Yes, I know I have been practically nonexistent the past couple of months - working 2 jobs and being a full-time grad student is very . . . time consuming.

However, lest you forget I am still here, I thought I’d bombard your feedreader in celebration of my third blogiversary. Yes, Suspension of Disbelief is 3 years old today. Quite a bit has happened to me since I started my blog. I’ve graduated from college and started graduate school - twice. I’ve gotten my first AND second non-summer jobs, I’ve lost both of my grandmothers, I’ve adopted kittens . . . and so much more!

Thanks for sticking with me, even if I’m not consistent AT ALL. It still makes me feel appreciated to know that you are here when I do have the time to blog. And I promise, at some point, things will settle down enough so that I can get back to a bit more regular blogging routine. Thanks for your support!

I sure hope that my entry gets counted - for some reason I thought we were supposed to post our results on December 1, and today I realized it was supposed to get posted today, but I was at work and didn’t get home until after 1AM EST . . . so I’m hoping that this goes through by the deadline of 11:59PM PST!

This post is very picture heavy, so read on at your own peril !

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Or at least, I think that’s what I had. I lost my voice in the middle of my shift at work on Thanksgiving Day!!! It’s still not 100% back, but you can understand and hear everything I say now. There were about 5 days where I was almost unable to speak at all. AJ insisted on calling me “Squeaky” - it was not funny (for me).

Now it’s developing into a full-blown cold or something . . . lots of coughing, a little drippy, and this morning my head hurt so bad that I was dizzy and had to lay back down! No fun at all.

At least it’s happening now and not at Christmas!

Please take a moment to stop by mamaVISION’s blog, and then please lift up a young woman named Leah’s family in prayer. Leah battled with an eating disorder, and she passed away this week.

She was not a celebrity. She was not a model. She was a real girl with a very real disease that killed her. Anorexia (ana) and bulimia (mia) are NOT to be tolerated!

Please pray for those who have been taken by these diseases, and for those who still have a chance to live, if only they get the help they need. And spread the word - eating disorders are real, and the miserable weight-obsessed culture that we live in (and value!) are killing our women.