I've been awake for 2, maybe 3 hours of this whole day so far.

I've been awake for 2, maybe 3 hours of this whole day so far.  Yay methotrexate.  😕

Speaking of - I found out yesterday that a 5 week supply of methotrexate at my current dose will cost about $50 a month.  Since my insurance was $30 / month and co-payments for regular doctors was $10, and for a specialist, $35, I think that's not the end of the world.  I will also need folic acid and Zofran to counter the effects of methotrexate, but folic acid is $15 for a big bottle.  Zofran might be more expensive, but I'm filling my last refill this weekend and I will just use it sparingly this coming year.

What I'm unsure of is how I will get my blood tested to make sure the methotrexate isn't wrecking my liver.  I am sure that by the time my refills run out in a few months I'll be due for that and that I won't be allowed more methotrexate without it.  I called my rheumy yesterday and left a voice mail asking how much visits were without insurance.  Maybe they'll get back to me early next week.

Still haven't heard from Medicaid, but the more information I'm able to gather regarding my insurance situation, the less hopeless I feel.  Maybe the coming year won't be a train wreck that ends with me unable to walk unassisted or without full use of my hands.  Here's hoping!

When it's your 7 Year Day and...

When it's your 7 Year Day and your guy tries to take you somewhere nice, like Olive Garden, but you're like "Can we just get some Domino's to take home instead?" 

This is how we do. 🙂

I might be in trouble because...

I might be in trouble because he already tucked me in and I'm supposed to be sleeping, but...

I have to take a minute to wish MY FAVORITE HUMAN a very Happy 7th Anniversary of the day we decided to Make It Official.  If romantical lovey shit turns your stomach, please avert your eyes now.

Shaun, these have been the happiest 7 years of my life.  Even when shit gets real and life gets hard, you are there for me and help me through it.  This past year has been especially shitty with my health and me going back to school, but we made it!  I couldn't have done it without you.  I wouldn't have done it without you.  I've never felt so supported and confident in my life.

I know that things are hard when I have no time to hang out and I'm constantly stressed, but it's your fault because you make me feel like I can do anything.  It sucks SO MUCH that I have to work so hard right now and that I don't have as much time for US as I used to, but thinking about our future together after I finish college makes me so excited and motivates me to keep going.  I know that you are patient and amazing, and I thank you x1000 for that.

I also need to thank you for loving me with all of my quirks - numerous though they are.  I'm sure it gets frustrating at times.  I know it's not your favorite thing when I freak out over change hands, or when I love you so much that I'm overcome with the feels and can't make words, so I just smash my face into your face instead.  I just wish I could smash the happy feelings you give me into you so you could feel them, too.  I'm sorry that it hurts and warps your glasses.  It just hasn't worked the way I want it to yet.

You are the best human and I love you so much.  I love you all the way.  I love you and I like you x1000.  You are my very best friend and I'd be lost without you.  I want you to kiss me and hug me when you see me again, but watch out for my face because I'm excited about you.  Happy 7 Years!  My only regret is that I didn't meet you sooner.  ❤

And now that I've word-gasmed all over the Internets, I will settle down and go to sleep.  😛

(P. S. Best Shaun Ever:  You don't have to write me something back.  I just needed to say my words.)

Diggin' it.

Diggin' it.  Except that crab butts aren't necessarily cute, but the shells don't appear to be super see-through, so that's ok.  LOL

I did my Literature paper and...

I did my Literature paper and presentation on early Transcendentalist writers and how they are relevant today.

I am kicking myself for missing this quote!  Why couldn't this one have made the rounds a couple of days earlier?  It did not come up in my research, but I would say this is a big one!

Man, those transcendentalists were deep.  There is probably a lot of cool stuff they said that I haven't found out about yet.  😕

Geez, Nom is busy tonight.

Geez, Nom is busy tonight. I am crashing out, but he's over there dumping out his water and pushing things around. Better appease the beast with a hand full of dog food. That's about the only thing that will settle that tort down when he's hangry. Gah, he's so bad! LOL

I made A's on all of my finals and in all of my classes!

I made A's on all of my finals and in all of my classes!  PHEW.  3.5 achieved!  3.594, to be exact.  😃😃😃

WOO!  😃😃😃