Dear Grandpa Bear,

Please WD-40 Grandma Glenna's oven door. Thank you.

Erin

I need a job......... (Erin speaking)

Heck Yes!

A moment of bragging from Erin:

I got a 4.0! That is numero quatro in a row!!!

Go me.

I DID IT!!!!!!!

Thank you Lord for the productive day!

AHH

I have SO much to do today........and I want to get it done before Casey gets home from Mexico. Pray for me......you know that one bible story where God makes time stand still? Yea.....God, I need a little of that today.

*Clean house - really clean it (could take a few hours......college and house cleaning do not do well together)

*Rearrange for tree (eh......if I do not get carried away it could take about 15 minutes)

*Get tree (This is a quick task)

*Decorate (Longer task........could take an hour or so?)

*Wrap some presents...(not to worried about this one.)

Wish me luck.....

Really?!

I have not blogged in so long obviously. In the meanwhile.......Casey's sister got married, same sister was just diagnosed with breast cancer, Casey's grandma had surgery on her hip, and his Dad has a ruptured disc in his hip. BUSY! Be praying for his family please.

In the meantime.....I have been teaching myself to sew. wow. My first sewing project was a present for Casey's sister's wedding. It is a table runner and I am mighty proud of myself. My next project is to make pjs bottoms for my four year old twin cousins. I will post pics when I am done.

Oh yea......we went to LA

I realize I suck at blogging. I will try and be better.

Casey leaves in the morning for a four day trip down to Mexico to drop off Christmas presents.

I am a liscenced teacher as soon as I take a PE course. ha ha ha Then I can teach K-8.

OH YEA

Amongst these other happenings......Casey and I celebrated our three year wedding anniversary on Wednesday. He bought me a really cute coat. :)

A lot more......

So, yesterday afternoon I was in a lot of pain and called my doctor. I basically let him know the advil was not cutting it. So, being his wonderful self he prescribed me hydrocodon. A beautiful drug......in all honesty.....when you are in pain...........except for one thing.........NAUSEA.

Right after I took two of them I felt fine so Casey ran to work for two hours to get some things done . Who knew that that was going to be a very bad idea...

About 8:45pm a horrible wave of NAUSEA hit....I was SO sick. I was shaking so badly I could not stand up, I was sweating everywhere and through everything and so I knew I should drink something. Water sounded absolutely awful so I drank two glasses of milk. Those of you that have learned the hard way that dairy makes nausea worse just groaned as you read that. So....I learned a hard lesson.

My parents came by to see me at about 9:30pm and I was curled up in the fetal position, in my hallway, hugging a metal bowl and shaking. Needless to say....my mom did not think it was funny. I really did not think it was funny either because I was sick......but I laughed later picturing this.

My mom's first statement was, "Erin, why don't you just come home with me." And then I actually laughed a little and said, "Mom, what can you do that Casey can't?" and she said......."I DON"T KNOW! BUT I AM YOUR MOTHER!" ha ha

I convinced her that I would be fine. My dad made me eat a sleeve of crackers - which was a tremendous help. Casey came home -parents left.

Casey called my doctor and said that I was really nauseous and needed something to take. The doctor said we could either get something over the counter at the grocery store or he could call in suppositories. Ummm.....did not have to think real hard about that one. GROCERY STORE HERE I COME!

So at midnight we drove to the store and bought the most wonderful drug known to man......no idea what it was. ha ha. I slept 7 hours last night which is incredible compared to the 3 I slept the night before.

Woke up......pain was really dull.......nausea was gone......LIFE IS GOOD! So, I went in for my ultrasound.

I seriously JUST got a call from my doctor as I am typing this. He said he spoke with the radiologist and the radiologist said "I am very impressed with the size of this ovarian cyst. It is the largest I have ever seen." THANK YOU.

All in all....it is a huge cyst that has gotten so heavy it has twisted my ovaries. Cool huh? Well, he said the next few days were going to be interesting. Full of good hours and plenty of pain. I told him I wanted ORAL naseau meds which he so kindly prescribed. THANK YOU LORD.

So....now we wait and pray that it will bust or perforate on it's own. It will be painful.....but it would mean no surgery.

Thanks for your prayers!!

Too Much Information

This will be WAY too much information for all you blog readers.....but just thought I should fill you on in the rants of Erin.

Slept from 11:00pm to 2:00am last night. Been up since then. (It is now about 4:30pm).

Doctor thinks I have another ovarian cyst......however this one seems to have a mind of it's own. Yes, that is right. It probably has eyes and teeth too. My doctor believes it is currently sitting on my bladder......which as you guessed is really fun.

Oh were you wondering how many times I have peed today from 2:00am until 4:30pm??

22 TIMES!

Yes that is right....I am keeping a tally. It is much to fun not too........maybe fun is not the word.

Just called my doctor...told him I am in a lot of pain and now am having trouble feeling my left arm. He called in the big guns - hydrocodon........maybe now I will be able to sleep.....feel my arm....and stop walking around like the hunch back of notre dame.

Tomorrow I have an ultra sound to see this thing.....if in fact it exists. Let's hope it does....or it is all in my head. I know I am crazy.......but just not that crazy...........hopefully.

Bones season premiere is on tonight - 8:00pm. Be there.

Week 3

I have survived another week in 6th grade and am actually onto week 3! Finished the first day of week three this week. My mentor teacher is such a blessing! Seriously, great guy. The kids are the best.

One of Casey's sisters got married this weekend so we were very busy with that.

Went well. I will post pics when we get them back. :)

Erin

Week 1

Well, I have not only survived week one in 6th grade, but I absolutely LOVE it!!!!! I love my mentor teacher, my school, the staff......everything is just fantastic. Here is that picture I promised you all a few days ago. Sorry! Internet has been down....

My Heart

Yesterday I went to the Middle School and met with my mentor teacher. It was GREAT! He is absolutely fantastic! He reminds me a lot of my dad - very easy going, funny, inviting. I was beyond encouraged leaving the building. Sometimes I forget how good God is......how wrong :(. But then things like yesterday remind me just how AWESOME He is.

For the last month I have been working back at NIRSA as some temporary help for a publication they produce. It was really fun to be back. My cubicle was right next to Kendra's and we had way too much fun. Today is my last day which is fine because school starts on Monday. It was fun while it lasted. And the extra money will hopefully pay my school bill. :)

What else can I update you on.......OH! I have almost lost 50 pounds! With lots of hard work running and food moderation I am almost there. 8 more pounds! I will post a picture of myself......it will look like one of those "I'm pregnant" photos.......but it is not.....and I AM NOT. It is a "I'm Skinny" photo. ha ha. I have gone from a size 16 to a 10. YAY!

Okay.......so I will try and post some photos of life later today.

*I am trying to be better about blogging.

Sorry for the blogging laps....

This is what I wish I was doing right now:

Taking a warm bubble bath
Reading my favorite book
Watching all the Episodes of Gilmore Girls and Bones
Painting my toe nails
Shaving my legs
Doing my hair
Going on a run

This is what I am doing:

Getting school stuff together - Student teaching in 6th grade at PMS
Thinking about school
Thinking about the big move we will make sometime this year
Wishing I could be done in December and not March.
Loving my husband with my whole heart
Thanking God for my incredible life
Learning to be thankful for everyday
Learning that not everything is about me
Feeling overwhelemed about school

Common theme: School is overwhelming me but God is good.

Please pray for me as I start a new school year with 6th graders. My desire is to touch their hearts, change their lives and show them what a great thing life and education is. I pray that I will not be too nervous or anxious to do the job I know I can do with the mighty hand of God by my side.

Found this........It explains how I am feeling

Lord, let me be just what they need.
If they need someone to trust, let me be trustworthy.
If they need sympathy, let me sympathize.
If they need love, (and they do need love), let me love, in full measure.

Let me not anger easily, Lord but let me be just.
Permit my justice to be tempered in your mercy.
When I stand before them, Lord, let me look strong and good and honest and loving.
And let me be as strong and good and honest and loving as I look to them.

Help me to counsel the anxious, crack the covering of the shy, temper the
rambunctious with a gentle attitude.
Permit me to teach only the truth.

Help me to inspire them so that learning will not cease at the classroom door.
Let the lessons they learn make their lives fruitful and happy.
And, Lord, let me bring them to You.
Teach them through me to love You.

Finally, permit me to learn the lessons they teach.

108

What do you do when it is 108? you stay inside sitting next to your air conditioner doing homework. ugh. Dear hot weather, please leave - right now!

Erin

If only.....

I wish I had something of interest to blog so that you could all read it.......however, I don't. I am currently in summer term. blah. Linguistics 315, Political Science 202 and Art. Just finishing up pre reqs so I can actually graduate someday..........that would be nice.

umm.........I really do not have much to write about.

Sorry. :(

Graduated

Casey is graduated. I will post pics soon

sorry...

have not written in awhile. Sorry!

In the past two weeks:

1) I have continued to despise school
2) I taught my last day of kindergarten
3) Two of my friends had babies
4) God has been awesome
5) Homework never ends....

:)

And then things happen......

Friday is my last day of work at the most wonderful company in the world.

I WILL MISS YOU NIRSA.

stay in touch

www.nirsa.org

check it out. :)

Friday: Possible case of Swine flu on WOU campus....CLOSE ALL SCHOOLS _ EVERYONE GET OUT_RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!

Monday: School Cancelled - we all might get swine flu and die - waiting to hear if it went from "probable" to "certain"

Monday afternoon: Student at WOU confirmed to have Swine Flu.

Monday Evening: WOU re-opens.

Can someone explain??

ha ha ha ha ha they are not even going with their own logic. I love it when people panic over nothing, realize it and then want to fix the problem. ha ha ha

TMI?!?

So I ran the 5k on Saturday. I ended up walking 20 steps of it. You know.......it really ticks me off....even thinking about it. ha ha twenty steps?!?! really?? I had to walk those???? Grr...

Here is an image of me running on Saturday in case you missed the glorious day.

1) I had no make up on. I had slept a total of three hours, so picture dark circles under the eyes
2) I wore gray shorts.....a black t-shirt and a white hoodie
3) As the race began I had one goal in mind - finish
4) The running began and my nose went HAYWIRE. I kid you not, as I was running, my nose was pouring....and I mean POURING snot. do you have a good picture yet?
5) So the whole time I was running I was wiping my nose with my sleeves (yes, I am 5 years old)

Grossed out yet??

6) Halfway through I got really warm and did not want my sweatshirt anymore. I was just going to drop in beside the trail and walk back to get it after the race, but Casey did not want me too. So......Casey put it on - snot sleeves and all. Good man.

7) We finished 33 minutes later.

Right now I am fighting off another sinus infection I think. I love kindergartners.....but their germs are impenetrable. I can't fight the germs off - no matter how many times I wash my hands. I am a walking snot ball all the time.

My doctor told me to get a netti-pot. When I got to the store to buy one I thought it was a joke. If you do not know what I am talking about look it up. I am dreading using it tonight. I blog about the outcome. ha ha

a what?!?!

Tomorrow I am supposed to run a 5k. It is for a good cause but I am not sure I can do it.....ha ha. My body has been taken over by allergies. Joy.

I suck at blogging. Have you noticed?


I should really re-title it something like....."The Daily Rants of Erin"

when you do not have kids.....or pets.......you really only have things to complain about I guess. ha ha ha word to the wise.......I need a life

Life is crazy

I am healthy

Not too much to blog about

My cousin is pregnant - very exciting! They have very sweet girls so this next child will be a gem I'm sure.

School is kicking me in the stomach. It is hard - mostly just time consuming.

I officially got my business license for my wedding planning the other day. Although I have been doing it for years I have never gotten paid for it. So.........I have not yet landed my first paid gig. Hoping too though.

Wow.....life is busy.

WHAT?!

So I got really good meds since last post.....got better.....was better for three days and then got really sick again.....

awesome.

went to the doctor yesterday.....

gave me more meds......

can't sleep when I take them.........they keep me awake......been up since 2:30am......

I am loving life right now.

seriously?

I am still sick....and it bites.

I feel "better" in some ways......and worse in others.

Gotta love the liquid diet. :)

Urgent Care

Went to Urgent Care this morning. After my 90 minute waiting room experience doctor said "You need to stay home until Wednesday. I will write you a note for work a school." Apparently I have two virus' on top of my ovarian cysts.

Ugh.

I hope I get better soon because my Uncle Jon and Aunt Debbie are in town and I would really like to see them. We will see though.......

Test Results

By the way....this is not my ultrasound pic....but this is exactly what mine looks like! ha ha ha.....some people show baby ultrasound pics....I say......"LOOK AT MY OVARY!"

The doctor called me with my test results today. Turns out:

GOOD NEWS: Ultrasound shows I had one ovarian cyst that burst (hence the tremendous pain). How is that good news? Well, it burst and is gone. :)

BAD NEWS: I have another one on the same ovary. Ouch. It is currently not bothering me, however, when/if it bursts - it probably will. :(

EH NEWS: I have to return in three months for them to test again. If it is not gone and growing they will need to make choices from there.

Health is weird.

I am currently sick with a cold....

God is teaching me a lot. I am not feeling well and would love to get better, so I will continue to take care of myself and pray my healthy, 3 mile running body returns.

I miss running.......

Retreat

Got back from a great retreat. I am feeling awesome other than the sore throat/running nose. Let me tell you, if that is all I have ....BRING IT ON! :)

However, God has healed my pain which I am SO grateful for.

Good & Bad

*Went to the doctor yesterday.....follow up appointment. Still having a lot of pain. She decided it would be fun for her to press on my stomach and say "does this hurt?" then move to a different place "does this hurt?"............well.....let's just say she pressed on a part of my stomach and the pain was almost crippling........and I may have accidently said, "If you do that again, I will have to kill you." WHOOPS! (So much for loving like Jesus in that instant)

*She decided it is probably not a bladder infection but would like me to finish on the meds "just in case" and then she sent me to the corvallis hospital to get an ultrasound to see if it is a cyst.

*Went to the radiology department and they were like, "Your name is actually Erin Hall in our system and we need you to go to the front desk to change it." I am sure I looked at her like, "Do you think I really want to WALK anywhere right now?!"

*So.........I went and sat down and Casey changed my name for me. ha ha. that will show em!

*I went back for my ultrasound and kept thinking everyone was looking at me like I was pregnant. Other than the fact of looking extremely disheveled.

*The third doctor this week proceeded to ask me "Could you be pregnant?" "No. The first doctor this week checked for that." I guess I look like an honest person........because he went on with his business giving me an ultrasound.

*He kept pointing to the scree and was like, "That is your ovary. That is your intestines." and I kept thinking in my head, "Please stop telling me. I think looking at the screen is horribly disgusting. I do not want to see my intestines moving, or the size of my ovary." But......I let him keep talking.

*Next he said, "Your ovary is REALLY far over." My thoughts: "Thanks guy with a sweater vest and earring. "

*Anyways, he told me he was done and that I would get a call in the next "few days" to tell me the results. "Thanks. I will just writhe in pain in the mean time." lol. Luckily our good Lord invented advil.

*On Good News: My cough is almost gone - which helps A LOT! And I am leaving for retreat this weekend. Luckily we just sit around, loving God and each other so I do not have to move too much. Yay for that.

*i will update you all on Sunday! :)

1 + 1 = 2

I hate math. This blog has not much to do with math though, so, no worries.

So.....went to the doctor today.

What do I have? JUNK

What else do I have? Bladder infection/ovarian cyst

The combination of pain and coughing sucks........I think the only thing that could hurt worse is labor.......but even that they give you adequte drugs for.

Anyways, I feel like a walking, breathing, hell.

At least I am not contagious! 'Cause I have great plans this weekend! Let's hope I can walk. lol

"Junk"

Casey has been working for a Peditrician this year and she seems really cool. He really likes her. Anywho, I have been sick for the last two weeks. First with strep type thing and now with almost no voice. It has been an interesting ride.

Anywho, Casey was telling the doctor about it casually today and she said, "Oh. What does your wife do?" He replied, "She is currently a student teacher." "Ah!" The doctor said, "She has what I like to call "junk".

She went on to explain that all teachers get "junk" - a mixture of all the illnesses of every child in their class. (BOY IS THAT TRUE!!)

Just thought it was funny.... :O)

I realize I suck.....

I realize I suck at blogging. I will try and do better.

Just not a whole lot to talk about :)

I made a cake the other day. It was for a 8-year old named Marissa. It was for her Princess themed birthday party. I did not have A TON of time so I just frosted it, put some flowers and fake jewelry on and called it good. Didn't turn out to shabby though.

Here are some pics:

School

School started again yesterday.....

Ugh

School is not too completely horrible.....could be worse.......

I like my classes other than the fact that they are 3 hours long - boo!

Oh, and break was fine - thank you for asking :)