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Tuesday, August 26, 2008

I am here...

It's been busy and weird.

I was in the hospital for a weekend, with some fake heart attack stuff.

I had an endoscopy, which found pretty much nothing wrong.

I went to Tucson and went to the freshman orientation at the U of Arizona with Zach. He has decided for now on nursing, and UA is one of the top nursing schools in the country. Which is awesome.

The weather has been ridiculous. The coldest summer ever, and hardly any sun. My flowers are dying because they have gotten so little sun. Really crazy!

I can't post any photos today, because I am still dealing with computer issues. Sorry!

The kids have started school here. Thor is still having to get up early early, since he has to catch the bus at 6:30. I think he was hoping to be able to sleep in a little this year...

I will start posting again. Life is starting to settle down now that the kids are back in school.

6 comments:

Da Ripper10:57 PM
Glad to see you back here. Even if it does mean I'm damned to a terrible fate for a couple of months.
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Anonymous11:15 PM
I've missed you! Glad you are OK, and I look forward to your posts and more pictures. My sister went to U of A years ago and loved Tuscon. I'm sure some things are different this many years later, but I do hope Zach loves it.
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Jientje12:12 AM
So glad you're back Julie!! I had been worried about you, you know!
I was afraid something was wrong, and that your moving to Alaska took a huge amount of energy, trying to cope with the cold and a summer without sun! I hope to read more about your new life soon! Take care, hugs xxx
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Anonymous6:52 AM
Yay Yay Yay *does a happy dance* not for the craziness but because you are ok...

I am pleased that you are back phew..
xxxx Kim
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Donna8:54 AM
So glad you're back... sorry things have been crazy, but glad it's settling down a bit. Can't wait for pics. :)
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Patsy11:54 AM
Yeah, you're back. See we have all missed you terribly. So sorry to hear that you had some heart issues or episodes, my prayer is that everything is fine now. Good luck to Z that school and life go well for him. I'm sure it will ---he is such an accomplished young man. I'm anxiously awaiting all you have to share as the crazies settle a bit. :) from here
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You like me! You really really like me!

Or maybe you just find me horribly annoying and are about to let me know. Go ahead, I can deal.

So, whatever, you know, leave a message. Thanks!!!

Okay -- updating my profile because I never removed the guinea pigs from it, even though they have been elsewhere for months.

Um...new obsession (HA) the elliptical trainer in the garage. I hate the thing, but today I burned 395 calories. I know. I so wanted to burn 5 more to make it an even 400, but then I would be at 50 minutes and 19 seconds, so I would have to make that round out to an even 51 minutes, and then the mileage could be rounded up to a more even number, and then the calories would be just a few away from 450, but then I could do just a few more seconds, then another few hundredths of a mile, and so on until finally I would fall off, hit my head, end up in the hospital with another nasty concussion, and gain weight because I am bedridden. It was so much easier to just burn the 395 calories.

We moved from the Sonoran desert of southern Arizona to the almost Arctic of Anchorage. I like the winters of Anchorage better than the summers of Tucson, so far.

Still have three kids, the oldest one is a freshman at the U of Arizona (dang it, now I will have to edit this again in a few months), the other two live on Fort Richardson with me and the dogs and the husband.

Other obsessions...my camera, my IPod Touch, my sewing machine. Fabric. Definitely fabric. Dishes. It's a thing females in my family have, an obsession with dishes. Pottery, and earthenware. Silver, definitely. Not crystal and china though. I am not a big fan of the fussy and overly ornate, and both crystal and china tend to fall into those categories, to me. Plus if I have delicate dishware, then I can't have the kids wash the dishes or put it in the dishwasher.

Other than that, I weigh too much, sleep too little, am very liberal, rabidly pro-choice, find it insane this country does not have universal health care, and think the world may be a better place with Obama at the helm. Oh, yeah, and chocolate. Much much chocolate.