Becoming a teacher..

So I've been trying to concentrate on other things the last several days. Yesterday I had an all day appointment with a career placement/re-education facility, and it was suggested to me that I become an ROP teacher for computers.. mostly standard software like Microsoft Office Suite and financial software packages.

It actually took me be surprise. I haven't thought about teaching in a long time, and I never thought about teaching ROP classes before. The woman was very nice and gave me the information from the California Department of Education on becoming certified. She even said that she would write me a letter of recommendation once I pass the certification exam which should be easy peasy. I figure once I get the okay from the doc, I'm going to go ahead and schedule the exam and go for it. Can't hurt, right?

As for everything else, I'm still in a lot of pain, and the side effects of the meds are really taking their toll on me. I have another week to wait for the last of the biopsies and test results to come back, and then hopefully, I'll have a better sense of where everything is going. I keep finding myself getting more and more depressed about this whole situation, and about life in general. I have an appointment to talk to a new therapist on Monday, and again on the 11th. Something has to be done about this, and I'm hoping medication isn't the answer, but I can't keep losing it .. especially in front of strangers like I did yesterday. I sure felt bad about crying in front of this woman yesterday. I could tell she was very uncomfortable about the entire situation, but then again, so was I.

Anyway, I'm hoping that the therapy will help things a bit.. and that having more information will me feel more in control of my life.

On a brighter note, Lunea lost another tooth last night. For those of you who are counting this makes tooth number 2! The Tooth Faerie made yet another wonderful appearance.. (I have to say I did good!) and my munchkin was thoroughly surprised to wake up and find three gold dollar coins along with another Tooth Faerie card under her pillow this morning. The cards have been such a big hit, I'm considering marketing them.

Other than the same old routine stuff, not much else is going on. Oh.. I really hate this weird weather. Either have it rain and be cool, or have it be dry and hot.. but not hot AND humid. It feels way too much like Miami, and I don't like Miami.

Blarg!

Blah..

I'm feeling blah today.. just blah. I was happy to finally get my second set of biopsy results yesterday. Finally some good news! The GYN increased my hormone dosage and with it has come horrendous insomnia, headaches, hot flashes, nausea (rivaled only during the 9-month-all-day-long morning sickness of my pregnancy), and of course the continued spotting and chills and over all discomfort. I'm still having a lot of pain and I'm actually starting to depend on the Motrin to dull it in order to get through the day.

What really bothers me is that I can't seem to concentrate on anything and I feel like I have stupid-brain all the time. I'm sure a lot of that is because I can't seem to get more than an hour or two of sleep in a day, and it's really taking it's toll.

But, on a happy note, Lunea lost her first tooth last week, and we had a lovely visit from the Tooth Faerie, which really excited Lunea. Speaking of Lunea (have I said how much I love her???) she also officially became a brownie two weeks ago, and she's already half way to her first Brownie badge! I can't believe how quickly she's growing. In less than three months she'll be celebrating her sixth birthday, and then a month and a half later, I'll be turning 32.

I have done a lot of reflection on my life in the last several weeks, and it's amazing how my life has turned out. Nothing is like I thought it would be. NOTHING. And as much as there are huge chunks of my current life that I'm not happy with, the one solid thing that I am happy about is Lunea. I honestly can't find a single thing in my life other than her that's worth living for. She is what I live for, and if, Goddess forbid, she was taken out of my life, I am pretty sure, I would simply cease living.

For now, each day is another day with her, and I am thrilled to have each and every day. I look forward to the early morning hugs before school, and the sound of her laughter. She asked me last week why I tickle her so much, and as I told her, her laugh is the sound I love most in the world. As much as I love music and the sounds of the earth and the seasons, there is nothing that puts an instant smile on my face like the sound of her laughter. And there is nothing that can sooth all the pain and upset like the feel of her small arms around my neck hugging me.

For me, Lunea is like my morphine and Effexor all in one little gorgeous package! Goodness I love her!

Visual of sounds effect on matter (salt)

This is an amazing visual of the effects of sound on matter!

The Evolution of Dance.. this is AWESOME!

The Evolution of Dance

I love my postal worker!

A little after 3pm this afternoon I received a nice little box containing a replica cryptex from The DaVinci Code as part of the finalist contest for Google's DaVinci Code Quest game.


I'm thrilled, and the cryptex is amazing. It's made of heavy brass with faux stone/bone dials. I feel very lucky having gotten this far, and having been given this amazing prize.

The final series of puzzles will be released on the 19th, but I think I'm looking forward to seeing the movie that morning, more than anything. The puzzles are just icing on the cake, for me!

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UPDATE: I received an email from Google/Sony Davinci Code Quest about 2 hours ago. Definately a ego booster! I am including screen prints of the email, along with the pages that the links lead to including the message from Sir Ian McKellan and a sneak preview of the movie including interviews with the director Ron Howard and the actors.

re: Google's DaVinci Code Quest

I've had a lot of people emailing me and posting comments about how I know that I was a finalist for Google's DaVinci Code Quest.

In comments that I posted in my last post I detailed how I found out. But perhaps this will make people less pessimistic:

I received an email from davincicodequest confirming it. The contents follow:



I hope this resolves any questions about the sincerity of my earlier post.

YES!!!!!

I just received the confirmation that I am in the top 10,000 Finalists of the Google Da Vinci Code Quest!

I am
SO excited!!!

Yes.. really excited! Like jumping up and down excited. I know that it's just a game, but I'm happy to have just gotten this far. I'm not even hoping for the Grand Prize (although, wouldn't that be nice??

Waiting..

Yesterday I completed the last puzzle in Google's Da Vinci Code Quest. I've been playing every day for the last 24 days, and I finally completed it.

I'm proud of myself for completing it, and even more so, for completing it without the use of any of the many cheat sites out there. I'm also glad that I was diligent about continuing to check the site for the last question and being able to answer it in less than a minute after it became available online. Now that it's over, though, I have found that I miss having the daily challenge, but I am hoping that I am one of the first 10,000 to complete the Quest, and will therefore have at least one more challenge ahead of me.

So here I sit, waiting for the elusive email to arrive. I'm hoping that it will appear in my inbox sometime within the next half an hour (just after the deadline for the game).

31 Year old man dies on his wedding night from silent yet deadly disease

31 year old Paul Healey died after less than 24 hours of being married from a common yet frequently undiagnosed medical condition called Sleep Apnea.

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