More than meets the eye

I was chatting with my cousin from Florida the other day and she was saying how she was remembering all the summers she spent at our house when we were growing up (all I remember is one). She thinks it would be a good idea to get her daughter and my daughter together so they can get to know each other. Stranger request if you ask me. The 2 young ladies haven't seen each other since they've been about 4 years old, they are not 18 years old. They have not kept in touch to talk with each other, just birthday and holiday cards.

I personally can't imagine that the two of them have anything besides hockey in common and they are totally different people in the way they were raised.
My cousin has tried to get me to go down and go for a 4 day cruise with her but I have to keep reminding her, that I have to pay air fare and it's not cost effective for me.

For now I have put her off. She teaches and starts school down there on Aug 2nd and her daughter will be starting college and Becky will be starting college. I don't know when we will be able to get together. I think there is more behind this then the 2 girls getting to know each other, I think she is going to try to get information out of me. I am very cautious about how much information about myself that I tell her. She will tell her mother and then it has a very good chance of getting back to my sister, which means it gets back to the man who calls himself my father.

My cousin and I are not that close that I want her trying to get information out of me or end up going somewhere with her and my aunt and my aunt starting in on me. She doesn't get how I feel about things and why I have handled things the way I have. Someday they will ask one to many times and they will hear the truth and it just might not be any good for their health.

So, to make a very long story short, I just don't trust what might seem like a very simple request on my cousins part. That simple request could end up causing me a lot of aggrevation that I don't need in my life.
And besides all that, she never really pushed and tried to get the girls to know each other all those other years, why the big push now? One has to wonder. Or, at least I do.

Did You know?

That when you are in REM sleep you are suppose to be paralyzed from the neck down! I didn't know that until last night when I went for my sleep study and it was explained to me. Though some of us during REM sleep actually move around. This just means that our bodies aren't getting the rest that is needed so we can function properly the next day.

The sleep study: I can't even tell you how many wires they actually attached to my head with this cement like stuff (that I'm still trying to get out of my hair). They put sensors above your eyes, on your legs, an ekg patch and something to check your breathing. And let's not forget the sensor that goes on your finger to check for the oxygen level.

It takes a little getting used to being all "wired" up but sleep I did. The good news is, I didn't have enough episodes during my sleep where they needed to put a mask on me but I did have some episodes. The report will go to my doctor and he will determine if I need to go back and get fitted for a mask.
I was told that I move around a lot and I did snore but, not as loud as some have told me I do!

I managed to stay in bed all night and not get up and walk around, which I guess is a good thing since I couldn't go very far all hooked up to those wires.

Now it's just a matter of waiting for the results to get to my doctor and for him to contact and let me know what the next step is.

My next "fun" medical activity is a colonoscopy in August.

And then I need to get my TSH level tested, watch what I eat, exercise - all in the name of good health. No one should have this much fun