Halloween

It's raining. Pretty steady. The boys don't seem to upset that they're not going out getting candy. I'm sitting here in my costume, though. It's still early, so maybe we'll have more than our neighbor's not-quite-four-year-old come by.

9 Year Old Honesty

So Ben asked Alex not to say where he'd been, just waiting for a visitor to arrive. But, Alex felt that if he didn't tell me, he'd be lying. I told him that he could keep Ben's secret, no problem...but Alex stomped off saying, "I'm just trying to be honest!"

Maybe he'll think that when he's 16??

Headache Final Test

Went camping this weekend with the Cub Scouts. Temperatures ranged from 80 to 35, with a week low pressure front passing through. No headache!


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Weather Or Not Migraines

Been having a headache everyday the last three days. The barometer has been up and down like a pogo-stick.

Twice it's been resolved with Sudafed and Tylenol, but two others required Imitrex and Advil. At least they resolve very quickly.


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Recently

This weekend brought along a couple of headaches. We've had unusually warm and clear than suddenly cold and wet weather.

I have medicine to try and combat weather headaches, but it's side effects are more uncomfortable than the benefits.

I can't really tell if this gluten free diet is helping or not. My psoriasis seems to be flaring up, though.

How much wheat or rye is too much? A sandwich? Chip dip?


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Wendy's (thumbs up) and Taco Bell (thumbs down)

Baked potato with bacon and cheese with a bowl of chili both tastes good and is filling. Tacos, while constructed with a pitifully small amount of ingredients, barely qualifying it as a taco, is wheat free, as well. But I think I'll get take-out from a real Mexican restaurant, and enjoy the wheat free meal.


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Good-byes

The past two weeks have been a roller coaster. Our semester started with a rush to orient new students, order supplies before our budget gets cut, a Cub Scout trip, and the death of my second mom.

In terrible for sending Christmas Cards, or letters, or just plain calling. It doesn't mean you're not on my mind...my mind is just scattered.

This part is probably an entry all by itself, but it dovetails with this entry. My 81 year old dad, who acts like a 30 year old, went with us to the USS Yorktown on our Cub Scout trip. While with him in the Medal of Honor museum is when I heard about Mom Lahnstein's passing. It made the rest of the time with my dad that much more special. As much as I hate to admit it, he won't outlive me. I'll have to face life without him one day.

For now, I wouldn't trade a minute I spend with him for all the money in the world. You just don't know when you'll get that call.


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Pardon Me While I Ramble

I don't know, I'm just listening to music and thinking about the paths chosen in my life.

Sometimes I find myself wondering what if...what If I'd chosen path A instead of path B?

I'm not unhappy, disappointed, or the least ashamed of who and where I am. Miley Cyrus gets bad press, but she's right in her song, it's not the destination, it's the climb.

I have many joys, some sadness, and a few regrets.

I love my wife. My two boys are my right and left arms, my job is awesome, and I found out that God is looking after me on His own, wisdom filled, way.

I reconnected with my dad a number of years ago after he and my mom went through a nasty divorce. We're best friends as well as father and son. It took having my own sons to realize how proud a dad can be. I'm not special, but my dad is proud of me. That's worth everything.

I have some really good friends. Their friendship is unconditional.

Sometimes I wish I had handled parts of my life differently. Maybe I didn't know how at the time. Can I revisit those parts and handle it another way? Don't know. I wouldn't trade what I have, or how I got here. But, if I was offered a chance to change anything, I'd seek out those from my life who I may have alienated, scared off, or rejected, and try to talk about it.

I really believe (nothing earth shattering here), that we become different people as we gain life experiences.

Don't know how to reach out to the people included above, or if they even want that. But, if you're reading this, and you think you're one, let's have a cup of coffee. Let's talk.

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It Must Be Working

Well, I just looked at me headache journal. Seven headaches since Thanksgiving. That's less than what I was having per month!

I'm loving this!! I had no idea how great it is without headaches. They were as much a part of my life as rush hour traffic.

Folks, do yourselves a favor, kick caffeine. You'll realize how much you DON'T need it!


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Need A Sweet Snack?

Both plain and peanut M&Ms are gluten free. Crunchy M&Ms, though, are not.


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Brownies!

Trader Joe's has a gluten free brownie mix that tastes great! It also doubles as chocolate chip cookie mix, if you add chips.


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