I haven’t decided what I am going to write about tonight. I haven’t been blogging as much as I’d like. I don’t know why. There are times when I feel like I am far to ‘open’ – I’ve actually had it come back and bite me in the rear a time or two – and then there are times when I feel like I am not open and honest enough.
It’s annoying, this conflict. Frustrating and annoying.
So, I guess I’ll update current goings on – first medical related stuff:
My MELD score has been adjusted to from 19 to 22. This isn’t a good thing, really. The MELD score (6 being good, 40 being bad) determines where I fall on the transplant list. Obviously, I’d prefer that sucker stay right down low, where it belongs. That’d mean that I’d not get moved around on the transplant list because I’d be to healthy to ‘need’ one. The fact that it’s gone up means I’m getting closer to having to really make transplant a reality.
I prefer not having to think about it personally. I mean, I hate this medication stuff and I hate feeling bad – but honestly, the thought of having to have a transplant – it’s not making me all warm and fuzzy feeling. It’s just not.
The face acne I’ve been dealing with has finally reached critical mass. They were just ‘white dots’ – not even white heads – they weren’t festering or anything – they were just dots that where there mocking me endlessly in the mirror.
No more. Nosireebob.
Now, we’re full on white head festering, painful swelling, chin of ouchness.
If I wasn’t sure that cutting off my chin would impact my ability to speak clearly, I’d seriously consider it as a viable option. As such, I am just dealing with the painful grossness. It really hurts a lot.
In other news:
I mentioned the bathroom redo we did over Christmas – but I don’t think I mentioned the bed we made this past weekend. Yes, folks, we made a platform bed for the kid. The pictures really don’t do it enough justice – I am superbly proud of how it turned out. It was a lot of work (14 hours, in all) but the end result is a beautiful masterpiece – of course, I’m just saying that because the old man and I made it – but here, you check it out:
The Kids Bed of Awesomeness
Now, I realize there are some obvious imperfections there in the paint – but really, it’s all flash trickery. You can click on the pic and view the larger size, if you’d like. The bottom there, is the box springs with a black sheet covering it up. We made the headboard as well. It was a perfect masterpiece of errors – nothing about it went correctly – we measured wrong, we cut wrong – but ended up being short a piece of wood – but in the end, we made it work and honestly, I think it came out spectacular.
Our next project, which will be off in the distant future, will be a kitchen remodel. I really want new cabinets and we’re going to buy them and install them our self. I’m not sure how I feel about that just yet…I’ll have to let you know.
At any rate – beyond the medical stuff, the bed, job stuff for the old man and just general blehness around here – nothing much is going on. We’re hanging in there.
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