07.02.08
Posted at 5:30 pm by rueyn
It finally dawned on me today why this project I’m working on feels so different:
1. It’s the first piece I’ve written that has absolutely nothing to do with me.
2. I am willing to take my time, because I feel so passionately about the story, rather than just getting it down on paper.
3. I could care less if it ever crosses a publisher’s desk.
4. I am learning how to deal with dialog and descriptions that aren’t based on the need to sound pretentious.
5. My age gives me a better ability to understand the motivations of my characters and relay them with more truth.
:D
07.01.08
Posted at 1:58 pm by rueyn
I got to pet a milksnake today! 
06.30.08
Posted at 4:38 pm by rueyn
06.27.08
Posted at 2:22 pm by rueyn
…I would be putting it on today. The Kid was looking directly at me, and his left eye turned in further than his right. If I would have taken him to his appointment in February, like the pediatrician suggested, instead of hoping the pediatrician was right about pseudostrabismus, the Kid could have already been being treated.
I am not ashamed that he might have an eye problem. I am not ashamed that he might need glasses. I am ashamed that, as his primary caregiver, I did not do a better job taking care of him.
What I DON’T understand is that his corneas reflect light exactly at the center, which technically means that strabismus isn’t possible, so what’s with the deeper turn?
Posted at 11:29 am by rueyn
Anyone out there doing or know someone who is doing non-religion-based home schooling?
06.26.08
Posted at 1:52 pm by rueyn
Me: We can’t go see the fountains today.
Kid: Why?
Me: (staring at the dozens of senior citizens sitting in chairs listening to music) It looks like people are exercising.
Kid: Like the hamsters at the pet store?
06.25.08
Posted at 11:05 am by rueyn
The Kid’s pictures went really well. He was a bit fidgety, but honestly the girl wasn’t very smart about *when* to take pics. When he would stop fidgeting, there were some moments that would have made perfect pics, but the girl was all about the posing. She got a few candids in there, though, and I’m very very happy with the ones we picked. Black shirt with black background in black and white looks *wonderful*. The Kid looks so much older than the last time we did this, it’s frightening.
Mike is finally up and around. He says he feels weak, but I think that’s to be expected. Hopefully things will get back to normal here in a day or two. I’m exhausted and very much in need of some people-less-ness.
06.23.08
Posted at 10:51 am by rueyn
Today the Kid accompanied me to the dentist for a bite plate fitting and just sat in the corner reading books the entire time. We then went to the grocery store to get supplies for a very sick Mike, who thinks he has food poisoning. Probably another night on the couch for me, but at least he’s stopped throwing up.
I got an appointment made for the Kid to see an eye doctor in two weeks. The doc is only 15 minutes away, and the appointment is only going to be 45 minutes long. Hooray!
06.19.08
Posted at 6:31 am by rueyn
I am a little surprised to find that the endo/adenomyosis is still so painful. The doc who did my hernia surgery told me he found some endo lesions, which he ablated, so I’m guessing that there were others he couldn’t see. Midol does *nothing*, but thankfully Tylenol really seems to help. The lesions the doc found were black, which means they were 5-10 years old, so this didn’t come because of the baby. But the weird thing is that the symptoms for me didn’t start until December of 2007, so I have no idea what triggered them. I’m glad I’ll be hitting menopause sooner rather than later
06.17.08
Posted at 12:12 pm by rueyn
School is ungodly boring. I was hoping it was just Nutrition class, but, no, the current class is the same. I don’t know what to do. I have so long until I can start Nursing School, and I just don’t know how I’m going to stick with it.
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