My baby girl left today to go back to college. It was so hard. It was harder this time than it was when she left in August. My house feels really quiet. I know she’s not going to be walking back through the door tonight and I’m so sad. I’m so glad that she loves college. There is nothing I wanted more for her than to have an amazing college experience. She loves Albany most of the time. She’s just…
I was on vacation. It was my first vacation, other than Florida with family, in years. You can read about it in any of my past weeks blogs. I had to come back early due to the chance of inclement weather in NY. Inclement weather that as of this morning now looks like rain and not snow. I just couldn’t risk not getting home by our anticipated date of Sunday because my daughter is due back at her school to…
It’s my birthday and it falls on the day to be thankful this year. I have so much to be thankful for despite having multiple sclerosis because there is so much good in my life. I’m thankful for my ex-husband because in meeting him and falling in love, we produced my daughter. I’m thankful for my daughter. My world and my younger counterpart. The best present I ever received. My beautiful girl who has grown up to be a very…
It’s been a while, seems like months, but it’s only been a few weeks. I am finally getting back into my weekly routine. I’ve said this many times in my blogs, I need the stability of the routine. It helps me function and cope in each given week. When I’m out of routine I feel a little lost. My MS may even act up and become cumbersome. Might be part of the reason for my lethargic ways these last few…
I did something I never do, I put physical therapy with occupational therapy. This is the fatigue kind of exhausted where everything in my body is just done. I did it because I had to cancel on Friday for good reasons. I’m going away. First I’m going to parents weekend and seeing my daughter in Albany. Then I’m going to spirit junkie master class 2. I did the first class over a year ago in NYC https://multipleexperiences.org/2017/05/30/mandatory-sisters-to-voluntary-best-friends/. I wrote this…
It’s quiet this morning. Not the quiet in sounds more in stillness. I’m listening to the gardeners mowing outside as I am gazing at the water. My dogs are even still. Do they know? This morning Zoey didn’t finish her breakfast. In two years Zoey has never not finished a meal. Yesterday she needed a little coaxing and today as soon as I walked out of the kitchen she came with me and wouldn’t stay and eat her food. I…
This year my daughter is going to University at Albany NY State school. Ranked #108 by Money Magazine This Albany school is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system and, as the name suggests, is located in New York’s capital city. It’s a relatively large school, with about 13,000 undergraduates and an array of opportunities to match. It boasts more than 150 undergraduate programs, some 250 student organizations and over 1,000 study abroad options. UAlbany’s proximity to…
My little sister lives clear across the country. We have so much in common someone once said she’s Jamie West Coast and your Alyssa East Coast. That works for me. Today my sister is on the east coast with my niece and nephew. I don’t have all of my sisters together, since my older one is upstate, but 3 of us are. We all get along really well and I’m so excited. She is here until Wednesday, I think. We…
It’s hard to believe where I was 2 and 1/2 years ago. I just stopped working becoming permanently disabled. My boyfriend broke off whatever it was that we were having for the last 4+ years. It was an extremely volatile, narcissistic, unhealthy, and just a horrible relationship. I couldn’t leave him but I was an empty shell of the person I once was. Most of my friends had stopped talking to me because of him and I was alone. I…
Wasn’t in the mood to get up this morning. My bladder on the other hand had other ideas. I have physical therapy anyway this morning. My daughter got home from her spring break vacation. She was up really early too. A rarity but it was nice to sit and talk to her. She is transferring colleges for next year. She applied to 5 New York State schools. We were hoping she’d get into 3 of the 5 knowing that she’d…
