In Search of Myself

Brand names and numbers

I was just over at Student Health Services getting a flu shot (after a sinus infection that made me sick for two weeks?  Eh, better late than never) and the doctor came in and said she liked my sweater.

"Is that from Banana Republic?  I have one just like it."  (Kind of like this one, right, but brown, and the sleeves are longer.)

What I WANTED to say was "Umm, no, big girls like me can't shop there . . . the sizes don't go high enough."  heh.

Instead, I smiled and said "Nope!  Lane Bryant."

Now the good news?  After losing 25 pounds this summer, I kind of fell off my diet (was taking a break and now REALLY trying to get back on it . . .) but in two months of eating like crap?  I haven't gained any weight!  (Finally got up the guts to weigh myself on Saturday.)  So I'll take what I can get.  Hoping to get 10 more pounds off before my birthday in January, then I'll set a new goal.

Weekend Fun

How sad is it that by Monday I've almost totally forgotten what I did on Friday?

This post is boring and you will probably only care to read it if you're REALLY a good friend.  LOL.  Because it's long.  And not exciting.  But I feel like writing it, and damn, it's my blog.  :)

Sensory Issues Update

A lot of times it feels to me that any progress Jake makes is just going to be counter-balanced with a new quirk or a setback in socialization or communication, and it's easy to get frustrated.

However there ARE some significant things that I can point to as progress, and I think it's important to celebrate those.  But there's a lot to talk about, so I'll do the extended post thing.

My friend Kim

I made this page because I had to use this kit.  Being on creative teams can feel like a chore sometimes, but I love that I always end up with a page I'm really happy with when I'm done.  So many of my recent scrapbook pages I just wouldn't have gotten around to, had I not HAD to use a certain kit.

If you click on the image to view it larger, you'll be able to read the journaling.

Incidentally, my friend Kim and I (and Jake) are totally having lunch at the Olive Garden tomorrow.  I'm really not supposed to eat there ('cause of the whole bread and carbs thing) but I DON'T CARE.  Sometimes you have to live a little.  Hmm, maybe we can get henna tattoos while we're out?  :)

Remembering my grandmas

I scanned these pictures a long time ago and didn't quite know what to do with them until today.

Sidenote: who else is laughing about how freaking TALL I look?  I think it's pretty obvious that I get my height from DAD's side of the family.  :)

Pumpkin Farm, part two.

Ok, so I posted my favorite pictures from our pumpkin farm trip here, but here is my scrapbook page about it -- not trying to be fancy or impressive, just wanted to get the story down so I actually have something to put in Jake's chronological album (which I've been neglecting lately.)  And you know?  I like my non-fancy, non-impressive scrapbook layouts.  I think I need to get back to doing more of those.

Random

(because random is what I do best)

-- I'm feeling a *little* better, but not totally.  I'm still extremely congested, I have a horrible headache/neckache on the right side, and the antibiotics made me sick several times over the weekend.  Good stuff.

-- my husband -- the one I was so proud of for fixing our toilet? -- would rather sleep in a sleeping bag than take the time to put a fitted sheet on the bed.  Seriously.  But it's ok, I like sleeping on the couch.  And our sheets have been cleaned, so I feel good about that . . . now they just have to make their way to the bed.

-- today's The Office quote: (Pam talking to the camera, thinking her office is getting downsized) "It's a blessing in disguise.  Actually, not really even in disguise.  Sometimes, at home?  I answer the phone, 'Dunder-Mifflin, this is Pam.'  So you know . . . maybe that will stop now."  ha ha ha.  I have the same problem sometimes.  I'll answer our home phone "This is Jenny" and people think I'm insane.  (Ok, and WHO ELSE is excited about the JIM/PAM REUNION THIS WEEK?!!!!!!  I freaking love that show.)

Oh, and the other funny quote from the last episode?  Kelly telling the camera "Can I just say?  If Ryan is down-sized, I will KILL myself . . . just like in Romeo and Juliet . . . the Claire Danes one."  heh.

Counting

Jake was having himself a mini-meltdown this evening, so we went upstairs and had a time out.  We laid in the bed and counted together to 100.  Jake's getting pretty good at it, except he still has yet to master 13-18, and can't remember the 10's.  (So he can fly from 30 to 39, but has to be told 40.  He does know that 30 comes after 29, though.)

ANYWAY.

We got to 93, and he suddenly stopped and said "We're a LONG way from one!"

Ugh

Ok, so I took yesterday off work.  Got nothing done, slept a lot.  Felt like crap.  Today I have a huge headache, still the sinus pressure and stuffiness/drainage, AND I feel totally dehydrated.  Like, my tongue feels dry.  Too many drugs, I think.  So . . . yeah, another exciting day in my life.

The verdict is . . .

. . . I have a sinus infection.  Yippee.  At least I got some antibiotics to clear it up.  I'm in a Benadryl-induced haze, so nothing clever from me today.  That's all.