Still Around

And not blogging. Basically we're in survival mode here. JM's been sick and we finally took him in for testing for some GI related issues he's been having. Probably bad timing, since the croup/cold may have thrown off his blood work which means it will need to be repeated. Of course they didn't get all the blood they wanted/needed, so we have to go back, anyway..and bring stool samples.

Went back for my single fiber EMG which they had the needle ready this time. Had I know how much fun it was going to be, I probably wouldn't have gone back. Well.. no, I guess I would have had to.. I just would have been dreading it more. In my mind, it was a 1-2 x stick the needle in and do a reading.. but it was repeated 20x and the needle is moved until it 'finds' the nerve.. in my face. So.. no, after this there is NO way I'd consider botox. ouch!

JM turned 2 this week. A new milestone here- having a child turn 2 without a new baby around. But he wasn't feeling well and had no interest in cake or cupcake. I have a picture of him looking puzzled by the cupcake and candle for his imaginary scrapbook, but we may have a 'do-over' next week when he doesn't look drugged. Last year we postponed cake until his black eye healed so he didn't have a black eye in the picture.. I see a theme here.. always plan on his birthday celebration a week after the real day.

Of course, like magic the day after he turned 2, he figured out how to undress. So, now I have a half naked (or fully naked) kid running around who likes to escape to outside every chance he gets. This kid WEARS ME OUT. It probably wouldn't be AS bad if he was an only child, but he has the older 3 bickering/fighting/getting hurt/into something so as soon as I'm looking the other way, he's off and causing chaos. He is by no means entertained by TV so while the others I can have a few minutes of peace with turning on the glowing tube of light, it's an invitation for him to find trouble without the others' tattling on him... In addition to the other 3 leaving their very precious belongings around which he eats/throw/breaks causing more turmoil under our roof. THIS was NOT in the new parent manual when I was thinking of having kids. Oh, right.. that book was fiction, not an actual manual..

We had midterm evaluation at the kids' school. Sonia showed off how well she can read and Joey has started reading, too. Amazing how fast they grow and learn. The school re-enrollment forms were due yesterday and despite heavy pressure to re-enroll them, I didn't get around to bringing the forms in. Literally.. I was thinking 'well.. I can put up with this for next year, I guess..' but in my scatterbrained way of doing life.. I forgot about it until it was too late. Actually it was on the agenda- drop babysitter off after EMG, stop at the school, but it was so nice outside, instead of stopping at school we detoured to Legoland and well... when I remembered it was night time. And YES.. I wrote it down on my 'to-do' list. I misplaced the list. Or the puppy ate it, she chews everything.

I think I'll look around at all our other schooling options nows. And honestly, we are in all likelihood moving and I see no reason to enroll or commit to something I know there's a good chance isn't going to happen. Buying LegoLand tickets was the biggest future commitment I could handle. Even our PO box we rented is only a 6 month lease.

So.. the answer is NO- still no word on next year. And while I'm trying to play the cool-calm collected wife/mom here, the planner in me is starting to pace anxiously and mutter at the sky "I know you're in charge of the details, but would you mind sharing some of those details with me?"