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My Life Thus Far
2006-08-11 01:13:21 (UTC)

Something's Better Than Nothing

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"True practitioners are unaffected by external pressures
and their own emotions; they are free to secure the
temporary and ultimate benefit of both themselves and
others. They remain independent, fear nothing, and are
never at odds with themselves. Always peaceful, they are
friendly with all, and everything they say is helpful.

Wherever we go, let us be humble and avoid being noisy or
bossy. Let us not hurt other people's feelings or cause
them to act negatively."

These words of wisdom are speaking directly to me. I am
none of these things all of the time. But most of them
some of the time, so there is hope. I do need to work on
being more humble and not hurting people's feelings. I can
be a little bossy and arrogant at times. At least I know
this about myself. In all honesty, they aren't really
qualities I want to lose (only surpress until truly
needed). It's these traits that have helped me survive all
I've been through. I'm tough, even if I am weak at times.

Today was a happy day, even though it wasn't perfectly
pleasant, it was still good. I FEEL strong, balanced and
mentally focused, which makes even the shittiest day that
much more bearable.

I didn't get to finish my workout this morning. In fact, I
only got about a third into it when I had to stop, because
Kiki's daycare called for me to come get her. She'd broken
out into hives over her entire body and I do mean entire
body. Diaper area and all. I took her to Naval Hospital
(it's sad, but they're starting to know her by name in the
emergency room). It turns out she had a delayed reaction
to the Amoxicillin they gave her for her ear infection
last week. She's had Amoxicillian a couple of times
before, but the doctor said it's taken her body this long
to build up an aversion to it. So, she's officially got a
Penicillin allergy and had to have her antibiotics changed
for the ear infection, Benadryl for the hives and her
usual dose of Zyrtec for allergies. Sometimes I can't
believe how sick this child gets at times.

Snookums got home just in time to meet me in the emergency
room. After Kiki was discharged, we went to pick his watch
up from the jewelers, then we picked up Annie and came
home. We're both really tired. I didn't sleep last night,
because I was too busy getting the house perfect (which
didn't require a lost night's sleep, but I get carried
away sometimes). Snookums had a long night, because they
had to navigate the ship into Indian Island at 1am, then
after they cleaned up the ship a bit, they loaded school
busses and were shuttled back to base. The Stennis is
being loaded with ammunition and they don't want any more
people on board then have to be. Which is fine with me.
I'm glad Snookie's home. He leaves again on Saturday, but
something's better than nothing.

I'm putting the girls to bed, then going to the sanctity
of my bedroom. I'm exhausted, but thankfully, feeling
really positive. Ciao!




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