Good News, Not so good news

1. I found out yesterday that the infection I had was in fact kicking my butt - it turned out to be MRSA - a particularly nasty strain of Staph. Takes about a week and a half to kick it even on the right antibiotics - so I am not dying of cancer - or starting to be depressed - or losing my immune system ( which I so carefully feed with all that green tea and flax seed)- I was just sick. Hm, not too bad. Though I could live without the doxycycline - which makes you sensitive to the sun - since I have already gotten sunburn twice since I have been taking it - hey it is 70 here - a girl can get a little sun when it is that warm.

2. Jacob has been put back on the Adderall that we took him off of last year. I don't like what it does to his appetite - but finally he is back on track at school. Medication change #7 apparently did the trick. Sheesh.

3. My dad is getting radiation now, the tumors around his kidneys are so big that the kidney function is impaired - so they have to shrink the tumors before they can give him chemo - you know to shrink the tumors. Such a very messy thing, this cancer. But every time I talk to him he is in such great spirits - I can hardly believe he is this sick.

4. All the new goatbabies had apparently gotten the memo abotu being February kids - and I only have two does who could potentially still be pregnant. One of which is Harry - the Toggenberg -who has not succumed to George the Buck's charms - at least that I know of. We'll see. As the babies are getting bigger, I am hoping to get more milk and try my hand at making some cheese this weekend. I know, brave right. But when you are pinching pennies - it makes sense to use what you have at hand - speaking of which - we have about a gallon of duck eggs just begging to be dessert for the dogs.

5. Amazing Grace opens this weekend. While it is a Christian film, I guess, it is being sponsored by a group that seeks to abolish slavery. Oddly enough, there was a slavery ring broken up LAST WEEK just 50 miles from my house. Isn't that bizarre? I had always thought it was something that happened other places, in small isolated cases, but not so much - these folks say there are MILLIONS - doesn't that boggle the mind - millions. I'm going to see the film this weekend with the kids - since distribution is usually based on opening weekend ticket sales. I expect to be sad - and outraged - but you never know where your path will lead - maybe there is something more we can do - we'll see.