going to disney&uni again! Sep 2011

[bumbershoot]

You have adorable ideas.


Woo is Eamon acting up! I asked Robert if I could send him on down...he said he's working too hard and E would be bored. Dagnabit.


But tomorrow's Gymnastics and we should be able to see our fave Y staff member. We get to congratulate him, too, because his partner proposed to him on Saturday after the baseball game we all attended with another friend, and he said yes. It's not a legal thing here in WA (which boggles my mind), but they don't really care about the legalities (though I assume they will visit lawyers and get everything all set in stone) right now, they are just in luvvvvvvvvv. Sigh. His partner sneakily told me (we'd just met that night!) about his plans, so I was like a partner in crime as we all discussed where they should go to eat after the game. I can't wait to see our friend.

I just have to finish up making this tree bark tea and choke some down. The friends at the baseball game all gave me their baby-mojo, LOL. The Y guy gave me his mom's, too...she has children from nearly 30 down to 2, and he's decided she needs to STOP (by the way she's not even 50) so he just gave away her mojo. I hope she doesn't mind, and hope it works, though we do actually have to wait until Robert gets back, LOL.

 

[Brady's Mom]

It is handy to have two people to make babies!

I hope, hope, hope that you have some luck with the baby mojo!

 

[kaoden39]

Thank you.


It's tough when they start acting up. I have been through it with all three and there are days that I feel like it is a continuous battle. But, I think there is more good than bad. Maybe after the Y today Eamon will be more himself.


How exciting for your friend!! I cannot understand why there are not equal rights for everyone. When California voters voted in Proposition 8 I was floored. Thankfully the courts realized how unconstitutional that law was. How fun to get to be part of that too.

 

[bumbershoot]

I hope, hope, hope that you have some luck with the baby mojo!

At the very least I'd get to stop whining about it.

How exciting for your friend!! I cannot understand why there are not equal rights for everyone. When California voters voted in Proposition 8 I was floored. Thankfully the courts realized how unconstitutional that law was. How fun to get to be part of that too.

He wasn't there today so I didn't get to squeal about it. Maybe tomorrow!

 

[kaoden39]

Molly, I meant to comment about the baby mojo, I am sending mine. We are not going use it again and I can think of no one I would rather take custody of it.


Hopefully tomorrow you can gush. There is nothing more wonderful than planning your wedding to the person you want to share your life with.

 

[bumbershoot]

Thanks for the mojo, you two.

Today I got a name for an empathetic sympathetic, open to hippie-chick-types person up in Seattle who can do bloodwork and such just to see where I am. Just talking about that with my acupuncturist (should I do this just to know?) caused me to cry. To think of the years of trying when it was just pointless b/c of the prolactinoma...you can't erase those years of heartache, you know? And *maybe* if we'd gone in for "workups" it would have been caught earlier, but Robert was working ALL the time, he just was never available for an appointment, and considering how people blew him off while he was directly asking for bloodwork...they still could have missed it all.

Augh, whining again!



Better non-whiny stuff...

My cousin loves the idea of having breakfast at Kona on the day we check in! That should be fun. We'll come over from the Hyatt, and might or might not go check in already, but definitely meet up at Kona and have some yummo food there altogether. Last time we were having breakfast at Sassagoula's (at Port Orleans French Quarter) while they were driving in and doing AP stuff...seems like way more fun to dine together from the get-go!

I'm doing well (slowly but well) in decluttering. Worked on the closet the other day and it went very well. And I did the Goodwill donations before going to Goodwill, and that felt right. Though Eamon kept expecting to see our donations over at GW already, LOL.

The decluttering will continue tomorrow! And I've got to get my friend over here with her kidlet so they can take some of E's old clothes! More decluttering, and also allowing someone else to enjoy his clothing. I've culled what I *have to keep* from it already.

So those things are going well.

Oh and I've been working out more consistently and realize how much I like how it feels. Woo! Hopefully I'll start *seeing* some results soon.


E had fun in gymnastics but managed to hurt himself either then or while playing while I worked out, so we went to our chiro-guy and after that we both felt much much better.

 

[kaoden39]

Aw Molly. I am so sorry that you have had to go through all that. It sucks.


You sound like you are making headway. Although it may be slow any headway is good headway.

 

[Brady's Mom]

Molly, I definitely recommend that you keep searching for someone who does bloodwork and can tell you what your hormone levels are. I just recently found a doctor who will do that. I had been searching for 14 or 15 years. I know I had a thyroid condition, but no doctor was willing to look at more than one "standard" blood marker and it was always normal. Since I found this new doctor I've started taking bio-identical hormones and healing my digestive tract and really working on making myself healthier.

It was super refreshing to talk to a doctor who looks at all of the blood work and then compares my hormone levels to each other (shocking) to find out if they are balanced.

I have lost 14 pounds since the first part of June and have more energy - I still have a long way to go before I'm happy with my weight, but at least I am FINALLY making progress.

I really hope you can find someone that will help you. I know how agonizing it is to want a baby so badly and not have anyone to help me make my body work right. Good luck with the bark drink. I don't know if I could make myself do it.

 

[bumbershoot]

Thanks again to both of you!


14 pounds since early June! Wow!

Hey wait, isn't your little one older than Eamon? Do you need to update that sig?

 

[kaoden39]

Shannon, congratulations on the weight loss!! That is wonderful!!

Hi Molly.

My day is suckage. I lost my wedding ring at Costco today. I don't normally wear it because it is loose. I didn't think it was that loose. I noticed it and we back traced no ring to be found. I left my name and number. Hopefully someone will turn it in.

 

[bumbershoot]

Oh no! That's not a nice thing to lose. I do hope someone turns it back in.

 

[kaoden39]

They didn't call so I am guessing no one turned it in. Sigh.

 

[Brady's Mom]

Thanks - I'm pretty happy with my weight loss.

Michele - I am so sorry about your wedding ring. That would be so heartbreaking! I hope someone finds it and turns it in.

Molly - Nathan's birthday is Sept. 3, so he is a little younger than E. But I will definitely update his age in another few weeks. It's hard to believe my youngest is getting that old. But it's even harder to believe my oldest will be 23. Many times in my life I'm glad I had Alex when I was 21, but then sometimes the age spread between my 4 seems a little weird and overwhelming. I think it's just because of all the reception/ceremony stuff that's going on. Alex (my oldest) got married in Feb. but he (and his wife!) aren't planning on having their reception until Aug. 16th. They are having a vow ceremony and then a reception after - so not only do I have to deal with the stress of a reception, etc. but I have to find an acceptable dress! I had several people try to convince me that I would be happy with an HCG weight loss product, but I just didn't feel comfortable with it. I figured my body would respond to balanced hormones and a healthy small intestine! And it has....knock on wood.....

 

[bumbershoot]

Maybe they'll call tomorrow, Michele! Meanwhile don't forget to search all pockets, hoods, shoes, socks, purses, wallets, etc, just in case it dropped into something like that during the shopping trip. I'm sure you already have, but do it a few more times!

Shannon, glad you didn't do the HCG thing. That stuff is expensive, and it can make you swell! Robert has to take triampterine for swelling b/c of the HCG, and he isn't even on a high dose. For the sleep studies they weighed him both times, and for one he hadn't taken his pill, and the other he had...8 pounds difference. That's how much extra weight he holds, when he doesn't take the green pill, b/c of the HCG swelling.


I did almost an hour on the fancy bike today, omg. E didn't move up in swim classes, but neither did a couple of the fun kids in the class, so they'll be together again next session. And I like it, too, because their mom is fun. She's got a 7 and 8 year old, and a 4 month old. And she's funny.

 

[kaoden39]

Thank you Shannon.

I like August 16. It's a good day. That is our wedding anniversary.


Molly, I hope they call. I have checked every where. I want to cry more now than I did earlier.

I am glad that a few of E's friends are staying with him. Good job on the bike.

 

[bumbershoot]

If I work out today during Aikido, that's FOUR workouts this week. Good ones, too. I'm exhausted just thinking about it!


Any news, Michele?

 

[bumbershoot]

Here I was worried about Robert given how far away he is, but one of his co-workers has been on a trip and staying in a hotel near the blast site in Oslo. And they don't know how he is! Oh I hope he's OK...

 

[kaoden39]

No news Molly.


I am saying a prayer for Robert's co-worker. That is so scary.

 

[bumbershoot]

They heard from him, and he's OK. He's leaving tomorrow, which is two days early. I'm very glad.

My good friend who is getting married in October (not the proposal I was on the outskirts of last week) just told me that she's having an adult's only wedding. It's not that I can't go anywhere without Eamon, it's that...he loves her too. And he wanted to see her get married. He took it far better than I did (nothing was said to her of course), frankly. I'm still tearing up now just typing it.

He was at her sister's wedding, he helped out with her niece's wedding (they do DIY weddings in their family, and it was FINE that we were asked to help with her niece's wedding without being invited TO the wedding, we knew we were appreciated)...I just figured he'd be at her wedding, too.

Kids are people too, and while I'm sure there are plenty of kids who would just be insane...he could have been calm and peaceful and just happy to see her get married. Just like the ones who are older than him.



But the good news is...I worked out again today. 4 days! (in a row, actually)

 

[bumbershoot]

So sad about Amy Winehouse. What a shame. Such an amazing voice, it's really too bad she didn't learn from all the generations of singers before her, that she let the addictions start in the first place.

(she was found dead in her flat...I assume it's an addiction problem...)