Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Moved Blog... October 25th, 2009
How did this happen? When did this happen? It started so innocently - it was a game. A farm game for God’s sake. Who could become addicted to a farm game? This was perfectly safe. I knew I could stop anytime I wanted to.
Getting up in the middle of the night because I had planted something at a bad time… well, it only happened once. Getting up early in the morning to harvest, plow, and replant… happened several times.... well, more like most mornings. Checking on the farm during work breaks and lunch… it was my free time to do what I want with. I was perfectly fine eating a quick sandwich or hand full of carrots for lunch at my computer.
That I would worry about my animals might have been a sign. My first cause was to save the black sheep in the balloon. Oh my God; I was worried sick about the black sheep. I had to give him to a nice family who would remove him from the balloon and let him forever play with the children in the yard. I convinced myself of this in order to let him go. And those poor sad cows… those pink cows.... all those poor little black sheep. I would give them homes and pet them and love them. This should have all been a sign to me. I should have noticed that this was not just a game any longer.
Lately I have heard of turtles. I have never seen one, but want one so desperately. Everyone but me has one; I am sure.
There was a day or so a couple of weeks ago that Farmville was having problems that I should have realized the extent of my problem. They fixed it, and I soon forgot the actual torment I was feeling at not being able to tend my crops or my animals.
But now… Facebook itself is not working… I have lost not only my farm, but all of my Farmville neighbors - my School of Magic house mates… and all my friends - many of whom I have never met - probably never will… and my family and friends who have stood beside me through this addiction. Some of them actually sharing. Some of them recovering (only one really is recovering, but she lost her computer). Some of them just standing by, waiting to pick up the pieces.
However, I have lost Facebook contact with all of them. I guess I could use the phone, text or maybe tweet.... or even, God help me, get out of the house and actually visit.
But what about the farm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Moved blog... October 24th, 2009
12:33pm October 24, 2009
Does anyone think the value of Miller will drop if Baz is not drinking from noon until around 5 or 6? On the other hand, I did purchase the same amount of beer as I normally would for the weekend. Maybe he will just stay up later.
I will be writing letters today - email, letters is way beyond what I do any longer - anyway, I will be writing letters to people in England - reminding them that we all promised to stay in touch and that all of us are slackers.
Maybe I will look them all up on facebook… that would be so much easier.
Isn’t funny how quickly people give up their good intentions. I promised that I would write at least weekly to everyone. Keep them updated on our lives. We did good for maybe a month. And then it really was me waiting… still waiting for the responses. Alright, I could have written… could have said hey, what’s up… could have just carried on, but no - I too became overwhelmed in life and stopped.
Truth is, they will all be sorry now. Once I get started I don’t know when to shut up. I go on and on with useless information. Much like my silly husband. No wonder we get on so well.
OK - going to go and start the emails… be back later.
Moved Blog.. October 24, 2009
I am heading down to the church, which is 16 miles each way- yeah I know how to pick em, to get buses off fora road trip. A road trip I am not taking! I even made my husband get up to go with me - telling him it is a good chance for a bike ride… Good thing he loves his Triumph.
Well, gotta go. At least I do have a ride to look forward to.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Where in the world have I been... and what happened while I was gone???
My last post was actually in February... Good Lord!
- Let's see, since Febraury I have had two grandchildren... truth be told, two of my kids had children.
- I aged another year - had a birthday - for anyone who I have not already told... it is March 25th.
- And the big thing... I have expanded in size by the size of a village... I have my own zip code now. Don't tell anyone, they may not notice. I dress so as to give the illusion of only morbidly obese.
Yes, I let myself go - I was totally enjoying life and all the new kids that I paid no attention as the weight just increased more and more. So, now what??? Loose it!
Here's the plan.
- I will diet - joined Weight Watchers on September 11th.
- Start exercising, really working at this one. I am walking at home with videos, I am walking and dancing with my Zune (love this one), I am walking outside, I am walking with the babies in my new jogging stroller, I am jogging, I try to run but afraid of any vault lines I may run over.
- I am checking out a gym / fitness center, I joined the Martin Memorial Fit2Lose Program.... starts October 4th... keep watch for blogs about that.
- I will keep a blog / journal of the process... already started on my weight watchers blog page... I will copy some of it to put here.
The plan, put quite simply is to drop over 100 pounds. I am already down by 15 - in two and a half weeks. I had been tempted to try lapband and even talked Barrie into it - but then promised him I would give another attempt at doing it on my own. Not on my own - with incredible help. My best friend, Barrie and my beautiful daughter, Melissa.
And - I want to ride my bike again. No, not a bicycle... my scooter. Not just some little 49cc scooter... My Yamaha Majesty 400cc scooter. I miss it so much.
OK, enough for now. Back soon.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Saturday, February 6, 2010
My Brain Exploded!
Explosion of something in my brain... (this may be a little bit dramatic, but it fits the emotional, if not physical) occurred on Friday, February 5, 2010 just before 11:00am.
I had one of the scariest moments of my life yesterday. At first I thought I was going blind or I had inherited my father's macular degeneration. Very quickly! Quickest onset imaginable. Within seconds I went from seeing fine (well, with the aid of contacts) to seeing floaters and blurry spots. Sort of like the what you see if you have a bright light shone in your eyes. But it got bigger.
My first thought was that it was my contact, so I removed it and put on my glasses. Nope, still there. Thinking it was my left eye, I rubbed it and realized my right saw it too. I then covered my right eye and found that it was also in my left. My next thought was this is not an eye problem, but a brain problem. I now was certain that I was having a stroke or an aneurism.
My vision continued to quickly deteriorate. It had been maybe 5 minutes so far. I was beginning to seriously panic. I left my office to speak with Ronnie, the parish receptionist and my friend... she had never heard of such a thing. I decided to call my eye doctor, as I had been speaking with the office so often lately getting my contacts straightened out. Luckily I knew the number, as I would never have been able to look it up.
When I reached the doctor's office, I was immediately put at ease by an incredible office staff and doctor. (Dr. Garfield and Dr. Bradley of Hobe Sound) It seems that I was having an Ocular Migraine / Ophthalmic Migraine. I was not going to die, or go blind. I would have to calm down and wait it out. They told me 15 to 20 minutes is all they last. They told me to come in to be checked if I felt the need or if there were any other vision problems.
Now, before I heard the word migraine, I did not have one... but upon hearing it, I noticed the pain in my head. Was the pain in my head there before and I was too panicked to notice? Was the pain a result of suggestion? I don't know, but I do know at it was the definite start to one of my migraines.
After I hung up the phone, I simply waited. No longer panicked, but still nervous as my vision was becoming more and more distorted. I was losing the ability to see clearly at all. After about 20 minutes of blurred vision, it cleared up pretty much instantly.
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