being responsible
For years and years, I’ve avoided being responsible for my personal life as much as possible. I’ve neglected my health, paid bills late, left my car in disrepair, and that’s just the beginning. While I knew in the back of my head that this attitude would eventually come back to get me, I somehow was able to avoid facing any of these responsibilities. Well it stopped working some time ago. Since Kai was born, I have been (with a LOT of Erin’s help) getting my act together and being responsible. While I still have a lot of work to do, I know that I’m on the right path. It may take years to clean this mess up.
Part of being responsible to me is taking care of my health. I’ve lived with severe allergies since I was a baby. About ten years ago I developed allergic asthma, which has been a lot of fun, let me tell you. Somehow, I’ve managed to not tackle this head-on for all these years. Until yesterday, when I went to the asthma-allergy doctor.
Let me just tell you how much fun an allergy scratch test is when you have severe allergies. Imagine the worst itch you’ve ever had — ant bite, mosquito bite, poison ivy, whatever. Then imagine 64 of those itches. Then imagine not being allowed to scratch them while they seemingly burn 64 little holes into your arms for 15 excruciatingly long minutes. That was my day yesterday.
As a result, I am allergic to nearly everything Florida has to offer. Cedar. Grass, all eight kinds that they tested on me. Cats. Dogs. Dust. Ragweed. The list goes on. Anywho, the point is that with Erin and Kai’s help, I am now taking responsibility for another facet of my life, and as a result I feel a sense of freedom and power in that area. As a plus, my doctor has me on a one-week cycle of prednisone, a powerful steroid. Let’s just say that today’s workout was fun and energetic. I feel like I could run a marathon.
Kai has been a handful these last couple days. We think that he has a mild cold — his nose is a little stuffy and he is not sleeping well. His spirits are fine but he definitely has a hard time sleeping, probably due to his stuffy nose. But of course, if Kai’s not sleeping, nobody’s sleeping. He’s becoming quite the high-maintenance baby. It’s a good thing he’s so damn cute.
Part of being responsible to me is taking care of my health. I’ve lived with severe allergies since I was a baby. About ten years ago I developed allergic asthma, which has been a lot of fun, let me tell you. Somehow, I’ve managed to not tackle this head-on for all these years. Until yesterday, when I went to the asthma-allergy doctor.
Let me just tell you how much fun an allergy scratch test is when you have severe allergies. Imagine the worst itch you’ve ever had — ant bite, mosquito bite, poison ivy, whatever. Then imagine 64 of those itches. Then imagine not being allowed to scratch them while they seemingly burn 64 little holes into your arms for 15 excruciatingly long minutes. That was my day yesterday.
As a result, I am allergic to nearly everything Florida has to offer. Cedar. Grass, all eight kinds that they tested on me. Cats. Dogs. Dust. Ragweed. The list goes on. Anywho, the point is that with Erin and Kai’s help, I am now taking responsibility for another facet of my life, and as a result I feel a sense of freedom and power in that area. As a plus, my doctor has me on a one-week cycle of prednisone, a powerful steroid. Let’s just say that today’s workout was fun and energetic. I feel like I could run a marathon.
Kai has been a handful these last couple days. We think that he has a mild cold — his nose is a little stuffy and he is not sleeping well. His spirits are fine but he definitely has a hard time sleeping, probably due to his stuffy nose. But of course, if Kai’s not sleeping, nobody’s sleeping. He’s becoming quite the high-maintenance baby. It’s a good thing he’s so damn cute.
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