Journal

Generally, I am feeling great. We are in the process of buying a home and should be in it by early December. I am really excited about spending the Christmas holiday in our very first new home. We are having some issues with the closing being pushed forward, but I am trying to be optimistic about it.

In regards to how I physically feel, well not too bad, except that last night at the youth meeting that where we were supervising the teens on their "gladiator" night, I decided to get fiesty and go head to head with my husband and I think I hurt something in my knee and today it is wonderfully swollen. I can still walk but it hurts when I need to bend down. 

I also am scheduled for a kidney biopsy on Dec 11th. My kidney function seems to be fine, but there always seems to be a trace of protein in my urinalysis, so I need to get this procedure done. I am a bit apprehensive about that.

School - I need to get some assignments done in about 3 weeks. 2 observations and 1 interview. Hopefully, I will make it into the program. I should know in December. Then I will have 4 more semesters to go to get my SLPA degree. I am very enthusiastic about this because I got an A on one of the 2 tests in that class, so I am halfway to knowing if I will make it.

Work - well, it's there, can't complain. Need to make money somehow, but, however, I do enjoy working with the kids in my TA job and I learn so much from them.

I am sad about having to move and have to transfer with another child for my part-time job, and I just know there will never be another kid like him :(

So much is going on and it is times like these that sometimes I lose track of paying attention to what my body is telling me. I love getting so many things done, but I do want to remind myself to take it one day at a time. ........Breathe in.......let it out slowly.....I am constantly going to remind myself to do this. 

Well, good news!  I got a call today for a job interview! I've been waiting for a response from this job for about 2 and a half weeks. I almost felt like it wasn't going to happen. It's an organization that works with children with multi needs. I really feel good about working there because I love working with my current client and his mom was the one that recommended that I apply for a position to work there.

However, I am a bit apprehensive, being that I have lupus, sometimes any change in lifestyle can trigger a flare. I've been doing so well lately that it seems that I have forgotten how bad the lupus can bring me down. Right now, since it is winter, the only thing that I seem to struggle with, health-wise, is the Raynaud's, calcifications in my legs, and sometimes very rarely I have shortness of breath or trouble breathing.

I seem to do very well with my current client, but I am only with him for about 2 hours a day. I just hope that this job doesn't turn out like other jobs in the past in which I was only able to work for a few days until I had a bad flare. I'm crossing my fingers on this one, since unlike those other jobs, this one really has to do with what I am in school for. I gotta make it! Well, we'll see, if it's meant for me, I will know.