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<\/a>— 1 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Still no laptop.<\/strong> HP is still holding my laptop captive and I now have two case managers working on this because HP sent me through Canada at first. The second one couldn’t find me in the system so he took ownership… and the first one called me on Tuesday to say he was working on this. Yeah… this should be fun. Thankfully, Jon has given me his laptop to use when he’s not home and late at night when he’s asleep… and when I should also theoretically be sleeping. I’ve kinda sorta figured things out but I’m still looking forward to getting my laptop back.<\/p>\n **UPDATE** I talked to HP and because it probably won’t get fixed for another 3 weeks and it’s been 3 weeks since I mailed it in, they’re replacing it for free.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/a>— 2 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Post-concussion syndrome.<\/strong> Daniel was having a really hard day on Saturday and was melting down quite a bit. He was on my lap and I was trying to get him to calm down when he leaned forward and threw his head and self back into me, hitting me in the face. My glasses thankfully didn’t break (thank God for flexible frames!) but I ended up with what the nurse practitioner at the clinic thought was a mild concussion as I had a headache and nausea the next day. The head pain has gone away but the nausea has still remained. Sigh…<\/p>\n <\/a>— 3 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Possible food allergies.<\/strong> I had blood taken on Tuesday to test for celiac disease. It was billed as a food allergy panel so maybe we’ll find out if I’m allergic to anything else? I’m not wanting to give up any foods to which I’m not allergic, mostly because my diet is pretty limited by other things. I’m also dealing with an eating disorder of sorts because I have so many friends doing “real food”, a pale diet, etc. and I’m admittedly dealing with the fact that I’m afraid of eating. I finally asked for a nutrition consult which will be this coming Monday so that maybe we can figure out a diet for me.<\/p>\n <\/a>— 4 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Orphans.<\/strong> Do you see these precious children?<\/p>\n L-R: Brett<\/a> and Iris<\/a> Brett<\/a> still needs a mama. Iris<\/a> finally has a family committed to her and their dossier has been submitted to her country.<\/p>\n <\/a>— 5 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n New Year’s resolution.<\/strong> Because I’m awesome this way, my BIG New Year’s resolution was to pray the Jesuit examen nightly. Yes, I’m a Lutheran and praying the examen. I find the Jesuits have a lot of habits that work well for me. It probably doesn’t hurt that the author of the book I’m reading on it is the official chaplain of the Colbert Report<\/a>. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n Anyway, I’m finding the examen is freaking awesome. I wonder if the Jesuits take married Lutheran women…<\/p>\n <\/a>— 6 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n OMG Big Bang Theory!!!!!<\/strong> Apparently, I missed an episode of The Big Bang Theory<\/a> because I did not know that Penny had proposed to Leonard before I saw some previews for this episode yesterday. Oops! Thankfully, I was able to catch up before tonight’s episode. <\/p>\n <\/a>— 7 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n For those who are frustrated with church things…<\/strong><\/p>\n Fr. Jim Martin recorded this for frustrated Catholics but I think this applies across the board for Christendom. Seriously, it applies to every parish and denomination I’ve been part of in my almost 20 years as a Christian.<\/p>\n (And yes, I know I’m late to the party on this one.)<\/p>\n
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