I just hope I'm as cute while I pass out. Somehow I doubt it.
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Tired.
I found this gif over lunch on MetaPicture, and it describes how I've been feeling lately to a T.
I just hope I'm as cute while I pass out. Somehow I doubt it.
I just hope I'm as cute while I pass out. Somehow I doubt it.
The new school year. Sigh.
The new school year has begun, and both girls have had their first day.
Younger started on Monday, and by Wednesday she had already changed one class. She really doesn't want to take French anymore, and the minor detail that the class is held in a small windowless room next to the band room, during band practice, might have had something to do with it. I'm sure that my migraines would get worse. She's got four years of high school including this year, and only needs two years of a language, so that's fine. At least she seems to have a good history teacher (they put her in AP American History, and she's already decided that most of the class are idiots - she was the only one who could name even half the original 13 colonies. Teacher: "can anyone else raise their hand?")
Elder started yesterday. She's mostly doing the internet based courses, going to a session at the central office every day for two hours so that there's a tutor around to help with stuff she's not sure about. But she is also going to the high school every other day in the morning for a chemistry course and chorus. I do have to call guidance about the chemistry, because it's the chemistry for folks who just need another science course, and she's going to be bored to tears by it.
But I also have to call because today I got the robo-call from attendance to let me know that as of 9:30 this morning my child has been marked absent. This is not surprising as my child is not supposed to be there today. She doesn't want to sit in the library for six hours, and I somehow doubt they want her doing that either. And I really, really, don't want to get these calls every other day for the entire school year.
But hey, four days into younger's school year, and she hasn't missed one yet. If we can just continue like this so as not to repeat last year's disaster.....
Younger started on Monday, and by Wednesday she had already changed one class. She really doesn't want to take French anymore, and the minor detail that the class is held in a small windowless room next to the band room, during band practice, might have had something to do with it. I'm sure that my migraines would get worse. She's got four years of high school including this year, and only needs two years of a language, so that's fine. At least she seems to have a good history teacher (they put her in AP American History, and she's already decided that most of the class are idiots - she was the only one who could name even half the original 13 colonies. Teacher: "can anyone else raise their hand?")
Elder started yesterday. She's mostly doing the internet based courses, going to a session at the central office every day for two hours so that there's a tutor around to help with stuff she's not sure about. But she is also going to the high school every other day in the morning for a chemistry course and chorus. I do have to call guidance about the chemistry, because it's the chemistry for folks who just need another science course, and she's going to be bored to tears by it.
But I also have to call because today I got the robo-call from attendance to let me know that as of 9:30 this morning my child has been marked absent. This is not surprising as my child is not supposed to be there today. She doesn't want to sit in the library for six hours, and I somehow doubt they want her doing that either. And I really, really, don't want to get these calls every other day for the entire school year.
But hey, four days into younger's school year, and she hasn't missed one yet. If we can just continue like this so as not to repeat last year's disaster.....
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Someone with sense!
OK, I'm not a great fan of MSN, but it's the opening IE page on my Asus laptop, and it at least gives me headlines.
And today at lunch I find this: "Tim Gunn says designers’ lack of interest in plus size clothing is 'repugnant'"
And he's right. I know this as someone who even on the rare occasions in my life when I've not been fat has been a "plus-size" (though why a 12 is a plus?). My younger daughter is also a plus size, what with dealing with adrenal issues.
The only place near where we live where you can routinely find nice clothes which look decent on a larger body is Lane Bryant. Some of the other stores occasionally have nice stuff, but the word is "occasionally".
I'm sure that designers have taken in the attitude towards large folks that the rest off society has, that we're all lazy, self-indulgent, slobs. But first off, a lot of us aren't. My daughter really doesn't eat that much, and she was getting plump even when she was figure skating. I packed on the weight last year after a round of cortisone, which left me starving and tired all the time. Right now testing says my adrenals and my pancreas aren't working properly, and my thyroid may give lab results in the 'normal' range, but one side is, to quote my doctor "boggy", and the other has a large nodule that she can feel, so I'm going for an ultrasound and perhaps a biopsy tomorrow, depending on what the ultrasound shows.
Second, whether our fat is genetic, medical, or poor life-style choices, treating us like lazy criminals isn't exactly going to make us feel better enough about ourselves to start doing anything other than ingesting even more comfort food.
When you feel good about yourself, it's a lot easier to take care of yourself, and work on medical or life-style issues. So making it easy to find clothes that make us look pretty and/or professional will actually help us get healthier.
They should also remember that Liv Tyler was/is a plus-size model before she was Arwen. And I don't think anyone would consider Arwen fat.
And today at lunch I find this: "Tim Gunn says designers’ lack of interest in plus size clothing is 'repugnant'"
And he's right. I know this as someone who even on the rare occasions in my life when I've not been fat has been a "plus-size" (though why a 12 is a plus?). My younger daughter is also a plus size, what with dealing with adrenal issues.
The only place near where we live where you can routinely find nice clothes which look decent on a larger body is Lane Bryant. Some of the other stores occasionally have nice stuff, but the word is "occasionally".
I'm sure that designers have taken in the attitude towards large folks that the rest off society has, that we're all lazy, self-indulgent, slobs. But first off, a lot of us aren't. My daughter really doesn't eat that much, and she was getting plump even when she was figure skating. I packed on the weight last year after a round of cortisone, which left me starving and tired all the time. Right now testing says my adrenals and my pancreas aren't working properly, and my thyroid may give lab results in the 'normal' range, but one side is, to quote my doctor "boggy", and the other has a large nodule that she can feel, so I'm going for an ultrasound and perhaps a biopsy tomorrow, depending on what the ultrasound shows.
Second, whether our fat is genetic, medical, or poor life-style choices, treating us like lazy criminals isn't exactly going to make us feel better enough about ourselves to start doing anything other than ingesting even more comfort food.
When you feel good about yourself, it's a lot easier to take care of yourself, and work on medical or life-style issues. So making it easy to find clothes that make us look pretty and/or professional will actually help us get healthier.
They should also remember that Liv Tyler was/is a plus-size model before she was Arwen. And I don't think anyone would consider Arwen fat.
A good start. Now just sue the DA personally!
As a break from the "I feel like crap" type of posts, I ran across this article this morning.
Apparently in Florida, if you are acquitted, you can get the state to pay some of your legal costs, just not the lawyers' fees. Personally, I think George should be suing the DA personally, as well as the her office collectively, for all costs, since there is no way this can NOT be considered malicious prosecution.
Apparently in Florida, if you are acquitted, you can get the state to pay some of your legal costs, just not the lawyers' fees. Personally, I think George should be suing the DA personally, as well as the her office collectively, for all costs, since there is no way this can NOT be considered malicious prosecution.
Thursday, August 22, 2013
More testing
The good news is that it looks like there is actually something .. wrong.. and it's NOT all in my head.
The bad news is that it looks like there is actually something wrong.
Not that we're sure exactly what yet. I had a lot more labs drawn today, and I have an appointment with the naturopath on Monday to discuss the results and decide what direction we want to go. I'm definitely anemic, though it's a little weird, which is why we're running a lot more lab tests, including looking at the size and shape of my red blood cells. She asked me today if I had ever been tested for thalassemia, which I haven't, because I'm not of mediterranean extraction. Though I have been tested for sickle cell, and I'm far, far more likely to have the former than the latter. I figure the Navy didn't want to look discriminatory, so they tested every single pregnant woman for sickle cell. That I'm whiter than white, and at the time was in my mid-30s and several months into my second pregnancy should have ruled it out without the blood work, but this is bureaucracy.
I was told that my cortisol levels were also low; I haven't seen the actual lab results, but since my am blood work showed a low/mid level, I'm guessing that it either dropped too much during the day, or just stayed where it was, and never increased when it was supposed to. There's all sorts of fun things that can cause that, so we'll just have to wait and see.
But at least someone believes me that I'm feeling like total crap, and that it's not just getting older and something I'll have to learn to ignore.
The bad news is that it looks like there is actually something wrong.
Not that we're sure exactly what yet. I had a lot more labs drawn today, and I have an appointment with the naturopath on Monday to discuss the results and decide what direction we want to go. I'm definitely anemic, though it's a little weird, which is why we're running a lot more lab tests, including looking at the size and shape of my red blood cells. She asked me today if I had ever been tested for thalassemia, which I haven't, because I'm not of mediterranean extraction. Though I have been tested for sickle cell, and I'm far, far more likely to have the former than the latter. I figure the Navy didn't want to look discriminatory, so they tested every single pregnant woman for sickle cell. That I'm whiter than white, and at the time was in my mid-30s and several months into my second pregnancy should have ruled it out without the blood work, but this is bureaucracy.
I was told that my cortisol levels were also low; I haven't seen the actual lab results, but since my am blood work showed a low/mid level, I'm guessing that it either dropped too much during the day, or just stayed where it was, and never increased when it was supposed to. There's all sorts of fun things that can cause that, so we'll just have to wait and see.
But at least someone believes me that I'm feeling like total crap, and that it's not just getting older and something I'll have to learn to ignore.
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Hmmm. A few more thoughts on shooting and the media.
This made me think of my previous post, and Tam's comment on it.
Do the "news" media report on police shootings the way they do, at least in part because this is how the entertainment portion of the media treats cops and shooting? Or do the entertainers treat police shooting ability the way they do (unless the police man is the hero of the piece) because of how the "news" folks report it? Or option number three, they both treat law enforcement's shooting the way they do because of the some ingrained, '60s leftist or related bias?
Because yes, the police (at least in some necks of the woods) aren't as well trained as we'd like, but still. If I am ever, God forbid, in a position where the bad guy really, really, needs to be put out of commission NOW, I'd feel that my odds of surviving the situation are a lot better if the guys and/or gals trying to do the decommissioning are LEOs or military rather than poor Joe or Jane Schmoe who's never even held a gun before.
Note that I am presuming a situation where my options are only between the police or a complete firearms neophyte, as in the movie scenario.
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