Judy says I’m not crazy ;-)

Judy called to tell me the TV news says we have bad air quality with lots of allergens. She says she can smell smoke in the air.

The #&%&!!! cough has moved down into my lungs. I coughed so hard at one point that I started to pass out. What a rush!

Tonight the fever started. I’ve taken two cold showers, but I’m still burning up with the A/C on 72 degrees and three fans pointed at me.

Kelly never learns. She followed me around again tonight and I accidentally watered her, her dog and Zeke. I actually hit the garden once in a while More tomatoes are turning red.

Wondering out loud…

I was poking through my old blog entries and noticed the day I hit my head real hard was April 24th. Geeze…I wonder how much that has to do with my current head problems? I hit it REALLY hard and it continued to hurt for days afterwards. I promptly forgot about it a couple of weeks later when the pain was gone.

I just woke up from a loooooooong nap. I could not remember what day it is or whether it was night or day.  I had to come look at my computer screen to get reoriented. Creepy.

Auditory, olfactory and other hallucinations of the senses

Well, at least there’s a name for it. It can be caused by a migraine, brain tumor or stroke. More and more I’m wondering what’s wrong with my senses. Last night not only did I keep smelling smoke, but I tasted weird things. I had been drinking from a canning jar of lemonade when all of the sudden it tasted like MMS instead of lemonade. The smell and taste disturbances are becoming more frequent.

Then there’s the fan. The three fans in the living room don’t do it, but the one in the bedroom seems like it brings in a radio station. I’ve been just assuming it IS a stray radio signal, but now I wonder. Once I had a nerve conduction test in a Burlington, VT hospital and the machine got country music. That was for real and drove people nuts. So, do I hear a radio signal through the fan, or am I nuts? Rhett has an almost identical fan on a pedestal that I can also hear songs in.

My sense of taste and smell has been fluctuating like crazy.  I never did get the MRI. The hospital doc wanted my primary doc to be the one to order it. She refused and said I need a neurologist to refer me to the MRI. The hospital has no neuro on staff and my insurance doesn’t cover any neuros in this county. Grrrrrrrr…….

At least I have some small comfort that the CT scan saw nothing weird in my head, but I REALLY need that MRI!

What’s wrong with my nose?

I conked out this afternoon. It was kind of hard to fall asleep because I kept smelling smoke. This has been happening off and on all day. Sometimes I think I am just nuts and there is no smoke. I don’t know…

I have a wicked scratchy throat that is turning into a sore throat and had a little cough that is getting deeper and hurts. Sometimes I get really stuffed up. I’ve sure blown my nose enough today.

Earlier I could only smell smoke in my house, but not outside. Now I have the windows and doors open and the fans in the window and I STILL smell smoke in here. Like I said….maybe I’m crazy?

Mmmmmmmm……..

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Being Grateful Will Make Us Happy

“Mercies and blessings come in different forms–sometimes as
hard things. Yet the Lord said, ‘Thou shalt thank the Lord thy God in
all things’ (D&C 59:7). All things means just that: good things,
difficult things–not just some things. He has commanded us to be
grateful because He knows being grateful will make us happy. This is
another evidence of His love.”

(Bonnie D. Parkin, “Gratitude: A Path to Happiness,” Ensign, May 2007, 35)

OK…I Googled Pay Per Post

They are having a conference 58 miles from my apartment…in Orlando. That might be fun to go to and learn how to make money as a blogger. Lord knows I’m not good for much else! I could write when I feel marginally OK, when I’m not able to do much else.

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Let the fiesta begin! This three-day conference connecting bloggers and advertisers, and is open to anyone. So come join the party! Schedule is featured below. For complete event details visit IZEAFest.com. And join our Eventful Community as well — you can interact with other attendees and speakers.

Schedule:

Thursday, September 11th
7:00 – 10:00pm : Cocktails and appetizers
Grand Bohemian sky pool

Friday, September 12th
8:00 – 9:00am : Registration, Coffee and Networking.

9:00 – 10:15am : Keynote
Jeremy Schoemaker of Shoemoney.com

10:15 -10:30am : Break

10:30 -11:30am : Improving your content
Susie Gardner, author of Blogging for Dummies

11:30 -1:00pm : Lunch and Social
Downtown area restaurants

1:00 – 2:00pm : Panel – Big Money Bloggs
Stephanie Agresta of Internetgeekgirl.com
John Chow of JohnChow.com
Neil Patel of Pronetadvertising.com
Jeremy Schoemaker of Shoemoney.com

2:00 – 2:15pm : Break

2:15 – 3:15pm : Panel – Growing Traffic
Lea Alcantara of lealea.net
Brian Clark of Copyblogger.com
Alexander Schek of FayerWayer.com
Steve Spalding of Howtosplitanatom.com

3:15 – 3:30pm : Break

3:30 – 4:30pm : Panel – What Advertisers Want
Michael Brito, Social Media Manager at Intel and author of britopian
Katia Adams, Interactive Marketing Manger at 1800-Flowers.com
Mark Young, Chairman at Western Creative
Additional TBA

4:30 – 5:30pm : SocialSpark Beta 2
Ted Murphy, IZEA

6:00pm – : Group Dinner and Social
Downtown Orlando

Saturday, September 13
8:00 – 9:00am : Registration, Coffee and Networking.

9:00 – 10:15am : Keynote
Merlin Mann of 43Folders.com

10:15 -10:30am : Break

10:30 -11:30am : Panel – Social Networking : What’s in it for you?
Sean Bonner of SeanBonner.com
Etan Horowitz of Orlando Sentinel
Peter Shankman, author of Can We Do That and shankman.com
Lena West, CEO of xynoMedia.com
Additional TBA

11:30 -1:00pm : Lunch and Social
Downtown area restaurants

1:00 – 2:00pm : Killer Content
Loren Feldman, 1938Media.com

2:00 – 2:15pm : Break

2:15 – 3:15pm : Panel- Tools and Plug-Ins
Zach Coelius of Triggit.com
Erick Hersman, author of whiteafrican.com
Additional TBA

3:15 – 3:30pm : Break

3:30 – 4:30pm : Blog Design Makeover
Nate Whitehall, Founder of Unique Blog Designs
Christopher Schmitt, Author of CSS Cookbook, Designing CSS Web Pages and Professional CSS
Scott Allen, VP of Creative Service at MindComet

4:30 – 5:00pm : Closing and QA
Ted Murphy, IZEA

7:00pm – : Group Multimedia Scavenger Hunt
Downtown Orlando…. this is going to get MESSY!

* Registration includes swag bag.

This is soooooo funny!

I was napping and Zeke had to go out, so he barked once. I was very groggy and used the bathroom, then took him out. We got back in and I was sitting on the couch when he went to the door of the bathroom and kept barking at the toilet. It was a bark I did not recognize.

Then I got scared and wondered if someone had snuck in while we were out. I dialed 9 on my phone and kept my finger over the one. I cautiously went towards the bathroom, all set to call 911 if need be. I thought it was weird that Zeke would not go in the bathroom, but was barking at it.

I could see no one was hiding behind the shower curtain and went it. Guess what? I had peed and not flushed while in my half asleep phase. Zeke wanted a drink from the toilet! I guess I have never forgotten to flush before. Here I was all scared and now I can’t stop laughing

He sure is pushy ;-p He has two water fountain bowls in the kitchen.

I did good! :-)

So much for all that sludge in my brain and worry about it. By the time Ron and Julie picked me up, I was coherent again. At least I think I was

They got Rhett and I and we went to Catfish Country for lunch. Mmmmmmmm…… I had a broiled grouper sandwich with a sweet potato, coleslaw, stuffed crab and a hush puppy. Lemonade to drink. They also got an appetizer sampler and I liked the fried dill pickles. We sat around talking, then came back to my apartment to talk some more.

It was really nice that Adam, Rhett’s son, was able  to come over to meet Ron and Julie. Every time I see that kid he is more man-like and handsome! They all talked about missions and missionaries and BYU Idaho and Provo. It was nice

I stayed pretty perky and coherent most of the time. I love it when my adrenaline kicks in. Now that they are gone, I still feel OK except for the killer headache. It was a great day

How do I force my brain to work?

Last night I had a make-up class for the economic self sufficiency class I missed when I had those strokes. It was hard to drive there and back, hard to sit around, hard to focus and REALLY hard to deal with the fluorescent lights. Then at home I was wiped out tired and couldn’t fall asleep. Usually my head hits the pillow and I’m conked.

I was woken up at 11:30 because the rusty butt dog was in my garden. Finally got back to sleep and Zeke went ballistic about 1 AM. I looked out my bedroom window to see a guy walking away from my porch. I came out in the living room and could smell chemicals. I wonder what that was all about?

I woke up too early this morning. I spent the morning feeling weak and confused. What I really want to do is drift off to sleep, but some nice people Rhett and I met in Utah are coming over to visit. I can barely think. It’s weird…I can type and think OK that way, but as soon as I open my mouth, I make little sense. FRUSTRATING!

I was confused and foggy all night last night. I tried to watch BYU TV, I tried to pray. My head is full of half set jello. My thoughts trail off when I try to speak. Even in my head, I see the words for the beginning of sentences, then the end words go poof and disappear or fall all over in the wrong order.

This altered consciousness stuff is scary!