8:30am Wake Up Since my kids have graduated high school, I no longer see the point in waking up early, thank you very much. After two decades, I've earned this sleep-in! 9:00am Coffee and Crossword This is an important little slice of me time. I'd really love to say it's where I center myself and plan for the day ahead, but honestly, it's mostly procrastinating. 10:00am More Procrastination This usually comes in the form of reading. 11:00am Workout I do not love exercise.

This is me. Author, editor, mother of two, stepmother of one, MS warrior, perimenopause gremlin. I don't want to pull any punches, and there's a very good reason for that. In my 30s, it became increasingly obvious that something was wrong with me. I kept going to my doctor, and he kept running tests, but never the right ones. I was exhausted all the time, couldn't think straight, went colorblind. Something was wrong with my brain, but it wasn't until I lost the ability to spe