Happy Father's Day!
Happy Father’s Day! One of the first of many jobs that fall on the shoulders of all the Dads out there is the scary, Russian Roulette drive to the hospital during labor where you never know if you have to deliver your own baby or not on the way to the hospital because most any distance from the windy, construction filled roads in Susquehanna County to a hospital that delivers is typically a good 45 minute drive with a high chance of hitting bad weather along the way. The reli
Hay Season on the Farm
Have you ever had to help out during haying season? It starts before you even leave the house because you have to decide if you want to wear long sleeves to protect your arms but risk stroking out under the 95-degree sun and high humidity, or do you want to wear a cooler short sleeve shirt and get 1,500 tiny scratches the full length of your exposed arm from the prickly hay? To the city folk, you look like you were attacked by a feral cat and lost; but to the local folk, they
I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant
Are you aware that there’s a television show called, “I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant?” I think it concentrates more on the medical mystery side of that equation, but I’m not sure because I’m too afraid to watch it. Without having seen it, my imagination has run wild with how that scenario is possible. Let’s entertain the possibility that these women truly didn’t know they were expecting, went to the powder room, and went into labor. What would her thought process be then? Wow,
Skipping Meals
Do you ever hear people say that they forgot to eat lunch? I’ve never said that sentence in my entire life. Or, “I don’t eat breakfast.” How is that possible to forget to eat? I envy those people. Unless I just ate a Thanksgiving sized meal, I’ve never forgotten to eat the next meal….ever. That Snickers commercial where a person is hangry (a cross between hungry and angry), that’s basically me at a buffet luncheon. I’m starving and the people in front of me in line at the buf
Humorous Look at Health Troubles
I know there are a lot of you out there with chronic health problems or you’re taking care of someone who has them, so I thought I’d write about my recent diagnosis in terms of a humorous side so as to look at health troubles through a lighter tone. I recently found out I have an autoimmune disease called polymyositis, so of course I had to jump on google to figure it out and read about all of the worst-case scenarios! Autoimmune means your body has decided to see your inner