We're home!

Well, me and my little one spent the last week in Sacramento, CA visiting the in-laws. We had a good time, but really foudn that 5 days there just isn't enough time. With everyone having to work during the weekdays, having only evenings and the weekend didn't leave a lot of time for visiting. And, I really wanted to make a trip up to Lake Tahoe, and that didn't happen, so maybe next time.

Lanie was awesome as usual all week. She was seeing a lot of people that she doesn't see very often and wasn't getting to take her regular naps, but was really pretty good all week.

Now, I have less than a week until school starts and I am dreading it since it looks like I am stuck in a position that I absolutely do not want. All I can say is that I will suck it up and do it for a year, but then I am out of there!

Anyway, I am about to collapse, so I will say goodnight!

Having underwater tea parties!

Well, yesterday we had some friend's over for barbecue and swimming. Since I couldn't go in the pool, our friend, Mindy, was kind enough to keep Lanie occupied. Since we have been able to use the pool, we have been working with Lanie on the skills she had learned in her swim lessons, one of which was going underwater to "see the fishies." Well, she has pretty much across the board said no every time we have asked if she wanted to go underwater or go see the fishies. She would talk about it before going out to the pool, but then when we got out there she would adamantly say no. Well, yesterday, Mindy was playing with her and told her they were going to have an underwater tea party and she got Lanie to put her head underwater all on her own! What a proud mommy moment that was for me. It's especially so for me because I myself won't put my head under water due to some pretty severe phobias (that, yes, I am trying to overcome considering I now have a pool in my backyard).

Truly Amazing!

Well, I officially am a member of the LASIK fan club. It is truly amazing to me that I can now see as well as I ever could with glasses or contacts... maybe even a little better! I highly recommend it to anyone who is considering haveing it done. Just make sure you pick a good Laser Center to do it.

"I can see clearly now... " almost!

Well, I had the LASIK done yesterday and it went really well. It really is a pretty quick and painless procedure. Just a little discomfort/pressure when they are cutting the flap with the laser. It was a little freaky to smell the burning though when they are doing the actual correction. So, yesterday I did my best to get all the drops in my eyes as instructed, and I was amazed at how much I could already see. It still is a bit hazy, which they say will go away as the swelling reduces, but at my follow-up this morning I could read the line on the eyechart for 20/20 vision with my left eye! I actually drove without contacts or glasses for the first time in my life! I really wish I had done this a long time ago. I am sitting here typing this and reading things on my computer and amazed that just yesterday morning I couldn't have done it without my glasses or contacts. I know, I know... I sound like an ad for LASIK, but it really is amazing!

Now, my little one wasn't too pleased with me yesterday after the procedure because I was trying to lie down and close my eyes as I had been instructed. She kept wanting me to read to her and play with her, and threw fits when I couldn't. ANd lately it seems that I am the only one she will be happy for. I left her with her daddy for a little while the other night to go fill a prescription and her said she threw a fit the entire time I was gone. I'm just hoping she'll get over it quickly when I go back to school in a few weeks!

Can't wait to see 20/20... I hope!

I had my pre-procedure examination yesterday for my LASIK surgery scheduled for Friday. They said everything looks good and that I am a good candidate for the surgery. The doctor seemed very optimistic and said he thinks I should have a good result. Of course, they also give you this document that is several pages long outlining all of the things that could go wrong ans make you watch a video that goes over all of them as well. I know it is basically to cover their asses, but it does make me a little nervous! Anyway, hopefully by Sunday I will have much improved vision and can throw out all the contact lense solution and related items!

You know you're getting old......

..... when you have to create a form to track when you have taken your medications because in the evening you can't remember what it is you took in the morning! I'm 35 and I feel like I am falling apart. I have some unknown injury to my foot that is taking months to heal (hard to heal when you have to use it every day). It did feel better after sitting in the spa for a while last night, so I may just have to do that some more! I have an appointment this week for Lasik surgery and I am really excited! I can't wait to not have to wear glasses or contacts anymore! The doc did say that eventually we all have to deal with wearing reading glasses, but that it is very possible that they will have a way to treat that by the time it hits me! I also have an appointment this week with an endocriniologist to try and get some treatment for my PCOS. My biggest worry there is that he is going to say I am diabetic already. There is a history of diabetes in my family and PCOS is considered a pre-diabetic condition. Hopefully, he will be able to get me going in the right direction to start controlling some of the things that the PCOS throws out of whack.

I never thought that at 35 I would still feel so young mentally but so old physically.

I know... it's been a while....

...... and a lot of things have changed!

Where to start? I guess the biggest change has been our move into the new house and the very recent completion of the swimming pool (which I have a very hard time keeping Lanie out of!). I am enjoying the new house, but still have way tooo much stuff to still unpack and get organized. It's a bit overwhelming and in my ususal procrastinating manner, little has actually been accomplished in the weeks since I got out of school. While I have done a lot in that time and have been dealing with an injured foot, I really have no excuse as to why we aren't more settled in. I need to work on that, and try to get some motivation.

On the work side, the district is trying to move me to a different school. I was so happy at my job this past year, and I feel like they are trying to take that away. I know it's nothing personal against me, it's just that the numbers in the program at my school are a lot less thatn what is needed to have two teachers. I still can't help but feel like I'm being punished somehow. I have to just start hoping that either another position comes available at my school, or that they find me a position that I will love just as much at another school. Trying to follow the whole things happen for a reason philosophy I guess.

The bright spot in my life, as usual, is my beautiful little girl. I have been having a blast with her this summer, spending a lot of time at our community pool and now in out own pool! We had Cassy and Rylee staying with us for a couple weeks, and really enjoyed getting to spend time with them before they left on their big adventure! Lanie and I are going to miss the hell out of those two!

That's pretty much life in a nutshell at this time. I can't promise that I am going to keep this thing up, but I'll give it a try!