First exciting news, we bought a car last week! It is a decidedly used, six year old car, but it has already made a huge difference in my quality of life. I can go and do so much more easily. Even errands like buying the girls tights are much less stressful. We have had quite a few appointments recently and cabs were adding up and terribly inconvenient as well. I am so happy to have my new wheels.
I have a new hobby. I have decided to learn Hebrew grammar. I have been living here for six and a half years. I generally understand what I am hearing, people understand me most of the time, but my grammar isn't great and I sound like an ignorant immigrant. Immigrant I may always be, but ignorant I would prefer to leave behind. This is something I can do from home and though I may not always enjoy it, I now have homework to do with the kids and they are all proud of me. As a side bonus, I have a lot more corny jokes to tell the kids.
The Beit Natan retreat is next month and I am trying to decide if I am going or not. Since we bought the car money is really tight but I could really use the time away, seeing friends who understand and some me time. My son has (relatively minor) surgery scheduled for the day after the retreat, so the timing is pretty close to perfect. If the surgery was before it would have been harder to leave.
I just started a new thyroid medication. The old old one they stopped making. The old new one made me nervous, it didn't look right and I didn't like how it was a different medication but they tried sneaking it in with similar packaging and the same name, so I stocked up on the old old one when it was still in the pharmacies. I take both 100s and 50s of the medication and just finished the old old 100s, never took and old new 100 at all since I stocked up so well! I did have to buy a bottle of old new 50s and will be finishing those in a couple days. Today I started the brand new 100s and they look nice. Time will tell with my blood test results, but except for the fact that they are made in Germany, when I had been told the new medication was coming from the US, they seem great to me!
I am still having trouble with numbness and my calcium levels, but I am learning to live with my limitations. The less I do the better I feel, but I have to balance that with living life. I have letters together and forms filled out to get a handicapped parking tag which I have high hopes will help me function on a higher level. Being able to do errands and take care of my family more easily is such an emotional boost. Getting to appointments more easily is nice side benefit.
All in all, I am going to try to update a bit more. No promises, but there is so much going on that it makes a lot of sense.
