Feelin' the Crunch

Here's my two favorite people in the world (and a bag a fur called Mocha - one of our two 13-year-old cats) - Hunter is finishing up kindergarten and Ron is traveling a lot for work lately. After this last 3-day trip to Arkansas, Ron informed me he's feeling a little bit of the mid-life crisis thing. He thinks it's because he's flying over all this beautiful landscape on his way back to California and he realizes there are many hiking trails he hasn't conquered - and wonders if he'll ever get the chance.

I'm feeling a little crunched too because, as Hunter gets older, we see our schedule filling up with boy activities. Cub Scouts alone is already starting to fill up our schedule and he hasn't even officially started yet. Then there's swim lessons, maybe a sport in the Fall, and all the other "boy" stuff that comes into play around this age. Don't get me wrong, I want him to try lots of activities, but I foresee our life being scheduled for us in the near future.

Compound all of this with my health challenges. We made the trip to Montana last weekend to see a specialist.

(Picture of leaving Montana after my appointment with the ND)

..after much trial and error, diet changes, home remedies, countless MD appointments, tests for my blood and other bodily fluids, meds, supplements, a naturopath, and now a naturopath who specializes in homeopathic remedies - all the accumulation of 10+ years of treatments - I am ready to put all my hope in this homeopathy.

I am supposed to call this ND on day 10 of my treatment and let him know how wonderful I feel now. Well...it's day seven and I'm not feeling any better. I just sigh and wonder if there's any way to feel better. I don't want to put too much hope in this but I am forcing myself to think myself better. I truly believe I CAN get better - that this will not be a chronic struggle for the rest of my life. I want to hike all those yet-to-be-hiked trails too!