Ok. I'm actually going to write a little. I have discovered Stumble Upon. It is my new favorite thing.

I started to get a migrane yesterday. I haven't had one of those in more than a year. For me, they start with me losing part of my vision. Its almost like part of what I can see is either underwater or snow on a TV. As soon as that hits, I take 4 advil and try to relax. If I catch it soon enough, I can usually stave off the worst part of the headache. It started in High School and kept on for a while and stopped. I had a head exam and they figured out it wasn't caused by any abnormalities. After high school, they pretty much stopped.

One time, while walking with Avery when he was around 8 months old, I tripped and fell with him in my arms. I was able to shield him from being hurt by putting my elbows out and keeping them rigid. I hurt my elbows but he was ok. He didn't even hit the ground. I was so upset over falling with him that I got a blinding migrane from it. This is when I figured out that my migranes come from stress. At that point I hadn't had a migrane in 5 years.

When Eddie joined the military not only did I start getting migranes again, and this time more frequently than I had ever had them in the past, but I started occasionally having crushing chest pain. I visited the doctor to find out that stress was causing panic attacks. Yay. I started a journey on different SSRI's starting with Zoloft (and an unvoluntary rapid detox from it because the military is stupid), Celexa (which literally made me suicidal), Prozac (which made me a zombie) and then after I arrived here, Zoloft again. Its been a love affair ever since.Zoloft works well for me and keeps me calm, cool and collected. Honestly I don't care if I have to take it forever and ever. I am much happier taking it and I am sure my family appreciates it.

Even on Zoloft I am prone to an occasional migrane. The last one I had was when I first arrived here and haven't had one since. Thankfully, yesterday, the worst part of it was very short and within an hour I felt nearly 100%. I still felt foggy brained but other than that I was ok.

Eddie surprised me by taking me out to one of my favorite restaurants, Three Margaritas. I LOVE Mexican food. Katied turned me on to Flautas and now they are my favorite. We had great food and then went to the thrift store. I got lucky and found a great pair of skis, a pair of boots that fit me, goggles and poles. The entire setup was one dollar more than it would have cost me to rent skis from Outdoor Rec. for one weekend, and if I end up hating it, I can probably sell them for 4 times what I bought them for. Eddie loves little projects so he was cleaning and tuning up my new skis.

Today all three of my boys are out on the slopes. Eddie told me that Ryan doesn't like it and Avery wants to try skiing next time. I was hoping they'd take after their dad more than their mom. I am crossing my fingers and hoping by the end of the day they like it.

I have the day to myself so I am watching "Just My Luck". Not usually my cup of Tea but I figured I'd give it a try.