I'm Baaaaaaaack!

Well, it's been nearly two months since my last post. Sorry about that! It's been really busy. But the truth is that even when it's not super busy, I'm sleeping so all of my time is full--and none of it filled with blogging. But, hopefully that will change now that winter guard has come to a close.

I have been undergoing a lot of changes in the last couple of months: I started blonde and then went to being a redhead and am now a brunette; I am now a 'what you see is what you get' kind of person...I don't have the energy to keep my filter turned on and say only nice, positive things (that part's a little sad, but that's the way it is); I have discovered how much I dislike talking on the phone (even when I really want to talk to a person); despite the fact that it's VERY difficult for me to stay awake during church so I've missed a LOT of services, I feel closer to God than ever before as I have to rely on Him to get through every day; I have lost some weight; and so much more. Many of these changes have positive and negative sides...but either way you look at it, I'm different than I was in 2009.

I know several of you have been following my sleepiness, so let me give you the update. I'm still tired...very frequently. It's pretty funny because some of my friends and I joke that my fatigue is like a switch. I'll be fine and then all of the sudden the tired switch is flipped and I'm down for the count (or rather I try to stay awake and end up being extremely silly). I know that this post seems a bit 'down' and I apologize for the negativity, but I'm just being straight up. I'm tired of being tired. BUT, I finally finished my vitamin d supplement regiment and went to the doctor on Wednesday. My D is somehow still just a little low, but not too low so she is sending me to a neurologist because she suspects narcolepsy. I looked it up and apparently some people only experience daytime sleepiness, so who knows? That being said, I refuse to speak something into fruition, so I'm not believing it until there's some proof. If you google 'fatigue' you get about 4,526,976,789 possibilities. We've ruled out vitamin d deficiency, so it's time to move on to the next one :-)

As I'm sure you've guessed since I talk about how fantastic he is all the time, my amazing husband has been taking such wonderful care of me throughout this experience. He doesn't get upset when I don't have the energy to do something that we've scheduled and he encourages me to follow all of the doctors orders. I know that it's been difficult on him because I want to sleep most of the time that I am home, but he is so wonderfully supportive and loving. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: God chose Brad Hicks just for me!

I'm sure I'll be posting again soon as I have some paperwork to do this weekend and blogging is a great option for stalling!