Hellobee

The Mayo clinic has a great reputation, and for good reason. Every time I have gone there the experience is impressive. It’s super efficient and top quality. The doctor who wasn’t involved with my case this time, but who did my last procedure there, stopped in to say hi when I was getting prepped for […]

My last post, back in May 2020, was called, “Vacation Turned Temporary Home” and it was. We went to North Carolina on vacation and then lived there for several months instead of visiting for a few weeks, because the pandemic was hitting Michigan particularly hard and we really liked it there. So we stayed. We both work remotely (and […]

Well… life is… unexpected. As I’m sure all of us are feeling right now. What keeps occurring to me is that I can’t imagine going through this quarantine last year instead of this year, when the daycare I got the kiddos into was a life-saver to me and my mental health. My childcare options kept […]

Either my medication is finally fully kicking in or I’ve hit a turning point where I’m (thankfully!) ready to be happy again. I’ve felt pretty unhappy for so long since gaining more awareness of my situation and more control over it again, which is so challenging since it meant that I was able to make […]

The ironic thing about trying to write about what’s going on with me is that the busier I get, the less I write. It feels unfortunate, because I have more to say and would benefit even more by processing it in writing when I have more going on, but much less time to talk about […]

When my son was born, we immediately got him a passport and started making plans to fly back to the US from Thailand where I had been stuck in the hospital until after his birth and my brain rupture embolization (big words, but basically they plug bad brain blood vessels with glue). So while we […]

We are on the cusp of a change that so many parents have gone through before – Scout is about to go to preschool. She starts next week –  it’s only on Tuesday and Thursday but it should be awesome for her. I just got back from the “listening conference” they call it where the […]