stories of a real life wonder woman

Hey all, Not a lot to post this week but I figured since I didn't post last week I would this week. First I want to say that I love that I keep hearing about people who are excited for me and my house. It should be an interesting and fun adventure. Close day is a little over a week away. And since I was asked this today I am not planning on having a house warming party. I am grateful and thankful for the people who are in my life but inviting you all over at one time to my house sounds daunting and a little suffocating. I truly mean no offense to anyone I just am one of those people that feels uncomfortable in large gathering or with lots of people in my space. Other than than I was thinking about how I don't really talk about my health on a daily basis now since I am not on dialysis. But I still have daily struggles. This week was amplified by feeling horribly sick all week. The brand of a medication I am on was changed which caused my body to overreact with all the side

Hey there, So I guess first I will start with a little health update. For a while now I have been trying to wean myself off of a medication per my GI doctors orders. It has been tough and my body has really not liked it at times. Recently I have been feeling like progress has been made and that is a great feeling. That progress feels even better knowing that though that medicine was at one point helping my stomach it is also one that can be very hard on my kidneys and on bones. So that is feeling like a pretty big win right now. On the house front I am currently considered under contract to buy a house. Inspections were this past week and they went really great. That was possibly one of the most amazing things for me to hear this week. Inspections were on Thursday and Wednesday I was a mess. I have been worrying a lot about some things. To this point my parents have not yet seen the house and won't see it until closing day or after. That has been nerve wracking for me for a lot

Hi All, So I suppose for those of you who saw my tweet/facebook post Friday night you are wondering what happened? Well my offer was accepted and my closing day is in a month! Ah! I keep sort of laughing about it because I am excited/nervous and because the house is lovely. I am excited for it to be mine. And excited that some of the things that I have always dreamed about but never even dared to dream out loud about them are in this house. God knows. And he is good. Not going to lie, it feels pretty good to see the goodness of this gift right off the bat. Blown away by him. Something else that is going on is that Senior Camp is starting today and it is weird for me to not be there. I still believe being done for now is the best decision for me but I do feel the ache of not being there. But instead of dwelling on that I thought I would share some of my favorite memories through the years of being out there. Also warning this could get long because when I talk about camp sometimes i

Hey there, So if you have seen my social media posts I am sure you know that yesterday was a blast for me. I got to spend quite a bit of time with my nephews. Gosh those boys bring so much light and laughter into my world and I wish I could take all the bad out of theirs. I took the 3rd and the 5th off of work in part so I could watch the fireworks in my hometown since last year I did not see fireworks. I didn't want to have to drive back late or super early to get to work the next day so I didn't watch them in my hometown. And I had no idea where they were shot off in my current city so I just stayed home. This year I decided I wanted to see fireworks so I decided I would watch them with my family. During parts of the day I would think "Is this worth it?" And I often didn't know. But then at the fireworks hearing my nephews run around with their friends laughing and making up stories - I love it. And I thought "This is worth it." And really I had

Hey everyone, Not really sure what to write today. That is part of the reason I didn't post yesterday. I don't really feel like I have much to say. I decided to take a few days off of work so I could enjoy relaxing around the 4th and so far that has been nice. Went to the parade yesterday which is one of my favorite parts of the year. Parades are just so fun and in small towns like where I am from the parade is a celebration of the community filled with familiar faces. I love that. I guess all I really have to say today is I hope you are taking some time to celebrate and relax as we remember the rebels that took a chance on founding this nation.