"New Moon" by Bear in Heaven

I have to say my stress level is quite high lately. Between stress over my mother's health, and my own personal things it is adding up.

In regards to my mother, the situation with her and the thyroid cancer is resolved. When she met with Dr. Westfried, she found out that taking that radioactive pill was not necessary. Apparently when it comes down to treatment there are two options; taking a radioactive pill to burn out the cancer or having your thyroid surgically removed. I don't know why they made my mother do both. It isn't like the cancer was spreading, it was all contained in that area. Since she was off the synthroid for so long, it started to take a tole on her body. She has sores on her legs that are due to her body retaining water. She also gained a bunch of weight. She will lose all of it of course, after being back on the medication. She just started it so it will take a while for things to regulate.

Adding to her stress are the tenants upstairs. The ones on the third floor have been rather quiet. It pretty much has been just the people on the second floor adding to her grief. And to be even more specific, the woman on the second floor's youngest son. One morning, I went to sleep early in the morning and was awoken a few hours after by the police arriving at the house to arrest the son. He got into a scuffle with his brother and created a mess. Since no one pressed any charges he was detained for only 24 hours. My mother said that if something else happened she would go to the lawyer. She just wanted to wait until she felt better before she did that. Then the son started to climb in the window on the second floor which totally aggravated my parents. when my mother brought this to the attention of his mother she kept defending him and saying she didn't think he was doing it and how she didn't know how he could climb in the window. My mother explained that people in the neighborhood contacted her to tell her about him climbing in and how she had seen him, and so did my father. His mother still didn't believe it. Her son contacted my mother shortly after to apologize and say it wouldn't happen again. He claims that the husband on the third floor came to answer the door when he rang the bell asking him to let him in. He wouldn't let him and said how my mother didn't want him there anymore. This is all true, she never told Tony on the third floor to police the house. So to stop all this window climbing shit, my mother had bars installed on the windows yesterday. Well that window anyway, that should stop him unless he can turn into liquid or vapor to travel through the bars.

On my side I am trying to get my graduate application in. It is due the 15th of this month and the only things I have left are my personal statement and my GRE score. I also need to update my resume. I am taking a course on the GRE May 20th to mid July. When I finish I will take that horrid test and hopefully I will have everything they need. I hope that I have everything they will need for the program so I can get in. I am excited. I hope it all works out.

Also excited to see Bear in Heaven tonight and tomorrow.



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