I worked hard for this accent

What American accent do you have?

Your Result: The West

Your accent is the lowest common denominator of American speech. Unless you're a SoCal surfer, no one thinks you have an accent. And really, you may not even be from the West at all, you could easily be from Florida or one of those big Southern cities like Dallas or Atlanta.

North Central

Boston

The Midland

The South

Philadelphia

The Inland North

The Northeast

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why why why!?

Why am I not no smart?

I believe the doctors when they say I have to take the synthroid to do what my thyroid did before it tried to kill me. I am anal about taking it. I count the little pills like they are gold. I used to stay awake and think how long could I survive if I could no longer get my hands on them. I have never forgotten a pill in over 3 years.

But why do I not believe doctors when they tell me that I need to take welchol daily to not sprint to the Water closet screaming GET OUT OF MY WAY like a bat out of hell! I cannot count how many days I forget to take it. And then I sit at work and think.. I am DUMB and then have to skip lunch so that I can go to my afternoon meetings. Tomorrow a big pile is coming to work with me. Hopefully I will remember to take it. Daily. (and yes.. i have the pill reminders and i have my phone set to remind me.. but i still forget... probably because I have to take it with food..)

Change

I am still trying hard to cling to some vacation mojo. I am trying very hard to remember the sense of peace and well being I felt the entire time I was in Mexico.

I had a truly fabulous trip.. and I am currently combing the globalX site to figure out where to go next summer. I think I want to go either back to Latin America or Spain... So I will have an excuse to learn Spanish.

The one long lasting change may be in what I eat. I am giving some serious consideration radically changing my diet and drop almost all meat. We ate so much meat while that I felt puffy and bloated and my ankles got swollen. I have not had any meat since last Sunday.. and I have not missed it. and I got a book on vegetarian eating. I think it might the change I need. Lunch and breakfasts have been easy.. but I am still struggling on what to eat for dinner. Hopefully this book will help. And next week my friend Jennifer is going to give me a DVD to borrow that should help. But I know that I am going to need to figure out quickly how to get some protein besides in Peanut butter.

¡Estoy en Mérida!

To any one that may read my musing of a short bus rider blog.. I am in Merida Mexico this week with a group from my church.. you can check out our trip blog at http://meridaconnections.blogspot.com/.. but here a couple pictures that I did not post there.

It has been a great trip so far.. I don't have a sunburn because it has rained alot.. (which is fine by me as when it is raining I cannot get a sunburn..) and my tummy felt a bit wonky yesterday after some Muy authenic tacos that were made by some Mayan women. We stopped off at a farmacia and I got some more tummy medicine.. and today I feel much better. Today and yesterday we really had a chance to see the city and learn the history.. tommorrow, Wednesday and Thursday we work.

TMI

Warning.. the below post is a TMI.. A post with Too much Information..
If you have a weak stomach.. or you just don't want to know one of the more gross facts about me.. stop reading now!





Ok.. you were warned.


I have a pretty weak stomach.. not meaning i cannot stand to look at gross things.. but bugs do give me the hibby gibbies (spelling), but meaning my stomach and the rest of the digestive tract does not deal with change well.

Before I had my gall bladder removed it was a tad bit wonky.. but after the gall bladder and all that came along with that... it is officially broken. I have a condition called Bile Salt D.. (http://www.gihealth.com/html/education/bilesaltDiarrhea.html) (sorry I know it is gross.. but trying living with it daily). Luckily it is pretty easy to control.. (after it was diagnosed that is and it took about a year for them to diagnose it.. imagine having D every day for a year.. it actually inflamed my internal organs.. which was pretty painful.) I take one little welchol a day... (which is actually a medicine used to control cholesterol) and I am normally fine.. Normal, being as long as I do not introduce any new and exotic foods.

So I am really afraid of how my system will react to days upon days of new and exotic foods and stress in Mexico. Mexico which is known to cause havoc on 'normal' digestive tracks. I may just have to pull a Charlotte and eat pudding all week long.

I have tried to warn the people I am traveling with.. but how in polite conversation mention the fact that you suffer from a condition that can cause chronic and life long D?

So, please pray for me.. and my digestive track next week.. and pray I dont become an expert at saying ?Hay bano? or ?Donde esta el bano?

Finally

I am having a cleaning day today... and I finally dropped off the clothes I set aside for the goodwill.. and I made up 2 more bag.. for a total of 11 bags full of clothes I no longer wear.

All and All a good day.

And I am mostly ready for Mexico. I need to get some new shampoo and some batteries and pack. I hope this week at work goes quickly.