Lizzy McFly

I had the absolute pleasure of seeing the cutest sight when I got up this morning.  I bought my gecko Zim a little green plastic dinosaur.  I think he likes it:

Seriously – how adorable is that???  Snuggled up with his buddy, sleeping peacefully.

I was off today and as I do on most Thursdays, I spent time with my adorable little mother.  What is one of the most enjoyable things anyone could do on their day off?  Yup, go to the dentist.  Woot!  I actually don’t mind going at all.  I’m happy to report, I am officially 40 years cavity free!  Check out these adorable teeth:

After my appointment, we hit a few stores and then headed back to her place.  We played a round of Words With Friends, chatted, had a few laughs and then I headed home.  I was planning on spending the last part of the afternoon cleaning but instead, had to deal with a rather sad and difficult situation.  I found out that one of my retired coworkers passed away.  Being a very private person, there will be no service.  This seems to be what a lot of people are doing lately, as the cost of a funeral service is so expensive.  I heard from someone she was in hospice so I made quite a few phone calls to try and find her.  I finally managed to contact a friend of hers and was given the very sad news that she is no longer with us.  I’m certainly not looking forward to going to work tomorrow and sharing this.

A couple of nights ago, I was thinking about how fragile and short life is.  We tend to put so much focus and emotion on the trivial things we have to deal with. When you look at the grand scheme of things, they are just that – trivial.  The time we spend on things that really don’t matter takes so much time away from the important things in life.  At my appointment today, the hygienist (who I had just met for the first time) said she couldn’t believe how positive I was, despite having MS.  I told her I was having a good symptom day and that basically meant that life was great!  Sure there are still the pains shooting through my body, the constant headache, fear of what MS can do (loss of vision, sensory impairment, loss of mobility, cognitive issues, etc) but today I feel better than I did yesterday.  All I can focus on is the positives in my life and I’m so grateful for everything I have.  Fixating on the negatives in life is such a complete waste and it’s very draining emotionally.  We always hear “life is short” but it’s so true.  I just wish more people would realize this and take advantage of every positive moment they experience.

Today’s symptoms:  I slept well last night and what a difference that make for the severity of my symptoms.  The pain is certainly less as is the dreaded (my most hated symptom) fatigue.  I started to crash around 6:30, which is never fun.  Fortunately, the first half of the day was wonderful.  I feel so lucky to have these good symptoms days.