Meme for Invisible Illness Week coming up in September. 30 Things About My Invisible Illnesses You May Not Know 1. The illnesses I live with are: fibromyalgia, Lyme disease, irritable bowel syndrome, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, Addison’s disease, osteoporosis 2. I was diagnosed with them in the year: 2005 3. But I had symptoms since: 2000 4. [...]
Half engineer, Half neuroscientist
100% Geeky Girl
4
Aug
A day blog post!
Published in 101/1001, books, photography, technologyDon’t worry, I am working tonight, like I do every Wednesday night. I just happen to have some time during the day shift today to pop out a blog post, and I have some 101/1001 progress to report! 2. Read 100 books I finished #4 last night – The Last Lecture. Short, cute, enjoyable. More [...]
29
Jul
101/1001 almost a month in!
Published in 101/1001, books, photography, randomnessUpdate on 101/1001 project Days: 29/1001 Tasks Completed: 2/101 Tasks in progress: 8/101 In progress: 2. Read 100 books Finished book #3, American Wife, which is based on Laura Bush, former First Lady. It’s fiction, but depending how much is based on truth, I can’t believe she married W. I’m currently on book #4, The [...]
23
Jul
100 best experiences of my life
Published in 101/1001, GGG, books, family, philadelphia, randomness, school, technologyNumber 92 of 101/1001! 1. Getting married 2. Meeting Kevin 3. Graduating with my master’s degree 4. Getting Gracie (my friendly,fat, calico kitty) 5. Moving back to Philadelphia from New Jersey 6. Meeting my best friend’s newborn son 7. Attending Society for Neuroscience meeting 8. Graduating with my dual bachelor’s degrees 9. Being accepted to [...]
15
Jul
101 things I have already achieved
Published in 101/1001, BYDLS, chronic illness, family, philadelphia, podcasting, school, technologyDay Zero list #66! 1. I graduated from a magnet, gifted, college-prep high school with above a 4.0 GPA. 2. I was a founding member of said high school’s robotics team. 3. I was the student leader of the robotics team for 2 years. 4. I was a mentor for the robotics team for a [...]
12
Jul
Movies and books and video games, oh my!
Published in 101/1001, books, randomnessThis weekend was a very homebody weekend for us. Lots of movies, video games, and reading (on my part). We watched Taken on Saturday night, and (500) Days of Summer last night. Taken was a very well done action movie (Kevin loves this movie and had been trying to get me to watch it for [...]
8
Jul
Progress!
Published in 101/1001, books, randomnessI haven’t completed any of my 101/1001 goals, but I’m working on several of them! For the read 100 books goal, I finished one book, and started on another. I finished reading The Anglo Files: A Field Guide to the British over the weekend. It was hilarious, very well-written, and enjoyable to read. I’m now [...]
2
Jul
Working on a game plan
Published in 101/1001, randomnessMy 1001 days for my 101/1001 list started yesterday. I had worked overnight the night before, so it was a mostly lazy day of catching up on TV and sleeping. I’m the only tech in the lab today, and my PI and lab manager are in Europe for a conference, so I’ve been a little [...]
30
Jun
One Month & Day Zero
Published in 101/1001, familyFirst of all, Kevin and I have been married one month today! We surprised each other (we didn’t discuss our month-a-versary at all) with red roses. I picked up a dozen at Reading Terminal on the way home today to leave on Kevin’s dresser because I thought he was going to be at work tonight [...]
22
Apr
Look! A blog post!
Published in chronic illness, philadelphia, randomness, schoolI’ve been ignoring this blog/website for over a year now…bad Melissa! What better thing to do while working an overnight shift at work than update your blog! So let’s see…I’m getting married in 38 days. I’ve been on antibiotics for almost 6 months because I was diagnosed with chronic recurring Lyme disease last summer, probably [...]
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