Guess where Rebecca was at 6:45 this morning? She was on her way to the 24-hour Walgreens for another asthma inhaler. Yes, I've been letting myself get caught without a fast-acting inhaler my entire adult life, and yes, I should know better by now. Nerak slept in bed with me last night (sometimes she can be a little stinker, but sometimes she can ( Read more... )

I hate that I let all of November slip by without updating this journal, but it was a busy month for me. A brief recap of some of the unpleasantness ( Read more... )

Tonight is the first night this winter with lows in the 30's. I hate when this dead-of-winter hits us in October. I feel so unprepared, so caught off-guard. The house is so quiet tonight, and I feel like I'm just lying awake, waiting and listening to hear what will go wrong. Tovah is curled up next to me on her heating pad, and I keep wheezing. My ( Read more... )

After services on Friday, two old Jewish ladies told me that they'd saved some grocery bags for me to crochet with. I said, "Great," thinking that they each probably had one grocery bag filled with grocery bags. Wrong. They both had two garbage bags stuffed with grocery bags! I can only imagine that they'd must've been saving them up for some time ( Read more... )

I haven't made an update in a while because Sara and I traveled back to Louisiana for the Memorial Day weekend. We made the trip in Muse Watson, and he made really good time, although we did get pulled over in the forest (not for speeding). There wasn't even a shoulder, so we had to pull over on the dirt, and I banged my leg on a tree branch and ( Read more... )

The fall foliage was beautiful... while it lasted. But right now, I'm discovering the downside to living in an area that actually has four seasons. It seems like another cold front always means another panicked, late-night trip to the pharmacy for Rebecca. I keep swearing to never again let myself get caught with an empty or lost (or both) fast- ( Read more... )

Yesterday, Sara and I drove back to Louisiana in her truck, and this morning, we drove back here in two vehicles, with Tovah in Muse Watson. Tovah has never liked riding in the car, so for this long trip, we got her a sedative from the vet. Boy, did we have fun getting that pill into her mouth and forcing her to swallow it, but it was worth it. She ( Read more... )

Today I woke up at five in the morning with an asthma attack. Which wasn't a big deal by itself. But since I'm out of albuterol right now, I took a different medication that has adrenaline as its active ingredient. And I didn't realize this until I tried (and failed) to go back to bed. I was wide-awake for the rest of morning, and it took hours for ( Read more... )

This might prove to be a very busy week. I'm still in the middle of packing to move, as well as applying for something (not a job, but more of a volunteer position) that I would really like. It seems hard like a hard program to get into, so keep your fingers crossed! And just a few nights ago, I was caught without an inhaler when a bad asthma ( Read more... )

My asthma has been worse since the weather turned colder, and I finally called the pharmacy to get my inhaler refilled. Of course, my prescription has expired! So this morning I drove to the doctor's (and he is not right around the corner) to get a new one. It took forever. I didn't even have time to bring the prescription to the pharmacy ( Read more... )