I really hope everyone had an awesome Thanksgiving! Mine was fantastic, the best yet. :] My mom made all my favorite dishes, with the except of her home made lasagna, but oh man, i freakin' love her lasagna. I think Ill ask her to teach me how to make it next week! No other lasagna in the world is as good as hers, true story. Plus, I got fed twice today, lol. Boyfriend's parents, and then mine. I actually have come to enjoy spending time with both sides now, though I didn't get to see my brother or sister because they were uuber late to dinner (as always) and I was freakin' sleepy beyond all belief, so I went ahead and went home. 
It's ok though, because I'll just call them tomorrow or something and wish them a happy LATE thanksgiving, lol. And oh my, my mom sent home so much extra food with me (because this is kind of a tradation in our family. you always send some of the food home with your guests, because its just THAT awesome) I'm pretty sure I could survive for a month in the jungle with the amount she sent me home with lol!
SO, on a last note, what was everyone thankful for? Yea, over used question, but it holds alot of value in the least. I'm thankful for my wonderful friends and family. Things have been rocky this year for sure, but it seems like more this month than ever that things are looking up. Even my mother's ... reaction to her medication has changed. She has MS, a degenerative disease in which the myelin sheath is stripped from the axon on the nerves in the brain (i have this memorized because I'm a psych major, along with other crazy information like every sector of the brain and its function, lmao.) It will eventually cause her look feeling in her legs and stuff like that. It's pretty scary, because I always think of my mom as this energetic, upbeat, hardworking woman who doesn't let anyone or anything bring her down, but now shes on a box, literally a box, of medication, from the MS, heart disease, small vessel disease, high blood pressure, insomnia, manic depressive disorder .. and the list goes on and on. I almost can't wait to get my PhD so I can actually give her some licensed medical guidance. She comes to me whenever she has a medical problem or needs to know a new medication, so I can look it up for her and tell her the side effects and everything. It almost makes me swell with pride that before she goes to anyone else, even her quack of a doctor ( because he is, he's a jerk and doesnt know what the fuck he's doing) that she comes to ME for guidance because of my small insight into the medical world as I was Pre-Med for a year in college and have taken alot of medical classes, just for the hell of it, because I find them interesting (i.e. Medical Terminology, Pharmacology and Lab Diagnostics, Ethical Issues in Healthcare, etc.) I'm just glad just to be one of those pillows of ease that she so desperately needs in this hard time. Which, back to medication thing, I think she's stopped taking a few of the pills, and her atitude has changed dramatically to "mean grumpy paranoid mom" back to "awesome mom". We take shopping trips now, and hang out like we used to. And for the frst time in my life, she compliments me on my parenting, which is a shocker. She has always been a little more than overbearing on my sister and me, but I think she was maybe just trying to teach us the difference between good and bad parenting and the medium in between that it's ok to be in, because no one is perfect and everyone makes mistakes, even parents. :]
Well, that does it for my huge insightful blog, lmao. Have a fantastic night everyone!
It's ok though, because I'll just call them tomorrow or something and wish them a happy LATE thanksgiving, lol. And oh my, my mom sent home so much extra food with me (because this is kind of a tradation in our family. you always send some of the food home with your guests, because its just THAT awesome) I'm pretty sure I could survive for a month in the jungle with the amount she sent me home with lol!
SO, on a last note, what was everyone thankful for? Yea, over used question, but it holds alot of value in the least. I'm thankful for my wonderful friends and family. Things have been rocky this year for sure, but it seems like more this month than ever that things are looking up. Even my mother's ... reaction to her medication has changed. She has MS, a degenerative disease in which the myelin sheath is stripped from the axon on the nerves in the brain (i have this memorized because I'm a psych major, along with other crazy information like every sector of the brain and its function, lmao.) It will eventually cause her look feeling in her legs and stuff like that. It's pretty scary, because I always think of my mom as this energetic, upbeat, hardworking woman who doesn't let anyone or anything bring her down, but now shes on a box, literally a box, of medication, from the MS, heart disease, small vessel disease, high blood pressure, insomnia, manic depressive disorder .. and the list goes on and on. I almost can't wait to get my PhD so I can actually give her some licensed medical guidance. She comes to me whenever she has a medical problem or needs to know a new medication, so I can look it up for her and tell her the side effects and everything. It almost makes me swell with pride that before she goes to anyone else, even her quack of a doctor ( because he is, he's a jerk and doesnt know what the fuck he's doing) that she comes to ME for guidance because of my small insight into the medical world as I was Pre-Med for a year in college and have taken alot of medical classes, just for the hell of it, because I find them interesting (i.e. Medical Terminology, Pharmacology and Lab Diagnostics, Ethical Issues in Healthcare, etc.) I'm just glad just to be one of those pillows of ease that she so desperately needs in this hard time. Which, back to medication thing, I think she's stopped taking a few of the pills, and her atitude has changed dramatically to "mean grumpy paranoid mom" back to "awesome mom". We take shopping trips now, and hang out like we used to. And for the frst time in my life, she compliments me on my parenting, which is a shocker. She has always been a little more than overbearing on my sister and me, but I think she was maybe just trying to teach us the difference between good and bad parenting and the medium in between that it's ok to be in, because no one is perfect and everyone makes mistakes, even parents. :]
Well, that does it for my huge insightful blog, lmao. Have a fantastic night everyone!