I haven't been motivated to blog in a long time, but today I have been a little bit inspired. If you haven't heard, Oklahoma's in the midst of some chaos at the moment. Rather than trying to explain it, I would invite you to look at this blog (http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=30129611&blogId=482361436 ) - it's a beautifully written account of what's going on here.
Secondly, I heard a story today that made me want to tell everyone that makes excuses all the time to stop! On the island of Kauai Hawaii there was a flood that did a massive amount of damage to the access road that leads to their livelihood - Polihale State Park. Being a tourist driven community, they would have been in dire straits with the loss of income from the park. The government assessed the damages at $4 MILLION dollars and that it would take up to two years to repair. Rather than sitting around waiting on the government to do it, IF the money was available, the community pulled together and did all the work in EIGHT days for FREE. So really, next time you think "oh, we can't do that, that's too hard" or "i just can't" - YES YOU CAN. You can do ANYTHING. You just have to have the gumption to do it.
The City of Enid just settled a lawsuit wherein they are required to spend a LOT of money on making the City ADA compliant and to all the people bitching about it - may you never lose your ability to function normally because you have no idea what it's like and the least the City can do is accommodate people with disabilities, not to mention, it's the goddamned LAW, Assholes!
Now, on with the current events - I have been seeing a doctor in Oklahoma City to try to determine if in fact I have Lupus. I have had the symptoms for several years but until lately it had not really flared up. The last year or so I've had several flares and they are becoming more and more common. Right now they are calling it "connective tissue disease" but I am taking medication that treats only three things: rheumatoid arthritis, malaria, or lupus. I don't have malaria, so... Anyway - there's no definitive test for it, but it's pretty apparent that I do have the Lupus and I'm just trying to get enough rest and take the medicine. I'm looking at seeing a naturopathic doctor as well because I've heard she's had success with other Lupus patients.
I still have two extra kids at my house and that situation is a little chaotic and stressful, but we're managing.
We released the book. I think it's going to do well and we're already starting on the next book or even the third book in the series.
I have some other community things in the works - a couple of fundraisers for Scare on the Square that I've mentioned before, the dodgeball tournament and a pop culture quiz bowl and am trying to put Dillinger Day together. If anyone wants to get involved, let me know.
I think that's about all for now. Carry on.
Secondly, I heard a story today that made me want to tell everyone that makes excuses all the time to stop! On the island of Kauai Hawaii there was a flood that did a massive amount of damage to the access road that leads to their livelihood - Polihale State Park. Being a tourist driven community, they would have been in dire straits with the loss of income from the park. The government assessed the damages at $4 MILLION dollars and that it would take up to two years to repair. Rather than sitting around waiting on the government to do it, IF the money was available, the community pulled together and did all the work in EIGHT days for FREE. So really, next time you think "oh, we can't do that, that's too hard" or "i just can't" - YES YOU CAN. You can do ANYTHING. You just have to have the gumption to do it.
The City of Enid just settled a lawsuit wherein they are required to spend a LOT of money on making the City ADA compliant and to all the people bitching about it - may you never lose your ability to function normally because you have no idea what it's like and the least the City can do is accommodate people with disabilities, not to mention, it's the goddamned LAW, Assholes!
Now, on with the current events - I have been seeing a doctor in Oklahoma City to try to determine if in fact I have Lupus. I have had the symptoms for several years but until lately it had not really flared up. The last year or so I've had several flares and they are becoming more and more common. Right now they are calling it "connective tissue disease" but I am taking medication that treats only three things: rheumatoid arthritis, malaria, or lupus. I don't have malaria, so... Anyway - there's no definitive test for it, but it's pretty apparent that I do have the Lupus and I'm just trying to get enough rest and take the medicine. I'm looking at seeing a naturopathic doctor as well because I've heard she's had success with other Lupus patients.
I still have two extra kids at my house and that situation is a little chaotic and stressful, but we're managing.
We released the book. I think it's going to do well and we're already starting on the next book or even the third book in the series.
I have some other community things in the works - a couple of fundraisers for Scare on the Square that I've mentioned before, the dodgeball tournament and a pop culture quiz bowl and am trying to put Dillinger Day together. If anyone wants to get involved, let me know.
I think that's about all for now. Carry on.
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