It’s early in December and I have been running around in shorts and tee shirt, a casualty of living in the Gulf South. We seem to like it this way as we tolerate August to not have to deal with winter, but this winter will make the second in a row that the garden blooms as if spring had sprung while butterflies dot the moist warm air. I spent an hour with my life coach…
Last night, I sat on the porch with friends after Tin was in bed and we looked at the night sky with the half moon and Venus and Mars glowing in the inky blackness of the dark. The evening had become successful despite its auspicious beginnings. Tin’s hesitancy about having an adoption birthday celebration gave way to a loving and tender child hugging his godfather unexpectedly, digging his bridge and tunnel train set that goes…
I can only describe Hashimoto’s as the following: You are an experienced surfer and you go out each day to ride the waves and one day there is a 20 footer and within minutes it changes to calm. Suddenly you look down and realize you are not on a surfboard but a toaster and your feet are so hot you jump into the water, but it is icy cold, and then you manage to find…
I kicked the Synthroid habit yesterday and now feel as if my thyroid is a big lump in my throat. I ran into a friend yesterday who got fired from her job, unexpectedly, and I said, I’m sorry and congratulations. She said she will go back to being a musician and I said you will find yourself much happier. I’ve looked at my colleagues who have left the last company I worked at and they…
Friday ended a week that felt like an avalanche of good and pesky things. My blood tests showed I’m creating antibodies that are both suppressing and boosting my thyroid – hence the Battle Royale that I’ve felt from the inside out. So my doctor has taken me off Synthroid to sort of flush out my system and start at Square One. Meanwhile, last night we went to see a friend’s premiere of her documentary on…
My Synthroid dosage was changed for the seventh time in seven months and the latest change has made me feel as if I have an army of ants trying to get out of my body. I’m hyper, hyper. I started smoking again because I can’t even deal with myself. I kept waiting for the half life of the drugs to drop off so that I can see a change, but hyper I remain so I’m…
In the past few days you can readily see Venus and Mars alongside the smallish full moon. This morning from the terrace off my office, I went outside pre-dawn and saw more planets all in a line. November 2012 presents all five visible planets, although only Jupiter and Venus are clearly visible all month long. Mars appears but briefly after sunset, and the planets Mercury and Saturn before sunrise. I woke early to light the…
Last night and this morning I looked up at the full moon, which is supposedly the smallest moon of the season, and saw Venus and Mercury so clearly that I didn’t believe my eyes. Isn’t that the case, that wonder and mystery is presented to us every day and we at first don’t believe what we are seeing. Daily life tends to make miracles seem like flights of fancy. A friend wrote from India where…
Last night, I went to a parent teacher meeting at Waldorf and one of the teachers gave a presentation on gift giving during this crazy season. She had put together gift baskets because she said kids love to be busy, they love to be around their parents, and they love to do creative things. So one gift was a sewing box complete with pin cushion, scissors, thread. Another was a games box filled with a…
It’s the Tuesday after Thanksgiving and already the season is rushing in to blow us out the doors. Too much to do, no time to do it. I sat at my desk simultaneously juggling four projects that are begging for attention, let alone looked at bills that need to be paid, emails that need to be responded to, and calendar items that are stacking up three by three. Tin’s Adoption Birthday is fast approaching. December…