Category Archives: Health

I don’t have a chronic illness. But I sure am at the doctor a lot. Never with a good story though.

Relay For Life

Categories: Exercise, Family, Health, Life

I have wanted to do this for many years now. And now I finally am. Together with a group of friends I plan to walk all night from June 29th to June 30th. Cancer runs in my family. So I … Keep reading

Showers are dangerous

Categories: Health

Today is at least the second time that I have seriously strained my neck during my morning shower. It takes a lot of talent to do that. So today I hurt from about the middle of my neck, down across … Keep reading

Hair cuts

Categories: Happy Things, Health, Random

What is it about getting a hair cut that just makes you feel that much better looking? I love my hair. It’s thick, strong, long, great color, healthy, at least that’s what the person cutting my hair kept saying, and … Keep reading

The television

Categories: Education, Happy Things, Health, Science & Tech

This week I decided I was really going to limit how much I watched television. The idea was to get more homework done instead of coming home and turning on the tv and “relaxing” until bed. I still got the … Keep reading

Space Bubbles and Hugging

Categories: Happy Things, Health, Musings

I never really thought of myself as a physical person. I had a pretty big personal bubble for a very long time. Most people in Brasil have very small personal bubbles, and that was uncomfortable for me for a long … Keep reading

Me, The Cook

Categories: Family, Food, Health, Musings

It is generally accepted that I do not know how to cook. As the Relief Society President in my ward, the bishop was known on much more than one occasion to inform the ward of that as well. And I … Keep reading

On a Scale of 1-10…

Categories: Health, Musings, Questions, Venting

When you go to the doctor because you are in pain, they ask you how you would rank your pain on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being no pain and 10 being the worst pain imaginable. It … Keep reading