1. I had a dream about peanut butter fudge last night. Mmmm.
2. I have to go to the eye doctor today to get new contacts. I hate spending money so I tend to put these things off until the very last minute. It would be great to get Lasik. With the amount I spend on doctors appointments and contacts and glasses, it would be worth the money. Unfortunately, my mom had Lasik years ago and it didn’t go well. So now I’m kind of scared too.
3. A girl I worked with at a Young Life camp years ago was diagnosed with Lymphoma. But today, she is officially cancer free! Hallelujah! Read her story here.
4. My husband and I went to a hockey game on Wednesday. I love hockey. I really didn’t think I would, but when we went to a Spokane Chiefs game back in JVC, I thought it was great. Almost as good as football. And way better in person than on TV. I think its the sound of the skates on the ice. You don’t get to hear all the wooshing and swooshing on ESPN. It was Fan Appreciation Night (aka FREE NIGHT!) so the place was unbelievably packed.
We barely got a spot on the bleachers. Unfortunately, hockey fans like to stomp, which vibrates the bleachers and makes my poor bladder go owie! So after the first period we stood up for the rest of the game. I hate that I can’t do things like a normal person. Like find a place to sit at a hockey stadium like a normal person, without going “no, I would have to climb over too many people to go to the bathroom there,” or “no, too far away from the bathroom.” Blah. Oh well, I don’t really have anything spiritual to say about it all. Like I said, I didn’t start this blog because I had deep insights about how fulfilling it is to live with a chronic disease, but because I was trying to figure it out myself.
5. Maybe I should write a post about living with IC, but I don’t want to just write something whiny.
6. Remember how I told you about the Bible Bus? I wasn’t lying.
7. More lovey-dovey music like I promised. I don’t usually listen to Christian music, but I decided to a few weeks ago. This song came on, Lead me by Sanctus Real, and I have to admit, I was really struck. The song is about fighting to save a marriage from divorce, but it reminds me of my relationship with John. We’re doing okay, but being hit with a chronic illness two months after getting married is tough. He’s been very strong for me, something I wholeheartedly appreciate.
Edit: My husband texted me to tell me we were doing better than okay! Very true. I just meant “okay” as in the opposite of “things are not okay.” We’re doing great.
I think you should write about living with IC. If the first post just sounds whiny to you, then you can always write a second and third post.
I would be interested to read about your experiences. Sometimes writing everything out – even if you feel like you’re whining – allows the insights to flood in.
Here is another lovely (and Christian, I think?) song about marriage that another blogger friend of mine posted: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtTa81LyuQM
Hope you like it!
Great song! Thanks for the recommendation.
I’m so sorry to hear about your IC pain (I read your newest post) but I love hearing that you’re a hockey fan! I wasn’t one at all until I got married and moved to Pittsburgh, and we seriously watch three hockey games a week, at least. I’m happy that we don’t have too many other shows to watch during the winter, haha.
I hate contact lenses too – well, I like them in that they’re not glasses, but I hate the whole process of owning them and cleaning them and all that jazz. Right now I could be totally all super Christian about it and say that my having bad eyesight is a good reminder of how we’re all eventually going to die and see God or whatever, but right now it just kinda sucks, haha.
I laughed out loud when I read “we’re gonna die and see God.” Did you ever read the book Catherine Called Birdie? It was about a girl who lived in the Middle Ages and was always praying for better eyesight. Whenever I get grumpy about I think at least I’m not a peasant in the middle ages with 20/500 vision!