Well I do declare!

Hey y'all! Good gracious it has been awhile! I've been a busy bee lately. I have been taking my time off of school to do things I'm passionate about: baking and painting canvases!
I have also been running up and down the roads to various doctor's appointments. I had to get my eyes checked for diabetes damage (where the nurse that saw had just came back to work that day after having the flu and all her children had it). She was still sneezing and sniffling all over the place. I also had to see endocrinology where I now have to take a shot every time I eat along with a shot at night. I also have to check my blood sugars four times a day.  I feel like a human pin cushion. My fingers are all bruised as well as my stomach from all the poking! But now that my blood sugar is under control I am hoping to maybe gain some weight! I still feel awful so that sucks but I'm not ready to be back on IVs again so suffer I shall.

For all those who have not seen Foreverland and 65_RedRoses, I highly recommend both! They are really good. I must admit I teared up at both of them. They need to make a really great, really popular movie about CF. I think it would give CF more publicity and therefore we would be as well known as cancer. We need to be more proactive at fundraising. I wish CF was as well known as say breast cancer.

Another thing I want to touch on is how CFers can make other CFers feel bad without even knowing. Like for instance I know some CFers who are like "there's no excuse not to get out and do something everyday" "I work out everyday no matter how sick I am" "I eat so healthy and now I don't have to take any medications." Sorry y'all but shut up. Some CFers can get offended. Sometimes it's a struggle to pull yourself out of bed. Hell, sometimes it's a struggle just to breathe. Some people just cannot get up and work out everyday. So saying there's no excuse makes them feel like there is something wrong with them and that they are lazy. Also some people do not have as severe cases of CF. If you don't have to do treatments or take enzymes or have diabetes too, good for you. You are blessed. Not others are as blessed. As CFers we should embrace other CFers because who knows better what they have to go through. I found a quote recently that I really love. It goes:

"You are not obligated to do everything a healthy person does.  You are not obligated to be an inspiration.  You are not obligated to hide your illness in order to make other people comfortable.  You are allowed to know your limits.  You are allowed to have bad days.  You are allowed to stay in bed if you can’t get up to do anything but go to the bathroom.  It is not your fault if other people leave you because of your illness.  It is not your fault that you are sick.  You don’t have to apologize for something that is out of your control." -unknown

I really do love this.

Who Am I?

Hey y'all! It has been awhile since I last posted, so sorry for that. So I figured this post should be a getting to know me post. I complained to y'all constantly and give you little tidbits of my life but I have never really shared much about me. Now I am not going to sit here and list my different medical conditions and such because that's not me.
Soooo here we go...try not to be too terribly bored.

 My name is Chelsea...obviously. I am 20 years old. I'll be 21 in July so I am pretty pumped. I expect to be carded as I stand 5'2 and look like I am 12. If y'all have not figured it out by now, I am from the south. South Carolina to be exact. I am a small town girl (so difficult to not bust out with the rest of the song). You cannot find my town on a map. I have a huge family that I love with all my heart no matter how crazy they get, and they get pretty crazy. I graduated with the same 185 kids I started kindergarten with, give or take a few.  I was a cheerleader for 8 years. I also graduated in the top 10% of my class. I took advanced class and such. I was a nerd, but a cheerleader. It balances.

 I am a junior in college now. I have been to three colleges so far. I do not like to stay in the same place for too long it seems. I am studying Early Childhood Education to become a kindergarten teacher. Most of you know that I live underwater in my own apartment, but will soon be moving to dry land. My favorite place to be is the beach and I hope to move there some day. My favorite color is green, like my eyes.

I have many hobbies. I am a total bookworm. No matter where I am at, in the car, the kitchen, heck even the bathroom, I will always have a book with me. I love to babysit my baby brother who is three. He is my main man. I love shopping, for anything, even groceries. I love hanging out with my friends, especially on the weekends around the fire. I like to ride around in my car and listen to country music. I am severely addicted to Pinterest. I am a big fan of quotes. I love eating. You can't tell because I only weigh 86 pounds, but I eat like a grown man. Food is my passion. I eat mostly chicken, chicken anything. I am also a huge fan of Kaminsky's Pecan Pie. I love doing crafts and I love to paint canvases!

My main hobby, which I intend to turn into a career one day, is baking. I love to bake. I was accepted into culinary school but declined to get my Early Childhood Education degree. I want to open my own bakery one day, preferably on the beach.

 I'm sure there is more about me but I just cannot think of much else. I probably will as soon as I post this. That always happens.