Well, I finally made it through this week, so I’m feeling pretty happy. There have been a lot of challenges, and a lot more ahead, but the fact that I am still here with my sanity and teaching (though Jared may argue a little with the sanity part with the frequent breakdowns that have occurred randomly the past couple of nights with out any warning! Thanks for putting up with me and loving me anyway, dear!) is something that I am really proud of.

I am really excited about making progress with my headaches and taking these pills. I do think they are working slightly. I’ve been taking them for a week and a half and didn’t notice anything the first week, but have been noticing things when I upped the dosage to the 25 mgs in the morning and at night. With taking the pills, I HAVE noticed that caffeinated drinks actually DO help my headaches, which is kind of cool, as long as I’m not having them every day. Of course, there are weird side affects like diet sodas tasting funny and my fingers tingle occasionally, but the doctor did warn me that it might happen and not to worry.

This next week should be a lot of fun! My mom, dad, and youngest brother Jacob will be coming to visit us here in Austin for Thanksgiving! I’m nervous and excited to show off our home to them. We absolutely love it here though, and so it will be fun to show them around and hopefully they will love it too. We spent today cleaning things up to make things nicer today for them… I let things get a little messier the past couple of weeks due to the stressful stuff and headaches. Anyways… time to finish cleaning and do our lesson for the primary kids tomorrow (you’d think I’d get a break from kids on the weekend, but apparently somebody else decided otherwise. At least they moved us from the 6 year olds to the 9 year olds!!!).