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Believe 

What a strange day. Sick kiddo home threw everything I needed to get done out of wack! Feeling wiped. Pulled this poem “From The Vault”. I wrote it for a friend who was struggling with depression. I may have already put it on here, I can’t recall!

When things don’t go as planned 

And faith is hard to find – Believe 

When life gets much too hard 

And hope has slipped away – Believe 

When fear is all you feel

And dreams have been forgotten – Believe 

When pain smothers all joy

And happiness seems lost – Believe 

When loneliness fills your heart 

And love seems out of reach – Believe 

When everything falls apart

And you’re left empty inside – Believe 

When you close your eyes

And choose to believe – you’ll see that 

You are a precious gift – This I Believe 

When you know you’re a treasure 

Who is loved and cherished 

You’ll see that you can do and be anything

And you will Believe 

JKC

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Lazy Worn Out Day

Today was a lazy day. After a busy weekend I felt Done, just completely worn out! Like always happens when I do too much! So I read a bit, and slept a bit and didn’t do much. I played with my little man and I made supper and ran to the pharmacy and that is about it. A very lazy day. I wonder what taking gavascon does to my teeth at night?? I know that there’s sugar in it, they almost taste like candy. I usually take them for heartburn or acid reflux and it’s usually in bed, after I’ve brushed my teeth. So it makes me wonder. My oldest is taking her drivers road test on Wednesday afternoon. Hopefully she passes. I think that she’s both nervous and excited at the same time. She’s driving really well, so I’ll be surprised if she doesn’t pass. You never know though. So many people have said to her that they failed the first time. So she knows that if she doesn’t pass that the world isn’t ending. She figures that if her one friend can pass, usher should be able to as well, since she’s a better driver than her. It makes me nervous, my baby driving by herself. I was a lot younger than her though. I was 16 when I got my license!! How’d my parents deal? How do you not worry? Car accidents are scary and I just want her to be safe and well. I know she’s a good driver, but what about the other crazies on the road?? Like the ones who run red lights right in front of you (what happened to my hubby – they’re now saying my hubby ran the yellow, which doesn’t make any sense, because if he was running the yellow, they would still have had a red light because there’s a left turning light that comes on first! So they wouldn’t have been driving straight while someone was running the yellow light! So their lie doesn’t even work out!! Oh! They are also saying that they’re injured. What a load of BS!!!) Anyway, I know that I’m going to worry. There’s just so much that could happen! I guess she just has to be careful and drive with awareness and caution…and avoid the crazies! Well, I’m going to head to bed before it gets really late, like last night. I’m tired. 😴💤

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I’m Feeling Pretty Sleepy 

I’m feeling pretty sleepy

I need to go to bed

I’m stretching and I’m yawning 

I need to rest my head

I’m feeling pretty sleepy 

I can’t keep my eyes open 

I’m drifting out and off

And nothing rhymes with open 

I’m feeling really sleepy 

I’m actually falling asleep 

I can’t wait much longer

This’ll just have to be good enough to keep!

JKC 

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Oh Tired Me

Feeling super tired and nauseous right now. It’s really late, so this will be pretty short tonight! We went to a good friend’s for a surprise birthday party tonight and just got home. I’m not coughing nearly as much, so I think I’m over the hump. On my way to feeling normal again…well, as normal as I ever feel. I’m not sure I even know what normal feels like. But I’m getting back to my normal anyway! Tomorrow afternoon is my daughter’s dance Christmas party. I’m feeling nervous about going. I don’t really know anyone there very well and I get self-conscious too damn easily. I used to be much better in social situations. I feel like I forgot all of my socializing skills or I lost them or something. If that even makes sense. I just hate those awkward moments where you don’t know what to say. So the silence just keeps going on.  I’m sure it will be fine, I just worry. I’m super tired and it’s 1:30 in the morning, so I’m going to go to bed now. 💤

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“Hopefully one day I’ll get it right, or at least have fun, while about it I write!!”

Do You Ever Wonder Why 

Do you ever wonder why

When someone asks you a question 

Then they don’t even pay attention 

They could at least try

Do you ever wonder why 

When you are around judgmental people 

Who they think they are and 

Who put them so high

Do you ever wonder why

When you finally find the right person

Others may not see it or agree

You’re happy, so couldn’t they just lie

Do you ever wonder why

When you had a long long day and you’re tired

Someone’s day just had to be worse than yours

I roll my eyes up to the sky

Do you ever wonder why 

When you are on a roll and feeling good

Someone has to come along and ruin it

Time to say goodbye 

Do you ever wonder why

When you look for validation 

Even just a nod or a wave

Suddenly everyone’s shy

Do you ever wonder why

When you ask your child to stop

They just do it even more

I may just cry

Do you ever wonder why

When you are in a rush

No one else is in a hurry

And a train goes crawling by

Do you ever wonder why 

When you have all the time in the world

You hit every green light 

And the tracks are clear and dry

Do you ever wonder why

Your children argue like mad 

When you wish they would just stop 

And at least give love a try

Do you ever wonder why 

You randomly sweat for no reason

So much that your shirt feels wet

Like you could just drip dry

Do you ever wonder why 

People enjoy acting overly friendly 

When you can tell that they don’t like you

Why do they pretend and lie

Do you ever wonder why

When you dread going to a party

But you feel an obligation 

So you pretend and lie

Did you ever wonder why

When you can easily see yourself as a hypocrite 

And you’re honest and aware about it

Yet you keep on getting by

Did you ever wonder why

People go flying past you

Only to beat you to the red light

What’s the point of zooming by

Do you ever wonder why 

When you look up at the sky

And see the birds as they fly

Why can’t I?

Do you ever wonder why 

I get into these weird moods

So I go ahead and write

Whatever thoughts go drifting by

JKC

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“Hopefully one day I’ll get it right, or at least have fun, while about it I write!!”

Shake Things Up??

There was a big change to this WordPress app with the latest update! It’s really different! I think that I’m going to actually like it, once I get used to it! I feel like I need to shake things up on here or do something different or find out how to market myself better. How to get myself out there. It’s coming up on two full years of writing once a day, without missing! I use feel like I can write fairly well, when I need to. Some of my posts are interesting and/or entertaining. I need to find a way to reach a bigger audience.  I know it helped when my posts showed up on Facebook. I don’t know why that stopped working. I could never get it straightened out in the settings. I think that what I need to do is research! I also need to stay on top of things. My header still says something about challenging myself in 2015 and we’re mighty close to 2017!!  Hmmm food for thought…(I’m not sure if I understand that expression, I mean, I guess I do when I think about it. I just never really have. So, what I’ve just been writing about is what I need to take time thinking about…yes?? Or am I just reading way too much into the whole thing!?)

So, if I’m feeling better tomorrow, since I’m a bit better today, I’m supposed to go shopping with my oldest and my mom while the kiddos are in school. I guess I’ll see what I feel like in the morning. I’ll probably go, although I don’t really have much money to spend. But my momma wants help on what to buy my kids. So, I don’t necessarily need to spend money myself to help her pick things to buy. We will only have the time while my younger two are in school. My hubby’s out of town again and won’t be home in time to pick them up. I guess that if we go in the morning, we should have enough time. I’ll probably get tired anyway, my mom probably will too. I guess we’ll see how I’m feeling. All I have left to do is what my hubby and I call the ss’s. Pretty easy to figure out right? For parents at least!!

I’m going to bed now. I’m still not feeling well and need to get some rest. Night all💤

To help with research and treatment for Trigeminal Neuralgia please go to http://www.tnnme.com (Trigeminal Neuralgia and Me) to sign a petition to have the World Health Organization (WHO) add Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) to their “Health topic list.””Hopefully one day I’ll get it right, or at least have fun, while about it I write!!”

Goodnight For Now!

For some reason, I don’t seem to be getting any better 😕 I feel just as crapy💩 as I’ve felt all week! It’s not letting up at all. My momma thinks it’s dr 😷time, she thinks I probably have an infection of some sort, requiring antibiotics. 💊 I don’t have a clue.  I do know that  I can hardly keep my eyes open and I keep falling asleep. I’m sorry. I just slept for 30 minutes. Being sick sucks! I know that it is now fun to read this. So I’m going to stop wasting your time. Hopefully I start feeling better tomorrow. Goodnight all 

To help with research and treatment for Trigeminal Neuralgia please go to http://www.tnnme.com (Trigeminal Neuralgia and Me) to sign a petition to have the World Health Organization (WHO) add Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) to their “Health topic list.”
“Hopefully one day I’ll get it right, or at least have fun, while about it I write!!”

Burning Dryer…

I feel worse today than I did yesterday! I was going to ask Jo to come over tomorrow, but the way I feel it’s a bad idea. This bug has knocked me on my butt. I hate the feverish part too! One second I’m shivering like an ice cube, the next I’m dripping with sweat and then come the cold sweats -they’re probably the worst! Yuck! I’m coughing up green goop and I feel horrible or, as my hubby loves to say when he’s sick, “I feel like a bag of smashed up assholes!!” I’ve never actually said that, but I smile every time he does!  So, surprisingly I’m sure, I did absolutely nothing today. I accomplished nothing, went no where, I just did nothing. Oh! I played with my son after school. So that’s a bit more than nothing, I guess. Sure feels like a whole lot of nothing to me!! 

My hubby did all of the chauffeuring, as he usually does. He also fixed the dryer, hopefully, he’s doing a test run right now!  It almost caught on fire and could have burned the house down! It was Saturday and our oldest was drying blankets. We were literally about to go out the door to my mom and dad’s when we heard a really loud beeping sound. We finally figured out that it was coming from the laundry room (good to know that the smoke detector that my dad put in works!!) The dryer was smoking and it was already pooling at the ceiling (the smoke). We immediately made sure it was off and my hubby turned off the breaker. The dryer was sooooo hot to touch, anywhere on it! We’re pretty lucky that we caught it, because once my hubby pulled it apart and looked inside (later on) he found clumps and clumps of burnt, black lint! The hose was plugged with lint. It was awful!! We’re damn lucky that the smoke detector works! And that, with all our junk everywhere, nothing else caught on fire!! Scary! And, now he fixed it today. It looks like it will vent better and instead of only one of those twisty metal/plastic vents being the only thing, we now have a metal pipe and only a bit of the bendy stuff, wherever it’s necessary! Hopefully it works. 

I think I’m going to stop rambling about our burnt dryer and go to bed. I’m tired and it’s already past 11:30 and I wanted to go to bed early! Oops! Well, it’s better than 1:00 I guess. 

Night night😴😴

To help with research and treatment for Trigeminal Neuralgia please go to http://www.tnnme.com (Trigeminal Neuralgia and Me) to sign a petition to have the World Health Organization (WHO) add Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) to their “Health topic list.”

“Hopefully one day I’ll get it right, or at least have fun, while about it I write!!”

Sicko…

Feeling this sick and fluey sucks! (I’m not sure fluey is an actual word!!) oh well she, I’m sure you get y drift! I had a sick, lazy nothing day. Most of the afternoon was spent lying down feverish and cold/hot cold/hot over and over. I was in and out of sleep. I didn’t even have to drive one kid anywhere!!! That’s thanx to my hubby😘. I did play with Gabe from after school until our oldest got home from work and was settled in to watch “Conviction” on tv with me. He got all upset, but we had been playing together for hours!! So a good thing we stopped. He needs to learn that I’m not put here to be his plaything and that it’s okay to play by yourself!! The actual show took forever to watch, because of how many times we have to pause it to talk to either Arizona or little man. I keep making a million typos, because I’m so blech and sick that I can’t keep my eyes open! I’m going to head to bed now – ug. I just about deleted this. Shit I’m out of it.  I need rest!

To help with research and treatment for Trigeminal Neuralgia please go to http://www.tnnme.com (Trigeminal Neuralgia and Me) to sign a petition to have the World Health Organization (WHO) add Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) to their “Health topic list.”

“Hopefully one day I’ll get it right, or at least have fun, while about it I write!!”

Decorating Is Done…Yay!!

I’m sick…blech! My voice is all scratchy and I have an achy body, a headache and all the other fun stuff that comes with being sick. Not fun. We finished our decorating today. It looks pathetic outside and, as usual,overcrowded inside. But, I guess that’s just what I get! The queen of clutter has to carry that tradition right on over to Christmas… ug!  You can tell that our tree was decorated by kids, but that’s what I love about it! I can have a perfect, colour coordinated, fancy department store tree when I’m old and no longer have young kids in the house! Right now, Christmas is about the kids basically, so why not let them help and do their thing. It makes it special. A tree full of memories!  We had so much fun doing it. Everyone was getting along and laughing and playing, it was good!  Onof the next things that I have to do, after we finish Gabe’s stuff, is go through my clothes…eeeee! I’m not sure who I want to do that with.  I am anxious about it. I’ve gained weight, so I have things that don’t fit. However, some of them are my favourites and I’m contemplating keeping some…I can’t decide. I know that logically, if it doesn’t fit, it’s just going to be sitting there. However, I’m going to start my exercising again soon. Both of my dr’s say that I should be exercising. It’s so difficult to find the energy, when I feel like poo most of the time. But I’m extremely self-conscious and uncomfortable at my current weight…so I don’t want to stay there. Anyway, so I guess I’ll keep favorites, but not everything. I just have far too much. I could maybe do it with my mom, if I have to try things on I would feel embarrassed, I hate how big I am right now! I do know that it needs to get done. I can’t even hardly walk in my room because of the baskets of clean clothes. I need to start with the dresser, move to the closet and then worry about the bins. Because I need the places that the clothing actually goes to to be organized, before I can unload the baskets!! Anywho…lots to do. Like…go to bed!! I’m sooo tired. So, I’ll check in tomorrow, as per usual!!

To help with research and treatment for Trigeminal Neuralgia please go to http://www.tnnme.com (Trigeminal Neuralgia and Me) to sign a petition to have the World Health Organization (WHO) add Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) to their “Health topic list.””Hopefully one day I’ll get it right, or at least have fun, while about it I write!!”