I'm There For Them.
So... life has been busy lately... I've been working quite a bit of overtime.. I took a trip in May to see my daughter graduate and to be with them for my 50th birthday... I'm still seeing the redhead.. We got the go-ahead on our advanced training program... and now... I just got diagnosed with Bell's Palsey.
My trip to Kentucky wasn't too bad... I didn't mind turning 50... and I was overjoyed to spend some actual face time with my daughters. My oldest one graduated and is going to University of Louisville this fall. She and her cousin had orientation for the last 2 days. After my trip, I left myself 4 days of recuperation time from my dad before going back to work... as I was actually staying with him. Turns out that evidently he wanted to make certain I got back safe, so he followed me for the 11 hours back to my house and stayed those 4 days. Dad puts so much stress in my life.. probably part of the reason I was diagnosed Thursday with Bell's Palsey. I've had several conversations with dad recently about his behavior. He doesn't understand why calling me over and over again... as many as 68 times in a row... until I answer bothers me. I've told him several times "Dad.. there's only two reasons why I wouldn't answer the phone ...One... I'm really busy doing something and I can't drop it to pick up the phone..... or Two.. I'm dead... and there's nothing anyone can do about that.
My Bell's Palsey, from what I understand is something that may go away on its own... or I might have to do a bit of physical therapy... or I might be stuck with it awhile... in any case, I'll deal... the left side of my face is a bit numb... I have partial paralysis... If it weren't for eating and sleeping, I wouldn't mind it.. but the left side of my mouth doesn't cooperate much when I try to eat... and my left eye (the only one I have) gets a bit dry... I can't close it tightly during sleep... I tried a patch with cotton balls, but it seems to help to dry it out. I even put a bandage over it... but had the same result. I might ask for a suggestion from my ophthalmologist next week. I can still drive and have function of my left arm and leg. They did catscan and an MRI... blood tests... I've fallen off the wagon on taking care of my diabetes and my high cholesterol.. I've started back on my regiment of healthy foods... gave away the 3 pounds of bacon in my fridge... no more 3 eggs for breakfast.. working on just oatmeal. I don't think that had anything to do with my current condition, but I've decided I've been poked and prodded enough for awhile. I also have two small hernial areas along the scar on my abdomen where my surgery for Meckel's last fall occurred.
I have mixed feelings in my dating life.... I'm only dating one person. but our dates are a bit sporadic. I did see her for a few minutes last weekend. She's usually busy... I'm usually busy... so our relationship is a very slow moving one. I like her a lot... I actually feel I can trust her... which is completely new for me. I still feel like she might be a bit too much like my ex in that she keeps many of her thoughts inside of her head. We do communicate a bit better, but she seems a bit too reserved. We have never talked on the phone after our first communication back in January.... we do text to keep in touch but that's not many times a day... usually just once... or maybe twice. She works all day as a physical fitness coordinator... I even know where she works.. and in the evenings she earns extra money transcribing.. some weekends she teaches swimming and has been teaching yoga at the YMCA... so she really works to support her two sons, even though the oldest is now in college. Her other son will be heading to college in about 3 years. I'm just waiting to see how deep our relationship goes. All of the other people I've dated stopped communicating after a one or two dates... so I just let them slip out of my life. I have several friends I still communicate with on occasion... but it seems like most of them are dealing with their own issues most of the time... so all I can do is just let them know I'm there for them.
My trip to Kentucky wasn't too bad... I didn't mind turning 50... and I was overjoyed to spend some actual face time with my daughters. My oldest one graduated and is going to University of Louisville this fall. She and her cousin had orientation for the last 2 days. After my trip, I left myself 4 days of recuperation time from my dad before going back to work... as I was actually staying with him. Turns out that evidently he wanted to make certain I got back safe, so he followed me for the 11 hours back to my house and stayed those 4 days. Dad puts so much stress in my life.. probably part of the reason I was diagnosed Thursday with Bell's Palsey. I've had several conversations with dad recently about his behavior. He doesn't understand why calling me over and over again... as many as 68 times in a row... until I answer bothers me. I've told him several times "Dad.. there's only two reasons why I wouldn't answer the phone ...One... I'm really busy doing something and I can't drop it to pick up the phone..... or Two.. I'm dead... and there's nothing anyone can do about that.
My Bell's Palsey, from what I understand is something that may go away on its own... or I might have to do a bit of physical therapy... or I might be stuck with it awhile... in any case, I'll deal... the left side of my face is a bit numb... I have partial paralysis... If it weren't for eating and sleeping, I wouldn't mind it.. but the left side of my mouth doesn't cooperate much when I try to eat... and my left eye (the only one I have) gets a bit dry... I can't close it tightly during sleep... I tried a patch with cotton balls, but it seems to help to dry it out. I even put a bandage over it... but had the same result. I might ask for a suggestion from my ophthalmologist next week. I can still drive and have function of my left arm and leg. They did catscan and an MRI... blood tests... I've fallen off the wagon on taking care of my diabetes and my high cholesterol.. I've started back on my regiment of healthy foods... gave away the 3 pounds of bacon in my fridge... no more 3 eggs for breakfast.. working on just oatmeal. I don't think that had anything to do with my current condition, but I've decided I've been poked and prodded enough for awhile. I also have two small hernial areas along the scar on my abdomen where my surgery for Meckel's last fall occurred.
I have mixed feelings in my dating life.... I'm only dating one person. but our dates are a bit sporadic. I did see her for a few minutes last weekend. She's usually busy... I'm usually busy... so our relationship is a very slow moving one. I like her a lot... I actually feel I can trust her... which is completely new for me. I still feel like she might be a bit too much like my ex in that she keeps many of her thoughts inside of her head. We do communicate a bit better, but she seems a bit too reserved. We have never talked on the phone after our first communication back in January.... we do text to keep in touch but that's not many times a day... usually just once... or maybe twice. She works all day as a physical fitness coordinator... I even know where she works.. and in the evenings she earns extra money transcribing.. some weekends she teaches swimming and has been teaching yoga at the YMCA... so she really works to support her two sons, even though the oldest is now in college. Her other son will be heading to college in about 3 years. I'm just waiting to see how deep our relationship goes. All of the other people I've dated stopped communicating after a one or two dates... so I just let them slip out of my life. I have several friends I still communicate with on occasion... but it seems like most of them are dealing with their own issues most of the time... so all I can do is just let them know I'm there for them.
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