Wednesday, January 20, 2021
changing the title
IF i can figure out how to do this. New title: Secrets keep you sick. and I am telling you all of them. Friends? Wait, I don't have any (explain later).
Bottom line. He cheated. not only that but I need to tell the company he works for that he sexualy harrassed her. He raped me. Here is where I tell all the sordid details. Because they tell me that secrets keep you sick. Yes, I started drinking after butthead told me I was fat and ugly. BTW my mom dold me today that I looked painfully... yes painfully skinny. is there such a thing? If you knew me... I'd give myself a solid 7/10. light brown hair, blue eyes (well sometimes they are grey) still in her 40's.
I'm told I can't say buttheads name. hint? Nope, he will likely throw me in jail again. Yes.... I finally told the police what he did to me (physically). and I got arrested. (someone has lots of brothers who will LIE for him). I always wondered why people didnt tell. Now I know.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Registration Time Already
It's already time to register for Spring semester classes. I will be taking Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology II, Legal and Ethical Issues and Evidence for Practice. A grand total of 9 credits again.
I hope this means that it' going fast. I remember when I was a Freshman Undergrad. I looked at 4 years as forever and even considered dropping out of school in favor of a 2 year degree in something. I think I remember looking into the paramedic field. Somehow, I don't remember what happened, I continued on and it ended up taking me 5.5 years to get my 4 year degree. They tell you that you don't have to know what you want to major in right away... that you can take generals. That's a bunch of bull. The reason it took me 5.5 years is because I didn't take the correct classes I needed to apply to the nursing program for years 2, 3 and 4. So it ended up setting me back.
The girls have been asking me a lot of questions about when I was last a college student, if I liked my roommate, if the food was good, etc. They were very surprised to find out that college isn't 8-3 like high school. They think it's pretty cool that you can have classes 3 days per week only in the mornings and have the rest of the time off.....except that there is a lot of school work to do in that time.
Going to School on the Internet is hard to get used to. It's really weird, before I would drive to the library, pull my journals I needed for references in a paper, photo copy the article and take it home to do the paper. Now, I can access the library online, search for whatever I need and print out the article at home. Weird. If I miss class, it has been recorded... I can access it any time I wish and catch up.
Graduate school is WAY different. There is a lot and I mean a lot of writing to do. Weekly writing projects in my epidemiology class and I hear that 2 of my classes for next semester are heavy in writing also. I prefer tests. My pathophysiology class is tests every 3 weeks, and we did have 1 small writing assignment.
I hope this means that it' going fast. I remember when I was a Freshman Undergrad. I looked at 4 years as forever and even considered dropping out of school in favor of a 2 year degree in something. I think I remember looking into the paramedic field. Somehow, I don't remember what happened, I continued on and it ended up taking me 5.5 years to get my 4 year degree. They tell you that you don't have to know what you want to major in right away... that you can take generals. That's a bunch of bull. The reason it took me 5.5 years is because I didn't take the correct classes I needed to apply to the nursing program for years 2, 3 and 4. So it ended up setting me back.
The girls have been asking me a lot of questions about when I was last a college student, if I liked my roommate, if the food was good, etc. They were very surprised to find out that college isn't 8-3 like high school. They think it's pretty cool that you can have classes 3 days per week only in the mornings and have the rest of the time off.....except that there is a lot of school work to do in that time.
Going to School on the Internet is hard to get used to. It's really weird, before I would drive to the library, pull my journals I needed for references in a paper, photo copy the article and take it home to do the paper. Now, I can access the library online, search for whatever I need and print out the article at home. Weird. If I miss class, it has been recorded... I can access it any time I wish and catch up.
Graduate school is WAY different. There is a lot and I mean a lot of writing to do. Weekly writing projects in my epidemiology class and I hear that 2 of my classes for next semester are heavy in writing also. I prefer tests. My pathophysiology class is tests every 3 weeks, and we did have 1 small writing assignment.
Friday, November 4, 2011
Things I like
1. Movies. I LOVE to watch movies. Maybe it's an escape thing, that for an hour and a half I can be somewhere else where there is no laundry to do or meals to cook or schoolwork to do.
2. Animals. I will probably be one of those crazy cat ladies when I get older. I like dogs too, but they are much more work than cats.
3. The Internet. What in the world did I do before the Internet? As Savannah would say "how did you live?"
4. My Cell phone. Another of those what did I do without one? I love being able to call home when I am at the grocery store to ask how many cans of cream of mushroom soup we have in the pantry.
5. Fuzzy Socks. From October through May you will find me in fuzzy socks. I love the way they feel, not too tight like regular white socks. They keep your feet nice and cozy warm.
6. Fires. Either in the fireplace or a bonfire. The heat from a fire makes me sleepy and watching the flames puts me into a mini trance. Very therapeutic.
7. My laptop. I can surf the Internet, talk to others, watch movies, and play games.
8. Chocolate. Need I say more?
9. Lipton Iced tea with lemon and sugar. I drink this stuff daily. I hate the taste of water, but I can drink a gallon of this stuff a day.
10. Hockey. I follow 2 college teams, UND fighting Sioux and Bemidji State's Beavers. I don't like Pro hockey at all. And of course I get plenty of hockey watching in because all three of my girls play.
2. Animals. I will probably be one of those crazy cat ladies when I get older. I like dogs too, but they are much more work than cats.
3. The Internet. What in the world did I do before the Internet? As Savannah would say "how did you live?"
4. My Cell phone. Another of those what did I do without one? I love being able to call home when I am at the grocery store to ask how many cans of cream of mushroom soup we have in the pantry.
5. Fuzzy Socks. From October through May you will find me in fuzzy socks. I love the way they feel, not too tight like regular white socks. They keep your feet nice and cozy warm.
6. Fires. Either in the fireplace or a bonfire. The heat from a fire makes me sleepy and watching the flames puts me into a mini trance. Very therapeutic.
7. My laptop. I can surf the Internet, talk to others, watch movies, and play games.
8. Chocolate. Need I say more?
9. Lipton Iced tea with lemon and sugar. I drink this stuff daily. I hate the taste of water, but I can drink a gallon of this stuff a day.
10. Hockey. I follow 2 college teams, UND fighting Sioux and Bemidji State's Beavers. I don't like Pro hockey at all. And of course I get plenty of hockey watching in because all three of my girls play.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Let's tak shit
Pooping. Some people are regular and some aren't. Due to the fact that my chronic pancreatitis causes me intense pain at times I take a pretty strong narcotic. Side effect= constipation.
Over the past year or so, I have struggled with constipation on and off, at first not knowing what to do tried all the usuals. I tried enemas, Milk of magnesia, laxatives, stool softeners, suppositories... pretty much everything. The worst part is to have such a large piece of stool that it just won't pass. No matter how hard you push, or what you do, it just won't go.
I am going to be pretty frank here people, because in my journey with this issue, I never really got much from the internet on what to do once you are at this point. All the sites tell you is to increase your fiber, increase water intake etc.... all well and good but it doesn't do you much good when you are at this point. I attempted to research anything that might loosen and break up the hard ball of stool, but did not get much luck... so I have experimented and have found what works for me and I would like to share that with all of you.
First I tried glycerin suppositories, they didn't work at this point... useless.
Next I tried mineral oil and water enemas (warm water), does work to a point. If the chunk is not too hard, sometimes small pieces will break off and you can pass those. This is very time consuming as the colon does absorb the water. So, you need to let the water work on the stool, and keep water in your colon. If the stool is too dry and hard, you will just pass the water right back out.
At this point you can start thinking about manual removal... I have not had much success with this either. If the ball is dry and hard, you will make little if any progress attempting to manually remove excuse my frankness "what you can scrape off".
All this has typically led to bleeding, nausea, vomiting, pain... extreme pain while trying to push it out. I have been to the point of passing out more than once... believe me you don't want this.
OK, so what works.... BUT you have to be patient... is miralax. I usually will take 4 doses on day one, 3 or 4 doses on day 2 and then wait for it to work. It needs time to soften up the hard stool, but it will if you give it time. It works by drawing water into the colon. As the hard stool sits bathed in the water it will slowly start to soften and break up. You will have some loose stools following this procedure but... for no bleeding or pain... I'll take it.
Over the past year or so, I have struggled with constipation on and off, at first not knowing what to do tried all the usuals. I tried enemas, Milk of magnesia, laxatives, stool softeners, suppositories... pretty much everything. The worst part is to have such a large piece of stool that it just won't pass. No matter how hard you push, or what you do, it just won't go.
I am going to be pretty frank here people, because in my journey with this issue, I never really got much from the internet on what to do once you are at this point. All the sites tell you is to increase your fiber, increase water intake etc.... all well and good but it doesn't do you much good when you are at this point. I attempted to research anything that might loosen and break up the hard ball of stool, but did not get much luck... so I have experimented and have found what works for me and I would like to share that with all of you.
First I tried glycerin suppositories, they didn't work at this point... useless.
Next I tried mineral oil and water enemas (warm water), does work to a point. If the chunk is not too hard, sometimes small pieces will break off and you can pass those. This is very time consuming as the colon does absorb the water. So, you need to let the water work on the stool, and keep water in your colon. If the stool is too dry and hard, you will just pass the water right back out.
At this point you can start thinking about manual removal... I have not had much success with this either. If the ball is dry and hard, you will make little if any progress attempting to manually remove excuse my frankness "what you can scrape off".
All this has typically led to bleeding, nausea, vomiting, pain... extreme pain while trying to push it out. I have been to the point of passing out more than once... believe me you don't want this.
OK, so what works.... BUT you have to be patient... is miralax. I usually will take 4 doses on day one, 3 or 4 doses on day 2 and then wait for it to work. It needs time to soften up the hard stool, but it will if you give it time. It works by drawing water into the colon. As the hard stool sits bathed in the water it will slowly start to soften and break up. You will have some loose stools following this procedure but... for no bleeding or pain... I'll take it.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Madison is out for a week
Last Friday, Madison was goofing around on the ice and fell on her wrist. She has continued to baby it and complain since then so today I brought her in to the clinic to have it looked at.
The doctor found obvious tender points and her x-ray was a little concerning. Nothing obvious, but a small anomaly that MIGHT represent a small fracture in her growth plate.
So, according to the Dr. NO hockey for the next week. She is to return to see him again next Monday and have another x-ray done. We are also to get her fitted for a wrist splint ( we didn't today because Savannah was already 45 minutes late for hockey tryouts). She is a little bit upset, but I think she will be just fine. Coach told Richard to tell her not to worry that he will assess her skills when she is able to return to skating per the Doctor.
Savannah was late to tryouts today, Richard had gone to watch and informed coach that we were late due to Dr. Appts and he was fine with that. In the little she got to skate today she was able to head off on a breakaway when one of the older girls caused a penalty so Savannah got a penalty shot.
We have told her that her strengths are her speed, and her aggressiveness especially when it comes to back checking and fighting for the puck in the corner. She is going to try to play up those strengths this week during tryouts. So, we will see.
Wish her luck!
The doctor found obvious tender points and her x-ray was a little concerning. Nothing obvious, but a small anomaly that MIGHT represent a small fracture in her growth plate.
So, according to the Dr. NO hockey for the next week. She is to return to see him again next Monday and have another x-ray done. We are also to get her fitted for a wrist splint ( we didn't today because Savannah was already 45 minutes late for hockey tryouts). She is a little bit upset, but I think she will be just fine. Coach told Richard to tell her not to worry that he will assess her skills when she is able to return to skating per the Doctor.
Savannah was late to tryouts today, Richard had gone to watch and informed coach that we were late due to Dr. Appts and he was fine with that. In the little she got to skate today she was able to head off on a breakaway when one of the older girls caused a penalty so Savannah got a penalty shot.
We have told her that her strengths are her speed, and her aggressiveness especially when it comes to back checking and fighting for the puck in the corner. She is going to try to play up those strengths this week during tryouts. So, we will see.
Wish her luck!
Friday, October 28, 2011
Back again
Ok, life is settling into a new kind of rhythm and hockey is starting up again so, I will continue to blog.
Just to bring you up to date, I started Graduate school at the University of North Dakota in August. I am working towards my Masters degree as a Family Nurse Practitioner. I anticipate Graduating in May of 2014.
Current Classes: 9 credits (3/4 time)
Epidemiology
Nursing Theory
Physiology/Pathophysiology
I am about 1/2 way through the semester and doing well in each class and they are quite challenging!
Savannah will be trying out for the varsity hockey team next week, Madison will be on the JV team. They travel together and practice together so that really helps out. Next year Paige will join them.
Paige is on the Girls 12u team, still under Bemidji youth hockey (as opposed to school sponsored sports). She has started practice too and the running is already getting crazy!
Just to bring you up to date, I started Graduate school at the University of North Dakota in August. I am working towards my Masters degree as a Family Nurse Practitioner. I anticipate Graduating in May of 2014.
Current Classes: 9 credits (3/4 time)
Epidemiology
Nursing Theory
Physiology/Pathophysiology
I am about 1/2 way through the semester and doing well in each class and they are quite challenging!
Savannah will be trying out for the varsity hockey team next week, Madison will be on the JV team. They travel together and practice together so that really helps out. Next year Paige will join them.
Paige is on the Girls 12u team, still under Bemidji youth hockey (as opposed to school sponsored sports). She has started practice too and the running is already getting crazy!
Thursday, August 11, 2011
OOPS!!!
Savannah has been driving for about 3 weeks now. She has done excellent in that amount of time. Unfortunately, new drivers tend to have mishaps.
She took out the Mirror on one of those tall yellow signs indicating a crosswalk.
She took out the Mirror on one of those tall yellow signs indicating a crosswalk.
In her defense the sign is in the middle of the road, between lanes and you have to move over quite a little bit to miss it.
I felt really bad for her. She got really quiet and I thought she was going to start crying. I didn't yell at her, actually I told her it was ok, that everyone makes mistakes and new drivers are going to make their fair share. I also said to her "I bet that will never happen to you again". She agreed.
Richard was able to put things back where they belong. We retreived the mirror from the road and were able to put it back on ( with the addition of a few cracks in the mirror of course).
Her Dad didn't dare yell at her as he hit the stupid thing the winter before last.
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