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Positive Pacing

Friday, June 29th, 2007

Its been a pretty groovy day today if I do say so myself. I haven’t been able to go to the kickboxing classes because they scheduled on days I work (figures). BUT I have been going to my dad’s gym every chance I can get and sweating my butt off! But its good, pretty soon I will be as buff as Schwarzenegger. Or not.

My grandma showed me an article today in “First” magazine about a woman who was coping with something called NMH. (And please don’t ask me what it stands for because I just went completely blank in my head. Its something hypotension) Anyways, it had a little box next to the article explaining that NMH is pretty much the same thing as NCS, which is what I have. It was so weird seeing that in a magazine because for so long, no one, not even me or my family knew what was going on with me. And now look, its in magazines! There are tons of people who say they have it, its nuts! Imagine going from being a child with either a mother with Munchausen Syndrome or I was just making myself pass out to get attention to people reading my blog and saying they understand what I have been through. I did kinda have one itsy bitsy problem with the article though, and maybe its just me. It said that when you pass out, or become sick, its due to physical stress. Now, granted, that can be true. If I get nervous, or if I am already sick or worn out or whatever, I can get sick. But I have also passed out just sitting in class, or standing in line at Wendy’s with my mom. Its hard to explain sometimes that you don’t have to run a marathon or slay a dragon just to get sick. You can be just sitting there, minding your own business. Ah…what a wonderful world…

So, off I go. Gonna be putting my bed up on risers that my Aunt gave me so I it can feel like I am floating in the clouds of heaven when I am sleeping. Let me dream a little here, okay…?

 

Have I told you lately that I love you?

Monday, June 18th, 2007

I love you my readers! And sorry for being so behind on this! New apartment, no computer, mom moved up to Canton, so can’t just be on the computer all the time. So, hopefully if I get a laptop for Christmas *hint hint mom* I can be blogging 45 blogs in one day!!! Okay, maybe not…

Hot enough for ya? Hardee har har. I hate the hot weather, I will say it now. I mean, its nice and all that its not below zero and snow everywhere, but I don’t do well in the heat. I can maybe be out for ten minutes before I have to go back inside and cool off. My family and I used to live in Florida when I was in the 6th and 7th grade, and I was rarely outside. Granted those were the years when I would say I was the sickest, but still, never played outside much. I would lay in the pool to cool off, but couldn’t play softball or basketball or any of the sports I played when I was younger. Give me a day where it is warm with a cold breeze, then I will be smiling and enjoying the walk from my car to work.

I have been going to my dad’s gym to work out now. Well, he doesn’t OWN the gym, but he is a personal trainer there. Gotta get looking sharp again, cuz right now I will only feel comfortable swimming at the pool in sweats and a hoodie. Perhaps next summer it will be Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue!! Ha! Dr. Grubb has told me numerous times how important it is to keep the strength up in my legs, so I have been working on that with my dad. I am gonna start going to kickboxing classes too, I will be walking around like Schwarzenegger pretty soon. Watch out!!

 Okay, here today, see ya tomorrow!