The Associated Press: Quake in western China kills 400, buries more

The Associated Press: Quake in western China kills 400, buries more

Rescue workers search for survivors at the site of a collapsed building in Yushu county in western China's Qinghai province on Wednesday, April 14, 2010. A series of strong earthquakes struck a far western Tibetan area of China on Wednesday, killing at least 400 people and injuring more than 10,000 as houses made of mud and wood collapsed, trapping many more, officials said. (AP Photo)

I haven't done any research to find out if the trend in these higher magnitude earthquakes happens every so often, or if this is something new that the planet is experiencing. If anyone knows, please post and mention where you found your information.

My heart goes out to the people of China, and I will keep them in my thoughts.

Hurry up and wait

Got the referral from our family doc so M can get an appointment with someone for her depression. Now I have to wait for them to call me to make the appointment, the recording said 24 to 48 hours until they call me back. Then, it's 3 to 4 weeks for an appointment. Awesome, eh?

As for me, my algebra class is fairly remedial, any high school student could do it... but I am no high school student, and I have never been very patient with math. Week 1 down, and 8 to go. Human services in the US is the other class I'm taking, and I am really enjoying that one. I am doing alright in that one also, and that class is in it's 3rd week.

I've been having some intestinal things going on, and have been feeling sick for two weeks now. I cannot eat much, and when I do I end up in a lot of pain about 45 minutes after eating. I am back to eating a yogurt for most meals, and some rice or toast when I need  more. Lots of water too, can't forget that.

That's it for now.

Teen Depression

My hope is to find a way to help M with her depression. I hope that with better eating habits, more exercise, and with some required quiet time every day, she will feel better physically, which will in turn help her to feel a little better emotionally. I don't know how this is going to work for her; but I am willing to try with her, and I think we will have a positive change in her general well-being and attitude about herself.


 

9 weeks

I spent the last nine weeks with two classes that were quite time consuming. Behavioral science and nutrition, and they tried to kick my ass. Not because they were hard, but because they both demanded a lot of time reading, and writing essay's and creating PowerPoint presentations. I also found myself dealing with a teenager with depression, and that is a very touchy and difficult thing to have to deal with. There is more to it than with adult depression, and it can be very draining emotionally, as well as financially. I guess we'll see where this goes, and hopefully find that it doesn't go too far.

So, new classes started Monday, well new class. Human services in the US. The next class starts on next Monday, and it's an algebra class. Fine with the HSM, not so fine with the ALG. Bleh.

Taxes, Vitamins, and blood sugar.

Taxes have been filed for another year, glad to be getting some money back. I enjoy working on the taxes, I just don't always understand what needs to go where, which is why we always have our taxes done. Tax season makes me a little sad that I changed my major from accounting to human services, but my new major fits me better, I think.

Anyway, so vitamins! I decided that I needed to supplement my diet since starting this nutrition class. I knew I was lacking in the way that I ate, but I had no idea how much! So, I added just a women's one a day, nothing fancy, just a true supplement. It's been five days so far, and now I can't eat! I'm never very hungry, and when I eat, I can't eat a whole lot. What's up with that? Vitamins aren't supposed to make you full, are they? I am also having trouble deciding what to eat. I used to be starving all the time, and knew I had to have, just HAD to have something specific, not the last few days though. I may ask my instructor about this, cause it seems weird to me.

My blood sugars are normalizing a lot over the last week. I added glipizide to my insulin, and it seems to be what I was missing. I am almost normal in the mornings, and my sugars stabilize faster after meals now. Hmm, maybe it's the combination of vitamins and glipizide? Hellifiknow. Anyway, that's it for now.

Peace 

Easy does it

So J's birthday was yesterday, and we had a nice afternoon and evening. We all went to Cheesecake Factory, and had some yummy foods. I had two snack plates instead of a meal, since I am trying to eat better while I'm taking this nutrition class. I had a greek salad (roma tomatoes, onions, feta cheese, kalamata olives, and cukes), and fried zucchini. I know, it was fried, but I passed on the bread, so it balances out, right? ;)

Anyway, we also got J some new shoes, he got some green and black things that are nice, I like them a lot. Then we went to Best Buy and he bought Moon. Was a nice, mellow night, and we all had a good time. :)

Baklava

CJ made some amazing baklava on Saturday! I don't know if she took a picture, but if she did I'll have her post it.

On a side note, we tried for the second and third times yesterday, to get CJ her drivers permit. One place was closed permanently,  and the other was closed for MLK's holiday. That poor girl, I know I'd be so disappointed! We will try again next weekend.