On Monday I had that work physical, right? Tuesday morning I went in for my fasting blood draw, and on Thursday afternoon I went in for the ultrasound. So...let's say that things didn't go so well. Expected, I suppose, but disappointing nonetheless. It's not "official"...I'm not supposed to know, because the ultrasound tech isn't allowed to say anything, but I've definitely got cysts on my ovaries again. I'm a little relieved that I'm not crazy, and the pain that I've been having is le...

I had my "work physical" today. The new doctor is awesome, and she listenened to my concerns well, and she's pretty easy to get into. So...luckily my cerebellum is okay. I talked to her about concerns about my meds. She added Wellbutrin, so we'll see how that goes. I spent several hours on the phone trying to track down a doctor I had in Las Vegas because she wanted to put me on metformin extended release, and I didn't remember what I had been on. I had been the regular metformin, and...

On Thursday many of the staff at our school converged at our local McDonalds for "McTeacher's Night" with our Parent Teacher Organization to help earn money for our school. I signed up for all three hours because I'm a "trucker's widow" right now, and I didn't really have much else to do. It was totally gross, but I had a blast. When we got there, the owner and his wife greeted all of us and asked us which jobs we'd like to do. I kind of wanted to do the drive-through, but another t...

It's 10 pm Mountain time...11 pm Central time. I just got off the phone with my cousin Ann. She was Bill's big sister--my cousin who died a year ago this weekend. They're having their ga-rage party in honor of him tonight. All of Bill's friends are there and many of my aunts, uncles, and cousins. I have to "puff out my chest" a little. Bill loved bonfires and parties and stuff...so as we gathered last year, I suggested we all get together at his house and build a fire and have a party i...

I write this on the morning we lay my dear cousin to rest. I'm wondering what words I can put on these pages that can be sufficient to explain what Bill meant to his family and friends. To me, Billy was the embodiment of FUN. I always knew that when I got together with Billy we'd have a good time no matter what we did. It didn't matter if we were picking rocks with Grandpa out in the field or building a fort together somewhere we weren't supposed to, it was ALWAYS fun when Bill was arou...

Out here in Wyoming, there is a huge energy boom going on right now. Gas pipeline is being laid all over the place, going from here to there and everywhere (wish I had a map...not sure exactly where its going to / coming from). People aren't sure how long the boom will last for. It seems many of the towns go through booms out here. But as I think about it...Im not entirely sure why. They had a boom back in the 70s and it died....now its going through a boom again. Well what happened to...