2014…What Happened?

It's been a long time since I've last posted so I'm sure you're all wondering...What the heck happened in 2014?! To sum it all up: A LOT!
This post is just a quick overview of the highs and lows of the last twelve months!

Highs:
- elected to ASU undergraduate student government
- re-elected president of the LGBTQA Coalition (now the Rainbow Coalition)
- moved back into my condo with one of my best friends
- 2280 Twitter followers (@IsaJennie)

- I GOT GUMBY THE CAT!

Lows:
- impeached from ASU undergraduate student government
   Read more: article that started it all >>>ASU Black and African Coalition, student government fight blackface, ASU Senator impeached for violating Tempe USG guidelines, Huffington Post Article, ASU Student Senator Impeached for Speaking to State Press Without Informing Her Superiors, ASU’s Tempe Undergraduate Student Government media guidelines unfairly limit dissent, Student Press Law Center Article, Legal experts defend impeached ASU student government senator Isabelle Murray’s point of view

- had to have an emergency appendectomy (turns out I didn't have acute appendicitis but rather I have endometriosis that had completely grown over my appendix)
- f*cked up on Twitter with my privilege
- my Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome is still kicking my ass

So…that's my 2014 in a nutshell! Any questions? Comments?

I really need suggestions for blog topics! Please either leave comments on here, email me, or send me suggestions on Twitter!

Lots of <3

-IsaJennie

Hello 2012!

Hello my dear readers! If there are  any of you still left!

I hope you all had a positively fabulous time this holiday season! Like most people I've reflected on the past year and resolved to do some things differently this year!

I think it's safe to say that this past year has been a life-changing year to say the very least; going from thinking and generally feeling like I was perfectly normal to getting sick over the summer and then finding out I have an incurable genetic disease that will bring degenerative changes, as well as a most likely permanent autonomic nervous system, was quite a shift in my perception of who I am and what my future holds. I went from being a conscientious student to being a patient...I've decided to take this spring semester off as well...

Well, this year I'm starting things off in Pensacola, FL taking care of my adorable three-year-old niece Annika for about a month and then who knows? I do know that I need to quit wallowing in my physical and mental pain and get on with things. The only thing I have planned beyond nannying is going back to school in the fall. I would like to take a true vacation where I can totally relax and not worry about doctors appointments, responsibilities, or feeling guilty if all I want to do is lounge around and read books!

I've also made some resolutions like so many other people!

1. Blog at least twice a week
2. Do physical therapy exercises every day.
3. Follow doctor's orders: my new high sodium diet and other lifestyle changes for my POTS
4. Live instead of exist!
5. Journal every day.
6. Get to a more comfortable weight.

Now here are my questions to you, my dear readers: What have you learned this past year and what do you plan to do this new year? Have you resolved to do things differently? If so, what? How will you keep your resolutions?

Hope to hear from you soon!! 

That's all for now folks! Keep reading! 

-RRR