Ow. My brain hurts.

Todd and I were buried under our homework today.  He was working on Java and I was struggling with pseudocode.  Nice, eh?
I do great with the flowcharts.  I can see how it’s going to process and it’s all good.  For some reason, when I start putting it into pseudocode, my brain starts to fizzle.  Then [...]

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Balance between dreams and reality, plus our Anniversary Weekend

Our anniversary weekend get-away with the kids was lovely.  They drove us just slightly nuts and they are massively over-tired, but then that’s part of having kids, so it’s fine….  I’m glad we had them with us though.  It just didn’t seem right to not have our family together.  We were treated impeccably by the [...]

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can I have a new body, please?

In my apparent endless effort to fall apart physically, I am continuing to have the swelling and I’m going in to have myself checked out.
Had chest pains this afternoon – horrible tightness that hurt like an SOB.  My chest still feels sore from it.  Was just driving along, normal chat with Bren about his school [...]

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ahhh

Submitted my first assignments for my programming logic class.  I had myself worried into a tight little ball of anxiety because I began doubting my ability to do it.  Now it’s done and I look at it and think, whoa, that looks great.
Ugh.  I need to have more confidence in my abilities.
Read Junie B. Jones [...]

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Water retention, the new way to look younger

Something’s up, besides this damn cold.
I’ve had horrible edema for the last couple of weeks… was starting around noon each day but I just woke up and my hands and face are so puffy that my wrinkles have disappeared.  I happen to like my wrinkles, so I’m wondering what the hell is going on.
My suspicion [...]

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Stumbling along, or accidentally getting it right

It was open house at Brennan’s school tonight.  We went, got to talk to his teacher, had hot dogs, toured the school and read some of Bren’s work.  We got a fantastic handout from Bren’s teacher.  It gives some good ideas on how to help him and how to ensure that we meet his needs.  [...]

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Mental slide

Brennan very graciously provided me with a cold.  It descended slowly, insidiously, over the last two days and now I’m cranky because I haven’t even come out of what I would call a full recovery period from the “big bug”.
I’m pissed off about it because, to be blunt, I’ve paid my sick dues and this [...]

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Intersection

Todd and I are studying elements of the same subject/area this semester.  So I have a built-in tutor!  How lucky am I?
This is some freaking hard subject matter, but I really love it.  I may ultimately determine that I stink at true programming/development, but I am going to give it my best.  I tend to [...]

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My son…

Son#1 just informed us that his little brother is “light peach” while he (son#1) is “apricot”.
This small interaction leaves us with no doubt that not many grown men have the ability to distinguish such differences…  To my husband it’s either orange or pink.  No in-between shades exist.  And don’t get me started on his inability [...]

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Holiday

I can’t begin to find words to express how much I needed today off.  Do I say something like “desperate” or “exhausted”, because I already use those words on a regular basis.  We are incredibly fortunate to have my mum and Todd’s mom helping us to survive Aidan’s care each week.  My mum drives him [...]

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