Swollen Face Is Swollen and Hospitalized Dad Is Hospitalized – Life is GREAT!

by Monique Renae on February 26, 2010


So I get a few weeks off from school to enjoy life and see some new stuff.

I’ve still been going to different photo shoots and learning new things. It was a blast.

And then I got sick. It started off as a cold… I had a sore throat… I was miserable… sneezing and feeling like poo… and then what I thought was a rash began to form on my face. I have allergies to fun things like peanuts1 and zucchini2. It’s not uncommon for me to bust out in hives and need to overdose myself in benadryl which turns me into a walking zombie. I also have the pleasure of needing to constantly have an EpiPen with me, YAY ME!3 However, I have never had anything like that happen to my face! And then it started spreading and my face started to swell up like a balloon. So, I returned to taking benadryl and staying indoors. It’s been a blast. Day 4 of the swelling and the rash is fading but my skin is now peeling. It’s like I have some kind of chemical burn. I am NOT enjoying this at all. I am starting to think its environmental because I haven’t put on any make up in days nor have I put anything on my face. I changed my sheets and yet it’s still there taunting me! Grrrrrrrrrrr!!

On top of looking like a beach balloon in the face, my dad is in the hospital with some mysterious ailment the doctors can’t seem to figure out. It’s been about a week now and still no answers. I am very tempted to get on a plane and go demand some answers myself, but of course, I am far too vain to leave the house with a swollen, peeling, and flaking face.  I don’t want to traumatize any small children for life.

And that’s been my life for the past 10 days or so. I have been relatively lucky to have an empty schedule this past week but next week I go back to school and 101 other things. I hope this clears up before then!4

I hope everyone else is having a WONDERFUL 4th week of February. :)

  1. which totally sucks!! [↩]
  2. which I refuse to believe and think the doctor was just being a tool and making s*#t up. after all it was a military doctor who allowed me to suffer endlessly for months on end before realizing i was really suffering from migraines and needed a referral. [↩]
  3. the joys of having extreme paranoia that one day someone will actually need to stab me in the thigh with that damn things keeps me on the straight and narrow more often than not… I won’t lie though, I LOVE reese’s peanut butter cups! [↩]
  4. and yes I know I should go see a doctor but seriously, I really do not want to leave the house! [↩]

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Oh How I Have Neglected Thee

by Monique Renae on February 10, 2010


I am alive. And I actually have a lot to say.

Sadly, I feel as though I haven’t had a spare moment to compose those thoughts into a post.1

After being on this planet for 35+ years, I finally know what I want to do when I grow up.  It isn’t that I haven’t known all along, it just took me a while to come to terms with it and actually doing something to make it happen. And that is to be a Photographer.

Soooooooooooooooooooo, I am back in school getting my Bachelor’s degree in Photography. I am so excited and overwhelmed and excited and excited and excited. Thankfully I have people who are going through this journey with me which is making it all the more better for me. I am starting off semi slow, taking some side courses which consist of people my age2. And I joined a bunch of meet ups in the area so I could find new and exciting places to photograph. It’s been a BLAST!

Last week I had the amazing pleasure of photographing Ashley Parivar who is Miss Texas United States.3 I am not a fan of taking portraits. I am more of a candid person. I like to take pictures of people who are ignoring me. But more than that I am a nature and landscape person, but she made it a lot of fun for me. So much so that I am started to rethink how I feel about taking pictures of people who know I am there. This weekend I am going to try it again with a lesser known face and see how that goes.

Anyway, that’s where I am at right now. I am finally doing something that makes ME happy… Finally doing something for myself and not because it’s what is expected. And even though it took way too long to figure it out, I am glad I finally did.

  1. but I should now because I have a month off before my next class starts [↩]
  2. so I don’t feel like everyone’s mom [↩]
  3. she has to be hands down one of the nicest people I have ever met. she was patient, professional, kind and very accommodating. [↩]

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