More Health Worries

Little Bit's tests from Thursday came back positive. UGH! Don't really feel comfortable sharing the details for all to see, but its a little scary and a big PITA. Hopefully the heavy duty drug he is on will get everything under control without too many side effects. Doc didn't return my call for results until 7pm last night. She is really nice, but not our usual doc and it was late, so I didn't even mention the neuro issues with Galileo. Hopefully I will have time at Little Bit's well child on Monday. In the meantime, I will check out the parent recommended neuro's to see if they are on my insurance and if we can get an appointment.

Now, I have 3 days worth of stuff to do, 3 hours of time to do it in and only about 1 hours worth of energy, so off I go.

Why oh why did I offer to chair the book fair this year?

I will get at least 1 more bag of toy clutter, 1 bag of clothes and one box of book clutter out of here before the Vietnam Vets pick up tomorrow!

Homework Hell

Actually the homework isn't hard for him, but getting Galileo to settle down and get it started is a killer. Maestro whining, Little Bit screaming, and Galileo stalling and then screaming at me made for a lovely evening. Add to that the horrible stomach ache/nausea caused by an increased zoloft dose and I am truly a mommy on the edge.

Craig worked from home today Thank God! I finally had to disappear upstairs before I took someone's head of or wrethed over someone's dinner.

Good to Be Home

I have spent way too much time on the computer all ready today and have accomplished nothing, so I will make this short and sweet. I want to head to bed early so I can get a lot done tomorrow.

We went to the allergist today and figured out why Galileo has not been doing well asthma wise. His symbicort daily inhaler has been out of medicine. Its one of the inhalers that still shakes even if the medicine is gone, so there is no way of knowing if it runs out unless you mark the doses on it somehow. We got a new script and I am hoping it will help. My newest worry is the staring spells he has. My brother had petit mal seizures as child and my mom says they looked a lot like this. I have been getting aggrevated with Galielo for ignoring me, not answering me, staring off into space when he needed to be doing something important etc. I made a comment about the staring over the weekend and he got really upset saying, "Mom, I don't want to be staring, but my brain won't let me stop!". Mom and I talked and she agreed I should get him checked out. She talked to my brother about it after we had left for home and he said "gee that sounds familar". I hope I am just over reacting, but I need to make sure. I asked the allergist if she knew of a pediatric neurologist. She agreed he should be checked out, but the neuro she would have recomended wouldn't be good for this. So, I will ask the pedi at Little Bit's apt next week if I haven't gotten a call in before then.

Ok, I said short and sweet. So, I'm out of here.

Failed All Ready

I was determined to do NaBloMoPo this month, but I was unable to post from my mom's computer or my Blackberry either one over the weekend. Ah well. I tried. I will continue to do my best to post every day for the rest of the month.

We had a good trip. My mom and the boys really seemed to enjoy each other. She is really beginning to feel her age (77) and isn't able to help as much as she used to when there was only one or two, but she still helped alot. We ended up not doing any of the big things I planned, but they still had fun.

Mom took the big boys on a shopping spree to Walmart one day while Little Bit and I napped. Walmart is a big deal since we don't have one. Its a treat to go to Walmart when visiting Grandma's. Since she is taking them, I don't have to do angst about Walmart's uncool business practices. The next day, I fell asleep nursing Little Bit so she took the big boys to the playground up the street from her. It really isn't much of a playground compared to the ones we have around here, but they love it. Mom laughed at what city kids they are. They loved rolling down a hill and wandering through they super tall grass. They also collected milk weed pods for making Christmas ornaments. That night, a friend of mine and my mom's came over with her sons. My boys love her 5th grader and he is actually really good with them and plays with them quite well.

Maestro also loved the dogs - a golden retriever and a bichon frise. Little Bit liked them too and was adorable giving the golden treats and hugs. Galileo could care less about the dogs and I think would be just as happy if they weren't there. Plus, his asthma seems worse when we are there. Probably a combination of the dogs and all the carpeting.

Now, we are home and the routine starts back up tomorrow. Time to head to bed and try to recover from the long drive. The kids were troopers and actually slept a lot of the way, but its still a long way to drive by myself with no good music.

Safe and Sound and Tired

Bill paying, a little cleaning, packing, rushing boy to doc, collecting other boys from neighbors, driving 4 hours, settling three boys to bed at Grandma's. Now, mommy must fight off the continued caffeine buzz and get some sleep. Grandma will be out in the AM, so no help then. We will either go to the Ithaca Science Center (about an hour away) the Corning Glass Museum, or the movie Madagascar. Or Bowling is another option.

Hopefully we'll get out of the house to do something or the boys will all be making us crazy by this time tomorrow!

Forgive me not making sense. I'm delirious.

Gratitude

I'm so grateful the last 8 years are coming to an end. So grateful that the victory was decisive. So grateful the election is over. Most of all I am grateful that someone is bringing hope to the United States again. I am proud to be an American today.

Happy Election Day

This day makes me feel all patriotic. I hope Obama wins and I pray he can live up to all the hype if he does. Before the results are announced though I like to just reflect on how good it is to be an American Woman in 2008. Sure there are a lot of things wrong with our country, but there are a lot of things right too.

Trying to get all patriotic in order to ignore the fact that the boys are out of school, are stalling on doing their homework, I'm developing a migraine to go along with the killer cramps and dh is working late yet again. BUT its all good. I saw my pusher for my happy pills, we upped my dose for winter and I have a new ambien prescription. It was warm enough for ice coffee today and my boys are shoving Halloween chocolate my way. Yep, its all about the chemicals!

I'm a Nervous Wreck

Galileo had a big second grade project and presentation due today. They had to create their "perfect pet", make a bed for it, and then get up in front of the class to talk about their pet. Galileo really did a great job, but he has developed a shy streak. His sensory issues also make him a little socially awkward. He wouldn't practice in front of us last night and said he didn't want his class to clap for him. They are not allowed to bring notes or anything to read from. This morning as we were walking out the door, he lamented "I didn't have time to practice". GRRR

I'm dying to know how it went/is going. I wish I were a fly on the wall. I typed his thoughts up for him just to get him started. As he was telling me what was special about his pet, he was baby talking. I so hope he doesn't do that in class! He did a great job on the pet itself. Its made out of a cardboard box with a paper towel tube for a neck and 10 legs made from cut up paper towel tubes. The head is a little toy basket ball. It also has "spikes" and wings made from egg cartons. He and daddy then spray painted it. I have to remember to get a picture!

Here is what he wrote about it.

My Perfect Pet

My pet is an imaginary animal called a “fly-t-apillar. His name is Snaky . He is special because he protects me from the scary things at night. He chases the scary things away. He acts like the worst monster ever, to protect me.
He has ten green legs to help him crawl up walls. He has a green head. He has 2 silver wings to fly. He has an orange belly that acts like an extra sucker foot to help him attach to the walls. He doesn't use it on the floor. He only uses it for climbing on walls and ceilings. He has spikes to protect himself. He is 17 inches long, 7 inches tall and 10 inches wide.
My pet sleeps in a cocoon and takes naps during the day. His cocoon is made out of a tough web that he makes with his feet.

Galeleo has been having a lot of issues sleeping at night due to anxiety and scary thoughts so I thought this was a pretty good creation! I just hope his presentation went ok.

Little Bit is not so Little anymore

Took Little Bit to get his 2 year old pictures today. Yeah, its 3 1/2 weeks after his birthday, but hey, its 4 1/2 weeks before his original due date so we are still in the correct - "this is your 2 year old picture" time frame.

Considering its the first time he has had a formal portrait taken, I think he did pretty well and we got a shot of his long silky hair before I get up the courage to chop it all off. Then again, who says boys can't have long hair?

Home Sweet Home

Just got back from 2 real estate open houses of houses in our neighborhood that I have been very curious about. Both made me realize that while it is small and needs some more improvements, our house is pretty darn good. We have done a lot of work to it and put a lot of money into it and it is almost just what we need. If I can purge more stuff, get rid of clutter and come up with a better routine for keeping it clean, then I think we can be quite happy here for a long time.
In an effort to stay accountable, I'm going to post my goals and my progress here.
This week, I will tackle mount foldmore. All clean clothes will either be put away or packed for our trip before the boys and I leave on Thursday. The kitchen will be clean and clutter free. The pile in front of my bedroom closet will be cleared away. There is more I want to do, but this is a good start.

Time to get to work!

Trick Or Treat

Didn't get a great pic of my boys together this Halloween and didn't take one of the Jack O'Lanterns because they just weren't that great. The boys had a good time and thats what counts.

Hoping NaBloPoMo will help me find my blog voice. Its hard to write sometimes because I don't have a focus. It seems the most successful blogs have a well defined purpose. From food blogs to adoption blogs to blogs about special needs kids. These blogs all have a reason for being that must make their writing easier. This started as a blog about surviving depression, but that got well depressing. I was writing about Galileo's challenges, but that felt like an invastion of his privacy. I could write about having a preemie except Little Bit is well on the way to being a completely normal, happy, healthy, stubborn 2 year old. His prematurity is beginning to fade from recent memory into the fables of our family. I can be a mommy blogger, but just don't write all that well and whats unique about a mom with 3 boys? Its a struggle to find out what is interesting and what I am willing to expose to the world. So much I could write about feels too personal and I'm not sure I'm ready to be that "out there".

I hope this month of writing every day will help me define this blog as well as getting into the habit of using it.