July 9, 2008

  • Yeah, I know. It's late.

    I just can't sleep!  My body clock is all messed up.  I had a migraine yesterday and today and slept too much during the day.  It's way annoying.  I just can't sleep.  Argh.  This has been happening a good bit in the last month and it's hard.  Julie calls it my jet lag.  And it really is.  I just didn't get to go on a cool trip anywhere.  So, in my way late night boredom, I thought I would update ya'll.

    The NACC was last week and I have to say that it was probably the best NACC I've ever been to.  Kim H. and I shared a room at the Hilton and it was amazing.  The bathroom was small, but everything else totally made up for it.  Working the booth was rather tiresome for me this time.  Several people asked how the wedding went, so I had to explain.  Time after time, I am completely amazed at my support network.  I got even more offers of places to retreat.  I'm so blessed.  I'm trying to figure out when I can take advantage of some of these offers.  I'm headed to Denver in September, and will try to make it to Knoxville in October to enjoy the fall colors on campus.  Overall, I got to see some good friends and make contact with several church groups about coming to Emerald Hills to do a work day.  It was great. 

    On Friday, I went to Ikea!  I love that store.  I want an Ikea house.  Seriously.  I love their kitchens.  If I ever get to remodel a house the way I want to, I'm totally having an Ikea kitchen complete with drawers instead of lower cabinets.  It's my dream.  I did manage to only spend $30, which is a huge accomplishment for me. 

    This last weekend, I headed to Scottsburg for the family gathering.  My aunt and uncle and cousins from IL came in and my parents and brother came down from Indy.  It was great fun.  They had kittens and I got to play with them.  I really wanted to bring one home, but I'm just gone too much.  If it was an older cat, it would be much more feasible because I could just have someone come over and feed and water it and change the litter box every few days.  But a kitten is much harder work.  I got some really great photos of them though, so I'll be posting them soon.  It was also just really good to be surrounded by my family and not have to talk about anything.  They love me and accept me for who I am.  What a blessing to snuggle on the couch with Hannah, Bethany, Sara and Leah and watch a movie.  Just good downtime with family.  I needed it. 

    Tonight I got a haircut and I love it.  It's supa short...as in barely touches my shoulders.  She cut off like 6".  But it's great.  I needed a major change there and I'm really happy about it.  No more wedding hair for me!  I also had my first appointment with my therapist.  It's the guy that Jake and I went to before we broke up (we actually ended things in his parking lot).  Just a really good session.  He affirmed a lot of what I had been thinking, encouraged me, gave some really good insights about myself that I had never even thought of but that totally make sense, and told me that I was being too hard on myself.  Excellent.  I'm looking forward to working with him these next few months.  My insurance covers 15 visits for "behavior management" a year and I'm taking advantage of it.

    Okay, this is way long.  And I'm gonna play a computer game or two until I get tired enough to sleep.  Ciao!