Almonds are not nuts

I am allergic to tree nuts.  That means walnuts, cashews, and hazelnuts, to name a few.  I have always eaten cereals with almonds in them and for the longest time, I've been freaked out that all of a sudden I will have an allergic reaction to them.  I learned the hard way that although cashews look like elongated peanuts, they are not.  My tongue tingles and my throat gets inflamed.  I get hives all over my body and can't breathe too well. I've had this happen enough times that I really would not care to have it happen again.

In bio, we've been studying plants and phylogenies.  I learned that pineapples, rice, and spanish moss are all in the same order.  Pretty cool.  So I figured I would look up almonds.  Turns out, they are like the core of a peach.  Not really a nut at all, but just a seed.  Yep.  Yay for me and my future with almonds.

It's been awhile...

So, I have been so busy.  I'm still going to school full-time and I still have my two young children, but now I am also full-time at work.  That means I'm working 40-hrs a weeks in addition to doing my homework, attending classes, taking care of my kids, and trying to empty all the boxes in our new house.  Wow, that's a lot of work!  I'm pretty exhausted when I stop moving, but fortunately, that's not too often :)