Maritzia’s Thoughts

I saw this article linked over at JeanC’s.

http://www.spokesmanreview.com/breaking/story.asp?ID=8223

Now *that* is what the spirit of Christmas is all about!  No fan faire, she didn’t seek publicity and hardly gave people a chance to even see who she was.  Talk about angels.

Yes, I know the site disappeared for a couple of weeks.  I forgot to renew the domain, but it’s renewed now and back up and running.

For all of you guys that have been clicking on my link all this time to find no updates…wow…I didn’t think I had a following, much less a loyal one *laughs*.  Thanks for the support.  It makes me feel good to know people actually like what I have to say.

And now on to the update….

First of all, the new job has been very, very busy.  They are really utilizing all of my experience here, and that’s a good thing.  I feel like I am really having an impact on the organization, and it’s been a long, long time since I felt really good about my work.  In November, we had our big, annual fundraiser, which I spent hours and hours working on.  I feel really good about it because it was the most successful fundraiser in the history of the agency, and my work added to that.

November was also NaNoWriMo.  I threw caution to the wind and signed up this year.  The challenge is to write a 50,000 word novel in just 30 days.  How did I do, you ask?

Yep, I wrote 52,548 words and finished my novel.  It’s about a man and woman who have a relationship almost entirely by mail.  It’s based loosely in my husband’s and my relationship, which started by e-mail.  I’m in the process now of researching, editing and rewriting.  I’m really proud of it, though.  Writing a book has long been a dream of mine, and I’m thrilled that I actually did it.  Much thanks to my darling husband and his family for all the encouragement and support!

In gaming news, we played a variety of games.  We went from Shards of Dalaya, to Anarchy On-line, to Eve On-line, to EQII.  We really enjoyed EQII, but after a while, it got boring.  Pretty much each tier of quests is the same, just with harder mobs.  So, now we’re back to EQ, playing on Test Server again.  I forgot how much I really enjoyed the people there.  The people really do make all the difference.  In about 3 months on EQII, the only time anyone talked to me was when they wanted something.  I didn’t really think we had made such an impact on the server community, but everyone seemed to remember us when we got back.  I had welcome backs from people I don’t ever remember meeting in game *laughs*.  So, for now, we’re back in EQ and having fun.

On the health front:  I just finished the Phase II trial on the Milnacipran for the fibromyalgia.  I knew I was doing really well, but I thought most of it was due to the increase in thyroid I had around the same time.  Well, in between the rollover from the Phase II to Phase III trials, we had to wash off the drug.  Man, it’s amazing how much of an effect it was having.  There were a lot of problems I hadn’t even noticed were improved, which I noticed strongly when they came back *laughs*.  I’m starting back on the drug today, with a two week ramp up on the dose to the first dosage level of 100 mg.  I am so looking forward to being back on the drug.  These last two weeks have been really, reallly hard.  So, all you folks with Fibromyalgia, keep an eye out for Milnacipran to get FDA approval.  If you are in Europe, I believe it is already available.  Don’t know about Canada yet.  But I do know that I have had a tremendous response to the drug.

Lots of other things to write about, but I’ve exhausted my little store of energy, and I really need to get some work done.  I’ll try and add more later.

Ohh…one last thing.  Mark has an interview Thursday morning with a First Nations group to do some teaching.  Say a prayer, cast a spell, think positive thoughts, whatever your religious philosophy allows.  Mark and I both appreciate it very much.