Telling my HR rep about MS and I FLEW AN AIRPLANE.

So, recently I made the decision to inform my work's HR rep that I was recently diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis as a way to protect myself. I have been falling asleep three to four times a week due to the strange fatigue that comes with MS (since the middle of march)... I guess I'll explain why it's strange. I can tell I'm getting a fatigue attack because several things happen.

First, I wake up feeling like I hadn't even gone to sleep. That's the most terrible feeling, I've even gotten it after ten hours of sleep. It is really odd. My muscles and such don't feel tired, but my mind does.
Second, After a while it hits the body, I enjoy doing pull ups, push ups, and such with a little door gym I got, but when I have a fatigue attack, I can only do half the number of reps, and honestly my body starts to feel like jello as though I'm having a hypoglycemic attack. I start to shake, and such.

Seriously annoying. But the worst of it represents itself when I'm sitting or laying down. I can fall asleep really really easily. (just ask my mother) So I've told my HR rep that I have MS so that in the case of me getting in trouble for "sleeping on the job" I have back-up to prevent any serious repercussions... It's a known medical symptom of MS, and so they can't really fire me for it. Yay!

Now, it may sound as though I'm venting or complaining, but I'm really not. Seriously, I find it really fascinating, and there are significantly worse things I could be experiencing.

The last few days have been really great, and not so great. My father lost his job, which means I get to take over my medical bills, and my school on top of that is requiring me to take out student loans. suckage! and even then I don't quite know how I'm going to make ends meet come fall semester, but I don't worry too much, I have some fall backs. My Church might be able to help, and the national ms society might be able to help with rent. Those are very last resorts, though.

Dating recently has been interestingly BORING. Seriously, why can't girls just speak their mind more clearly? man, I wish I understood them better, or actually. I wish I knew how to react to them better... I don't feel like exounding on that, but hey, I did find a new interest! She's in my new institute class at the Orem institute of religion, and I caught her sneaking glances at me several times, so I'm going to have to find a way to talk to her without being creepy or weird. Huh, might be difficult, cause I grew up being told "You aren't a Pearson if you're not weird." :D She's a natural blonde... I'm a sucker for light haired blondes. You know, the ones with short eyelashes and almost invisible eyebrows? Yeah, I guess that's my type. I find them seriously way mroe attractive than other types. plus, I don't think I've met one that wasn't really really cool too... so, hey. cool story, right?

In class we talked about the benefits of the temple, and it hit me so hard that I decided to plan on attending, so tomorrow I go! So excited for several reasons, This being the one I care to share the most:

"As we enter through the doors of the temple, we leave behind us the distractions and confusion of the world. Inside this sacred sanctuary, we find beauty and order. There is rest for our souls and a respite from the cares of our lives." President Thomas S. Monson.

I look forward to the respite for my soul that I will find within those wonderful walls! Although this isn't exactly the most interesting of posts, I just wanted to share it. Plus I'm sort of adding these to my journals, and having the option of others reading them makes me want to make the more readable in general.

Now I'll add a picture of me, that isn't really anything like me:

So I went to a distant relatives silly little wedding, and she had this caricature artist dude thing drawing people... he was odd, and the wedding was strange.

I also in the last week got to fly an airplane. My dream since I was an eleven year old. It was both amazing, and underwhelming. I didn't get to do as much as I was expecting. (my brother got to take off, and/or land when he did it.) It was an intro flight with bountiful flight. Although it was short, (around 25 minutes) it was really beautiful. Here's two pictures:

As you can see, they're pretty fantastic. Also, here's a song I can't stop listening to... Strange, I know.