05/13/2008
May Self Portrait-Fresh
Teaching is always interesting, no matter what happens during the day. These pictures were taken on a good day about a year and a half ago. My class had been amazing that day and told them they could use the writing box as a reward. It was nothing more than a box with leftover paper, envelopes, stickers, and colored pens and pencils. The kids thought it was funny to cover me in stickers. I didn't even notice until several hours after I got home and it was pointed out to me that I had stickers on my arms.
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05/07/2008
Fresh Self Portrait
I moved to a new apartment a couple of weeks ago. It is nothing more than a studio apartment, but it is the breath of fresh air that I need. I feel like I have space and the freedom to do things the way I like them. Plus for those of you keep track of the belly shots, these were taken at 33 weeks and 3 days. (Just for the record, I totally feel like I DO NOT have enough time to get everything done.)
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04/16/2008
Self Portrait-Absurd April
It has been a long 30 weeks for me. I have gone to every doctor appointment that has been scheduled for me. I am trying to do everything possible to take care of my little girl. I now have appointments for fetal echocardiograms. Heart problems occur in about 30% of girls with Turner's Syndrome (according to the cardiologist I saw last time). I had another one last week. Another one where I was told that there looks her aorta might be narrow, but can't really tell with any certainty. They seem pretty confident that her aortic valve is narrow, but to what degree they don't know. They are uncertain as to if she will need surgery and what kind. And they can't say anything definite really, until after she is born. So why do I have to do to these appointments? Why do I have to go through getting this news and end up in an upset mood for a couple of days afterwards? What is the point? I think it is quite absurd that I have to go to these appointments when is seems to me that there won't be anything conclusive to tell me until after she is born.
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04/08/2008
Self Potrait-Absurd April
This is what you get when you let your Taiwanese kindergarten class take pictures of you at the end of the week where you have been studying Hawaii.
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03/27/2008
Self Portrait-March Week 4
I'm just a girl, Guess I'm some kind of freak, 'Cause they all sit and stare with their eyes, I'm just a girl.
~lyrics from "I'm Just a Girl" No Doubt-Tragic Kingdom
This is an older photo of me taken in December 2006 when I was traveling through Moscow. (I have been quite sick the past week and don't have the energy to take a photo) I love traveling and can't wait until I can start traveling again. But I always got the strangest looks when I told people I was traveling on my own. One who think I was infected with the plague by the reactions I got from others I met during my travels. A single girl traveling, what a strange and foreign idea. So to clear up a few bits of confusion-Yes, I am scared. Sitting around twiddling my thumbs waiting is just a waste of my life though. My parents don't LET me do anything. I am 30 years old, why do I need permission? Yes, I felt I missed out on some stuff. But wandering around Romania at night on my own is just plain stupid. While I don't need permission, I still have people to answer to. True, I could look at this same things in a book or online. There is nothing that compares to seeing St. Basil's Cathedral with your own eyes, drinking beer in an outside beer garden in January, touring Auschwitz, or hearing first hand how the government in Hungary has changed. So here is a deal, I quit rolling my eyes and sighing when you try to justify what I have done and you can quit trying to fit me into a mold of what is ok for a girl.
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03/12/2008
March Self Portrait-Week 2
I love my brother more than I can say. He is the only brother I have. He joined the Army at 18 and is all of 19 right now. He hasn't been sent overseas yet. I am very proud of him and do everything I can to wear the shirt I bought at one of his Army graduations still.
I was against the war in Iraq when it started five years and I am still against it today.
I still haven't figured out how to reconcile these two things.
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03/05/2008
Self Portrait-March Week 1
18 weeks and 5 days ago I found out I was pregnant.
18 weeks and 4 days ago he told me to "take a pill" to fix this "mistake" that would ruin his life.
I said no.
I am now going to be a single mom.
Personally, I think my daughter is going to be way more amazing then him anyway.
It is all about choice.
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02/26/2008
Self Portrait-Blue Week 4
Not only do I have the normal pregnancy symptoms to deal with, I have been classified as a high-risk pregnancy due to the diagnosis of my daughter having Turner's Syndrome. That means instead of having two x chromosomes like most females, she only has one. Effects-short in height, inability to conceive children naturally, and possible heart problem. (Have to wait until the April appointment with the pediatric cardiologist to find out a more conclusive diagnosis with that). Needless to say, I am nervous and worried about every little thing I do. Even though the doctor has said everything should be ok from now on. So sitting downstairs on the sofa is uncomfortable after a while. Throw in all the reading I need to do for school, I spend a lot of time in my room. Enjoy listening to my iTunes while reading or writing. I am comfortable and apparently my little girl is too. I can feel her moving so much more when I am up here, relaxed and comfortable.
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