still improving, mostly

C slept through the night last night! No 2 am I'm in pain mommy wake-up call! When I did wake up it was reminiscent of that first night as an infant that he slept through, I fought the impulse to run in & check and make sure he was still breathing. He was but his stomach is bothering him today so it will be another stay home do nothing sort of day. Puts a damper on the big father/son doings D had planned but they will keep for a week.
Wednsday back to school went well, Thursday he made it to lunchtime before I got the call to pick him up, luckily mil was close & was able to get him. I called to see about sending medicine with him on Friday but it apparently takes an act of Congress-notice I did not say act of God public school, separation of church & state you know. It is however ok to swing by and administer the medicine ourselves so mil stepped in & brought his some tylenol at lunchtime and he was in fairly good spirits when I picked him up at aftercare. I have of course had to promise mil a really good christmas gift this year-no not really there is nothing she wouldn't do for that rugrat!
So some more TLC is on tap for today and a little Vols football this afternoon and hopefully he will be right as rain by tomorrow.

no one to blame but myself

or rather santa..It would seem that Santa can not bring a Wii for christmas as they are impossible to find. Part of that problem is that santa did not decide that a Wii would be appropriate until way too late, santa had one opportunity to obtain one for list price a few weeks ago unfortunately santa's credit card was maxxed at the time and santa did not appreciate how much in demand the toy would be still this year. Sooo santa is bringing an electric guitar with amp just a little starter sort of thing but I am a little afraid I will find my garage overrun with second graders jamming or something

there's a hour I'm not getting back

but I won't have to renew my license again till 2012. horrible horrible photo I look like a deer caught in headlights

damn school fund raisers

anyone want to buy cookie dough or a cheesecake? ah well at least it isn't wrapping paper, really nasty chocolates or dodgy looking fruit. When my brother & I were in grammar school the big fund raiser was magazines & in fact my niece's brownie troop sold mags last year. I think that is my favorite because I feel like I am actually getting something I want for my money.

can't trust someone who doesn't drink coffee

Mitt Romney just plain creeps me out. I always get the feeling that if elected he would ban caffeine and make us all drink hawaiian punch. I'm just saying...

so far so good

might be jinxing it at this point but it seems like C has made it through his first day back to school. Yesterday was rough in fact the worst pain he seemed to have the entire time, his scab came off when he was eating lunch at his grandmother's, it freaked him out and then he was really in miserable pain the entire evening-completely normal the doctor said it would happen this way but I never like to see my baby hurting. I thought about keeping him home another day but decided against it as his brain is turning to mush with all of the video games & tv and there is really nothing more we can do for him at home. Of course I have been expecting a phone call to pick him all day long with only a hour left in the day I think he's made it through. I am going to pick him up early from aftercare I'm sure he'll be needing some tylenol by then and off to home for dinner & Charlie Brown Christmas!

even if she is crazy

mil did
- watch my son all day today so D & I could work
-kept him well fed, hydrated & medicated when he needed to be
-gave him the love & attention only a grandmother can
-made kick ass spaghetti for us for dinner, dare I say the sauce is better than mine?
-she is doing it all over again tomorrow
-in a couple of weeks she is keeping him for a weekend so D & I can celebrate my b-day and hopefully hang out with some friends sans child
maybe she's not so bad

mothers-in-law

I get along well with my mil most of the time we have most definitely had rough patches mostly because she is crazy, another story for another day. But what is it her that makes her always right when it comes to health matters especially concerning my son? Apparently C's throat is bothering him because I have been giving him cold drinks "they should be room temp"?!?? At least I am smart enough to just let it go these days....

back to the grind

back to work today which is probably a good thing my brain was turning to mush. C is spending the next 2 days getting spoiled by his meemaw then he is back to school Wed. Improving but he has woken up in pain the past 2 nights so a little medicine & he is right back to sleep. It did suck last night because I couldn't fall back to sleep till about an hour before I had to get up for work. There is a ton of work for me to be doing-which is why I'm blogging of course! It is retail at christmas so busy busy busy