Getting in the Groove

It's been a very hard several weeks for me. I went to a neurologist a bit over a month ago because my migraines were rebounding for weeks (meaning I would get one, it would go away but then come back the next day). I had a referral to an ENT because I can hear my heart beating in my right ear. LOUDLY. Lest any of you get concerned, it's been doing that since 1995 so if it were something too bad I would have probably already succumbed to it. My doctor wants to check it out since it has gotten louder.

These two visits resulted in numerous prescriptions and four CT scans/MRIs. Answers? Not really except I should not take any daily medicine that anyone prescribes for me for migraines. It is a very bad idea. I ended up with a full two-week headache that hurt more than they did before. Off those meds. My head only hurt two days last week and Excedrin seemed to do the trick for those. I have decided my focusing on my own triggers and eliminating those probably does the best.

The heart beating? Nothing yet, but I'll you know. I have a zillion little tiny MRI pictures to take to my doctor next week. I can confirm that I do have a brain - I've seen it myself. Probably will end up being a good physiology lesson when we get an answer.

Sharing all that to say I have had a good reason for not blogging the past two weeks. (No, I don't feel the need to perform and be accepted...) Between the pain and the absolute tiredness from the meds, I haven't done much. Now, I'm feeling much better and hopefully, back into the groove.

To that end, below is finally a picture of James's new bike. It's still a bit big, but he does like it. He shouldn't have to grow too much for it to fit perfectly. I think he's going to be pretty fast.

Makes me really ready for the season. I'm not crazy about being in the car so much to get him to all his practices, but I sure do enjoy the families that we are on the team with and I enjoy the hot summer days. On our way to church this morning, James thanked God for Daylight Savings Time. (Has to be 1 of 2 kids - or adults for that matter - in the entire world that is thankful for losing an hour of sleep.) He says it's because that tells him summer is not too far away. God make it so.