Catch up Posting (Now with Pictures!)
Okay, I haven't posted in a while, so here's some updates (pictures hopefully to be added later) as I try my hardest not to actually work today:
Mizu's Trip
Saturday, September 16 - Stockyards!
The Stockyards were very neat. The main thing we went there to see was the 4:30pm Cattle Drive. The small herd of Fort Worth longhorns is herded from their storage pen, or whatever it was called to their viewing pen and back every day. So we stood on the street and watched these HUGE beasties plod by in a small group. It was pretty wild to see something so HUGE right there in front of you. I kept thinking about how much it would hurt if one of them stepped on my foot (though we were up on the curb, so they wouldn't have been able to do it accidentally). Did I mention they were HUGE?
Okay, so it was pre-season hockey, but it was still a lot of fun. The Stars kicked the Thrashers behind and there were several fights towards the end. And it was fun to cheer for the team that actually won!
We spent the morning and a bit of the afternoon at the Fort Worth Zoo. I so enjoy zoos. The day was cool (relatively) so the animals were decently active. The jaguar even talked a bit. And the meerkats were so darn cute!
Mizu and I went to small-town Graham to spend the night at my parents. Graham is a neat little place. Very 1950s-town-square and whatnot. And, of course, my parents are lovely people, so it's always nice to visit them.
After Graham, it was time for Mizu to pack up as her flight left way early on Friday morning. I think she probably got home just about the time she was adjusting to the time difference.
Hockey Time
Regular season hockey kicks off TOMORROW! I am so excited! I don't even know who is playing tomorrow, but I'm so watching a game. Ducks don't have their opener until Friday. I think the Blues have their first game on Thursday.
I have to say, I'm not overly thrilled with the schedule this year. It seems so uneven. For example, the Ducks don't play the Stars here in Texas until next year, and then they play them in Texas 4 times in 3 months. Seems like the NHL could have done a little better planning. I realize they are trying to save money for teams by restricting their travel, but when I am so far from my team, it just makes me sad that I can't see the Ducks spread more evenly through the season.
Heart Stuff
So, lately things have been a little stressful. I've been feeling kind of stressed about work stuff and last week wasn't all that hot with the heart stuff - though it is amazing how quickly I got used to feeling "normal". Two weeks on my medication and I felt great. One week with high stress and bad sleep patterns and I started having more flutterings and whatever with the heart. Even then, though, the bad days were only a little worse than my good days used to be pre-new medication. So woo hoo! And now I'm working on getting de-stressed (though that's not going too well) and getting more sleep (that's doing better) and my heart is starting to behave again. My bad days are really good compared to a month ago - they would have been good days then. But I wanna go back to no bad days! Ah, I'll get there.
Went back to the cardiologist last week and he said that the medication seems to be the right one (I agree) and unless something changes (the side effects get worse (the medication causes drowsiness) or the heart racing gets worse) he will see me again in 6 months. He also said that I will be on this medication indefinitely and that he wouldn't even think of trying me off of it for at least a year. You know, as much as I hate taking daily pills, I'm okay with that. If I get enough sleep, the side effects of the medication aren't a problem and the heart racing has gotten bad enough to cause me to get dizzy only a couple of times since I started it. So rock on!
And I know this isn't the most logical thing, but I am glad that this medicine worked (as opposed to a different one) because the pill is a purple and orange capsule. Much more attractive than the other three meds they tried me on, which were just light, small round pills.
Sunday, John (our pastor) mentioned something in his sermon that really encouraged me. We are going through 1 Peter so we have been talking about suffering - the purpose behind it, why it is better to suffer for no reason than as a result of sin... And John was explaining how Peter could say that Christians should rejoice in suffering. What a weird idea, isn't it? To rejoice because you are suffering. How do you do that? John said something about how you should view suffering, what kind of attitude you should have and it really spoke to me. You should look out from suffering and say, "I am eager to see what God will do with this".
Think about that for a minute. Isn't that encouraging when you really contemplate that? I think so.
Sermon: "The Upside Of The Downside II"
(Other BCBC sermons)
Mizu's Trip
Saturday, September 16 - Stockyards!
The Stockyards were very neat. The main thing we went there to see was the 4:30pm Cattle Drive. The small herd of Fort Worth longhorns is herded from their storage pen, or whatever it was called to their viewing pen and back every day. So we stood on the street and watched these HUGE beasties plod by in a small group. It was pretty wild to see something so HUGE right there in front of you. I kept thinking about how much it would hurt if one of them stepped on my foot (though we were up on the curb, so they wouldn't have been able to do it accidentally). Did I mention they were HUGE?
Big Moo-Cows
Okay, so it was pre-season hockey, but it was still a lot of fun. The Stars kicked the Thrashers behind and there were several fights towards the end. And it was fun to cheer for the team that actually won!
Dallas over Atlanta, 5 - 2
We spent the morning and a bit of the afternoon at the Fort Worth Zoo. I so enjoy zoos. The day was cool (relatively) so the animals were decently active. The jaguar even talked a bit. And the meerkats were so darn cute!
I want a meerkat, but Dan says "No"
He won't let me have a river otter, either
Mizu and I went to small-town Graham to spend the night at my parents. Graham is a neat little place. Very 1950s-town-square and whatnot. And, of course, my parents are lovely people, so it's always nice to visit them.
After Graham, it was time for Mizu to pack up as her flight left way early on Friday morning. I think she probably got home just about the time she was adjusting to the time difference.
Hockey Time
Regular season hockey kicks off TOMORROW! I am so excited! I don't even know who is playing tomorrow, but I'm so watching a game. Ducks don't have their opener until Friday. I think the Blues have their first game on Thursday.
I have to say, I'm not overly thrilled with the schedule this year. It seems so uneven. For example, the Ducks don't play the Stars here in Texas until next year, and then they play them in Texas 4 times in 3 months. Seems like the NHL could have done a little better planning. I realize they are trying to save money for teams by restricting their travel, but when I am so far from my team, it just makes me sad that I can't see the Ducks spread more evenly through the season.
Heart Stuff
So, lately things have been a little stressful. I've been feeling kind of stressed about work stuff and last week wasn't all that hot with the heart stuff - though it is amazing how quickly I got used to feeling "normal". Two weeks on my medication and I felt great. One week with high stress and bad sleep patterns and I started having more flutterings and whatever with the heart. Even then, though, the bad days were only a little worse than my good days used to be pre-new medication. So woo hoo! And now I'm working on getting de-stressed (though that's not going too well) and getting more sleep (that's doing better) and my heart is starting to behave again. My bad days are really good compared to a month ago - they would have been good days then. But I wanna go back to no bad days! Ah, I'll get there.
Went back to the cardiologist last week and he said that the medication seems to be the right one (I agree) and unless something changes (the side effects get worse (the medication causes drowsiness) or the heart racing gets worse) he will see me again in 6 months. He also said that I will be on this medication indefinitely and that he wouldn't even think of trying me off of it for at least a year. You know, as much as I hate taking daily pills, I'm okay with that. If I get enough sleep, the side effects of the medication aren't a problem and the heart racing has gotten bad enough to cause me to get dizzy only a couple of times since I started it. So rock on!
And I know this isn't the most logical thing, but I am glad that this medicine worked (as opposed to a different one) because the pill is a purple and orange capsule. Much more attractive than the other three meds they tried me on, which were just light, small round pills.
See, aren't they pretty?
Sunday, John (our pastor) mentioned something in his sermon that really encouraged me. We are going through 1 Peter so we have been talking about suffering - the purpose behind it, why it is better to suffer for no reason than as a result of sin... And John was explaining how Peter could say that Christians should rejoice in suffering. What a weird idea, isn't it? To rejoice because you are suffering. How do you do that? John said something about how you should view suffering, what kind of attitude you should have and it really spoke to me. You should look out from suffering and say, "I am eager to see what God will do with this".
Think about that for a minute. Isn't that encouraging when you really contemplate that? I think so.
Sermon: "The Upside Of The Downside II"
(Other BCBC sermons)
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