Friday Fill Ins

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Graphic courtesy of Tonya!

And...here we go!

1. He was a good guy that all the bad girls wanted.

2. College football is what I look forward to most this time of year.

3. My best friend helped me with this. I would have no idea how to blog without her.

4. I have to be honest with you, I think you are swell.

5. Appearances can be changed but personality matters more.

6. The last person I gave a hug to was my 2 boys, at the same time since they were fighting over who go to hug me first.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to time with friend, tomorrow my plans include dinner with my husband for our 1 year wedding anniversary and Sunday, I want to have a great time with my family on vacation!

Holy Hot flash!

Well I guess the dreaded Lupron hot flashes have begun. Aside from a mild headache and feeling a little groggy from last nights sleeping pill, I feel fine. I have had two hot flashes, pretty close together and it was bearable. Annoying, but bearable. I will have to remember when I go out to layer my tops so that if one comes on I can just remove my top layer. Thankfully we are having a cool "summer" day here in Michigan. Perhaps cleaning the boys rooms brought it on, perhaps I should refrain from cleaning. It must be a sign that my body does not like to clean. How I wish.

Lupron.... day 1

Today was my first shot of Lupron. After spending the past 10 days reading every horror story on the net, I went through with it. I got a one month injection and if I can tolerate it I will receive another next month, and continuously for 3 to 6 months, depending on my response. So far my only side effect is a nagging headache that will not go away. I bought some Advil PM this evening because I need sleep. I was up most of last night trying to decide if I was going to do the shot or opt for a hysterectomy. I am hoping to use my blog now to help me through the next few weeks and to keep track of my Lupron experience, whatever it may be.

What a summer

This summer has been pretty rough for me health wise. In June I went to Ohio to see my family and while I was there I happened to gain some weight.... for no reason. When I got home I was very bloated and started to have pains near my right ovary. After an ultrasound it was found that I had a 6 cm cyst on my right ovary. Surgery was scheduled and all went well. I had a cyst removed from my right ovary, an adhesion removed from my left, some endometriosis removed, and a whole slew of other things as well. SO fast forward a month and once again the pain begins. At first I was blown off by the OB/GYN that performed my surgery so I went to the OB who treated me while I was pregnant. So the decision came to be that I would try Lupron to shut down my ovaries and put me into a menopause like state. Today was my first shot. I was so scared to take it! I am hoping it works and I can finally feel better. I am so glad that all these problems started after I had my children.

Growing up

My oldest son is getting so big. Last week he started school for the first time. It was hard to let him go but I can already see him maturing and learning. The first day I cried, now I look forward to dropping him off and I am ready to pick him up at the end of the day. He goes everyday, all day. It is so hard to watch your children grow up and at the same time realize as they age, so do you. Starting school brings forth a whole new set of problems to deal with. Are they making friends? Eating all of their lunch? Do they miss us during the day? Do they feel abandoned. Sometimes I want to drive to the playground and peek through the fence to see what he is up to/if he is having a good time. This being a parent is hard stuff.

I iz a married woman now............

Believe it or not Mike and I finally tied the night. After returning home from a two week vacation in June I decided that it was time to take the big step. I got little to no hesitation from Mike and we decided to shoot for the end of the summer. We had always talked about getting hitched before Aden started school so we got married August 29th and had a small reception on the 30th. We went to the courthouse for the ceremony and I giggled through the whole thing. I honestly do not remember much of it, I was so nervous. I was trying not to cry so I think that is why I was laughing. Not to mention Mike was making faces at me as I said my vows. On my wedding night my friends surprised us with a motel room all decked out. It was the best, most thoughtful present I could have gotten. We had a wonderful time and I will never forget it. The next morning the above mentioned friends picked me up for more surprises. I got my make up professionally done and then we had a breakfast of bagels and mimosa. It was friggen awesome!!! We had the reception in our backyard and it turned out pretty nice. I am so relieved it is over and now I have health insurance again LOL. Besides that, nothing much has really changed as the result of being a married woman.

Blows my mind

So I currently enrolled in a US history course. Wow do they really only tell you the glorified version of history in grade school!!! It amazes me the things that our government and its leaders have done in the not so distant past. The subject that totally put my panties in a wad is the fact that the government secretly sterilized men and women they considered "feebleminded". The definition of feebleminded was vague and often women who birthed children out of wedlock were given the label. This happened from the 20's and continued well into the 1980's. Are you kidding me? The government would tell these men and women oh this is a shot for so and so and it was not until year later when they were unable to conceive a child that they learned that the country they loved had deceived them. So being "easy" or having a child out of wedlock makes you unfit for parenthood? Wow, if that were the case half the country would be locked up in institutions and considered feebleminded.
I love that when you are taught history in elementary and high school even, they portray our founding fathers and subsequent leaders as they morally righteous men. Too often we hear today how our society is going down the drain, when in reality the problems we have today were also faced in the past as well. I believe it was Madison who had an affair with one of his slaves and impregnated her. Franklin Roosevelt cheated on Eleanor with her secretary and she moved into a separate house on the Roosevelt estate. Yet when Clinton used cigars as sex toys the nation was in an uproar as he was the leader of the country and dagnabbit he better uphold family morals.