Givng Birth Day 30 Years Later!

 Happy 30th Birthday to my oldest child Julz!


We got to have a little impromptu birthday party on Sunday at the local skating rink.
We had a blast skating. I had not been on skates in years, and despite a few minor stroke-related balance issues, was soon zooming around the rink like it as 1982 again.   Nunie and Mike didn't venture out on skates but we did manage to coax PawPaw onto skates. He tentatively skated up to the wall but we never got him out on the floor.  Best friend Jen got Julz these great balloons.

Our attempt to get a picture of her with them soon led to tragedy, as they were not tied to the bases and the ever important "3" got away.

We made the best of it.  

Today, is her actual birthday.  To commemorate, the Maternals sent me a "Giving Birth" Day surprise.  A lovely potted pink hydrangea. 

I never really thought about it, but we will only get to celebrate this way one time.

Happy Birthday Baby Girl!

Happy April 27th...a day of many memories.

How ironic. The memories of today continue.

Read about them here. 

Enjoy!

Happy "Perfect Date!"

A Set Back

I have a staph infection.  On my face. It is directly above the scar from the last time I had it five years ago, after a questionable eyebrow waxing.

Oh yeah, and it is up in my hair too.

Yay me.

It is very itchy. I can't put any make up on it and it is making it very difficult to do anything with my hair. Obviously the main spot is above my eyebrow. The place in my hair begins at the red patch in my hairline here, There are two larger patches on my scalp, just beyond this.

Not sure how I got it this time but the doctor said lives on hair follicles normally, and just looks for the right opening, so to speak.  Having diabetes makes me more susceptible.  Having diabetes also means I am "feeding" the infection. I can't get my blood sugar down, a sure sign of infection.
Another "chicken or the egg" situation: If the blood sugar was elevated that started the infection but if I got the infection it elevated the blood sugar.

I am on my fourth day of meds and sitting on my hands so I don't scratch the patches in my hair.

I thought labor was the most painful thing I have been through.

I was wrong