So the past month or two has been a little crazy. Haven't really had much desire (I'll blame it on the too much estrogen - see below)or gumption to blog, or honestly do much of anything.
I keep forgetting that I am an old woman! People still card me when we go gambling or I order a drink. I am definantly a young soul, and am pretty much a kid at heart. But I finally got into the doctor and complained about the irregular, annoyingly heavy, and completely pointless menstrual cycle that I endure each month or few weeks or whenever it decides to rear it's ugly head. Birth control was prescribed, and what followed was 3 months of the most painful headaches, heart palpitations, and constant spotting. MISERABLE! I called my big sis and said, you've done this...what the hell. She laughed, said to go to the doctor, and talk to him about pre-menapause! ARE YOU FREAKIN SERIOUS? I'm not an old woman! Next I called my mom, she freaked out, "what are you doing on birth control pills?" "didn't you remember my breast cancer is estrogen enduced?" AHHHHH So the doctor was called. Of course his first words of concern were anemia. NOPE...not anemic! Just don't tolerate estrogen well...so now what? "Well", the doctor says, "hot flashes, night sweats, spotting, these are all the fun things to look forward to...you are an old woman". I think I have aged this week alone after continued reminder that I will be 40 this year. I have been off the estrogen for one day, I wanted my headache to go away immediatly, but it's still there. Hopeing it goes away soon...
Tristan is out of school for summer break. It is so wierd to think he will be going into 2nd grade the end of the summer...it was just the other day he was starting kindergarten...but if summer ever finally hits, we are looking forward to some camping, fishing, hiking, picnics, dog walks, ect. to help fill up his summer with fun.
We have made some living arrangment decissions. Looks like we are going to put the house remodel on the back burner for now and move Tree-c and Trist into my house. My brother has taken a job in Boise and will be moving the end of the month. I am really sad to be losing his daily presence in all of our lives, but am hopful that this move will help him grow and find another level of happiness. Losing his rent money is a little scary too, but if we could get Tree-c moved over then rent her house out, then money will be okay again.
We found another lump in Tree-c's breast. We had that scare last year, so we took the trip, hoping for similar results. And after a mammogram, and a biopsy this time, it came back as a fibrous cyst again. PHEW!
Tree-c's knees have gotten nothing but worse, she has gone through a series of shots to help alleviate some of the pain, it helps for a few months and then gets back to her having a hard time even walking. We finally got into a specialist with the help of my great friend Lindsey and after seeing her x-rays he agreed her options are 2 fold. Do nothing until she is older and then get a total knee replacement, "maybe if she were 40 I would consider doing it", or get her patella removed and replaced. She opted for the second, because even a partial knee replacement might buy her some pain free time to play with Tristan while he is still young enough to want to play with his mom. And then in 10-15 years have that total knee replacement. So that is planned for later this year.
My parents are coming to visit over Labor Day to help us finish the basement in my house. That will give us some extra room to fill up when they do finally move in.
We are going on a family trip to Disneyland in July...I already have it all planned out from day 1-day 7. It'll be a small family reunion, which will be fun. Tristan loves being around Grandpa and Grandma J and he adores my little sister Penny (not sure why) and my big sister Gidget always spoils him rotten so he is very excited to spend time with them all! SO AM I!
Today I still have a job...and I am very grateful for that. Just last week they had a bit of a restructure and had to move people from department to department. But so far, I am still settled and secure. I am happy about that! :)
I guess that is it for now. I feel like I have just rambled on, but wanted to recap the past few months.
TTFN
