Surviving

It's been a rough couple of days here. Work has been busy for Chris. Finances are tight as the animals needed a ton of items replenished this week. I saved about 50$ with coupons though which helped. My immune system is up to no good. I've been noticing small things the past week or so layering on top of my recent extreme fatigue. Missing when I go to grab things, frequent stumbling, mixing up words, dropping things. While it's sparse and barely noticeable to anyone else, it all stands out like an emergency siren to me. Symptoms of my MS are generally rarer anymore unless there's a trigger like heat, and they've been increasing in frequency and severity all of the sudden. Last night when we went to the store I developed a bad tremor in my left hand while pushing the cart, and I stumbled about six times. Then I later developed spasticity in my right hip and it has yet to give me relief. I'm struggling with stairs, and limping when I walk. I'm hoping with some rest it will all calm down, but it's starting to look like it's adding up to a relapse. If it continues to get worse in severity I'll need to go see my neurologist and get on a solumedrol drip before I lose my ability to walk all together. As much as I hate solumedrol, I enjoy walking. I'm trying really hard to be optimistic that it's just a passing exacerbation from stress or whatever, but as the frequency and severity builds I'm soon going to have to be a realist.

Wedding Video!

I know there were a number of you that live way too far away to have come to our wedding, so this is for you!

You can see our ceremony, hear our vows, watch me cry, get a tremor, and try not to fall on my face! It'll be like you were there, without having to leave your pajamas.

But in all seriousness, we're pretty adorable, and our ceremony was beautiful. 

Not that I'm partial or anything.

Also if you're researching handfasting ceremonies, this is a great example! I composed our ceremony from lots of pieces of other handfasting ceremonies I found while researching, and made it so that family could be involved which I think made it much more special. Feel free to message me with any questions about handfasting!