- My older sister is thankfully (and amazingly) fine after hitting a patch of ice and ROLLING her SUV (several times). Her Blazer was predictably totaled, but she escaped with some cuts and a black eye, for which we are eternally grateful. It was extremely scary.
- Tyler had his first toothache, which led to an odyssey of dental surgery on the day before Thanksgiving. Poor guy had to have four crowns, two fillings, and two sealants. The dentist says that his acid reflux is to blame and we'd been putting this off for a little while, so it needed to be done. It was rough, his throat was SUPER sore (they had a hard time getting the breathing tube in apparently) and was super pathetic for days, but we go through it. I hate the crowns, because you can see them when he talks, but I'm glad his teeth don't hurt anymore and I am hopeful that this work will hold him in good stead as long as he has his baby teeth.
- AJ has also had his share of injuries. He had a bruise on his cheek, multiple bumps on the head and one on his upper lip, just in the last two weeks. He's always on the move and he is definitely my climber/daredevil.
- Adam also makes the injury list, after he sliced his index finger last night. He was in the garage, opening the battery case on something he got in an auction and instead of hunting up a screwdriver (in the GARAGE, where we KEEP THEM) he used a knife. Oops. The doctor used some special piece of foam to close it and then gave him a tetnus shot (which he says hurts more than his finger does).
- I think that concludes the injury list--Please let that be the end of it! Onto less negative stuff!
- I'm still working the Canadian invoicing at work. They are planning to start interviewing soon and I've been told to get a passport, so it looks like a trip to Canada is in my future!
- I'm about 85% done with my Christmas shopping, but completely done buying for the kids! I did have to spend about $25 more than I wanted on one particular gift for Tyler, because we waited too long and everywhere was out. But I got it!
- I'm super anxious because they are switching RX companies on my benefits. Remember this post where I wrote about my triumph over the RX company not wanting to cover Tyler's reflux meds? Well I was supposed to be set, because the guy I spoke to said just to call him once a year and tell him the medication was still needed, and he'd take care of the approval. Well, now this is happening. And there has been some sort of hold up, and we don't even have our plan information yet, so I can't even find out if the medication will be covered or not. I'm praying it is, this company is supposed to be better than the last, but I'm terrified it won't be covered at all and then I'll have to start all over again and go to war. Ugh.
- I am literally counting down the DAYS until I can get a new cell phone (42 days). My phone was just a basic model, whatever they were offering for free after rebates. It probably could do with being reset, but it seems too much hassle when I don't have much longer to wait. Honestly I've been cursing it for at least 6 months anyway. It's slow and very buggy lately. Hoping I can get a good deal on a galaxy (probably a 4, not the 5). I cannot wait! The Black Friday sales (the S5 for $0.99) killed me!
- We finally put up the Christmas tree YESTERDAY! We are total slackers. BUSY slackers. The boys LOVE it and Tyler even decorated his room too. Pictures to come!
Monday, December 15, 2014
Sensing a trend here
It never fails, in late November and most of December, I get crazy busy and therefore don't post much. I guess it's understandable, work is crazy busy at the end of the year and of course, there are the holidays. I don't even know what I have missed blogging out, so here are some bullets of the goings-on around here--in no particular order:
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Let's play a game!
GmaI saw this on facebook and thought it would be fun! Google your first name meme and click images and see what you get (For me, "Melissa meme")! I was glad this one came up first, even with the misspelling (unless I missed a pun?) because the next few were pretty unflattering! Link me in the comments if you try it!
Thursday, November 6, 2014
My life is so full of random events, here's a random update post about it.
Whew, so much to update! I'm realizing this blog has become something of a personal journal (with a few readers/commenters, which pleases me to no end! Hi Ladies! Thanks for reading and commenting!), but I think I'm okay with that. I want to remember a lot of this stuff, especially things with the kids, so it might not be thrilling reading, but that's okay.
Where to start...let's see...
I had my polyp removed and it was massive! I should have named it. Yes they showed it to me. Yes it was gross. The procedure was pretty uncomfortable, but only took 10 minutes or so. I was sore for a few days too. They had to use two different medications/techniques on the site, so that was a little yucky for a week or so. They'd also performed my pap and on Monday I checked the online system and saw a message to call the doctors office. Turns out my pap was abnormal, but when I talked to the nurse the next day she assured me it was because of the polyp (the cells simply didn't all look the same), and the pathology report was benign and my HPV test was negative. I'll just need to repeat the pap next year (like normal). So that's all good!
However, my period seems to be showing up today, which would be another 24 day cycle, just like two months ago. A (our family "doctor"/PA) and I had discussed the short cycle thing and she suggested taking ovulation test to figure out if I'm just ovulating early. I suppose it's possible that I am ovulating early. I would seriously have to be ovulating around day 10-12 for this to be a "healthy" cycle though, and for a natural day 18-21 day ovulator, that seems awfully different. Of course, that was pre-AJ, so who knows? I guess I should get on Amazon and order some cheapies...
I took AJ for his 2 year check up. I can't remember his height and weight, but she was happy with everything. We've rescheduled his assessment with First Steps, since there are several sounds he can't make and he refuses to drink from a straw. They'll come on the 17th. When we were done talking about AJ, A dropped the bombshell--she's leaving. We were both in tears over it. I guess I'm not surprised--one of the great things about their practice is that they have evening and weekend hours and accept walk ins. That translates to long days and evening and weekend hours. She has two kids, each slightly younger than Tyler and AJ, and she doesn't live super close to the office. Long story short, she wants to spend more time at home, so she's moving to an OB/GYN office in a town just to the west of Indy. I completely understand and wish her nothing but the best, but we are going to miss her like crazy. She gave me her email address and said to keep in touch. Now I need to decide what to do. I like the other providers in the practice, but not really enough to stay with them. I'm going to look for family practices, I think, and probably closer to home (this office is on the west side. We were living around there when I started going and kept driving the distance from the southside because we loved A so much. It was sort of a pain to take the kids all the way up there for visits, though it was kind of convenient when I had appointments, since it's not too far from work on the north side). It's overwhelming and I'm sort of doubtful to find a provider that I'm as comfortable with as I was with A. I did tell her I'd like to be her patient at her new practice, even just for yearly exams! I'd think even consider going there for OB care, if we have another baby, although that would depend on what hospitals they used. Their office wouldn't really be convenient to work or home, but a certain amount of travel is worth it to me to keep in touch with her!
I also had my eyes checked. The last few years, I've been finding places that offer something called OptiMap. It's basically a fancy camera that can take a picture of the back side of our eye, without dilating the pupils with drops. I hate having my eyes dilated. However, my rheumatologist said that with the new medication I'm taking for the lupus-ish (remember, I'm not officially diagnosed), I really need to stick with seeing a true Ophthalmologist, and dilation is really the best way to monitor my eyes for any changes that could be caused by the medication. The appointment was fine and the dilation was unpleasant but manageable. The most notable part of the visit was when the nurse was confirming my information and I glanced at the computer screen and informed her that I wasn't Melissa Hyphenatedlastname-LastName. She then asked if my last appointment was in January. I said, no, I was a new patient. It turns out, there was some mix up in there system and my file was intermixed with the file of ANOTHER Melissa LastName who--get this--has the SAME BIRTHDAY AS ME. *Cue Twilight Zone Music* Seriously, how weird is that? Another person with my first AND last name AND birthday?! Oh and her hyphenated last name, which I'm assuming is a maiden name, is a COLOR. My maiden name was also a color, though a different color. LOL mind spinning. Onwards.
What else? Ugh this is what I get for waiting too long to update. Oh, here's another super random LOL moment. Yesterday on lunch, I went to do a little clothes shopping for school clothes for Tyler. On the way home from work, I was pulling things out of the bag to show Adam and I found a cordless phone. Apparently the cashier had accidentally folded the phone up with the clothes and it ended up in my shopping bag! I call the store (hoping they had a second hand set!) and told them about it. The saleslady laughed. I said I'd drop it by in a day or two and she offered some in store credit if I did. So random! Lots of randomness lately! Chickens and Dopplegangers and Wayward Phones!
Where to start...let's see...
I had my polyp removed and it was massive! I should have named it. Yes they showed it to me. Yes it was gross. The procedure was pretty uncomfortable, but only took 10 minutes or so. I was sore for a few days too. They had to use two different medications/techniques on the site, so that was a little yucky for a week or so. They'd also performed my pap and on Monday I checked the online system and saw a message to call the doctors office. Turns out my pap was abnormal, but when I talked to the nurse the next day she assured me it was because of the polyp (the cells simply didn't all look the same), and the pathology report was benign and my HPV test was negative. I'll just need to repeat the pap next year (like normal). So that's all good!
However, my period seems to be showing up today, which would be another 24 day cycle, just like two months ago. A (our family "doctor"/PA) and I had discussed the short cycle thing and she suggested taking ovulation test to figure out if I'm just ovulating early. I suppose it's possible that I am ovulating early. I would seriously have to be ovulating around day 10-12 for this to be a "healthy" cycle though, and for a natural day 18-21 day ovulator, that seems awfully different. Of course, that was pre-AJ, so who knows? I guess I should get on Amazon and order some cheapies...
I took AJ for his 2 year check up. I can't remember his height and weight, but she was happy with everything. We've rescheduled his assessment with First Steps, since there are several sounds he can't make and he refuses to drink from a straw. They'll come on the 17th. When we were done talking about AJ, A dropped the bombshell--she's leaving. We were both in tears over it. I guess I'm not surprised--one of the great things about their practice is that they have evening and weekend hours and accept walk ins. That translates to long days and evening and weekend hours. She has two kids, each slightly younger than Tyler and AJ, and she doesn't live super close to the office. Long story short, she wants to spend more time at home, so she's moving to an OB/GYN office in a town just to the west of Indy. I completely understand and wish her nothing but the best, but we are going to miss her like crazy. She gave me her email address and said to keep in touch. Now I need to decide what to do. I like the other providers in the practice, but not really enough to stay with them. I'm going to look for family practices, I think, and probably closer to home (this office is on the west side. We were living around there when I started going and kept driving the distance from the southside because we loved A so much. It was sort of a pain to take the kids all the way up there for visits, though it was kind of convenient when I had appointments, since it's not too far from work on the north side). It's overwhelming and I'm sort of doubtful to find a provider that I'm as comfortable with as I was with A. I did tell her I'd like to be her patient at her new practice, even just for yearly exams! I'd think even consider going there for OB care, if we have another baby, although that would depend on what hospitals they used. Their office wouldn't really be convenient to work or home, but a certain amount of travel is worth it to me to keep in touch with her!
I also had my eyes checked. The last few years, I've been finding places that offer something called OptiMap. It's basically a fancy camera that can take a picture of the back side of our eye, without dilating the pupils with drops. I hate having my eyes dilated. However, my rheumatologist said that with the new medication I'm taking for the lupus-ish (remember, I'm not officially diagnosed), I really need to stick with seeing a true Ophthalmologist, and dilation is really the best way to monitor my eyes for any changes that could be caused by the medication. The appointment was fine and the dilation was unpleasant but manageable. The most notable part of the visit was when the nurse was confirming my information and I glanced at the computer screen and informed her that I wasn't Melissa Hyphenatedlastname-LastName. She then asked if my last appointment was in January. I said, no, I was a new patient. It turns out, there was some mix up in there system and my file was intermixed with the file of ANOTHER Melissa LastName who--get this--has the SAME BIRTHDAY AS ME. *Cue Twilight Zone Music* Seriously, how weird is that? Another person with my first AND last name AND birthday?! Oh and her hyphenated last name, which I'm assuming is a maiden name, is a COLOR. My maiden name was also a color, though a different color. LOL mind spinning. Onwards.
What else? Ugh this is what I get for waiting too long to update. Oh, here's another super random LOL moment. Yesterday on lunch, I went to do a little clothes shopping for school clothes for Tyler. On the way home from work, I was pulling things out of the bag to show Adam and I found a cordless phone. Apparently the cashier had accidentally folded the phone up with the clothes and it ended up in my shopping bag! I call the store (hoping they had a second hand set!) and told them about it. The saleslady laughed. I said I'd drop it by in a day or two and she offered some in store credit if I did. So random! Lots of randomness lately! Chickens and Dopplegangers and Wayward Phones!
Monday, November 3, 2014
Halloween gave me the chills!
What is it with Halloween? I swear, at least 98% of the Halloween's in my life have either been either A-Freezing B-Raining and/or snowing or C-All of the above. This one was a big ole C! By the time we got home from work it was super cold and had gone from flurries to pouring rain. We ordered a pizza to it would be a quick dinner and watched out the window for a break in the rain. We decided that since AJ really didn't know what was going on and also did not like to wear his costume, he would stay home with Daddy handing out candy while Tyler and I ventured out into the elements and hoped for the best.
Check out my little Mikey!
In hindsight, we probably went the wrong direction for a good stretch of houses with their porch lights on (seriously, why are so many people Halloween scrooges?), but in the end, we probably stayed out an hour at most and only hit about a dozen or so houses. One lady took pity on Tyler and gave him SEVERAL handfuls of candy so we "wouldn't have to stay out so long". In the end, he decided he was done (and needed to go potty), so we doubled back and went inside. Poor guy was wet up to his knees, but he had fun and got a good amount of loot!
I put AJ's costume (Tyler's recycled one from ages 2 and 3) on to try to get some pictures and he was SO not into it. These were the best I could get
So all in all, we'll call it a win! I can't believe how big they are getting. I'll get to updates or content soon, but for now, here are two more pictures from the weekend. Love my boys!
Check out my little Mikey!
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| I love how his winter coat made him look all muscle-y |
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| Waving in front of his face. Check out our no-carve pumpkins! |
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| Trick or Treat! |
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| Suckering Daddy out of more candy |
In hindsight, we probably went the wrong direction for a good stretch of houses with their porch lights on (seriously, why are so many people Halloween scrooges?), but in the end, we probably stayed out an hour at most and only hit about a dozen or so houses. One lady took pity on Tyler and gave him SEVERAL handfuls of candy so we "wouldn't have to stay out so long". In the end, he decided he was done (and needed to go potty), so we doubled back and went inside. Poor guy was wet up to his knees, but he had fun and got a good amount of loot!
I put AJ's costume (Tyler's recycled one from ages 2 and 3) on to try to get some pictures and he was SO not into it. These were the best I could get
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| Choo Choo! |
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| Hat coming off |
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| Getting ready to rip this thing off |
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| Sans hat--Where'd it go? |
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| Sleeping Bug-a-Boo. You can't see it, but he had the most amazing wild hair here. |
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| I can haz cheez ball? Yes I can! |
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Pic of the week: The Wandering Chicken
I have lots of updates but for now, I just had to share this picture! Randomly, a chicken, was wandering around The parking lot at work today. I have no idea where it came from!
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Where do broken blogs go?
I was re-reading a blog today, the blog of a dear woman who struggled horrifically with infertility and recurrent pregnancy loss. I found her blog a few years back and this is the second time I've gone and read it from the beginning. She has an amazingly witty writing style, and says some of the funniest things I have ever read on a blog, even though her story is one of the saddest I have ever read (and I have quite the long IF blogroll). She's endearing and honest. She's British, and I happen to adore the accent and phrases used by the Brits. Not to mention that while reading them I have a strong likelihood of thinking in a British accent.
I loved reading her blog. And then something really terrible happened. Something she couldn't truly talk about. For a few months, she talked about it, while not really talking about it. I didn't mind, glad she was still writing at all, glad that maybe her many readers could bring her some small measure of comfort, ever hopeful for the day when things would start to turn around.
And then, about six months ago. She stopped writing, full stop (see, I use British phrases when I've been reading her). No announcement that she would be stopping, no farewell. Just radio silence.
And of course, that's her right. Perhaps it all got to painful to put into words. Perhaps the pressure of not sharing was too much. Perhaps she started a new blog, for more anonymity. She did not use her real name. I tried poking around the blogs of a few of her followers, but didn't have any luck finding comments from her, in the hopes of finding a new blog of hers to follow for updates. I tweeted her, but there was no response and no activity on her profile in as many months.
I've thought of her many times since her blog when dark. Obviously, I don't know her personally, I doubt she'd even remember any of my comments on her blog specifically. She has oodles of readers and I doubt I ever said anything of note on her posts. I did nominate her for a blog award once, and she commented back thanking me, telling me that my answers were interesting and sweet. I guess I'm not sure why I can't let go, not knowing what became of her. It was a terribly dark time for her at the end, and it was preceded by several really dark years, really unfair.
I guess I probably have a whole slew of blogs on my reader that haven't been updated. Some said goodbyes, some merely drifted away, but none has affected me as much as this one blog. I like to think that she'll pop back in someday with an update, but the truth is, she very well may have closed that chapter of her life. And I couldn't blame her for that. But I'll always wonder.
So I guess I'll just continue sending my best wishes to her, out into the void, and hope that someday her life will be as full of light and good humor and all the good things that she deserves. May, this humble blogger really misses you.
I loved reading her blog. And then something really terrible happened. Something she couldn't truly talk about. For a few months, she talked about it, while not really talking about it. I didn't mind, glad she was still writing at all, glad that maybe her many readers could bring her some small measure of comfort, ever hopeful for the day when things would start to turn around.
And then, about six months ago. She stopped writing, full stop (see, I use British phrases when I've been reading her). No announcement that she would be stopping, no farewell. Just radio silence.
And of course, that's her right. Perhaps it all got to painful to put into words. Perhaps the pressure of not sharing was too much. Perhaps she started a new blog, for more anonymity. She did not use her real name. I tried poking around the blogs of a few of her followers, but didn't have any luck finding comments from her, in the hopes of finding a new blog of hers to follow for updates. I tweeted her, but there was no response and no activity on her profile in as many months.
I've thought of her many times since her blog when dark. Obviously, I don't know her personally, I doubt she'd even remember any of my comments on her blog specifically. She has oodles of readers and I doubt I ever said anything of note on her posts. I did nominate her for a blog award once, and she commented back thanking me, telling me that my answers were interesting and sweet. I guess I'm not sure why I can't let go, not knowing what became of her. It was a terribly dark time for her at the end, and it was preceded by several really dark years, really unfair.
I guess I probably have a whole slew of blogs on my reader that haven't been updated. Some said goodbyes, some merely drifted away, but none has affected me as much as this one blog. I like to think that she'll pop back in someday with an update, but the truth is, she very well may have closed that chapter of her life. And I couldn't blame her for that. But I'll always wonder.
So I guess I'll just continue sending my best wishes to her, out into the void, and hope that someday her life will be as full of light and good humor and all the good things that she deserves. May, this humble blogger really misses you.
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