Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Happy Anniversary to Us!


Today is my anniversary with Jason. 8 years ago we were 21 and 24 years of age tying the knot. I am constantly amazed at all that has happened in our marriage. Although each day is new and brings with it new challenges we've survived many struggles already. And I hope that we have many more years to look back on.

Monday, August 25, 2008

Back to Reality

We're back! Yes, we are finally home and getting settled again. The summer has been busy and now it's back to reality.


Today was Maddy's first day back to school. Unfortunately she wasn't too excited to go. She was nervous that no one would want to play with her on the playground. I helped her load up her new desk and see who was sitting around her that she knew. Luckily there was one friend in there that she was familiar with. As I left her this morning I had to hold back my tears as I walked out of the school. She look at me as if I was abandoning her.

I didn't have to wait long to see her again because at 10:30am I got a phone call from the school secretary. I thought she was going to tell me that Maddy was so incredibly upset about me leaving that I had to come and get her. Instead she starts out with "Are you close to school? Maddy had a little accident on the playground and Mrs. Coffey feels you should come and check her out." Just what every mother wants to hear! So I sped to school the whole time rehearsing in my head what I would say if I got pulled over. I ran into the office and found her sitting in a chair looking scared. And that's when the strong, tough mommy that I am lost it! I couldn't even talk to her. I just started bawling and so did she. We sat and hugged each other and cried while her teacher, the school secretary, and a nurse looked on. Then I looked and saw the gash on her forehead. Mrs. Coffey advised us to take her in and have it looked at. So away we went to Metro Hospital's emergency room. By 11:45am she was getting 4 stitches in her forehead, violently screaming at the top of her lungs and trying to kick the doctor in the head. What a GREAT first day of school!

Monday, August 11, 2008

I'm Over It!

I am so over this tonsil thing. When does the pain go away? The wonderful drugs that they told me about are not helping! So far I'm taking Tylenol every 4 hours because the stuff they sent home with me is awful! I puked three times the first night I was home and now I'm managing to eat about 2 pieces of toast a day. Great diet plan but not so good when I'm trying to regain strength. Arghhh!!!

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

They're Coming Out!

My tonsils are finally coming out. I'm almost 30 and it's taken this long to realize that I'm sick of dealing with sore throats and little white things in the back of my throat. So think of me tomorrow around 9 am. I'll be going under the knife.