekend.
Tina, one of my NC friends, is picking me up at the airport and we're going out for breakfast when I arrive in Greensboro. That should be fun, provided I don't fall asleep in my food.
So, I hope everyone has a great weekend... I might try to keep up with my blog this weekend, but I make no promises.
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February 07, 2005
Happy Monday!
It's Monday. It's an absolutely beautiful day outside. The sun is shining, birds are singing... I love it. It almost feels like Spring. I won't get too excited though. I know another blast of winter is just around the corner. I will, however, enjoy it while it lasts.
So, the weekend was wonderfully uneventful. I slept a lot. I did my laundry. I cleaned up my house. I even started my taxes. I couldn't finish them because I need a different form this year, but I got a good start on them! I went to church. It was really nice and uneventful.
On Friday night, my parents and I went to a Spaghetti Dinner with my brother to benefit the 5th Grade class camping trip at his school. It was fun. Seeing his students, good food, hanging with my family. Here's the funny part...they had these 'gift baskets' that you could buy little raffle tickets to win. The tickets were a dollar a piece, and I bought five, more to benefit the class than anything. I never win stuff like this. Well, I'm sure you can tell where this story is going... I won one of the baskets! I'm not even sure what's in it. I really wanted to win the Playstation basket... but no luck. The one I won has little food stuff in it. It's pretty big. Even funnier, my mom won another one of the baskets. Hers was tickets to the Dutch Apple Dinner Theater. There were only, maybe, five baskets, so it's funny that I won one, and my mom won another one. Yay, us!
I didn't watch much of the Super Bowl last night. I got a nasty headache, so I couldn't even go watch it with my friends. I was bummed about that, but at least the headache went away pretty quickly, and I got a good night's sleep. That's always a good thing.
Posted by karen at 01:53 PM | Comments (1)
February 04, 2005
Prayer Requests Aplenty...
Hello my little group of friends who read my blog. I have a few prayer requests to pass along. Prayer Request #1. My boyfriend, Robin, is very sick. He has mono. I blame myself. I had mono when I was in high school, and once you've had it, you can't get it again, but you are still a carrier until the end of time. I feel horribly guilty, even though there really wasn't anything I could do about it, aside from the obvious. So, please pray for a quick recovery, regained strength and lots of good rest in the meantime. We both would appreciate it! I am making a trip down there next weekend for Valentine's Day even if I have to sit there and watch him sleep. I want us to be together on Valentine's Day, darn it!
Prayer Request #2. My friend, Stacey, is recovering from her second and final surgery to correct her Ulcertive Colitis. This is an amazing step forward for her, but I know prayers for a smooth transition into her new 'system' would be appreciated. Quick healing and return to 'normal' would be great.
Prayer Request #3. My headaches. I am trying some new drugs for my headache prevention because as of late, my headaches have been more frequent. So far, I have been headache free since Wednesday, which is a good start, seeing as how I've only been on the combined new stuff for about a week and a half. I'm praying that this will work and my headaches will become much less frequent, or if I get them, they will be much less intense.
Finally, Prayer Request #4. Please pray for Robin & I and our relationship. Every thing is absolutely great. Totally. I just know that I would appreciate your prayers as we continue our relationship that everything we do would be with our focus on God.
Thanks! I appreciate all of you so much!
Posted by karen at 03:12 PM | Comments (1)