We have officially reached the hair loss portion of the post-WLS process. Yay. I try not to stress too much because I do have a fair amount of hair even though the individual hairs are on the thin side. Sadly, I am ceasing the pinking and purpling until I feel confident that the bleaching process won't make the rest of my hair fall out. If I can't ( Read more... )

Actually, it began nearly two weeks ago. I've lived in northern Virginia for over sixteen years and wanderlust is pulling at me. I've also HAD IT with the heat and humidity of this area. As much as I'd love to go home again, I don't want to deal with the heat and humidity of the south either. It pains me to think about moving north, mostly because ( Read more... )

I appear to have succumbed to the New Year plague which is going around. I suspect the VP with whom I nearly collided while cornering a cube passed his cold to me. He was out Wednesday and, I suspect, yesterday. I can't confirm yesterday since I spent Thursday passing in and out of consciousness on the Red Sofa of AWESOMENESS. Today I am back in ( Read more... )

It's pulling at me again. I've lived in northern Virginia longer than I lived in Heth, Arkansas, and I'm a year shy of equaling the entire amount of time I lived in Arkansas. I don't know where I want to go... "The west" keeps calling me. Perhaps the 'fink and I should explore.