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Blech!!

So much for crossing my fingers…

I spent most of the night in the bathroom. I woke up around 2:00am having to throw up. Yuck! So my hubby is at his work x-mas party without me, again. I feel awful and I’m going back to bed now. Sorry for the short post. I’m just feeling like hell. Back to bed for me. 

Zzz… 

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!!

Fingers Crossed For Feeling Okay Tomorrow!!

So my little man feels about a million times better today…Hooray!! He’s not 100%, but on the mend. And, so far, no one else is sick. Which is a miracle around my house. We tend to pass our germs around. My tummy is a bit nauseous today, but so far that’s all. My hubby’s work x-mas party is tomorrow, so I refuse to get sick! I’m always cancelling on him, because of my damn face pain, and I don’t want to cancel, yet again! I don’t really know a lot of the people who work with him, so I always feel a bit anxious leading up to his work events. I don’t know when I turned into the shy, fat girl – but I know that’s how I feel right now. Of course I’ve met most of the people he works with, but I always feel awkward. I used to be more out-going and confident, but that part of me seems to have slipped away… I hope I feel okay-ish on the face pain front. I know it’s rarely gone, but there are good and bad days and I’m hoping tomorrow is one of the good ones. Today hasn’t been great, but that doesn’t mean much, as it’s pretty unpredictable. Being in pain and feeling uncomfortable at the same time make it worse. I then think I come across as snotty-which is not my intention at all! I just turn into myself more when the pain’s really bad. Like now for instance. Just want to curl into a ball with my ice-pack on my face, my eye mask on and Enya playing as I fall asleep. My plan is not to bail on my hubby, again, unless I’m either throwing-up sick (not just nauseous) or my face is at the tears in my eyes level. Otherwise, I will take my meds and go out with my husband!!

Speaking of going out with my love. I just want to quickly write about the wonderful gift that he got me for Christmas. He bought me one of those huge oversized “moms” calendar. On each side he had 6 envelopes taped to it. In each envelope there is a “date” for us to go on each month!! He has prepaid movie cards in some. Dinner gift cards. A jubilations gift card, one for Sorrentinos, etc etc!!! I didn’t open all of the envelopes,to keep most of them as surprises. It’s just so sweet and well thought out. I was shocked, because he’s always worried about money. He said that this way everything is already paid for, so he won’t be cranky about the money aspect, which will be so great!! It is such an amazing Christmas present. I’m so lucky to have him, which is why I don’t want to let him down tomorrow. He already told everyone I am going to be there. He’s done so before, then shows up alone and has to tell everyone that, yet again, “Jenn had to stay home again, because she doesn’t feel well.” I’m so lucky to have him. He is so understanding regarding all of my health shit. He hates it all, as do I, but he’s kind and loving about it. I think he also hates that he can’t “fix it!”  Men, well most or many men, want to make it better, fix things. They want to do this and this etc, until it is solved and put back together. But, he can’t “fix” me. I’m broken in a way that leaves him feeling helpless. Which leads to frustration and even anger. He just can’t take it away and make things all better. If a top neurosurgeon can’t fix me, by cutting into my brain and moving things around in an attempt to make me better, then, of course, my husband can’t fix me!!! I guess I’m just broken. It’s not his fault and I don’t expect him to make it better. I just have to go through each day based on how I feel. If it’s bad, well then I can’t do much, if it’s okay or so-so, then I try to get things done etc. It’s just one day at a time and accepting that that’s how I have to live. In the moment.  I have to take what I get. I have to accept this and so does he. I love him so much. I sometimes feel like such a burden…

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!!

Another Day Another Bowl Of Vomit…

Another day filled with puke bowls and an unhappy kiddo or two. One with a seemingly non-stop flu and another with strep-throat. Yessiree!! It’s been so much fun around here!! So far our middle daughter hasn’t picked anything up from either of he siblings; this is strange, but true. I’m certainly not about to protest!! Also, and even stranger, I haven’t caught either of the bugs and I’ve been spending he past few days with my two sickies. I’m feeling pretty exhausted though. I’m trying not to get too worn out, or I’ll become more susceptible to all he damn germs!! I was looking forward to an uninterrupted night, but that may not happen now. I took the sicko’s to the dr this evening. She said their is a super nasty flu going around and my son likely has it (she’s quite surprised that none of us have it yet). She said that he’s very dehydrated and gave us a medication that should help take care of the nausea, so that he is able to start keeping things down; like fluids and medication for his high fever. She had one at the clinic and gave it to him there. It’s like a tiny wafer that dissolves on his tongue. She gave me a prescription for some for home. So we got the prescription and I didn’t even look at them, because he didn’t need one that soon. However, I just gave him one now, because he can’t sleep because his tummy hurts and he just feels like crap. He problem is I think instead of the dissolvable ones, I think the pharmacy gave me actual pills. I gave him one, already believing it was the wrong form, but hoping it’d get gooey enough that he could just get it down with a couple sips of water. Well, no such luck. It started to taste “gross and yucky” so he spit it out. So now, of course, the pharmacy is closed, which means, possibly another night filled with my poor little man throwing up, the tiny bit of crackers and applesauce that he ate. Also, the dr was worried about the dehydration and said that if he’s the same tomorrow, we have to take him to emergency for IV-fluids…yay!! Sigh…

So, unfortunately, tonight is going to be another boring post. I’m tired and he’s still awake after unsuccessfully taking that pill. I’m just praying that the liquid Advil stays down. That may help with some of the tummy and chest muscle pains from all of the dry-heaving. My poor little boy. I hate when kids get sick. He keeps asking me to make his tummy stop hurting. I hate when they depend on you, but you can’t “fix” the problem. It sucks! So, off to bed for, hopefully, a full nights sleep (fingers crossed).

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!!

Ted The Dinosaur 

What to do with a sick little boy…hmmm. My little man and I wrote “together” tonight. This will be “his” story. He was very adamant that after I write a line he has to “approve” it before it can stay. The end, when he wanted them “talking” sounds weird to me, with all of the “he said’s” and “she said’s” and the abrupt ending. However, he said that he wants it that way and that’s what matters. He’s still sick and feverish today and he had a lot of fun doing this. So, as he says, “this is what you get, The End.”

TED THE DINOSAUR 

Ted the dinosaur did his happy dance…

Would you like to know why?

He’d gone on a mission to find a friend,

Searching all over the land and sky.

A flying friend sounded neat to Ted,

It’s something he wished he could do!

So he climbed to the top of a mountain. 

Up to the sky all bright and blue. 

Every time a pterodactyl flew past,

Ted waved and jumped up and down.

He tried again and again to say hello,

Then finally gave up with a frown. 

So Ted decided to look on land,

Where many dinosaurs can be found.

There were tall dinosaurs and short ones,

There were even some small, fat and round!

Some of the dinosaurs ran so so fast,

That Ted couldn’t get them to stop!

Other dinosaurs were so so tall,

That Ted couldn’t reach the top!

Feeling like he’d never find a friend,

Ted’s heart began to sink.

He wasn’t sure where to go next,

So he went to the lake for a drink.

Ted sat at the edge of the lake,

Trying his hardest not to cry,

When suddenly the water splashed

And he heard someone whisper “why?”

Ted jumped up in surprise and looked,

Saying, “Oh! What kind of dinosaur are you?”

It said, ” I’m Ella the Elasmosaurus,

Would you like to see what I can do?”

“Sure” Ted nodded, not knowing what to expect. 

Ella dove into the water and disappeared,

Then she came back up and flipped in the air!!

Ted jumped up and clapped and cheered!

He asked her, “why’d you whisper, why?”

“Because you were looking really sad,” she said,

“And I was only wondering why.”

“Well, I was wishing I had a friend,” said Ted.

And Ted ducked his head, feeling shy,

But Ella smiled saying,”I’ll be your friend!”

Ted grinned,”Wow! Will you really??”

She nodded and Ted’s heart began to mend.  

And they lived happily ever after. 

The End.

GGCG & JKC

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!!

Tired Momma

Today I am just so tired and sleepy, would you like to know why?

My son is sick and threw-up all night long, until the sun was in the sky.

He’s still sick today, he is feeling miserable and sad.

And he still can’t keep anything down, this bug is bad!!

So will we get any sleep at all tonight? I can only hope and pray.

I hope he will feel better and pray that tomorrow’s better than today!

What a pathetic post!! So sorry. My face is burning and just “ow!!”

I can’t keep my eyes open. I’m sorry to say, that this is it for now!

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!!

Whatever!!!

Why

Why words

Why write words

Why write what words

Why we write what words

Wondering, why we write what words

Wildly wondering, why we write what words

Wildly were wondering, why we write what words

Wildly we were wondering, why we write what words

Wildly we were wondering, why we write what words, while

Wildly we were weirdly wondering, why we write what words, while

Wildly we were weirdly wondering, why we write whatever words, while

Wednesday, wildly we were weirdly wondering, why we write whatever words, while whistling

Wednesday, wildly we were weirdly wondering, why we write whatever whispered words, while whistling

Wednesday, wildly, wary, we were weirdly wondering, why we write whatever whispered words, while whistling 

Wednesday, when wildly, wary, we were weirdly wondering, why we write whatever whispered words, while whistling

Wednesday, when wildly, wary, we were weirdly wondering, why we write whatever, wonderful, whispered words, while whistling 

Wednesday, when wildly, wary, we were weirdly wondering, why we write whatever, wonderful, whispered words, while whistling…whatever!!!

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!!

😴😴😴Zzzz…

My friend, Sarah, came over today with her two sweet daughters. Sarah and I have known each other since we were in grade 5. It was really nice to see her, I was so happy when she told me she was at her mom’s and that she and her girls could come for a visit. It’s really been a long time, too long actually! Her girls are 4 and 17 months old.  You know it’s been too long when I hadn’t even met her little one yet, nor had I seen Sarah when she was pregnant! Yep, too long! Sarah has, for as long as I can remember, been one of those very organized people. When we were kids, whenever she was over at my house, she’d usually end up cleaning my room. It was like she couldn’t help herself. We’d be “hanging out” in my room and she’d just randomly start picking things up and folding clothes, etc. Well, not much has changed and, trust me or just ask my dad, to a clean-freak, my house would or could potentially cause heart failure… So, we ended up going through all of my art/craft stuff. We got my art desk completely organized and looking great! We separated my “grownup” art supplies from the kids stuff, to avoid any “cross-contamination” lol (Sarah’s words!!) It looks so nice and inviting and so damn organized, I love it! She also found time to organize a very junky cupboard in my kitchen. My hubby will be so happy about that one. He just hates anytime he has to get things out of that cupboard. So we decided not to tell him, so he’d get a pleasant surprise when he has to get something from there. The only problem is that I’m completely wiped!! Like done-in and exhausted. So, this is about all I’ll be writing today. I’m too tired and for some reason I’m going to bed at midnight! I don’t know how it got so late so quickly…time moves strangely🤓 sometimes (I’ve been wanting to use the little strange/geeky emoji – lol!!)

😴😴😴

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!!

Steep Learning Curve Forcing Me To Use My Brain (Which Feels Good!!)

The online course I’ve been taking to learn about building a website and turning it into an online business is not what I call easy. It’s a pretty steep learning curve. However, I am really enjoying it! I’ve been posting on here all year, mainly just for myself. I expected family and friends to keep an eye on my site, but that was about it. I knew I may attract some other people who find it in a search or whatever. I knew nothing about turning my blog-site into a full blown website. I had never even heard of the majority of the terms and/or acronyms:  SEO – Search Engine Optimization, Plug-ins, domains vs websites, buying your own domain, online affiliate marketing, web-hosting, Google ranking, home title, home description, keyword research, QSR – quoted search results…on and on the list goes! There are so many things to learn. It’s not just buying a domain and bam! you have your website. The above information (& I’m only at the early level of the training!) can change what you write about and how you write it. The actual language and wording can be altered slightly to include keywords found throuh keyword research and then I will slowly start to be ranked on Google; which is good!! The more authoritative content I add, the more traffic I will get.  Also, the higher my rank on Google, the more traffic I will get to my website. More traffic equals more people heading to my site(s) equals more revenue I can get from my site!! (That is just a basic explanation, there’s more to it, but you get the point…maybe!) 

And so, what’s my point??

My point is that I am busy getting my site ready. It is a lot of work. However, it feels super-nice to be using my brain again! It’s like flexing a muscle that has atrophied…it’s not something that can be healed overnight, but the more I use it the better it gets at doing its’ job! Am I enjoying myself? Yes. Is it easy and instantly perfect? Nope!! So, I will keep you posted. I could put the website name down, but there isn’t anything on it yet, except the name. So it’s kind-of pointless. I’d rather wait until there is actually somethings to see. So, for now, this is what you get!! All good??? Hope so, as it is on my end.  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!!

Follow The Tug In Your Heart!

A new year is upon us.

The time for change is now!

No need to fret or fuss,

Or ask the question, “How?”

There is no right or wrong.

Find what fits best for you!

No need to ask, “How long?”

Just feel your way through.

Follow the tug in your heart.

It will lead the way!

No need to doubt, just start,

To follow your passion each day…

JKC

I am working hard on my website. It is a big project to take on. I’m not quite where I wanted to be before sharing it and my new self-commitment includes my website, so I’m not going to put it here quite yet. Until I do (hopefully very soon), I am continuing with writing a blog post everyday!!

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!!

🎊🎇🎉HAPPY NEW YEAR🎉🎇🎊

🎊🎇🎇🎉🎉HAPPY NEW YEAR🎉🎉🎇🎇🎊

My daughter had or rather, is having a New Years party.  We had fun playing rockband 4 (the newest one with all of the new instruments etc..). It’s so so loud though! When you’re down stairs playing you can tell it’s ridiculously loud, but everyone’s singing along and it’s a lot of fun. It was actually my neighbor’s 14 year old daughter & I who originally put it on. Then, because it is fun, more and more people came upstairs to play. Before we knew it, almost everyone was upstairs and it was midnight! Count down. Then I just visited with my neighbour, lucky lady gets to go to Mexico on Saturday!! Feeling a bit envious (I admit it). So by the time I got the younger ones settled (in our bed). My hubby is still partying with the kids-lol!! He’ll probably just crash on my daughter’s bed, since she’s in our room. She doesn’t really like being around a bunch of drinking kids (okay, they’re 18…but they’re still kids to me!), she gets very uncomfortable. On top of that, she hasn’t felt well all day!! So we’re upstairs where, I must admit, rockband is much less appealing and it suddenly seems much louder – lol!! Yep not quite the same appeal when you want to sleep! My daughter’s asleep (some how), but I am pretty sure my little man isn’t. So, I am going to be cutting this short tonight and get him to sleep – hopefully. I may have to ask them to dial it down a bit if he (or we) can’t sleep. 

It’s December 31st, That means, in writing this, I have fulfilled my self-challenge! I said I need to write one post each day (a “day” defined as any time before I go to bed each day. Even if it’s past midnight, as long as I wrote before I went to sleep!) beginning  January 1st, 2015 – December 31st 2015!!! And (insert pat on my back here!!) regardless of health and location I posted every day in 2015!!! I must say, I’m proud of myself. Yay me!!! And now…I go to bed and, in the morning, embark on My New Self-Challenge: 2016 edition…
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz……

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!!