A Delivering Journey

Hey! YES, I am alive! I don't feel so alive, but I guess it's better than nothing, right? Right...?  First off, the past few weeks have been ridiculously busy and every time I think I'm getting ahead, life jabs me in the gut a little to let me know I am, in fact, not. On top of that, my sweet husband is out of the country on business (and had already been on a business trip 3days before that ☹ ) so I've basically been without him for a week and a half now and I still have a lot longer to go. He doesn't come back until October 7th! That's about 18 days without him!!! We haven't been apart longer than a week since we've been married ☹ It's rough. I know there are people who are separated MUCH longer than that on a regular basis, but I'm not used to it. Kudos to them, but no thank you. To top it off, things have been crazy. This morning I overslept because I haven't been getting much sleep lately and I went to bed at 3am last night beca...

Remember how I said before that I was a little bit of a drama queen sometimes? Well, I began my morning with a text to my mom that said, "I think I'm getting my first cavity. It is crushing my soul." I have always been pretty proud of my teeth. I have gone my entire life without a single cavity, and that really made me happy. I guess pride was my downfall, though. In fact, I literally had this conversation with my father-in-law within the last month where we were talking about teeth and I kind of smugly said, "well, I've never had a cavity before!" and he said, "don't worry, you will." I remember thinking to myself, "I really don't think I will..." or something to that effect, I'm sure. In any case, I know I thought it wouldn't happen. REALLY, ERIN?!?!?! AFTER THE PAST YEAR YOU HAD YOU GO AND THINK SOMETHING LIKE THAT?!?!?!?! COME ON!!!!!! Anyway, I guess you could say I don't care much for dentists. I mean, I li...

Today, I had to eat a chunk of humble pie. I knew better, but I decided to skip my only class of the day to go pre-order the new iPhone so I wouldn't have to wait in line. Also, they were already selling out and it was already going to take 2-3 weeks vs 1 week to ship it to me, so I was nervous about waiting even 2 more hours to make it to the store. I decided to go ahead and drive up there and get it over with. Well, I left around 10:10, so I knew I'd have just enough time to stop at Chick-fil-A and get breakfast as well, but only if I hurried because they stop serving breakfast at 10:30. I was a little over halfway there and I start thinking to myself, "I should probably slow down." Within a second, I see a cop out of the corner of my eye and he caught me. What irks me a little bit is the fact that I was NOT the only person speeding, but that's just me being bitter...I'm sure I'll get over that in time. So I decided to try crying (HIMYM fans - I...

Thank you all for your prayers the other day. I actually had a great day! I was pretty nervous most of the day because of what happened last time, but it was nice except for a bit of twitching. Everything seemed great until I got into bed, then it began. When my seizures first began - back before I knew they were seizures - they happened a lot of times right as I would lay down at night. That's part of the reason it took so long for them to figure out what was wrong with me. Turns out, since we have figured out that I have seizures 24/7 now, it's more likely that I was just more able to feel the seizures because I was sitting still. It's pretty complicated. Anyway, I got into bed last night, and within minutes it felt like a bug or something bit me on my back. So I got my phone and looked around to see if there was anything biting me, but nothing was there. So I tried to go back to sleep. Within minutes, it felt like I was being stuck with hat pins in various places all ...

This won't be long, but it's important. I desperately need prayers for today and the next couple of days. Yesterday, I was sick for multiple reasons. I had had an episode the night before that required me to take some medicine that knocked me out, so I wasn't able to go to class. On top of that, I woke up with one of the worst feelings I've ever experienced in my throat. I've had sore throats before, but this was HORRID. It was like it was coming from my nasal passages, so it kind of struck me as a sinus infection kind of thing...yuck. That's definitely all I need. Bad news: as of right now, I can't really take any medication for it, so I'm just trying to take it easy. Anyway, in my fogginess yesterday, I wasn't really "all there" and I remember thinking around 5 or so that I needed to remember my medicine in case my phone decided it didn't want to go off at 6 to alert me. Of course, the rest is history. I forgot. My stupid phone...

Since this whole ordeal has begun, my life has changed quite a bit! With that, my daily routine and the way I think about things has changed quite a bit as well. So I've found a few items that perhaps people dealing with similar things might also be interested in. If not, at least they'll be documented here in this blog for me to look back on and remember! Here they are: Camelbak waterbottle This one is 750ml I am obsessed with mine. I take it everywhere. In fact, I just bought another one because I liked my first one so much! Randy even joined the cult after he saw how awesome they are. They're kind of expensive, depending on where you buy them, but they're nice. We found that Sun & Ski Sports has them for $15, though. Well, $15 for 750ml and $16 for 1000ml (just over 33oz). Not too shabby considering the first place I bought my first one charged a lot more for a 750ml one. They're mostly spill proof, unless they get left with the top pushed up again...

God is the coolest! Seriously, I am so amazed! I have a few updates and they are all pretty awesome! It's a good day :) First, I'm having pretty awesome results with the 200mg of Topamax. I've felt really good lately. Definitely nothing to complain about there! People keep telling me I look better, too! Maybe I look like I'm feeling better? I always say I feel like a human again...it's an amazing feeling, friends. You wouldn't believe how terrible it was before the medication levels me out. It's like night and day. I haven't really noticed any weight loss on Topamax yet ( See this blog post about that ) but maybe since I've been moved up to the 200mg I will now? I think it depends on the person/dosage. I wouldn't complain if that side effect kicked in either! The next great thing has nothing to do with my health, but it is an immense blessing for my little family, my amazingly talented husband got a promotion! It has been in the works f...

My husband is one awesome guy. Seriously, I love that man. I don't brag on him enough. One day I'll have to dedicate a whole post to how awesome he is! Well, he is one smart dude... too smart sometimes. Today was a perfect example of that genius. We decided we needed to go to the store, but neither of us were ready. He needed to take a shower, but I didn't since I had already taken one. I pulled out my laptop and he said he might go mow the front yard, but he'd STILL be ready before me! To this, in true HIMYM fashion, I replied with one finger in the air and a "CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!" However, he decided to skip mowing the lawn and jumped right in the shower, but taking away 30 minutes was no big deal. I just needed to throw on clothes other than pajamas and fix my ponytail. So, he takes what feels like an abnormally long shower for him, but I didn't think much about it. Finally, I hear the water shut off, and I close my laptop and run to put some clo...