Watching Movies and Listenign to Music

So the other day me and my sister were in my car going somewhere. I don't really remember were we were going, but I do remember that we were listening to 100.3 The River. All of a sudden the song "This Will Be" came on and I immediately thought of the eHarmony commercial and the movie "Must Love Dogs." Then a little while later the song "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" came on and I thought of that movie "Ella Enchanted." At first I really didn't realize that I was doing that until my sister said, "Are you going to continuously keep relating songs to movies?" I said, "Of course." We dropped it and then the song "Bad Girl" came on and I did it again, I put it with the movie "Center Stage." I just seemed to not be able to stop. It was like a disease I couldn't get rid of. Then right before we got out of the car the song "Hungry Eyes" came on and I was like that song is from the movie "Dirty Dancing." Then after we had gotten back in the car hours later the song "Take My Breath Away" from the movie "Top Gun." I'm pretty sure you're thinking GAH! get to the point. Well, what I thought was it is very interesting how we often find ourselves relating songs we hear to movies they have been played in. I mean have you ever caught yourself doing it? Maybe you didn't think about it, but you were putting songs to movies? Just today before I wrote this blog I heard the song "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" from the movie "Remember the Titans." This was just a little food for thought. Enjoy!!

Life Hands you Lemons, Make Lemonade!

Have you ever found yourself in a difficult predicament and felt helpless? Ever thought something was going well and then the shit hits the fan? I fell a few weeks ago and pulled my tendon in my right ring finger. It swelled up as big as a balloon (exaggerating of course) and I couldn't bend it. A week later that was nothing compared to the hot 80 degree heat and sun beaming directly onto my skin. Now, I'm not ghost white but still a little sun HURTS!! I thought that after that my week would get better. I didn't see how it could possibly get any worse before it got better. I was wrong, completely wrong and clueless as to what would come next. This past Saturday I had to mow my grandmothers yard because if my family doesn't do it then it won't get done. So there we are my mother, my sister, and me slaving over thick clovers and weedy flower beds. My sister took the easy job of ridding the zero turn radius mower that does a 360 like it's nothing. My mother took the weed eater and left me push mowing. Thank goodness I have some arm muscles. Right off the bat I ran over a tree limb and gashed the front of my leg. OUCH! It didn't bleed but it left a nice dent in my leg. Still i thought my week would get better, but somehow it never got any better. I now have a horrible head cold and sinus infection and can't get in to get any medications for it until after the last day of finals....UGH!!! Life happens whether you want it to or not....get used to it.

Play hard, Live long, Laugh Loud

Most of you do not know that I have Multiple Sclerosis. I was diagnosed with M.S. when I was a senior in high school. In the span of a year I had ten MRI's and saw at least four different doctors for one thing or another. My first day my senior year I left school early because my hand would not wake up and were constantly tingling. I had an MRI that day and they found nothing. So, we did nothing. About two months later I got Bell's Palsy on the right side of my face. I once again had an MRI for that. They once again said it was nothing and gave me some steroids for it. So, once again I did nothing. A month after that I got Optic Neuritis and went to see an Eye Doctor. They said it was nothing and just treated it. So, I did NOTHING! After that I started having numbness attacks in my feet. So, I had another MRI for that and had another doctor look at it. They found nothing and so I did NOTHING! After many more MRI's and many more doctor visits my family physician sent me to a neurologist. Finally some answers. The neurologist told me that I had M.S. and I immediately began my treatment. At first my treatment was shots every other day and now I am on a Chemotherapy Drug once a month. What I did not notice about the M.S. was the hidden symptoms. The strange moods I could be in, the many emotions I found that I had, and the Fatigue that I had to deal with. Every since I was diagnosed with M.S. I have to deal with days when I just need to cry for no other reason than my M.S. thinks I need to cry. Or days when I literally can't get out of bed without help because my legs just decided that they didn't want to move for no other reason than my M.S. thought I needed to stay in bed. Some days I have to deal with upsetting people because my M.S. thinks I need to change my emotions every five minutes. It has been a roller coaster, but I have found ways to control it and stay in remission now for three years. So, my six word story "Shit Happens, Frequency is the Problem" works perfectly for me. But this six word story "Play Hard, Live Long, Laugh Loud" also works well for me. So, when you think life has dealt you a bad hand then just remember to play a little harder, live a little longer, and laugh a little louder. Don't just give up because it got a little bit harder.