Healthline Best Of...And World Autoimmune Arthritis Day Blogger Meet And Greet

I have some great news to share.  First, my blog was selected as one of Healthline’s 12 Best Lupus Blogs of 2014!

Second, I will be taking part in World Autoimmune Arthritis Day and will be included in their Blogger Meet and Greet.  Information is below about World Autoimmune Arthritis Day and my specific event.  

The event begins May 19th at 6 a.m. EST and ends May 21st at 5 a.m. EST.  It is totally virtual.

For more information, visit: http://worldautoimmunearthritisday.org/.  You can register now through that site or by visiting this direct link: http://engage.vevent.com/index.jsp?seid=15&eid=3468.

Pre-registration is just $5 for the live event.  Registration during the event is $7.  You can also access for free after it has taken place.  

I hope you will take part in this event, and I hope that you will attend my Blogger Meet and Greet, which will be taking place on May 20th from 10 p.m. to 11 p.m. EST.  

 

It is truly thanks to all of you that I am where I am today.  I love what I do and I hope to continue to share my experiences with you!

The Lemonade Award

While I hadn’t planned on posting again this week until Rosalind Joffe’s Virtual Book Tour for “Women, Work, and Autoimmune Disease: Keep Working Girlfriend” stops by Getting Closer to Myself (GCTM) on Friday, Maureen Hayes from Being Chronically Ill Is A Pill has graciously awarded GCTM yet again, this time with the Lemonade Award.

According to Maureen’s blog, “This award is given to blogs demonstrating a [n] attitude of gratitude.”

While I’m very appreciative of this award, I’m going to monkey with tradition a bit here and provide ten things that I’m thankful for, instead of awarding this to ten other blogs. The reason for this is because several of the blogs Maureen awarded along with GCTM, I would have awarded also (it’s not that there aren’t others that deserve it, or that I don’t read that many blogs! – truthfully, I’m pretty strapped for time at the moment), and because it’s almost Thanksgiving (and what better time to think of things to be thankful for?):

1. My family and friends
2. Days when my pain doesn’t get the best of me
3. People who read my blog other than me
4. Lately, coffee/caffeine
5. The passion I have for my research, which is really the only thing keeping me in grad school these days
6. Random “adventures” with friends that still allow for a little spontaneity in my life
7. Doctor’s appointments schedule at the perfect time, right when I’m at my breaking point
8. A good book (suggestions welcome – I’ve been a little sparse on the “pleasure” reading lately)
9. People that appreciate me for who I am
10. Knowing that there are other people out there like me, even if they aren’t in the same state

I guess that about sums things up right now! I hope it’s okay, Maureen, that I monkey-ed with tradition a bit, and I hope this post is still in keeping with the spirit of the award.

Also, make sure you stop by my other (new-ish) blog, Chronic Illness Creative Energy Project (CICEP) and check out the new things I’ve posted there!

(I've Received the) Kreativ Blogger Award

It’s nice when you are questioning yourself to receive a pat on the back without having to ask for it! And Maureen from Being Chronically Ill Is A Pill has done just that for me – and I really appreciate it – especially since it has been a difficult and crazy couple of weeks for me! She’s made me one of her picks for the Kreativ Blogger Award. Maureen is a newer reader of my blog, who I don’t know that well yet, but her comments have been extremely helpful and supportive – and it’s nice to know that I’m not the only one reading my blog!

My instructions are to list six things that make me happy and then give the award to six other bloggers.

Six things that make me happy:

1. My family and friends (both “real” and virtual)
2. Kind-hearted people, in general
3. Writing that helps others
4. Warm weather, heat, a warm blanket, etc.
5. My new rain boots (picture forthcoming when I get around to buying batteries for my camera)
6. Animal crackers

Six bloggers I want to give the Kreativ Blogger Award to:

1. Maria, from My Life Works Today
2. MJ, from Rhymes With Migraine
3. Migraine Chick, from Migraine Chick
4. Sasha, from Type A With RA
5. Chronic Chick, from Chronic Chick Talk
6. Britta, from Chronically Young

Thanks again Maureen!