Control Freak: Assessing Homeland Security

Thursday, 21 July 2011, 20:09 | Category : Uncategorized
Tags : , , , , , ,

My cytomegalovirus (CMV) has been under control for three months now and as a result I’ve been able to do things I haven’t done for a long time.  I went to my parents’ cabin and stayed overnight, spent a week at my sister Holly’s house sharing a room with my five year-old niece Natalie, and [...]

Control Freak: Stopping to Smell the Roses

Monday, 18 July 2011, 1:08 | Category : Uncategorized
Tags : , ,

It’s a hot summer day and I am wearing a long, ruby-coloured dress.  My nails are painted and my hair is up, and I’m wearing more make-up than I have in years. But it’s a wedding, and I am a bridesmaid so it makes sense.  After a two year long engagement, my friends are finally [...]

Re-Entry, Otherwise Known As the Emergence From Crisis Living

Saturday, 2 July 2011, 9:38 | Category : Stress Management
Tags : , , , , , ,

Ten, nine… Can you hear it?  I’m counting down to landfall.  After almost a year of getting bounced around dealing with cytomeglovirus (CMV) and foscarnet, I feel like I am finally returning to Earth. Eight, seven… I’m convinced it’s going to be perfect when I stop my tumble out of the sky.  Now that my days of foscarnet [...]