Almost Halfway

I've been really bad at this blogging thing... 

I haven't been feeling well when I have time to blog and when I feel well, I'm spending my time doing other things. 

So here are some updates.

The house is out of control. I've officially lost control of it and can't keep up. We look like hoarders. Or those people who say lots of messes = lots of love. Either way, it's a mess.

The last round of chemo was REALLY bad. I got REALLY sick. So sick that my kids ended up with sitters every day, all day, and they had a sleepover. At the end of the week, I was worried about feeling so bad still, so we went in. I got fluids (so twice in one week) and saw the doctor. I had an emotional breakdown because I was so upset and unhappy about being sick, so the nurses alerted the doctor and they're watching my emotional health now. I told them I was just frustrated about being so sick, but I cried while telling them that. haha. But really, it was SOOOO frustrating!

Come to find out... it was probably because of the amoxicillin I was on to fight off the STREP THROAT I got the week before. And two chemo's previous to this last one, I got really sick too. I was on a stronger amoxicillin. So no more amoxicillin for me, at all! I wasn't able to do ANYTHING. I didn't even check my email. 

Makenzie got strep throat from me and she got it BAD. Behind her ear, she got an infection, her eyes gooped boogers and nastiness, and she got red spots. And she got an ear infection on top of that. My poor little miserable baby. So we've spent the beginning of this week doing lots of laundry, using TONS of hand sanitizer (my hands are like sandpaper now), and trying to touch each other. So far so good. 

I got a chronic sinus problem or allergies or something. I have constant drainage and yellow mucous. But my nose isn't plugged up, I only cough in the morning, and I'm totally, totally fine otherwise. It's bizarre. I'm taking little doses of Claritin every day. I'm a freak of nature. We're keeping an eye on this too.

I'm really starting to wear down from the chemo and the chronic sickness and my weakened immune system and stuff. It's affecting me. And it's noticable now. I can't do tasks for very long without getting tired, I am tired more, and I have these chronic sicknesses. And I keep getting sick. Ha. The joys.

Patrick does dishes like a champ. He's amazing. Doing dishes is one of the tasks that super wears me out right now - Heaven only knows how I folded all that laundry at the beginning of the week. Something like 7-10 loads. Judge me. :) But really, Patrick is amazing. He just does the dishes. Sure, they pile up, but he does that. He did dishes all morning today. Now we have cups to drink from! :) 

I should get a glass of water. I'll be right back. Because I have NOT been drinking. I'm going to kill my kidneys if I'm not careful. Okay, I'm drinking. Much better. Just have to deal with sandpaper hands now. 

I opened an Etsy shop, made a Facebook page, and started a business, I suppose! It's called from am 2 pm designs and here are the links... I ought to post individually about this, but until then....

www.etsy.com/shop/fromam2pmdesigns

And I'm doing a giveaway for a printable right now on my Facebook page, so go like it, for crying out loud!

www.facebook.com/fromam2pmdesigns

My Facebook page isn't getting much action. Not sure I can blame it, though, since I'm not very active on it every other week. :)

I've already received orders and am keeping busy. I think I'm going to love it. It's good for me. And sewing seems to help me during bad weeks, on Sundays that I can't go to church, and overall makes me a happier camper. I feel so accomplished. 

I JUST remembered that I teach this Sunday. So I'll be reading the lesson tonight. OOPS. That was a huge fail right there. 

I've been thinking a lot about General Conference. I LOVED it. Took so many notes, have so many thoughts and ideas and just... I loved it. There were so many talks that answered prayers and spoke right to me. You can read all of the talks (or watch them or listen to them) at www.lds.org. I love that we can watch General Conference at home. 

I'm on the hunt for patterns to make maxi skirts. $30-50 is too much for thin jersey!!!

I'm afraid of tornadoes... and kind of earthquakes... but definitely tornados. I don't think I'll ever live in tornado land. 

Oh. I still have my hair. Yep, I sure do. It's a miracle - really, it is. It's definitely falling out - hair all over a pillow case is really gross, by the way - but you can't REALLY tell when you look at me. It's really bizarre. It's just hanging on for dear life. I'm okay with that. Greg will keep his hair this way too. ;-)

I've gained like ten pounds. Seriously. Not a joke. And I keep eating. My goal is to be able to fit back in my jeans by Christmas. Or next May. I haven't decided. haha. But I will definitely need to get back into shape next Spring before we attempt to add more little lovelies to our family. 

While I do enjoy this short hair style, I've decided that I will grow my hair back out after this is all over. I look really pretty with long hair and bangs. I look better with this hair-do when my bangs are down too. But I have to pin them back right now because hair falls out all day and then it falls between my glasses and my face and gets in my eyes. Gross, creepy, and annoying.

My sister-in-law makes a delicious coconut tres leches cake. It is divine. I think it's my new all-time favorite. I might even want it for my birthday. That's a big deal, I'll have you know. 

Well, Patrick finally convinced me to watch Chuck. He's been begging me for months now and I assumed I wouldn't like it because we tend to have different taste, but I'm kind of in love with it. And by only a couple degrees of separation, I basically know the creator. That makes me famous. Just kidding. It makes my friend, Jessica, famous. She is famous. I love her. And Chuck. And Patrick. And I want to go watch more Chuck, so I'm done blogging now. 

Goodnight.