Got Some Catching up to Do!

Wow, how time flies...even when you are not having fun!

A lot has happened since I last posted so I will try my best to catch up on all of it...in other words, make the long story short.

My excuse for not writing has been many fold. The main reason I stopped posting when I did is because I hurt my shoulder. I sprained the bone/ligaments between my neck and my shoulder on the right side. Yes, I learned the hard way not to try to catch a 300 pound table as it falls. After many months of physical therapy, MRI's, x-rays, and finally a cortisone shot (yeah, not my idea of a good time), I am feeling better. It took a few months after the cortisone shot for it to settle down. I still have a little soreness in my shoulder, but not all day like before.

The second reason I stopped posting was because my father's mother, Great Granny Annie as my kids called her, got sick in January. She was in the hospital for a few weeks with gall bladder issues, but it ended up that whole reason she was having gall bladder issues was because she had Pancreatic Cancer. They did what they could for her, but the day after they moved her to the hospice facility, she passed away. That was February 6th at 7:15 in the morning. She is the reason I am the person I am today, no doubt about that. She was fiesty, fun, artistic, and great at telling stories. I have missed her greatly. Unfortunately, she died in February but was not able to be buried until the end of April. She needed to be put with Gramps who was in Arlington Cemetery. It was at least a 6 week waiting list to get buried there. So she was finally interred on April 22, 2009. That was a very long time to postpone the grieving process for me.

Shortly after that, it was the last month of school. Anyone who works in a school knows that the last month is CRAZY! Just the paperwork alone was enough to snow me under: I had to (with my two partners of course) do paperwork for all 394 students identified as gifted at our school. We did have help from our wonderful assistant principal, but it was a lot of work collecting and filing all of those papers. Next year, we will have it under control long before the last few weeks of school. I vow it!

I have gotten a new position at work...well sort of. It is really more of a title change. Instead of being a CATs teacher (collaborative action team) I will be a STEM teacher (science, technology, engineering, and math). The main issue is that there really isn't such a program...my other half and I will have to create it. I will be doing a lot of work to get it ready for the fall during this summer break...along with trying to get the clutter under control, the front foyer finished, and doing fun things with the family. It should be a hectic summer.

And now...the newest medical mystery. I seriously wish I knew Dr. Gregory House. For the past month (almost 5 weeks now) I have been suffering with a low-grade fever 99.5 to 100.5, headaches mostly like pressure, and swollen lymph nodes in the groinal area. After 4 vials of blood and two kinds of antibiotics, they still don't know what is wrong with me and I am not getting any better. When I looked up the symptoms on WebMD I found the following illnesses listed: cat-scratch fever, lyme disease, the PLAGUE, lymphoma. I did get a good laugh at the plague reference. Who knew that it still existed? I will be going back to the doctor again tomorrow hopefully to get the details on what he tested for exactly...the paperwork I was sent didn't give any details, everything just said normal. And yes I know, I am NOT normal.

So, as you can tell, life has been full of surprises since I last posted. As I find pictures from the last few months, I will try to post them. As they say in the TV shows: Until next time...