Monthly Archives: January 2012

Day 1

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Merideth

I went to the doctor today because I was still running a low-grade fever after five days of this nonsense. I got a chest x-ray (clear), a bill for $150 (Don’t know what that’s about. I think maybe they tried … Continue reading →

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Typhoid Merideth (Day 2)

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Merideth

I felt a bit off on Thursday afternoon when I got home from my afternoon class, so I laid down and took a nap – 2 hours! I was shocked. I thought, boy, I must really be running on empty. … Continue reading →

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The week behind, the week ahead (Day 9)

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Merideth

It’s been a wild first week of school. I’m a little crazed. I love my classes. They seem to be going well, but I feel like I’m racing all day on Tuesday and Thursday. I don’t have time to think, … Continue reading →

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Day 14

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Merideth

Yesterday was Merlin’s angiogram AND my first day of classes at ACC. It was wild. We checked in at 8am, she went under at 10:30, and she came out at noon.  I waited with her  while the parade of people … Continue reading →

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Tired

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Merideth

This is Day 16, and there’s really only two weeks left. I’ve been working like a crazy person to get everything ready for classes. More tomorrow.

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Meditations

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Merideth

I don’t sleep. I don’t talk about it much. It doesn’t seem worth discussing. When I was a child, I could sleep though anything. I slept deeply, like the sleep of a rock or a tree, a complete withdrawal from … Continue reading →

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Frittered Away (Day 18)

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Merideth

“Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.” ~Thoreau Today we got a parking ticket ($20). It was only a matter of time. We have the suburban, and Will has been taking it to work before the … Continue reading →

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Day 19

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Merideth

I had a productive day working on the house and transcript requests and lost applications. I cleaned out the kids’ closet. I was in full on battle mode. I got their desk set up, but Gavin accidentally knocked it off … Continue reading →

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Scheduling, Skills, and Habits (Day 20)

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Merideth

I would have opened my vein and poured a pint of my blood on the kitchen floor to avoid going to the 6th grade fundraiser this evening. My blood is boiling anyway with petty anger and disappointment, and it would … Continue reading →

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