Ha, ha. Man, I so dislike that I let myself go so much in the last year. I was so much slimmer and trimmer last year...oh and way more energetic! BAH. So getting back on that train once my gym membership comes in the mail this week. Looking forward to taking some classes and not just doing boring cardio and weight training. Anyways, what I wanted to blog about was health issues. I have a couple and they are um, slightly odd.

1. Asthma. Not a odd health issue but it was dormant for quite sometime until I had an asthmatic allergic reaction to mildew and mold at a camp that I worked at.

2. Keratosis Pilaris "is a very common skin condition often referred to as "chicken skin". While KP resembles goosebumps, it is characterized by the appearance of small, rough bumps on the skin." There is no cure but having a cleaner diet, more exercise and moisturizing bodywash has helped me tremendously.

3. Plunging Ranula. "A ranula is a type of mucocele found on the floor of the mouth. Ranulas present as a swelling of connective tissue consisting of collected mucin from a ruptured salivary gland duct, which is usually caused by local trauma." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranula). Want to be grossed out? Keep reading.
I developed a hardish sak under the left side of my tongue in 2002. It didn't hurt very much but it was large and annoying! I went to the doc to get it diagnosed and they did say I could have surgery to remove it but it didn't have to come to that. A couple weeks later the ranula broke and drained. Nothing like getting a mouthful of hot, salty mucous in the middle of the night. Yummy! Now I only get smallish ones once in a while when I don't drink enough fluids (or so is my theory).

4. Hearing loss. Not odd either but I burst my eardrum in 2004 after a severe sinus infection and since then my hearing isn't the same.

5. PCOS. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is an endocrine disorder that affects approximately 5% of all women .[1] It occurs amongst all races and nationalities, is the most common hormonal disorder among women of reproductive age, and is a leading cause of infertility. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polycystic_ovary_syndrome). I was just diagnosed with this a year and a half ago. It's an interesting "disease" as it can be controlled by weight loss yet it causes weight gain. Strange! I am on medication to control the hormonal part of syndrome.

People may find it odd that I'm blogging about such personal matters but to me it's a bit fascinating! And I know I'm not alone. I could name off a handful of people that suffer from at least one of the above issues.

Are bodies are wonderful yet interesting machines!

That's enough health talk for tonight.

I hate driving in this crap.  I'm tired of sweeping off my car, spinning my tires taking a corner and shoveling my way out of the driveway. BUT tonight reminded me how much I do love snow.  It's fluffy, white sparkly-ness, it's ability to quieten the neighbourhood, it's blanketed warmth to the earth....

Disappointment is failed expectations.

I had expectations about something and it was not what I expected. I thought my life was going to get back to "normal" but it's far from that.

Apparently God works in mysterious ways. I trust everything works out for Good and for His purpose but I have to remember to constantly trust.

"How you were raised has absolutely no impact on your personality at all"

I saw this quote on a friend's facebook page tonight and it's "got my goat". I'm not even going to state where it's from because maybe it's a good book and this is totally out of context but regardless...

WHAT?!?

Um. Seriously. How you were raised plays a huge role in your personality! The way you treat others, how you look at finances, how you perceive and get ideas about politics and religion, your morals, what's right and wrong.

That doesn't mean you BECOME how you were brought up but it does impact a lot about you!

Please don't feed me this junk. I'm grateful for how I was brought up and it helped me appreciate things other people may not. I am who I am because of that!

So take that book quote!