Nothing Worth Doing Is Ever Easy
So if that phrase were true, you would think I would lead the most worth while life ever. I know things could get worse and I should not complain. There are many good things just on that horizon for me, places to travel, people to meet and to love. Today however I am just waiting for the other shoe to drop.
I found out yesterday that the second duplex I was slated to move into is also not going to be available for a month or possibly two after my lease is up. This would have been great to know several weeks ago. It is march 3, I have 29 days until my lease is up and I either have to be out and scramble to find another place to live or stay month to month and pay an outrageous amount of money. I don't have to have the wonderful duplex (although I REALLY want it) Just a straight answer instead of stringing me along would have been very helpful.
I am also stressing about my meds, which is of course not good for my skin. I have been going into the dermatologist office every two weeks for the past 5 weeks to test my blood. First my H&H (red blood cell) count was low, so I took my iron pills , increased my intake of the green leafies and red meat and went back for a second draw. Now my H&H are fine but my platelets have dropped drastically. I have to go for a third draw next week on the 10th and see if the platelets are still dropping. For those keeping score, the platelet count was the reason I had to give up the first inject-able called Enbrel. then there was Raptiva that did nothing but helped me into a hospital room. Now I have been on Humira for 6 or 7 months and until recently it has been great. My fear is the doc will take me off the med. Understandable, I want my blood to clot and create white blood cells to fight off infection as much as I want clear skin.I simply do not want to EVER be as bad as I was last year. EVER! There are only 5 biologic inject-ables for Psoriasis, and they are considered to be the last thing you should try. I have been through 3. I am going to ask my doctor 2 questions 1- can I lower my dosage and 2-is there anything I can do or take to raise my platelets.
In other, more happy news, the gaming group is going well. We are having much fun on Friday nights at the Game Keep. I like my character, she is a strong no nonsense "Urban Shaman" I fell she is really my inner self, the person I try to be when life gets tough. I have missed this kind of odd geeky group of friends that is all accepting and just a laugh riot.
I am trying to arrange a trip amidst all the madness of half packed apartments and doctors visits to Eva Alabama. It is about a 2 hour drive from here, and will be going to see my friends seanpatfannon and miari for more gaming fun!
At work today I spent most of my time trying to get figure out how I can send a fax with out a fax machine. There are ways, it is possible, but must get the XP 07 Pro install disc, that the Tony-boss has misplaced. Sigh, so it looks like tomorrow I get to sit with the actual fax machine and remember how to set up a group for broadcasting mass faxes at one time. Yes welcome to the world of marketing with no budget. I am having uin though learning how to create an e-newsletter using interactive PDF format. Yes, I am a female! I was just noticing that I type a lot of things that many women would not. I am still damn sexy though lol random thought.
Oh and one last tid-bit, I narked out my daughters principal to the school board for taking kids on a field trip to a t.v. and radio station while knowing several students specifically did not have permission to go. She said it was mandatory that all 8th graders go regardless if their parent/guardian gave permission, so they ALL went. There was also another school on the same field trip that day and one of the kids (no one knows who or from which school) wrote on something belonging to one of the radio station employees. So after the field trip, my daughters ENTIRE 8th grade class was pulled out of classes and into the gym to be lectured and dressed down for their horrible and ill mannered behavior (oh,yea after 2+ hours of standing my daughter sat on the floor, bad bad manners). She decided she would take responsibility for the vandalism and punish her students. I lodged a formal complaint and the woman at the school board I spoke to was very surprised at what I had to say. She asked if I wanted to look ant open enrollment to move Jade out to a different school next year, My answer was I would, but lucky for us she is moving to high school any way. But don't you think that moving my daughter because of the principal's bad decisions is rather like sticking gum on a leaky busted dam? I am deciding if I need to push this by talking to other parents or let it go as I have with all the rest of the stupidity that has come from this principal over the last 2 years. . . oh this was supposed to be a brief paragraph . . oopsie!
Anyway, I promise to read and comment soon. I honestly do miss my LJ friends if I stay away too long. Pardon myt slang but - Y'all are addicting!
I found out yesterday that the second duplex I was slated to move into is also not going to be available for a month or possibly two after my lease is up. This would have been great to know several weeks ago. It is march 3, I have 29 days until my lease is up and I either have to be out and scramble to find another place to live or stay month to month and pay an outrageous amount of money. I don't have to have the wonderful duplex (although I REALLY want it) Just a straight answer instead of stringing me along would have been very helpful.
I am also stressing about my meds, which is of course not good for my skin. I have been going into the dermatologist office every two weeks for the past 5 weeks to test my blood. First my H&H (red blood cell) count was low, so I took my iron pills , increased my intake of the green leafies and red meat and went back for a second draw. Now my H&H are fine but my platelets have dropped drastically. I have to go for a third draw next week on the 10th and see if the platelets are still dropping. For those keeping score, the platelet count was the reason I had to give up the first inject-able called Enbrel. then there was Raptiva that did nothing but helped me into a hospital room. Now I have been on Humira for 6 or 7 months and until recently it has been great. My fear is the doc will take me off the med. Understandable, I want my blood to clot and create white blood cells to fight off infection as much as I want clear skin.I simply do not want to EVER be as bad as I was last year. EVER! There are only 5 biologic inject-ables for Psoriasis, and they are considered to be the last thing you should try. I have been through 3. I am going to ask my doctor 2 questions 1- can I lower my dosage and 2-is there anything I can do or take to raise my platelets.
In other, more happy news, the gaming group is going well. We are having much fun on Friday nights at the Game Keep. I like my character, she is a strong no nonsense "Urban Shaman" I fell she is really my inner self, the person I try to be when life gets tough. I have missed this kind of odd geeky group of friends that is all accepting and just a laugh riot.
I am trying to arrange a trip amidst all the madness of half packed apartments and doctors visits to Eva Alabama. It is about a 2 hour drive from here, and will be going to see my friends seanpatfannon and miari for more gaming fun!
At work today I spent most of my time trying to get figure out how I can send a fax with out a fax machine. There are ways, it is possible, but must get the XP 07 Pro install disc, that the Tony-boss has misplaced. Sigh, so it looks like tomorrow I get to sit with the actual fax machine and remember how to set up a group for broadcasting mass faxes at one time. Yes welcome to the world of marketing with no budget. I am having uin though learning how to create an e-newsletter using interactive PDF format. Yes, I am a female! I was just noticing that I type a lot of things that many women would not. I am still damn sexy though lol random thought.
Oh and one last tid-bit, I narked out my daughters principal to the school board for taking kids on a field trip to a t.v. and radio station while knowing several students specifically did not have permission to go. She said it was mandatory that all 8th graders go regardless if their parent/guardian gave permission, so they ALL went. There was also another school on the same field trip that day and one of the kids (no one knows who or from which school) wrote on something belonging to one of the radio station employees. So after the field trip, my daughters ENTIRE 8th grade class was pulled out of classes and into the gym to be lectured and dressed down for their horrible and ill mannered behavior (oh,yea after 2+ hours of standing my daughter sat on the floor, bad bad manners). She decided she would take responsibility for the vandalism and punish her students. I lodged a formal complaint and the woman at the school board I spoke to was very surprised at what I had to say. She asked if I wanted to look ant open enrollment to move Jade out to a different school next year, My answer was I would, but lucky for us she is moving to high school any way. But don't you think that moving my daughter because of the principal's bad decisions is rather like sticking gum on a leaky busted dam? I am deciding if I need to push this by talking to other parents or let it go as I have with all the rest of the stupidity that has come from this principal over the last 2 years. . . oh this was supposed to be a brief paragraph . . oopsie!
Anyway, I promise to read and comment soon. I honestly do miss my LJ friends if I stay away too long. Pardon myt slang but - Y'all are addicting!