Saturday morning at 5am we received an email that late Friday night, Urban Shaman's cousin M (age 19), who lives way up north in a tiny village, was a passenger on a snowmachine that was struck by a truck. The driver of the snowmachine did not survive. M was medvac'ed 1.5 hours away to the nearest metropolitan city with a major hospital. He arrived unconscious and with a leg broken in 3 places and the thigh bone shattered. Saturday saw him still unconscious, but with good-looking brain waves. However, he was not breathing on his own and was on a respirator. Today (Tuesday) he is in a drug-induced coma, has had 2 surgeries on his leg, and is breathing a little better. He's doing well despite still being in critical care.
I'm glad he's doing well, and while this is scary, what is even scarier and sadder is that neither snowmachine rider was wearing a helmet. They simply don't wear helmets at all up in that little village; similarly, carseats for children do not exist/are not sold up there, either. Children simply are held in laps, whether it is while in a car or on a snowmachine. It's a small enough town where the maximum speed limit anywhere is 35mph. But still, when you combine snow, late-night partying (no idea if alcohol was involved -- this is a dry town but it is not impossible to find a drink if you really want it), and even a speed limit as low as 35 mph, snowmachine versus truck is not a good thing.
So we're praying for a full recovery for M. And I'm left thinking about how long, and how many accidents it took before people started wearing helmets to ski/snowboard. Surely one is able to go faster on a snowmachine?
This just leaves me shaking my head.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Thursday, March 19, 2009
What's happening to me and what time is it?
Hello!!!
No, I haven't forgotten about this blog. And I don't blame Facebook either. Really, the blame goes to this little bean-sized person growing inside of me who, despite only being like an inch long, is SUCKING UP ALL MY ENERGY.
But the days are getting better, or at least my hormones are giving me a break every so often, and allowing me to think about things like my blog. And really, I'm thrilled to be pregnant, even though you might see me only giving a very faint, mundane yay at the moment, in-between running to the bathroom thinking I'm going to puke, and running to the kitchen for yet another shot of protein.
And then realizing that this pregnancy actually turned me into a hormonal bitch at certain moments was a shock, especially when with Il Tonino's pregnancy I was totally emotionally calm and stable and happy the whole time, even in the midst of planning a wedding. This time? No wedding or other major life event to plan and once already I have found myself a sobbing mess and having to apologize to my husband for my sudden need to complain about everything and then realizing that this is really not me and I don't like it but dang hormones!
But like I said, it is getting better. No, really! The second trimester is only 3.5 weeks away, and alongside with the promise of spring, is bringing the promise of relief from hormones gone wild and 2am kitchen raids.
Oh and one non-pregnancy related thing I wanted to mention -- time change sucks. Just look at this list. Is this CRAZY or what? Not only do we have global warming, but twice a year we have global time confusion.
My next post will be more uplifting, I promise. Just thought you might enjoy a glimpse of my life these past few weeks :)
No, I haven't forgotten about this blog. And I don't blame Facebook either. Really, the blame goes to this little bean-sized person growing inside of me who, despite only being like an inch long, is SUCKING UP ALL MY ENERGY.
But the days are getting better, or at least my hormones are giving me a break every so often, and allowing me to think about things like my blog. And really, I'm thrilled to be pregnant, even though you might see me only giving a very faint, mundane yay at the moment, in-between running to the bathroom thinking I'm going to puke, and running to the kitchen for yet another shot of protein.
And then realizing that this pregnancy actually turned me into a hormonal bitch at certain moments was a shock, especially when with Il Tonino's pregnancy I was totally emotionally calm and stable and happy the whole time, even in the midst of planning a wedding. This time? No wedding or other major life event to plan and once already I have found myself a sobbing mess and having to apologize to my husband for my sudden need to complain about everything and then realizing that this is really not me and I don't like it but dang hormones!
But like I said, it is getting better. No, really! The second trimester is only 3.5 weeks away, and alongside with the promise of spring, is bringing the promise of relief from hormones gone wild and 2am kitchen raids.
Oh and one non-pregnancy related thing I wanted to mention -- time change sucks. Just look at this list. Is this CRAZY or what? Not only do we have global warming, but twice a year we have global time confusion.
March 8 - US DST begins at 2am
March 15 - Buenos Aires DST begins at midnight
March 29 - DST begins in the UK and the rest of Europe at 1am
April 5 - Australia DST ends at 3am
Countries/states that don't observe DST:
China
South Africa
Arizona, USA
Hawaii, USA
Singapore
Japan
My next post will be more uplifting, I promise. Just thought you might enjoy a glimpse of my life these past few weeks :)
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