
Derika |

I shoulda known you'd like that....I'm actually quite adept at kidnapping people when I put my mind to it. Lol I gotta listen to Henry with my stethoscope now though cuz it sounds like it's going deeper, but I can't be sure unless I listen closely to his breathing.

Derika |

Yay for Winter Solstice.....time of death and renewal. A time for changes as has been made painfully clear to me over the last few months. However, just because things change doesn't make them bad. It may cause quite a bit of upheaval for a while, but everything always works out in the end the way it's supposed to. So, Happy Winter Solstice everyone...may the new year hold many wonderful blessings for us all.

Derika |

Sorry everyone it's sorta been a crazy kinda day and I've been running around like a chicken with my head cut off trying to figure stuff out for this week.
Most plans just depend on how we're doing...in the sinus arena of fun, and what the weather is doing cuz I don't wanna get trapped up at my parents place for who knows how many days in the middle of bodunk nowheresville. Hehe

Derika |

*Nods head emphatically* Bright side, Henry's mom would be with us so my parents wouldn't be too awful to me. They have to keep up appearances ya know. Hehe
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Derika |

Yeah...I'm glancing through the baby name book I have to try and help Eddie with a name to fit kinda what he's wanting better. Hard to find something "western" sounding that goes with Kawaii Caine. Lol I like looking up names though...that baby name book we got comes in quite handy for something anyways.
My back has been hurting, so I took one of the 5mg Flexeril. The muscles in that lower quadrant have been spasming off and on today. I took the malxicanm earlier...my sinus stuff seems to be settling in my ears and since I can pretty much breath....I'm not sure what to take. I can't swallow or anything though without having painful crackling sounds in my ears. Mostly the right ear though.
Everything will settle down after the holidays I'm sure...it just feels like everything is speeding up super fast right now.

Derika |

Okay...my head is super stopped up as well as my ears which I can barely hear out of now. So, waiting for Henry to get home and then have to go back to the store...again. Chicken noodle soup, some Mentholatum stuff to go under our noses, rubbing alcohol so I can mix it with water and use it to dry out my ear canals after I use peroxide in them and rinse them with water.
I'm willing to try almost anything at this point. My head is pounding so bad...I don't think I'm gonna be able to be on the game a whole lot right now...trying to concentrate on what I'm typing is making the headache worse, but I didn't just wanna disappear without saying anything because that would just be rude and not very nice.
So...as much as I hate to say it...until my head is better I'm just not gonna be able to be on a whole lot. I'll try to keep from slowing things down...but, I'm just hurting too much to do this right now. I'll try to keep up with combat turns and whatever else though if it's necessary.
Everyone have a Wonderful week.

Derika |

Well....seeing as how I'm currently outta work and without insurance....so can't really do dr or medicine right now. Bright side, if I go deaf I can get disability and call certain family members "A#&!$*!" in sign language, since that's one of the ones I know, and never have to "listen" to them again. Henry & I will learn how to communicate so we can sign things about them right in front of their faces. It'll be great and alleviate a lot of stress. Can't hurt me if I can't hear you. Lol
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Orym |

If it makes you feel any better, my damnded sinuses give me a headache every couple days (even after that hugely expensive sinus surgery I had a few years back!) and today is one of those days. So you're not alone.

Derika |

Thanks...Henry is worse than me though. He was working all day and didn't get to take any medicine till he got home at like 9 tonight. It seems to be hitting a lot of people really hard this year.
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Derika |

I don't like anyone to hurt though, so I sorry your head is all stopped up and hurting too. The bath and Epsom salts helped a little....but it's right back to being stopped up again. I just worry about Henry, Ill be fine.
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Derika |

Okay....I is making chicken noodle soup for us...so I can't be on for a little while. I need to make sure that he's going to be okay because they want him back to work the auction in the morning at 8, so he has to be up by like 6:45.
We got some chest/throat rub stuff, some non drying out sinus stuff, and the other stuff we needed.

Derika |

Okay, Henry has to be up super early and I got less than four hours sleep last night/this morning, whatever. I can't stay up much longer and need to make sure I get enough sleep so I can help Henry in the morning and make sure he gets all his medicine, and vitamins, as well as a good lunch.
I'm really sorry.

Derika |

Okay okay....how about this. I'm sorry I keep saying I'm sorry? Hehehe I just woke up but I still feel so sleepy, but there's stuff I need to deal with soooo I gotta get my ass outta the bed.
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GM Dust |

I'd like to get everyone's thoughts on finding another healer. Since I haven't heard anything from Tosom or Missea in quite a while, I'm going to put them as inactive. They are welcome to come back whenever things even out for them. The issue is Tanna, who doesn't post that often and our combats are being held up. There are plenty more battles ahead, so I'd like some input.

Derika |

As much as I like Tanna and we all understand how hectic life can get in the real world, I think we do need another healer...especially if Derika keeps chargin ahead and getting batted around like a cat toy. Lol

Telsyn Setiva |

Derika |

Wishes for a bright blessed New Year for all of us. Here's hoping the government doesn't completely screw me over and we still have a place to live and a car in the New Year.
I keep telling myself I did the right thing....but, with the way everything is happening....I'm having a really hard time believing it now.

Derika |
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I will...it was just bad timing and Arkansas sucks when it comes to jobs. I still believe things will work out....I'm just tired of having to scream at people to get them to understand how to do their jobs so I don't lose my car or apartment because of their idiocy.
Right now, I'm making my own apples and cinnamon oatmeal....with real apples and oatmeal...well, the spices are real too. I decided I wanted real oatmeal, but that I wanted apples and cinnamon in it. So, that's what I'm doing. When I'm done making the oatmeal I'll add some brown sugar and honey to it. Yummy yummy.
Just trying to relax and not freak out....again.
I think Telsyn and Derika are good too. ;o)

Derika |
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Oh...even with everything going on and how crazy crazy I've been feeling....I thought I should share something. As most of you may or may not know, this year has been one of the hardest years Henry and I have ever been through.
Through it all we remain together and supportive of each other. Knowing we wouldn't have anything to give anyone for Christmas, I asked my family donate whatever they were going to spend on us to Christmas....but, I should have known better.
For all their faults, even my own family members can surprise me sometimes. My sister came by last night to drop off gifts for me and henry, and his mom. I had gotten something small for my two great nephews, the babies JJ and Alex. Since I knew we wouldn't be at my parent's house for Christmas, my sister arranged to come by after work to pick up the gifts and cards to take out there.
I got a card from my niece Brandi, the one with the baby. There was a gift card to Cracker Barrel inside and she had written that it wasn't about what she could get, but what she could give and that Henry and I needed to go and enjoy a night out together. I guess maybe because the last time we were together alone like a month ago I mentioned that Henry and I hardly ever get to go out anymore.
My sister and brother-in-law gave us a tiny gift bag, also with a Cracker Barrel gift card and something called a Fandango gift card? I guess it's for movies. So effectively what my sister and niece are giving us, is time out together. It was just so surprising and sweet, it caught me off guard. Even though my family can be judgmental and just...sometimes downright cynical, mean, and abusive...they are still capable of doing things sometimes that make me remember the good in them.
More now than ever, we need to believe that everything will be okay and work out for the best. This time of year is for celebrating with friends and family and remembering the things that are really important. Like my niece said, it's not about what you get, it's about what you're able to give someone else. Everyone on here, on paizo that I've met has given me something very precious. People that care about and love us. To us, you are all more than friends, you're family and we wish all good things for you in the coming year.
No matter what you believe in personally, I wish you all the very Merriest of Christmases, Happy Yule, Happy Hanukkah, and a Most Bright and Blessed New Year.

Derika |

Okay, we gotta get going to his mom's house now. Dinner at 6, then we're supposed to play games with her and go to midnight mass with her at like 9:30. She always gets stiffed when it comes to spending time with us for the holidays because what my family wants always seems to take precedence.
So, we are spending Christmas eve and Christmas Day with her and going out to my Parent's on Friday. I'm hoping she comes with us so they'll just sort of not harp on me the whole time I'm there. Of course I could always have henry tell them I went deaf. Lol >;oP

Derika |

Back from going to mass with Henry's mom. Got back to her place and fell in her front lawn while helping her look for her garage clicker. I'm okay, but Henry says I have to go to assisted living now. Lol
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Derika |

Yeah....after I fell in the tub last October, he told me if I fell one more time before I turn 40 that it's assisted living for me.
*sad face*
I don't even really know how it happened. One minute I was standing, then the next...I just sorta lost my balance and whoops...there I went. His mom's neighbor was there, Mr. O'Shea...and bless the poor man, he tried to stop me from falling...but, once destructo Karen gets going, not much can stop her. Lol
It's not entirely my fault...his moms yard is weird and all hilly and stuff and her walkway is uneven. I was laughing even as I was going down though. I don't why, just habit. Poor Mr. O'Shea though was beside himself with worry and was trying to help me stand back up. I couldn't stop laughing though and probably sounded hysterical which added to his distress.
All I could think though....well, here I go again. I wonder which assisted living place he's gonna get to take me. Lol