So who am I anyway?

I finally decided to go back to a forum that I was comfortable blogging with, and understood how to use. I spent so much time (and money!!) trying to figure out something that just wasn't me. I couldn't get the formatting right... It drove me crazy! AND it stopped me from writing. I haven't written regularly in over 5 years. Well, that is over, and here I am!

So for those that don't know me:  My name is Kerri. I'm older than I want to be (52), and older than I feel (well, mostly). I have been married to Doug for 22 years now, and we have a 16 year old son named Jacob.  We live out in the middle of Nowheresville, USA on 30 acres. We have cows, ducks, and cats outside, and inside we have a rabbit, 2 dogs, and a turtle.  Right now we're babysitting a guinea pig named Odin.  We'll have him for another 2 months or so.  He is SO cute.

I grew up in the city, so all this "farm" stuff is very foreign to me.  Even though we've been here over 18 years, I still miss the "modern" conveniences of life in the city.  Like having internet that works. And not having to drive 15 minutes to the only grocery store in town. Like not having to drive 45 minutes to get to a Target, or any restaurant above Applebee's. (No offense if you love Applebee's; I do like it, just not when it's the ONLY option within 25 minutes.)I miss being able to use the microwave and the toaster at the same time. If you're older like me, and you remember the show Green Acres...well, there you have it.

Oh! And every road out here has like 4 different names.  It's SO confusing. Like you can be on 108th, but it's also called Pullman Road.  More call it that than it's real name. M-40, a state "highway" here in town is also called Lincoln Road.  It's also 32nd, which I found out because that's the address of my vet. So you could use either M-40 South, M-40 North, Lincoln, or 32nd Ave in a mailing address, and it would get to where it needed to be.  Do you know HOW confusing it is when you're used to streets with ONE name?  And roads that are all PAVED?? It took me 2 years to be able to give directions to my own house!!

I've been transplanted out of my comfort zone and have been doing my best to be content. This blog will be all over the place, I can tell you that right now! I might talk about autism (my son is very high functioning autistic teen), I might talk about depression and how it effects me and my family, about A.D.D. (I have raging A.D.D!) about my belief in God, my faith, and how He has saved my life so many times.

I may talk about Myasthenia Gravis, which I have had for 26 years now. It's a neuromuscular disease that makes me weak. I went 5 years without a diagnosis, because all of the doctors I saw kept telling me I was crazy. It was all in my head.  I manifested the ability to stop breathing when I had an MRI under sedation. I'm pretty powerful, I guess!🙄

So. Welcome to my blog, and thank you for reading. Hopefully there will be many days I will make laugh, and maybe even inspire you to keep going, no matter life throws at you.  It's SO not easy. But it can be done.