1. I started Dialectal Behavior Therapy group tonight. I learned new aspects to mindfulness that I did not previously know. We spent some time on focusing exercises and talking about how and why strong emotions broadside us ( Read more... )

So, I've Doctor Googled Yaz up and down. I have so many issues with being "on hormones". It seems the "other" hormones we use as a society have turned out to have disastrous consequences for so many people. It's not the long term solution I would choose for birth control, so I'm naturally skeptical. The only way it's worth being on is if it ( Read more... )

Finn's pediatrician asked me today if my hip is still holding up well after the surgery in November. It takes me a minute when someone asks to realize what they are asking about. This is how far from my mind hip pain is these days. I live 99% of the time without pain. It's shocking when I think about the world I lived in of nightly trying to ( Read more... )

My mother's helper comes on Mondays and I have from 2:30-6:30 to have her help with Finn. Sometimes I go out, sometimes I stay in and most of the time I do chores and am able to have an extra set of hands. Today I felt like I really needed some alone time out of the house, but I was reluctant to get in my car and drive somewhere and be stuck in ( Read more... )

Whoah. So, here I am Mrs. So-hard-to-get-pregnant-needed-surgery who had sex TWICE this past month (very carefully due to hip surgery) and, uh, yeah... there would be TWO LINES here on this EPT test and I'm five days late. I'm FREAKING PREGNANT! OMG. Eric and I are bouncing off the walls excited, scared, nervous, ponderous and laughing our ( Read more... )

It's beautiful today! Eric couldn't sleep last night, so when Finn woke at 5, we watched 'Melmo' and then went looking for coffee. I had to drive to the next town and have some terrible grocery store coffee. I'm such a snob. :) Finn and I played in the parking lot and in Safeway, but he mainly just wanted to play with the car. :/ hehe. We ( Read more... )

Makes your husband go rent Indiana Jones at 9 at night from the non-local blockbuster ( Read more... )

The Medrol Pak I've started kicked in today and my mood is awesome and my body feels so much better. Of course, I know the negatives here, but I'm hoping this really helps. It's so nice not to be in pain and to feel so relaxed and positive. Forget percoset! It's steroids I have to not get addicted to ( Read more... )

Hip recovery took a big u-turn on Saturday when there was some internal bleeding and swelling in the joint. It's been a rough couple of days since and I've been on and off and anti-inflammatories. The PA said they were not going to have me do PT because they were too worried it would make things worse. They prescribed for me a short burst ( Read more... )

I'm really sad that my MIL and FIL are leaving tomorrow evening. We love each other in such a healing and real way. They love Finn and AND they are such good playmates. I know that I'm repeating myself here, but I can't help but emphasize how important it has been to us ( Read more... )