Update on Wes

As most of you know, my husband had a seizure Wednesday. He was at school handing out grades and his hands started shaking. His students told him that he looked very pale. When he felt he was about to pass out, he went to the nurse's office. The nurse tried to hold his hands still, but they would not stop shaking. She called me at 9:30am and told me the situation. I was in my car and on the road at 9:39am to a ONE HOUR journey to his school. I put my flashers on and flew to Autaugaville. On my way, I called my mother-in-law. Wes used to have seizures when he was 17 and they thought he had grown out of them. I asked my mother-in-law how those seizures were. What she described was exactly what the nurse had described. In that moment, I knew he had had a seizure. When I finally arrived to Autaugaville High School, I found Wes lying down on the couch in the nurse's office. His color looked good. The nurse told me that his tremors lasted for about 20 min and he had been fine since. We helped Wes up and tried to walk him to my car. He began to walk very crooked and talk like a drunk man. I ended up bringing my car to the side of the school. Wes got in and was still acting very disoriented. He continued to act disoriented until about 30 min after he got into the car. He did not remember much after he left the nurse's office. This confermed to me that he had a seizure. My brother had seizures when he was younger and would act very disoriented afterwards. I took Wes to the Baptist East ER. There, we sat for 3 hours waiting for results of several tests the nurses took. In the end, all of the tests returned fine, which was great. The Dr. concluded that he had a partial complex seizure and decided to put him on seizure medication. The doctor also made Wes an appointment with a neurologist for November 5th. Wes is adjusting to the medication alright. It just really makes him groggy. Please continue to pray for him. It was all very scary and we are very anxious about the appointment in November. Thank you so much for your sweet comments and prayers!

Unbelievable...

This is a portion of a thread on a poll about abortion on Facebook. I was APPALLED! This is just the small part where I contributed. It broke my heart! (Read from the bottom up) More on this topic on the next post...

Joseph Oct 6

There is no American race

Ideally we should strive to keep the birth rate at slightly above 2 children per family, because that will keep our population stable, and a stable population doesn't guzzle down resources at an increasing rate (advancing technology should actually help reduce resource consumption in a stable population), and it helps to keep a stable age ratio so we don't end up with a ton of old people like Japan.

A beating heart is also not required for life, sponges don't even have hearts and nobody doubts that they are alive. A fetus also doesn't suddenly become worthy of rights JUST because its heart starts beating. A heart is just something to pump your blood through your body, its not some magical key to being considered alive.

Now if you want to get into what defines a human being (being, being the important part) that might actually get at the heart of this matter, but nobody should doubt that even a zygote is an individual human organism.

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Nikki Duck DunsiethOct 6

Did you know that our social security is going down the toilet because we are "choosing" to eliminate our future? I had never thought about it that way until my preacher said that this Sunday. He also said that within the next 50 years, our American race will be outnumbered because we are again "choosing" to eliminate our population. A baby's heart starts beating at 2 weeks. That is life. I don't care who you are, that is life. There is no way to change anyone's mind, but I just thought I'd put that on here for information sake.

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Audrey Oct 6

abortion is the womans choice no matter what..legal or illegal, a woman will still do what she thinks is best for her. Nobody can make those choices for the person. A fetus is not a baby until it breathes no argument to it.

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Nikki Duck DunsiethOct 6

A "fetus" is a child!!

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Bill Oct 6

Every parent knows there is no denying the life and consciousness that is within the womb. "Fetus" is only another name for an unborn, living, feeling child.

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Joseph Oct 6

I don't think that comparing a fetus to a child is really an honest comparison.

June Oct 6

abortion is wrong it is murder if you ever lost a child you would know i cant imagine a person wanting to go thru that pain on purpose

FALL

Well, it's fall again. I can't believe how time flies! I started off my fall being sick...which is rather normal for me. I tried my hardest to avoid it...I have been taking Airborne everyday. I started off with a sore throat last Friday night and it really went down from there. I only made it to half a class this week and my teacher made me go home. Unfortunately, my insurance did not start until yesterday, so, I waited patiently and finally went to the doctor yesterday. I have felt so awful this week that I just knew I had the flu. It turns out that I just have "a bad chest, nose, and throat infection" (those were my doctor's words). I sort of felt wimpy after that, because I'm not kidding, I have felt HORRIBLE...so no swine flu for me, thank God. Hopefully I'll be back to my normal self by Monday. I hate missing school.

Everyone seems to be very excited about the weather change. I, on the other hand, am not a fan of cold weather. I am a flip-flops, jeans, and t-shirt kind of girl. I do not like closed-toe shoes, socks, jackets, scarves, sweaters, etc. I wish I could just hibernate until spring. I don't know why I am like this. I do like the holidays that cold weather brings, though. I LOVE Halloween! I don't know why, but it is my favorite holiday. LOL. And of course Christmas is always fun as well. Not to mention our 1 year anniversary is in November and of course Thanksgiving. I don't mind fall too much, but winter....ew! No leaves on the trees, it's too cold to go outside much, blistering winds, my bones ache, I just don't like it. My husband loves cold weather. Hopefully we can build a fire in the fireplace this year and maybe this winter will be more cozy...

I can't believe Wes and I will have been married one year next month. It just blows my mind. This year has flown by, but yet it feels like we've been married forever! LOL. We aren't exactly where I imagined we'd be a year ago. I thought by now we'd have a house or an appartment. I guess I also thought we'd be trying to have a baby. We are still at my dad's trailer and are not in the monetary condition to be trying for babies. I am thankful for where we are, don't get me wrong, it's just not what I had pictured. I guess I always pictured that after you got married the house came, babies came, money came....and it just doesn't exactly work that way. It requires a lot of patience and planning. I will be graduating in May and I HOPE, HOPE, HOPE I will be getting a job soon after that. Hopefully, that will add more money in our pot and we can definitely buy a house then. Just the way things are going, I worry about finding a job after I graduate. I pray that God just opens those doors.

We are still planning on going on a cruise next month! I am excited and I hope things work out! More about that later...

Thanks for reading my long blog! I'm home sick and there's nothing good on TV! :)

A New Semester

I haven't written in a while so I thought I'd do a little update. Wes is teaching 7-9th grade Algebra and coaching Varsity and JV football. It's tough but I am SO proud of him! Although it's very challenging, he's doing a great job. PLEASE keep him in your prayers! School has also started back for me...ONE more semester after this one and I'll be DONE! Yippee! It feels as if I have been in school forever! ...I guess I kinda have...since I was 5 yrs old. I'm a little nervous, but definitely excited. I am thankful that this semester is going much better than I anticipated and I hope it continues to go well. :)

We have still been looking for houses. We have found one that is SUPER cute, but it really didn't have the yard we want. We are trying to be patient. We definitely want a house, but we have to trust in God's timing.

We are looking at anniversary trips right now! :) I can't believe it has almost been a YEAR that we've been married!! (2 more months) Right now we are thinking a CRUISE...to the BAHAMAS! Whoooo! Sounds great to me! I hope we can save up the money to go. Wes has been on a cruise before, but I have never been. I think it would be a fun thing for us to do together. Well, I guess that's it for now. Thanks for reading and keep us in your prayers! God Bless!

"In his heart, a man plans his
course,but the Lord determines
his steps." Proverbs 16:9

Coach Dunsieth & Life

This week Wes signed his contract with Autaguaville. Tonight is his open house with the parents. I am so proud of him! He will be teaching 7th and 8th grade Algebra. I hope to go to the school with him soon and decorate his room. School starts the 10th! Please be praying for him as this is a big transition! I know he will do great. These are pictures that are going to be in the Autaguaville newspaper.

Things have been a little frustrating because we are getting impatient. We know he has a good job now and I will be graduating May 2010, thank God. We are SOOO ready to look for a house! I'm so thankful my dad has let us live in this trailer, but Wes and I are so ready to have our own little nest. We are trying to decide if we should buy or build. Let us know if you have any suggestions. It's very hard being patient, but we are wanting to wait for God's timing and the house He wants us to have. Please keep us in your prayers for that.

Well, Wes's school starts the 10th, my school starts back the 17th, Wes's first football game is the 21st...life is about to get crazy! We need all the prayers we can get! Thanks for reading and God bless!! :)

Life's A Beach

This past week was Wes's family's beach trip. We had an awesome time! We stayed at a NICE beach house (3 story) right on the beach. Every morning we'd get up around 8:30 and eat breakfast then go down and hang out at the beach. A few nights we stayed in and ate and a few we went out. This was DEFINITELY what we needed! This summer semester has been so stressful and it was so nice to get away and just relax at the beach. While we were down there we had to go back for a day to take finals. Although that kind of stunk, we really only missed one day at the beach. Wes ended up with all B's and I ended up with all A's. We were quite pleased. We just had such a wonderful, relaxing time. I hope we can do this every year at the same place. Wes's family were so fun and I am so blessed to have such an awesome new family! I love them so much! :)










This is the sweet beach house! 7 bedrooms and 6 bathrooms right on the beach!!



















This was our awesome view everyday! What a week! :)

Ugh

I haven't blogged in a while so I had some thoughts on my mind and figured I would now. I'm kind of upset right now. We leave for the beach tomorrow for Wes's family's big beach trip. I've been knowing about this beach trip for months and was REALLY wanting to loose at least 10 lbs. before it. Well, here I am the day before going and I have lost a few pounds, but probably gained them back these past 2 weeks. I was really enjoying working out and eating right. I had started to feel so much better....BUT...school has really taken it's toll on me the past 2 weeks. Because it's the end of the semester, so much was due and I found myself exhausted and drained. Needless to say, I stopped going to the gym and really started eating wrong again. I am still mindful of what I eat, but it seems so much harder when you are not working out and when you are very busy. I look back at pictures of myself from 2006-2008 and it just makes me sick. I was so thin in 2006. Slowly, I've packed on some pounds. My body has changed a lot (age=metabolism) and taking birth control did NOT help (gained about 25 lbs on it). I'm just ready to be back to a weight that I can feel comfortable at. I seriously feel like everyone will be starring at me the whole time at the beach (I'm going to wear a tankini and probably some shorts too). Even though no one probably pays it any attention, I feel like I'm just hanging out everywhere! Like a big protruding blob! I know I'm not obese or anything, but I've always been pretty well controlled with my weight. Anyway, I'm sorry I'm rambling, I just thought it would make me feel better to write out all these thoughts and feelings. I really hope to get back to the gym after this trip and start eating salads and stuff again. I know it's going to take a lot of effort (which is kind of discouraging) but I REALLY hope to be back at the size I want this time next year.