Oh, how I hate to even say this out loud, for fear I will jinx it - BUT - it appears we are on the tail end of Sal's "side effect of birth control pill" period. It's now day 14! I've called the Dr twice. He assured me this is a side effect sometimes in the first couple of months that the pill is taken. I tell ya - it's been rough here.
She's had the worst days at school lately too. I can't believe it's not a co-incidence. I just pray that this is the last of things I have to deal with where I will have no idea of what's going on inside her body. (yeah, fat chance, huh?) ;-)
So, we started Soccer last night. First time - first practice. I think she was a little surprised that she's gonna have to run all game. Someone suggested to me that if she's the goalie she wouldn't have to run. That "Friends" episode flashed though my head with the game show questions by Ross: "When Monica was a goalie in school what was her nick name?" "Big Fat Goalie". :-) Oh, I joke.
It dawned on me this morning that Sal's schedule is now daily. Mondays=Swim Team, Tuesdays=Boccie Ball, Wednesdays=Soccer, Thursdays=Bowling and of course Social Club on some Saturdays. :-) She is a happy girl when she's involved.
Last night she was greeted by Aaron (from basketball) and he was excited that he would see Sal on Tuesdays (Boccie ball) and on Wednesdays now. :-) He's such a nice "kid". ( I have a feeling he's really in his late 20s or early 30s.)
Jack, on the other hand, has decided I'm his personal assistant. His class takes a walk through the neighborhood after their ISAT tests in the morning and usually walk by here. (Mabel LOVES it - howls the whole time she can see them) Anyway, he asked me last night if I would make cookies and have them ready when the class walked by and then stand out at the sidewalk and give them out as they walked by. Oh, the boy is really delusional. :-) Needless to say, I will NOT be making cookies - yes, I am the worst Mom in the world! ;-)
Thursday, March 08, 2012
Sunday, March 04, 2012
You Ma'am, are a LIAR!
Yep - I am. We had a swim meet scheduled for Saturday and I had to lie to Sal and tell her it was cancelled. :-/ We're having some side effects from her birth control pill - as in a period. :-/ It's pretty heavy and there's no way for her to swim with it and well, I'm a great Mom but I draw the line at inserting a tampon.
The real kicker is that the meet was the one that determines who will go to State in the summer. Plus I was sick (again) this weekend. I don't know what it is but sickness seems to really hold on to me lately. So let's just say my faith in God being so *good* "all the time", is about to the limit right now.
I know things could be a lot worse and if that's the worst thing that happens - well, our life is pretty good. But it just ticks me off. Like one more check mark on the "Things Suck" list. :-)
She did well with the news - the only thing is I didn't really think it through. The other kids on the team will prob be talking about it at practice. I should have said she couldn't go because *I* didn't get her physical in on time. (she knows you have to have a physical and paper signed by Dr each year). I have to admit that I lie very horribly. (even though my Mom would prob disagree about that one).
She went with us to Jack's game. ..... Jack - Jack has really stepped up lately. Like I said - I've got some kind of malaria-flu-cold thing going and on Thursday night I went to bed early. Bill had a meeting at Jack's school about a field trip they're going on together and before he left he put Jack in charge.
I emerged from my room around 8pm and told Jack I was going to take a bath. "Ok, Mom - Dad said *I'm* in charge". :-) But that stinker really did a GREAT job. He put all the dinner left overs away and cleaned up the table. He READ with Sal and I only heard raised voices once AND he got her water and stuff and put her to bed! I was really impressed and told him so. It's funny how he always wants attention but when you really give it to him he sluffs it off. ;-)
So I'm a little better - I can at least blow the crap out of my nose and sit a couple of hours without coughing so Sal and I are going to attempt the grocery store. She really enjoys that so her weekend wasn't a total bust.
She's really good at knowing that we need fig newtons and granola bars and craisens and even coffee.
The real kicker is that the meet was the one that determines who will go to State in the summer. Plus I was sick (again) this weekend. I don't know what it is but sickness seems to really hold on to me lately. So let's just say my faith in God being so *good* "all the time", is about to the limit right now.
I know things could be a lot worse and if that's the worst thing that happens - well, our life is pretty good. But it just ticks me off. Like one more check mark on the "Things Suck" list. :-)
She did well with the news - the only thing is I didn't really think it through. The other kids on the team will prob be talking about it at practice. I should have said she couldn't go because *I* didn't get her physical in on time. (she knows you have to have a physical and paper signed by Dr each year). I have to admit that I lie very horribly. (even though my Mom would prob disagree about that one).
She went with us to Jack's game. ..... Jack - Jack has really stepped up lately. Like I said - I've got some kind of malaria-flu-cold thing going and on Thursday night I went to bed early. Bill had a meeting at Jack's school about a field trip they're going on together and before he left he put Jack in charge.
I emerged from my room around 8pm and told Jack I was going to take a bath. "Ok, Mom - Dad said *I'm* in charge". :-) But that stinker really did a GREAT job. He put all the dinner left overs away and cleaned up the table. He READ with Sal and I only heard raised voices once AND he got her water and stuff and put her to bed! I was really impressed and told him so. It's funny how he always wants attention but when you really give it to him he sluffs it off. ;-)
So I'm a little better - I can at least blow the crap out of my nose and sit a couple of hours without coughing so Sal and I are going to attempt the grocery store. She really enjoys that so her weekend wasn't a total bust.
She's really good at knowing that we need fig newtons and granola bars and craisens and even coffee.
Thursday, March 01, 2012
So Here's the Latest
Something that has always been a problem has really come to a head lately: Sal is the WORST at telling you how she feels. #1 - she has my Mother's "I will myself well" thing. "I'm not sick,(cough, cough, spit, cough) #2 - she hates to miss ANYTHING . #3 I swear she thinks being sick is a punishment. Up till now, this hasn't bee TOO much of an issue. Honestly, she does come from pretty healthy (and let's face it - hearty) stock so a cold doesn't really bring her to her knees and other sickness usually has some outward signs. She's not been on any medication - so we didn't have even have side effects to consider..........
ENTER - Her period. :-( Now, I have no idea about cramps, headaches, you name it and to top if off - I put her on the pill to help "schedule" the periods and we're ALL messed up.
If asked if her tummy hurts, her head, or her "privates" you can be sure you will automatically get a "no". So here's my idea to improve on God's "perfect" plan. If you're going to make a person that has absolutely NO use for a period - why can't you then give that said person some kind of gage - a barometer or something that buzzed when they were feeling something that needs some attention or at the least would help make sense out of the weirdness that is seeming to accompany all of this. Then again - she could just be going through something that has absolutely NO baring on this at all!
There is a story from my family about how a friend of the family came to our house one day to give me a birthday present. It was a puzzle and as I opened it (in front of said family friend) I announced (in my big outdoor voice) that I didn't LIKE puzzles. And as they tried politely to ignore my nasty behavior I became more and more adamant that I did NOT like puzzles. Knowing my mother it probably ranked right up there with her most embarrassing moment. But can I just repeat again: I DON'T LIKE PUZZLES!!!! It's like some wicked way of getting back at me for my assertiveness as a child.
It's funny but it's not when I think that Sal could be in pain. That if I only knew I'd be able to fix it. Sometimes it just doesn't seem fair that with all the crap that we go through - it just piles on and on. Granted there are others with far more problems and God knows I wouldn't change places with anyone - but DANG. Sometimes I just look to the sky and wonder just what kind of sick sense of humor all of this is serving. Ugghh.
So enough of my pity party. Have I talked recently about how much I love the teachers that surround Sal. And no, I'm doing this because she reads this blog (well, not totally). ;-) I can't express how much I'm going to miss Humphrey. I think I said that about JES too and hopefully I'll say it about BHS.
Through Sal's winning of gold at the State Winter Olympics it has become very crystal clear to me how very special these kids are and how you really are honored to be in their lives. Even though, as evidenced by the accompanying story it can be a very bitter-sweet honor. I've met the very BEST people on the face of the earth - and it's all due to Sal. I've learned some MAJOR life lessons and have come to appreciate things I never though I would. Through my life with her I've been able to understand the joy of a mother who was WAY excited that her kids said "Piss off" because for 14 years she couldn't make the P sound. ;-) There's something about that the "normal" people will NEVER get.
Standing in line with Sal waiting for snowshoe line ups and seeing children in snowshoes using walkers on skis. Children skiing and using guide dogs . It's amazing - a most wonderful world of REAL. No pretensions. No fakeness. I am a very lucky person to get to be a part of that world. And as she goes through these trying times I guess I need to remember that more.
ENTER - Her period. :-( Now, I have no idea about cramps, headaches, you name it and to top if off - I put her on the pill to help "schedule" the periods and we're ALL messed up.
If asked if her tummy hurts, her head, or her "privates" you can be sure you will automatically get a "no". So here's my idea to improve on God's "perfect" plan. If you're going to make a person that has absolutely NO use for a period - why can't you then give that said person some kind of gage - a barometer or something that buzzed when they were feeling something that needs some attention or at the least would help make sense out of the weirdness that is seeming to accompany all of this. Then again - she could just be going through something that has absolutely NO baring on this at all!
There is a story from my family about how a friend of the family came to our house one day to give me a birthday present. It was a puzzle and as I opened it (in front of said family friend) I announced (in my big outdoor voice) that I didn't LIKE puzzles. And as they tried politely to ignore my nasty behavior I became more and more adamant that I did NOT like puzzles. Knowing my mother it probably ranked right up there with her most embarrassing moment. But can I just repeat again: I DON'T LIKE PUZZLES!!!! It's like some wicked way of getting back at me for my assertiveness as a child.
It's funny but it's not when I think that Sal could be in pain. That if I only knew I'd be able to fix it. Sometimes it just doesn't seem fair that with all the crap that we go through - it just piles on and on. Granted there are others with far more problems and God knows I wouldn't change places with anyone - but DANG. Sometimes I just look to the sky and wonder just what kind of sick sense of humor all of this is serving. Ugghh.
So enough of my pity party. Have I talked recently about how much I love the teachers that surround Sal. And no, I'm doing this because she reads this blog (well, not totally). ;-) I can't express how much I'm going to miss Humphrey. I think I said that about JES too and hopefully I'll say it about BHS.
Through Sal's winning of gold at the State Winter Olympics it has become very crystal clear to me how very special these kids are and how you really are honored to be in their lives. Even though, as evidenced by the accompanying story it can be a very bitter-sweet honor. I've met the very BEST people on the face of the earth - and it's all due to Sal. I've learned some MAJOR life lessons and have come to appreciate things I never though I would. Through my life with her I've been able to understand the joy of a mother who was WAY excited that her kids said "Piss off" because for 14 years she couldn't make the P sound. ;-) There's something about that the "normal" people will NEVER get.
Standing in line with Sal waiting for snowshoe line ups and seeing children in snowshoes using walkers on skis. Children skiing and using guide dogs . It's amazing - a most wonderful world of REAL. No pretensions. No fakeness. I am a very lucky person to get to be a part of that world. And as she goes through these trying times I guess I need to remember that more.
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