by suelarkinsweems | Jan 9, 2012 | Mumblings and Misadventures
Checked in briefly with the eye doc to see if my corneas were healing. (Back story here.) After two weeks there is not a noticeable change. The doc said that I am probably not closing my eyes all the way when I sleep, and he gave me some thick ointment to put in my...
by suelarkinsweems | Jan 4, 2012 | Mumblings and Misadventures
I am extremely near-sighted. The last five years, I have only been able to see 20/20 in toric contact lenses. I went to the optometrist a week before Christmas. I knew that my vision has been blurring a little more recently, but I was hoping it was fatigue or my mind...
by suelarkinsweems | Dec 30, 2011 | Mumblings and Misadventures
About a year ago, when I was trying to avoid my now-completed thesis, I felt a tugging that I needed to begin writing again in earnest. I set a few goals for myself at the end of December: to write a page a day, to explore a more public audience like blogging, and to...
by suelarkinsweems | Dec 23, 2011 | Mumblings and Misadventures
Are you dragging yourself to the Christmas finish line? I have felt that way some mornings this week. We’re not traveling this year, which leaves me torn. I’m happy not to be eight hours in airports and planes with four kids who are alternately over-excited and...
by suelarkinsweems | Dec 14, 2011 | Mumblings and Misadventures
One of the greatest blessings of being a military family is the people you meet. (People are also one of the greatest stressors, but that’s another post.) On Sunday, some of our dearest friends here in Virginia invited us and our neighbors out for a pizza lunch....
by suelarkinsweems | Dec 7, 2011 | Mumblings and Misadventures
I’m running. I wish it was on the road or trail, because then I wouldn’t feel so stressed out and I would be burning calories to boot, but no, I am just running. Running a zoo. Tattoo Man’s quick turnarounds in port lately, coupled with obligations, activities, school...
