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Date Posted: 23:58:58 02/15/06 Wed
Author: Michelle
Subject: I get busy and look what happens

Jeez...Viive reappears...Christine's pregnant...Jennifer's boys are way too big...Lordy...where have the years gone?! And, I'm sooo bad about getting here to update --

So. The health stuff resolved. Seems that I have a rather impressive case of Raynaud's Disease -- and, 24 years of pretty constant vaso-constriction plus the stress of AJ's out-of-control year (stress and cold both aggravate Raynaud's) sent me into over-production of cryo-globulins. So...the abnormal blood work that sent me into heme-onc last summer is normal for me. We worry if levels go up. The blood-pressure? Same darn auto-immune. Seems that the vaso-dilators I'm now on for Raynauds have me in such good control that the small vessels are what chuck would call "peachy-ducky", and so's my BP. Of course, the visit to the rheumatologist also got me diagnosed with early osteo-arthritis. Oh joy. Don't overuse my hands the man says. You ever tried marking essays without overusing your bloody hands?!

The jobs are great. Chuck takes over as Director of Technology in July, and I will be taking my turn as Department Chair. Three year rotation -- I'm thrilled, but wish it had come a little later, just from a kids standpoint.

Dylan is downstairs right now finishing a project. Of course he had two weeks and three weekends to do it. Of course stepmom bails his little rear out and starts typing (I went to grad school why?) from dictation, wincing at the grammar errors all the while. He's still playing soccer -- and I'm boycotting out of state trips. Too hard to be effective in my classroom and be gone all the time. He's a babe magnet (her name is Sam) and knows it.

Kyle was a babe magnet - till the novelty wore off. Now, he's just trying to be Mr. Cool. What he is is Mr. Sweet. Problem is, he's trying to live up to his dad -- and doesn't understand that it's okay not to be "cool". He's now also playing club soccer -- so, with his schedule, Dylan's, and the two that Chuck coaches -- yeah...my life is shinguards.

AJ continues to exasperate and break hearts. Life with an angry adolescent who has Asperger Syndrome is a constant struggle. It's our hearts he breaks...not the girls. He is so book smart, and so socially inept -- and while he has come a long way to acceptance, he wants to do this on his terms, and make the rest of society adapt to his AS. Chuck and I figure he's on his way to a big train wreck -- and as he approaches 15, we struggle with the idea of his driving.

Maddie the schnauzer is snoring in the corner. She remains my only female housemate -- help!!!! When we were at my parents' at Christmas, she gave the spirit of Muffin, their former schnauzer, a wide berth...and looked at her in disgust when Muffin tormented the new puppy. I'm not kidding. It's actually getting really old for the puppy to be nipped by a p.o-ed schnauzer ghost.

I think of you often. I wish life were simpler so that I could talk to you all more often. Keep us in your prayers -- we struggle daily with the depth of AJ's needs, and the inability of the system to meet them.

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[> Michelle......wow....so much has happened, where has the time gone? *hugging you tightly and sending you much love* -- Viive, 05:06:05 03/05/06 Sun


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[> [> the time went the way of my sanity...:-) Thanks for the hugs and love...we're managing, although some days are better than others. -- Michelle, 21:29:17 03/26/06 Sun


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