That was the result of the blood test and I feel a bit, well... I don't know, sad because I spent so much money on that -- BUT, I am glad and relieved (for now at least), that apparently he does not have the bacteria. I know there can be false negatives, but the tick that was on him may not be one of the carriers after all -- I haven't had the time to go to Dr. Google to check...
We're enjoying our time here and I wish I had the time to post some pictures, but I have to get the boys to bed because it's almost 11 pm here. Hopefully I'll have more time tomorrow (I doubt it, but I can still hope, can't I? I took several pictures for the blog, I always do. The hard thing is getting around to posting them :-(.
About Me
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- I'm a Brazilian immigrant (used to say expatriate, have problems with this word now), living in the U.S. since 1996 with my husband and two sons (born in March 2002 and May 2004). I'm a mother, first and foremost, -- mamãe in my mother-tongue, hence the (e) of the blog title -- but after "ten years and two sons" I finally finished my Ph.D. in literature in 2008. After six years away from teaching (including a year home/cyber schooling my sons - 2009-10), I'm finally back in higher-education. I've been blogging here for eleven years, so welcome to my site and feel free to stay for a while and look around. Our lives are a roller coaster, never lacking in ups and downs! ;-)
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Blogs I Read - Version 2, original GONE on 9-29-16! :-(
Awards and Nominations
Websites I Support:
My Old Blogroll (last updated in 2008) Formerly Titled: Blogs I Read (Obsessively Categorized)
- 2 jumeaux + 2 cadeaux
- An American Between Worlds
- Bilingual in the Boonies
- Dalian Moon
- Dinka
- The Expat Files
- Expat Mama
- here in korea
- The Life and Times of both Sprogs 1 & 2
- Mausi
- Multi Tongue Kids
- Oreneta Aground
- School in Spain
Expatriate and/or Multicultural Family Mamas (me too!)
- ABD Mom (non updating)
- AcadeMama
- Anastasia
- grumpyABDadjunct
- Grad School Mommy
- Mommy, Ph.D. (non updating)
- Prisca and Aquila
- Raising WEG
- Separation of Spheres
- My Handful
- Working Writing Wailing Mama
- World of One Thousand Different Things
Grad Student and ABD (All But Dissertation) Mamas (me too, until May!!)
- Acade(me)
- Geeky Mom
- Midlife Mama
- Pithy Dithy
- Professing Mama (formerly ABD Mom)
- The Republic of Heaven
- Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast
- Smart Cookie (Private)
- Writing as Jo(e)
- 11D
Academic Mamas
- As Yet Untitled (Elrena Evans)
- Bitch Ph.D.
- Food for Thought
- Exploring New Worlds
"Non-affiliated"/Former Academic & Professional Mamas (me too after May)
- Confessions of a Community College Dean
- Post-PhD Shades of Blue (Articulate Dad) - non updating
- OFI/OFO (Articulate Dad)
- Scrivenings (former blog, non updating)
- Scrivenings (new blog)
Academic(CCD) & Former Academic (AD, Scriv) Papas
- Academic Coach
- Meandering through academia
- My So Called
(ABD)PhD Life - Speaking for Sarah
Academic Women
- Elrena Evans
- Jennifer Niesslein's Internet Presence
- Left-Handed trees and other Lies: keeping it all honest
- Life in the Hundred-Acre Wood
- Reading Living Writing
- Mom in the Mirror
- This Woman's Work
Writing Mamas
- As Yet Untitled (Elrena Evans)
- Dream Kitchen
- Everyday Mom (Mirian Peskovitz)
- Geeky Mom
- Leery Polyp
- MemeGRL
- Moot Thoughts & Musings
- Wet Feet
- The Wide Tent
- a wrung sponge Sandy Cove 365 + 1
- Sandy Cove Trail
Philly Mamas (me too!)
- BRIKeBROK - Africa (Portuguese/Italian)
- Inhospitable
- Lisbon Mama - Portugal
- Doing It All Again - U.K. [gone]
- Pandamonium - Australia
- The Sun-Flower Family - Portugal
International Mamas
- Thin Pink Line - Canada (password protected)
- Which Surprised Her - Portugal
International People
- Our Little Funny Bunny
- Sonho Meu (Elena Fletcher) (in Portuguese)
- Tirando o Sapato (in Portuguese)
- Pixie Blossoms
Brazilian Mamas
- Ferrez
- muitos desenhos (c) mariana massarani - 04-06
- muitos desenhos (c) (mariana massarani)
Brazilian Writers & Illustrators (in Portuguese)
- The Chronicles of Munchkin Land
- Kim.Kim (Reunion Writings)
- Wet Feet
- AfrIndieMum
- American Family
- Bringing Desta Home (non updating)
- Chicago Mama
- Overwhelmed With Joy!
- This Woman's Work
- Sandy Cove Trail
- a wrung sponge Vindauga
- Catherine Newman
- Dalai Mama (Catherine Newman)
- dooce
- Light and Momentary
- Raising WEG
- This Woman's Work
- Food for Thought
- Vegan Lunch Box
- Schmooedfood
First Mamas (I truly admire these women)
Adoptive Mamas
"Reference" Mamas
Foodie Mamas
- Jabberlingual
- Mother Shock
- Playground Revolution
6 comments:
Glad things are looking good (at least for now), and I can't wait to see all your pictures.
Good news about Kelvin! And, as a colleague of mine said recently after hearing my story of paying $300 to a locksmith to get into my apartment and then finding the keys the next day, sometimes we just have to pay money to the universe!
Thank God for this good news. I'm looking forward to seeing your pictures too.
I'm so glad to hear the test was negative!! Now do you have a metaphoric tension headache? Like when you're so worried but just dealing and then the worry goes away so THEN you get the awful headache?
Oh, good news about the test! Yes, it's frustrating to spend all that money for "nothing," but then again it's peace of mind...
I'm so glad it's negative, and I know it's frustrating to have been an "overreactor" and spent the money when it turns out you may not have needed to. But considering the disease, it is better to know, I think.
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