Janae Says...

I went to the Big Ass Show on Saturday with a couple of awesome friends ( Eileen and Whitney ). We saw - Dear Hunter - Family of the Year - Pepper - Capital Cities - Blue October - The Airborne Toxic Event - Panic! at the Disco It was loads of fun. Pepper and Family of the Year were good to dance to. The Panic singer was both funny and horribly cocky and un-funny at the same time. And while this day was great, this is all beside the point. Why? Because I was wearing this: I figured we would be outside, in 90 plus degree weather. It's a concert. Why wouldn't I wear a tank and shorts? I normally try to strike a balance. For example, if I'm wearing pants, I am OK wearing a tank. If I'm wearing shorts, I try to have short sleeves at the very least. But today I made an exception. After Whitney left, Eileen and her friend went to the meet and greet for Panic! While I sat and waited for them, a former student came walking up to me. Student: Hello. Me: W...

Narci-cystic So last August, I had these pretty intense pains. They felt like gas pains. But it lasted for a long time, and it hurt to move my legs and to walk. It wasn’t enough for me to feel like I needed to do anything about it. The same thing happened in October, much worse than in August. I was in the middle of a workout, doing sit-ups, actually, when I started hurting. It was bad, but I was determined to finish my workout. Then suddenly, the pain came in sharp spurts. It was excruciating. I cried mixed with quiet screams—the inhaling, confused, panicked kind. I didn’t know what was happening. I folded up into fetal position on my living room floor, unable to move because any small movement sent pains shooting through me. A less extreme version happened in December. Then it happened a few weeks later in January. In the shower, I was extremely light headed and felt those familiar gas pains. I knew something was wrong since I felt like I was going to pass out. I con...

On July 31…  -P picked me up at the Baltimore airport, and we went straight to breakfast. -P had heard about this restaurant on Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives that he wanted to try. -So we went to Blue Moon Café. It was amazing. -I had the country scramble (biscuit topped with eggs, bacon, cheese, and sausage gravy) with hash browns. P had the Captain Crunch French toast. I had a few bites. It was basically like eating dessert for breakfast. He said it was “too much of a good thing" and got tired of it. -We were able to check into the Best Western early and leave our stuff. -We headed to Fort McHenry where we spent several hours walking through the museum, around the perimeter of the building, into the little underground areas, and through the barracks and other rooms. It was really interesting to learn about the huge flag (30’ x 42’) sewn by Mary Pickersgill. -We drove to look around at some restaurants in an area. There was a little pub and also a Ji...