I can even hear my own illustrious typing--huzzah!!
OK so we went to Dr. W's and first he checked the site to make sure everything was kosher...we were good to go. Beth says there's still a tiny bit of swelling but that's OK. Apparently roller coasters are kind of a no-go unless I take off the CI and secure it with someone else, but I think I can handle that (not all my friends are coaster riders). So anyway, I go back to see him in 3 months just to make sure everything is OK.
Then I saw Beth. First we checked all the electrodes (22) to make sure they worked, which they did (yay!). Then we did the first map which was threshold markers; basically soft and loud sounds. It's pretty crude, but whatever. So I had to indicate whenever I heard the random beeping in my ear. Now this can take a while to master, but eventually we got it done. Once we had this first map (which took awhile since there were 22 channels to check out), Beth activated the thing and let me try to understand speech with it. At first I heard Beth's voice and a lot of what sounded like radio static. Then her voice sort of merged with the static and I got this cartoony kind of thing, but it didn't really matter, because I knew what the heck she was saying. And I didn't have to slavishly follow her lips and guesstimate!! Huzzah! At first it's still sort of hard for me to understand you but the more you talk to me the more I get used to you. And everyone's voices sort of sound the same (Mickey/Minnie) in the beginning, until I get used to your sound. But the point is, even if it's sort of crude, I can freakin' hear you! Mom and I actually had like real conversation in the car on the way home which DID NOT happen before. Cars were actually the worst because I couldn't look at the person's lips and there was road noise to contend with. But I could hear all of her "father from a Christmas Story" comments on the other drivers. Not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing (kidding mom). So anyway, keep talking to me so I can get used to you!
I went home and practiced the music which went really well. My singing is already a lot better even though sometimes I get static in my ear. But I can hear the pitches again and that rocks my world! I have choir pracgice tomorrow night so we'll see how it really goes. But Beth said it will just keep getting better b/c the brain is so adaptable. I know mine is.
Had a Parish Council meeting here tonight which was GREAT! I actually got everything! Well, almost everything. Not totally everything. But that's OK. So I am looking forward to work tomorrow to see what happens. I warned my boss that they might all sound liek Mickey. :) But who cares? This is awesome!
I really don't want to take it off. Is that weird???
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
CI...
activation later today. Yeah I'm excited. Hope the darn thing works. :)
Will keep you posted...
Will keep you posted...
Monday, June 25, 2007
Continuing the happy streak...
Another good clinic yay me!
PFTs 60%--haven't been that high since like November of 2006! Yay! DLCO good, NIOX good (like 9.0, so that's good; that's the test that measures inflammation in the lungs), CT/CXR good. Dr. A said there's a tiny tiny polyp thing that showed up on the CT but he's not too worried about it; we'll just watch it.
Weight...ehhhh. Maybe if I can get Dr. A to adjust the prednisone it'll help, because we all know I'm doing the low-fat thing and even working out! So I'm blaming steroids!
Lunch with Amber was awesome, we went to Mongolian BBQ at Easton after her infusion clinic stint.
Tomorrow..CI activation!! Woohoo!
PFTs 60%--haven't been that high since like November of 2006! Yay! DLCO good, NIOX good (like 9.0, so that's good; that's the test that measures inflammation in the lungs), CT/CXR good. Dr. A said there's a tiny tiny polyp thing that showed up on the CT but he's not too worried about it; we'll just watch it.
Weight...ehhhh. Maybe if I can get Dr. A to adjust the prednisone it'll help, because we all know I'm doing the low-fat thing and even working out! So I'm blaming steroids!
Lunch with Amber was awesome, we went to Mongolian BBQ at Easton after her infusion clinic stint.
Tomorrow..CI activation!! Woohoo!
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Another day in Paradise...
Yup I'll be at the resort tomorrow! Woohoo!
The normal--Blood, CXR BUT with a CT scan too (bonus!), PFTs/DLCO, and the visit with Dr. A and Julie. Let the fun begin...well, OK fund starts afterwards with Amber! Yay!!
The normal--Blood, CXR BUT with a CT scan too (bonus!), PFTs/DLCO, and the visit with Dr. A and Julie. Let the fun begin...well, OK fund starts afterwards with Amber! Yay!!
Amazing
I just spent 45 minutes in the gym. Yes, that's right.
45 Minutes.
Without being told to do it.
I'm not quite sure what's possessed me....
45 Minutes.
Without being told to do it.
I'm not quite sure what's possessed me....
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Wicked pics
Me and Mel before we went to Wicked last Wednesday, which. Was. Awesome. I want to go again!
This week!
Busy week in the world of Emily's tx...
Monday, I have an appt. with Dr. A and Crew: labs, CXR, Chest CT (woohoo!), and the normal PFTs/DLCO fun stuff. Tiny possibility of bronch since my two year is approaching (!), but it probably won't happen. It better not, because Amber and I have post-appointment lunch plans!
Tuesday is CI activation day! First I see Dr. W at 1:15 and then Beth starts the CI stuff at 2:30, which takes about 2 hours. Hope all goes well!
To top all this off, I have Parish Council on Monday, Parish Council Retreat Meeting on Tuesday, Choir practice for our pastor's last Mass on Wednesday, Kathy at 4 on Thursday, and Di's Wedding Shower this weekend!! Eek!
Monday, I have an appt. with Dr. A and Crew: labs, CXR, Chest CT (woohoo!), and the normal PFTs/DLCO fun stuff. Tiny possibility of bronch since my two year is approaching (!), but it probably won't happen. It better not, because Amber and I have post-appointment lunch plans!
Tuesday is CI activation day! First I see Dr. W at 1:15 and then Beth starts the CI stuff at 2:30, which takes about 2 hours. Hope all goes well!
To top all this off, I have Parish Council on Monday, Parish Council Retreat Meeting on Tuesday, Choir practice for our pastor's last Mass on Wednesday, Kathy at 4 on Thursday, and Di's Wedding Shower this weekend!! Eek!
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Monday, June 18, 2007
Friday, June 15, 2007
The market and organ donation
I've posted a few things here before re: organ donation and ways people have come up with to reduce the shortage. Most of them involve paying people for their organs, or having organizations like Lifesavers, where only people who are organ donors them selves can receive organs.
One of the most recent articles I've read was in the Dispatch earlier this week. I'm going to have some of the author's comments here, and then my responses (he's in italic):
How did we arrive at this unfortunate situation? As is so often the case, our supposed servants in Washington are at fault. Would-be donors are not supplying as many kidneys as patients need because Congress has decreed that no one may sell their organs. Instead you can only give your organs away. Most people, including me, and almost certainly you, aren't willing to do that for anyone other than a family member or close friend. So people without arelative or friend who can give them a life-saving kidney are in trobuel. They have to take their chances on a very long waiting list, hoping the right person dies at the right time before the clock runs out.
First off, the main fallacy of this argument is that is it based SOLELY on kidney transplants. Now these are, along with bone marrow and some liver and RARELY some lung, able to be accomplished while the donor is alive (the liver regenerates). For heart and lung, obviously, you have to be dead. This is also true for corneas and a pancreas (I think). So selling your organs won't help because you'd basically be saying that you'd kill yourself. Now if you're not willing to go through an operation for someone else, I highly doubt you'd kill yourself.
Congress banned the selling of organs because there are some very, very desperate people who would probably consent to death in order to get money. Which brings up the question, who would pay for these organs? The author suggsts that it would be the patient. Who would determine the price? Oh, the "market."
Which is another issue. As my readers know, organ transplants aren't decided based on ability to pay. They are decided babsed on medical suitablilty, as well as a host of other factors. If you are not a good medical match, you don't get an organ. If you are not going to be compliant, you don't get the organ. If you have a history of noncompliance and an inability to BECOME compliant, then you don't get the organ. You don't even get listed. I saw lots of people in the CF clinic who were totally ineligible for transplant because they had screwed themselves up so completely, there was no way they'd be able to handle it.
Also, many centers have a high survival rate due to the fact that some centers are pickier than others about what organs they accept. Dr. A was always talking about getting me "optimal" organs, whcih drove me crazy at the time, but now I"m glad. How are we going to know how good thse organs are? The donor will have to submit to medical testing. This isn't cheap. So will he make the recipient pay? Or the insurance company? (Which they will be THRILLED about, let me tell you) And would the recipient have to pay before all these tests, or after? What if they just aren't
a good match?
The writer asserts that by legalizing the selling of organs
"they'd be no crisis like there is today." Um, wrong. Maybe not for kidneys, although the things I"ve written above raise serious doubt sin that quarter, but we would still have a vast number of people who are waiting for organs that cannot be obtained by living persons. But, again, the author is unable to see beyond kidney transplants.
If we were really serious about organ donation and decreasing the waiting list, we would make it easier to be a donor. If you are a donor on your license, that's your consent. We shouldn't need to have to get another approval from the family. We could ban smoking just about everywhere so there would be more lung and heart donors. We could ban alcohol use so that they're be more eligible liver donors. Now obviously I'm being a little facetious here. But using the market is not the way to go. There are too many questions, and it would totally upend the system. What aobut those who are NOT waiting for kidneys?
As for Lifesavers programs, those won't help either. It amazes me how so many of these groups don't even focus on the medical side of transplants. What if you die in a car accident and thuis are unable to donate organs due to extreme internal damage? Or you're no eligible to be an organ recipient due to some other factor? The whole "I'll do for you, you do for me" idea sounds good, but, like so many other things (social security, anyone?) it's a good in theory, bad in practice idea.
Sure, waiting for organs is no picnic. I know. But the way UNOS has it set up it is a fair system. Everyone, rich and poor, gets an equal shot. Insurance companies do a good job covering transplants, and it's getting better as they become more "mainstream" in medical treatment. To have people buying and selling organs like they buy Wendy's stock is not only impractical, but would have serious rammifciation for everyone involved in transplant--patients, hospitals, medical staff, OPAs, and others. And they would not be good.
One of the most recent articles I've read was in the Dispatch earlier this week. I'm going to have some of the author's comments here, and then my responses (he's in italic):
How did we arrive at this unfortunate situation? As is so often the case, our supposed servants in Washington are at fault. Would-be donors are not supplying as many kidneys as patients need because Congress has decreed that no one may sell their organs. Instead you can only give your organs away. Most people, including me, and almost certainly you, aren't willing to do that for anyone other than a family member or close friend. So people without arelative or friend who can give them a life-saving kidney are in trobuel. They have to take their chances on a very long waiting list, hoping the right person dies at the right time before the clock runs out.
First off, the main fallacy of this argument is that is it based SOLELY on kidney transplants. Now these are, along with bone marrow and some liver and RARELY some lung, able to be accomplished while the donor is alive (the liver regenerates). For heart and lung, obviously, you have to be dead. This is also true for corneas and a pancreas (I think). So selling your organs won't help because you'd basically be saying that you'd kill yourself. Now if you're not willing to go through an operation for someone else, I highly doubt you'd kill yourself.
Congress banned the selling of organs because there are some very, very desperate people who would probably consent to death in order to get money. Which brings up the question, who would pay for these organs? The author suggsts that it would be the patient. Who would determine the price? Oh, the "market."
Which is another issue. As my readers know, organ transplants aren't decided based on ability to pay. They are decided babsed on medical suitablilty, as well as a host of other factors. If you are not a good medical match, you don't get an organ. If you are not going to be compliant, you don't get the organ. If you have a history of noncompliance and an inability to BECOME compliant, then you don't get the organ. You don't even get listed. I saw lots of people in the CF clinic who were totally ineligible for transplant because they had screwed themselves up so completely, there was no way they'd be able to handle it.
Also, many centers have a high survival rate due to the fact that some centers are pickier than others about what organs they accept. Dr. A was always talking about getting me "optimal" organs, whcih drove me crazy at the time, but now I"m glad. How are we going to know how good thse organs are? The donor will have to submit to medical testing. This isn't cheap. So will he make the recipient pay? Or the insurance company? (Which they will be THRILLED about, let me tell you) And would the recipient have to pay before all these tests, or after? What if they just aren't
a good match?
The writer asserts that by legalizing the selling of organs
"they'd be no crisis like there is today." Um, wrong. Maybe not for kidneys, although the things I"ve written above raise serious doubt sin that quarter, but we would still have a vast number of people who are waiting for organs that cannot be obtained by living persons. But, again, the author is unable to see beyond kidney transplants.
If we were really serious about organ donation and decreasing the waiting list, we would make it easier to be a donor. If you are a donor on your license, that's your consent. We shouldn't need to have to get another approval from the family. We could ban smoking just about everywhere so there would be more lung and heart donors. We could ban alcohol use so that they're be more eligible liver donors. Now obviously I'm being a little facetious here. But using the market is not the way to go. There are too many questions, and it would totally upend the system. What aobut those who are NOT waiting for kidneys?
As for Lifesavers programs, those won't help either. It amazes me how so many of these groups don't even focus on the medical side of transplants. What if you die in a car accident and thuis are unable to donate organs due to extreme internal damage? Or you're no eligible to be an organ recipient due to some other factor? The whole "I'll do for you, you do for me" idea sounds good, but, like so many other things (social security, anyone?) it's a good in theory, bad in practice idea.
Sure, waiting for organs is no picnic. I know. But the way UNOS has it set up it is a fair system. Everyone, rich and poor, gets an equal shot. Insurance companies do a good job covering transplants, and it's getting better as they become more "mainstream" in medical treatment. To have people buying and selling organs like they buy Wendy's stock is not only impractical, but would have serious rammifciation for everyone involved in transplant--patients, hospitals, medical staff, OPAs, and others. And they would not be good.
Breakthrough!
I can sleep on my left side tonight! This excites me.
The fact that this excites me--does that make me 1) very boring , 2) very weird or 3) very appreciative of the little things in life? or a combination of all three?
The fact that this excites me--does that make me 1) very boring , 2) very weird or 3) very appreciative of the little things in life? or a combination of all three?
Transplant TV!
Just read on the WaPo site that Treat Williams is starring in a new TNT drama series, "Heartland," about a transplant center in Pittsburgh. How cool is that? He plays (even more cool) a lung transplant surgeon. It's going to be on Mondays at 10. Not sure when it starts...check your papers. But I found this to be waaaaay cool.
If I don't currently get TNT I would upgrade my cable so I could watch this. :)
If I don't currently get TNT I would upgrade my cable so I could watch this. :)
Thursday, June 14, 2007
So much to do...
It's really amazing.
--Father's Day on Sunday--gotta get the gift. :)
--Dad's birthday on Tuesday--see above.
--WICKED on Wednesday! Woohoo!
--Mom's birthday on Friday--get the gift!
--Next Monday: Dr. A appt. and lunch w/ Amber!! And PC meeting
--Tuesday: CI ACTIVATION! And PC meeting, but here.
--Saturday: Diane's wedding shower in Pittsburgh--gotta get, um, the gift!
Whew.
And then there's the regular house chores, the writing of Lily and Archibald (working title), which is coming along nicely (I think). And the blogging and the reading...all sorts of fun things to do.
Oh, and a little thing called work. You know, employment.
I will take some pics of the new things I've got up around the apt. and post them here...probably later today. My camera needs new batteries...always more to do.
And ofr course there is the very tempting Vera Bradley sale at Feather Your Nest....
--Father's Day on Sunday--gotta get the gift. :)
--Dad's birthday on Tuesday--see above.
--WICKED on Wednesday! Woohoo!
--Mom's birthday on Friday--get the gift!
--Next Monday: Dr. A appt. and lunch w/ Amber!! And PC meeting
--Tuesday: CI ACTIVATION! And PC meeting, but here.
--Saturday: Diane's wedding shower in Pittsburgh--gotta get, um, the gift!
Whew.
And then there's the regular house chores, the writing of Lily and Archibald (working title), which is coming along nicely (I think). And the blogging and the reading...all sorts of fun things to do.
Oh, and a little thing called work. You know, employment.
I will take some pics of the new things I've got up around the apt. and post them here...probably later today. My camera needs new batteries...always more to do.
And ofr course there is the very tempting Vera Bradley sale at Feather Your Nest....
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Two weeks!
Well less than two weeks now (since it's 9:30...) until my CI activation! Woohoo! I go on the 26th, first to have Dr. W check out the incision and surgical stuff, and then to have Beth (My CI Audiologist) work her magic as we get the first "Map" of my hearing done. Apparently this will involve another lovely audiology map test, checking my hearing before we activate the CI to make sure nothing's changed there. I hate those tests, they make me feel so stupid, because you have repeat words back. Well if you can't hear the word or understand it...I usually just end up sitting there going, "um..." But anyway. These appointments take about two hours so we'll see what happens. Hopefully it's good stuff!
Sunday, June 10, 2007
transplants in popular culture: The Last Summer (of You and Me)
OK, if you want to read the above book, haven't yet, and hate spoilers, CLEAR OUT.
Room clear?
OK Good.
I just finished reading this book last night. I had read a lot of good things about it and I do like my modern fiction as well as the greatness of Jane. The plot revolves around two sisters, Riley (24) and Alice (21), and their friend, Paul (who I guess is around 22, 23). They have always spent their summers together at a Long Island beach, but now a relationship is springing up between Alice and Paul.
Anyway, Riley ends up having congestive heart failure and a lot of damage to her heart, possibly due to the two bouts of rheumatic fever she's had, the one recently caused by failing to finish a course of antibiotics for strep throat. Riley ends up getting sicker and sicker and is eventually placed on the heart transplant list. Her illness, and the secrecy she has sworn Alice to (she asks Alice not to tell Paul), leads to the disintegration of Paul and Alice's fledgling romance, at least until after things with Riley are resolved.
Now I am always glad to see organ donation in literature, movies, etc. in a positive/accurate way, since it has potential to bring the cause before a lot of people in a way that non-profits often can't. This particular writer, for example, wrote the widely popular series The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, so she already has a large following, and since this book is more adult than those, she has the potential to attract new readers (like the Sisterhood's readers' mothers). So I am glad for that.
However. (You just knew that was coming, didn't you?)
I do wish that the author had done some more research or presented the facts of transplantation a bit more clearly for her audience. There are a few things that are glaringly questionable:
1) From the outset it's made clear that Riley hates taking pills and is ambivalent about following rules. She doesn't finish her first round of antibiotics because she loses her beach bag, where the drugs were placed. Yet she doesn't try to get a new script. When you're evaluated for transplant, compliance is one of the main things centers consider, because they're not going to give an organ to someone who isn't going to take care of it. Riley's history of not liking to take drugs, as well as her lack of compliance in something as simple as treating strep, would not make her a good candidate.
2) Riley is a lifeguard; in the novel, she continues to swim even after she is placed on the list, in fact, she swims right up until...well, whatever. Now I have no doubt that that can happen. Heck, I worked until two days before my transplant! It's important to live your life as much as possible while you're waiting, or you'll go nuts. But she is portrayed as extremely sick; the author talks about her lips and complexion being bluish. She would've been on home oxygen therapy at some point, and thus unable to swim.
3) The family gets a beeper. NOTE TO AUTHORS/MOVIE WRITERS: You don't get a beeper anymore! For most centers it's too expensive, and with everyone having cell phones, you just get their numbers. Karen had every single number in our family, including Bryan and Mel's cell phones, so she could ALWAYS get ahold of someone. Which leads to point
4) Riley gets the call for a heart but she left her beeper at home and thus missed it. Note that this story takes place in TODAY'S time period. As per point 3 this would not have happened. The coordinator would've called all the other numbers on the list and they would've found Riley. Now whether or not she would've gotten the heart could've been done more realistically by having it be a 'dry run' as opposed to Riley not having her beeper with her and missing it that way. Because only having one number to call wouldn't have happened. The center did also call the house but, as usual in novels, no one was home.
OK I think that's it. Like I said, I'm glad to see transplantation becoming more prevalent in the media and popular culture. And I am aware of the dramatic element--that is, wanting to up the drama so that it's compelling. When I used to watch ER they usually had at least one CF case a year, and of course they were always pathetically sick. It made for good drama; it made explaining to my friends that I could have a normal life difficult.
Room clear?
OK Good.
I just finished reading this book last night. I had read a lot of good things about it and I do like my modern fiction as well as the greatness of Jane. The plot revolves around two sisters, Riley (24) and Alice (21), and their friend, Paul (who I guess is around 22, 23). They have always spent their summers together at a Long Island beach, but now a relationship is springing up between Alice and Paul.
Anyway, Riley ends up having congestive heart failure and a lot of damage to her heart, possibly due to the two bouts of rheumatic fever she's had, the one recently caused by failing to finish a course of antibiotics for strep throat. Riley ends up getting sicker and sicker and is eventually placed on the heart transplant list. Her illness, and the secrecy she has sworn Alice to (she asks Alice not to tell Paul), leads to the disintegration of Paul and Alice's fledgling romance, at least until after things with Riley are resolved.
Now I am always glad to see organ donation in literature, movies, etc. in a positive/accurate way, since it has potential to bring the cause before a lot of people in a way that non-profits often can't. This particular writer, for example, wrote the widely popular series The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, so she already has a large following, and since this book is more adult than those, she has the potential to attract new readers (like the Sisterhood's readers' mothers). So I am glad for that.
However. (You just knew that was coming, didn't you?)
I do wish that the author had done some more research or presented the facts of transplantation a bit more clearly for her audience. There are a few things that are glaringly questionable:
1) From the outset it's made clear that Riley hates taking pills and is ambivalent about following rules. She doesn't finish her first round of antibiotics because she loses her beach bag, where the drugs were placed. Yet she doesn't try to get a new script. When you're evaluated for transplant, compliance is one of the main things centers consider, because they're not going to give an organ to someone who isn't going to take care of it. Riley's history of not liking to take drugs, as well as her lack of compliance in something as simple as treating strep, would not make her a good candidate.
2) Riley is a lifeguard; in the novel, she continues to swim even after she is placed on the list, in fact, she swims right up until...well, whatever. Now I have no doubt that that can happen. Heck, I worked until two days before my transplant! It's important to live your life as much as possible while you're waiting, or you'll go nuts. But she is portrayed as extremely sick; the author talks about her lips and complexion being bluish. She would've been on home oxygen therapy at some point, and thus unable to swim.
3) The family gets a beeper. NOTE TO AUTHORS/MOVIE WRITERS: You don't get a beeper anymore! For most centers it's too expensive, and with everyone having cell phones, you just get their numbers. Karen had every single number in our family, including Bryan and Mel's cell phones, so she could ALWAYS get ahold of someone. Which leads to point
4) Riley gets the call for a heart but she left her beeper at home and thus missed it. Note that this story takes place in TODAY'S time period. As per point 3 this would not have happened. The coordinator would've called all the other numbers on the list and they would've found Riley. Now whether or not she would've gotten the heart could've been done more realistically by having it be a 'dry run' as opposed to Riley not having her beeper with her and missing it that way. Because only having one number to call wouldn't have happened. The center did also call the house but, as usual in novels, no one was home.
OK I think that's it. Like I said, I'm glad to see transplantation becoming more prevalent in the media and popular culture. And I am aware of the dramatic element--that is, wanting to up the drama so that it's compelling. When I used to watch ER they usually had at least one CF case a year, and of course they were always pathetically sick. It made for good drama; it made explaining to my friends that I could have a normal life difficult.
Saturday, June 09, 2007
Yes!
You know how I like to complain about washing my hair when the port's accessed? Or I'm in the hospital? Well I can complain no more.
Tonight I found shampoo that you spray on. And you don't have to wash off! It just absorbs oil and you are on your merry way! Now I haven't tried it yet (duh), and I imagine that at some point my hair would require a real wash, but this is great! For those of you who are curious, it's Frederick Fekkai's Summer hair Wash and Wear instant shampoo spray ($20), and it can be found at CO Bigelow, larger Bath and Body Works and larger Victoria's Secrets (Like ones that sell a lot of beauty stuff). Or, I'm sure, online.
Tonight I found shampoo that you spray on. And you don't have to wash off! It just absorbs oil and you are on your merry way! Now I haven't tried it yet (duh), and I imagine that at some point my hair would require a real wash, but this is great! For those of you who are curious, it's Frederick Fekkai's Summer hair Wash and Wear instant shampoo spray ($20), and it can be found at CO Bigelow, larger Bath and Body Works and larger Victoria's Secrets (Like ones that sell a lot of beauty stuff). Or, I'm sure, online.
Duck Fuzz
Remember how I mentioned that for the CI surgery, a small part of my head had to be shaved? You can't see it because the other layers cover it, but it feels odd to have hair and then...no hair
However I do enjoy running my fingers over it. We've reached the point now where I guess it's about, oh, maybe 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch long, so it feels like a little boy's crew cut. Or duck fuzz. Or something. But it's kinda cool. I just have to make sure I don't turn into a head-rubbing freak. :) Since no one can see it it would just look odd.
However I do enjoy running my fingers over it. We've reached the point now where I guess it's about, oh, maybe 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch long, so it feels like a little boy's crew cut. Or duck fuzz. Or something. But it's kinda cool. I just have to make sure I don't turn into a head-rubbing freak. :) Since no one can see it it would just look odd.
Memeing...again
Got this from Adoro and I liked it!
Here are the rules: Share four things that were new to you in the past four years. Four things you learned or experienced or explored for the first time in the past four years. Then share four things you want to try new in the next four years.
Four New Things in the Past Four Years: (2003-2007)
1. I graduated from college
2. I got new lungs. :)(OK maybe that should have been first)
3. I got my apartment
4. I got my first real job
Four Things in the Next Four Years: (2008-2012)
1. I hope to be married. :)
2. I hope to have something published other than in our local papers :)
3. I will have bought a house/townhouse/something
4. Maybe a Master’s? We’ll see…
Here are the rules: Share four things that were new to you in the past four years. Four things you learned or experienced or explored for the first time in the past four years. Then share four things you want to try new in the next four years.
Four New Things in the Past Four Years: (2003-2007)
1. I graduated from college
2. I got new lungs. :)(OK maybe that should have been first)
3. I got my apartment
4. I got my first real job
Four Things in the Next Four Years: (2008-2012)
1. I hope to be married. :)
2. I hope to have something published other than in our local papers :)
3. I will have bought a house/townhouse/something
4. Maybe a Master’s? We’ll see…
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