Convocation, Amongst Other Things

Has it really been over 2 months since I've last written? Sorry. I have been meaning to write, however I don't really have many adventures going on in my life, so I suppose I'm defeated before I begin, by monotony. Tonight I find myself home, alone, and with a perfect opportunity to blog. No more excuses.

The past 2 months has been filled with lots. The father of a dear family to my heart passed away several weeks ago, and although at this time in my life I didn't find myself very close with him, there are definitely things he brought to the world that I valued, and I was sorry to say goodbye to him. He is celebrating with the Lord today though, so praise God for that.

I have been going through some health problems of my own. I started some medication for the condition my neuro-opthomologist figures I have, and at the same time, I also decided to try chiropractic care. There are several people in my life who swear by this kind of practice, and I maxed out my massage benefit, so figured I'd give it a go. I started these drugs, as well as the chiro, on the same day (not a great idea...but who am I to know that). Within 2 weeks I literally thought I was dying. I could not lift my arms above my shoulders, I was awakened in the night in pain, and got very little sleep. My joints in my knees, hips, elbows, shoulders, and my middle finger of my left hand were unbearable. I even found it difficult to stand up from a sitting position. I talked to my Neuro, and my Chiro-dude, and both suggested I stop the other. At first I figured it must be the drugs, so stopped that, but my severe headaches came back, that I'm trying to get rid of in the first place. So, I figured since I could not deal with a headache on top of my current situation, that I would stop the Chiro. Slowly my ailments started to go away. They are not completely gone, despite me not seeing him in over a month, my shoulders still hurt, I can't read lying down, my knee's still hurt. I need to go see a doctor, but mine retired. Anyways. I'm on the mend, and my headaches are gone, provided I remember to take my drugs. yeah.

When I started my job, I didn't know what I wanted to do with my life, but figured I might as well get paid as much as I could at the job I was at at the time, so began trying to improve my position within that company. Well it worked, and shortly thereafter I decided that I needed to get all the professional designations that my boss had. Tomorrow is my convocation, and although I actually passed my final exam in April and have been using the designation, tomorrow I will have the piece of paper that has my designation on it. Its quite a big "to-do" as my Grandma would call it, from what I understand. A Harpist, and the whole 9 yards. Hopefully I won't feel too much like a sore thumb.

Since I last wrote I have started to take cake decorating classes through the craft store Michael's. I can't believe some of the cakes I've been able to make. I'll post some photo's here. I'm actually really enjoying it. I want to be one of those people who knows how to make really great cakes.

Anyways. Friday is Troy's birthday, so we're off to the Keg for his birthday dinner, and then I think he wants to go see a movie, so that should be fun. Not quite the Las Vegas extravaganza from last year, but enjoyable none-the-less.

Thanks for reading my blog!

S