maybe good news

The paras at my school got their contracts today. It's still not a defiant guarantee that we will have a job in the Aug. and not necessarily at the school we are at, but at least it's more that what we had yesterday! I am praying that my contact will be honored and I'll be at the elementary school R will be at for 3 more years.

It's late Sunday afternoon already...

The past week went by fast. Last Monday I went to work with sandals on, on Tuesday and the rest of the week I wore my slippers, my feet felt much better Tuesday on. I see my doctor tomorrow, I'll be able to see what type of shoe I should be wearing. I was so tired all week after working all day. I was thankful for a school fundraiser on Tuesday night at McDonald's and I didn't have to cook dinner. J and his ROTC class helped at a local elementary school Friday night. I said half jokingly picking him up at 9:30 would be past my bedtime. Luckily I got an hour nap and was able to pick him up. LOL Yesterday J had his orientation for working at scout camp this summer. P took him, I felt kinda bad having him, because he had to close both Friday and Saturday night, but I knew the walk from the parking lot to the place were the boys met the leaders would have been hard on me, and the girls would have needed someone to take them to dance so it's not like he would have been able to sleep in anyway. I decided to take yesterday off as a Sabbath day and do all my things I would normally do on a Saturday today. Grocery shopping, laundry, cleaning meal planning, etc. I did really well shopping and have enough dinners and lunches and stuff for breakfasts (for less than $200) planned for at least 3 and a half week. P will have to keep us up to date on milk and stuff I forgot or we run out of, but that's the best part of him working at a grocery store, it keeps me form running to the store and buying things we don't need and saves us money. I am getting another cold or something. It just started yesterday, I just finished the last antibiotics on Thursday, crazy. but so far I've only had a little mucus and it's been clear, sorry TMI hopefully it will stay that way.

shoes

Hurt. Today I wore shoes for the first time since my surgery. I did wear Crocs on Friday when I went to have my blood checked, but I had my feet wrapped, it was tight and pressed a little on my incisions. Yesterday driving the kids around I had my feet wrapped and socks over the ace bandages. This morning for church I wore sandals with a little arch support, I couldn't wait to come home and take them off! It hurt, and it was making me sick to my stomach. Tomorrow's going to be a long day going back to work. Maybe I can just take my slippers?

I wasn't going do it but....

I was feeling good because my blood level was normal, and he asked. This afternoon, I had my blood checked and from where is was pretty low on Monday was perfect today. J asked if we could go get his license. I wanted P to enjoy getting it with him (read in between the line here, then I don't have to wait for hours at the DMV and it would be a special memory for J) J had today's date programed in his brain of 6 months exactly since he got his permit. He didn't have to take the test because of the driver's class he took and it only took 1 hour from start to finish to get the license. Yesterday it seemed like it was only going to be R and I home tonight, it now seems as though all of us be home. P's schedule got changed, he's off at 6:30, J was supposed to help at an elementary school thing (he was off a week, it's next week), and S was supposed to go to a birthday party. She decided to not go because I'd have to pick her up early for dance tomorrow, so she'd rather just not go. That's been the suckest part of dance early on a Saturday morning, it really cuts off Friday night activities early. What's really funny is she had her party on a Friday night went to her classes and came back home before anyone else was awake. Harder to do at someone else's house.

Easter Morning

Happy Easter!

Hopefully pictures will be added this afternoon, time to get moving off to church. I didn't sleep so well last night, between my feet and knee hurting, my coughing, P's coughing and trying to keep a blanket on with out being in trapped in it pillows under my feet, it was a rough night.

Easter Eggs

We did our Easter Eggs today before P went to work, so tomorrow we can celebrate his birthday before he has to go to work tomorrow afternoon, with lunch after the girls' dance classes. He has to close on Easter too, so we'll have to have a quick lunch on Sunday too. My feet are going OK, I've probably been on them too much today since I've had to increase the pain meds. It has codine in it, I am feeling a little itchy, not very fun.

Surgey went well

There was some concern about my knee and how bruised and swollen it is, and my blood being too thin, but thankfully the surgery did happen. My knee is getting a little better, bending just it just hurts. I need to walk to keep the fascia in my feet from tightening up. P went to Fry's to get my pain meds. I feel OK, right now, but I don't want to wait too long before taking something. On to recovery and praying the surgery will take and I'll be able to walk pain free.

All the DBCC women at the retreat

One with our prayer shaws and one with out.

I'm not sure how the week went by so fast

I'm tired, getting a cold (I think, my throat has been sore for days and today my nose is runny and stuffed up) My feet hurt, and my back is messed up again. And today my right knee is a little swollen and stiff from a fall I had last night. Luckily it was at the very end (clean up) of the school carnival. S helped her teacher with face painting to earn a partial scholarship for the 6th grade overnight field trip. Which is a good thing because, we just had to buy her a new retainer, because I didn't know it was in the sink and after I did the dishes when I got home from the retreat on Sunday I turned on the garbage disposal and heard an crunching noise. So not good. Anyway back to the carnival P was off so he kept an eye on the girls while I served snow cones all night. I was supposed to be in charge of the craft table but because of the wind crafts didn't happen. I wasn't sure if maybe the whole thing should have been postponed because of the wind, it was pretty windy. But I'm glad it worked out and is over. The kids had a great time.

Home

I had a fun and Spirit filled weekend with 110 other women from church. I rode up north with 2 other ladies Friday afternoon. It certainly was much cooler in Herber than it was this weekend in Phoenix and man was it windy Friday night and this morning. The food was great, bed comfortable (even though I couldn't fall asleep at all Friday night). I felt very blessed to pray and minister to my small group. P had to go off to work, I got to see him for just a few minutes, and he has to close the next several nights, I think I may see him again on Wednesday night :(

Who Knew?

That you need to have a permit for at least 6 months before you can get a license? J said he knew that, but of course didn't tell me until after the lady at the DMV told us. He'll need to wait until after April 17th to get his license.

16 Candles!

Happy 16th Birthday to my first born! I remember staring at this long newborn and wondering how did he fit inside of me? This is a recent picture of the 2 of us. After school today we are planning to go to the DMV for him to get his driver's license. He's pretty excited, to say the least.

what a mess

Why is it when you envision something it rarely turns out the way you see it in you mind? This was J's cake I made for his birthday. I didn't know I was going to need 2 cake mixes for my pan, so I had to run to Fry's after I realized that mistake. The cakes raised too high, so I had to trim them both down. I used candy melts to make the "liner" only it broke when I tried to put the cake inside of it. Luckily the cake didn't split too, or I think I would have gotten so mad, I would have thrown the whole mess in the trash. I couldn't believe it took so long to make something to easy.

coming home early

J went hiking/camping this weekend with his scout troop. They were supposed to be home late tomorrow afternoon. He called about an hour ago saying they were on their way home. He said they decided to come home a day early. Then he mentions he fell and hurt his knee. (he said they had decided this before he got hurt, but it makes me wonder) The opposite one from the one he hurt at camp a few years ago. He doesn't think he needs to go to the ER, I'll look at it to know for sure. We have an abundance of knee braces, (2, but he only needs one) and he still has his crutches so he'll be able to stay off of it for a few days if he needs to. I thought R and I would have a quite night just the 2 of us, with P at work and S spending the night with Aunt Jul. I guess not. update- 8:30 PM- he's home and the knee looks a little swollen, he has a brace on it and is icing it, I felt around and didn't feel any movement like if he broke his knee cap. We'll see how he does the rest of the night and tomorrow morning, then we can decide if we need to take him to the doctor's office. Rest and ice it is my prescription for him. Dr. MOM that I am. HA!

goofiness

I either didn't take my sleeping pill last night or it didn't work, I was up most of the night. Around 2 when I still wasn't all that sleepy I should have taken one, but didn't. I thought if I just laid down I would fall asleep. I was wrong. P had to work at 7 this morning. He told me goodbye before he left and the next thing I know is I hear someone rustling around in my bed. So I as "who's that in my bed?" P answers. I have terrible thoughts run through my head before he has a chance to explain that it's only 5 AM. he set his alarm for 3 instead of 5 and didn't notice what time it was until he went out to the car to drive to work and the clock in his car says 4:57. Needless to say he laid back done for a few hours before going to work for real. He did offer to watch a movie with me, since we were both awake but I thought he should get a little more sleep.

Fun Days

Sunday Pat took the kids with J's scout troop to the Reinesson's (someday I really need to learn how to spell this!) Festival. I had the day to myself. I went to church, then out to lunch came home read and took a little nap. I sent my camera with them for them to record the day for me, but for some reason they forgot it in the car, All I have is pictures of them in their costumes they wore to the festival when they got home. Yesterday we went to the zoo and indoor aquarium it was a fun spring break day for all. I'm still recovering today. I have things I want to do, but I'm thinking it might not be until at least tomorrow before I start them! I posted a few pictures on flickr on the left side bar.

Is it Spring Break Yet?

I am pretty ready for it to be. Don't get me wrong I really love what I do and the child I spend most of my day with, she has made such progress from where she was in the beginning of the year, just in so many areas, today I tested her ability to toilet (this was from a meeting we had about her yesterday) and she did great! She's going to do so well in 1st grade, she'll always be a little slower than her piers, but she's getting there. My neck and back back have been messed up most of the week. My personal RX for Spring Break is to sleep in, do a few activities with the whole family, and scrapbook some. I'm even getting together with a friend on Friday morning to help motivate me in this scrapbooking goal (I haven't worked on anything in about a year :( ). Just one more work day and tomorrow shouldn't be so bad since the kindergartners and 1st graders are going to The Phoenix Children's museum. That should be fun! I am looking forward to it.

April 9th

I finally heard from the surgery scheduling girl yesterday. The first available day the doctor can do the surgery on my feet is April 9th. I really thought she was going to offer me later dates in April, so I was happy to hear the 9th. The only thing I thought of when I said that date was fine was, S's field trip is a month from then so I should be healed pretty well and have little trouble walking. When I told P when it was today, he says,"happy birthday to me". Then it occurs to me, that the weekend following the surgery is his birthday and Easter weekend. I didn't mean to do that! But I didn't mean for any of this feet problems either, or that no other treatments worked for it. I will have "boots" for each foot, so I'll be able to get around, just how fast, and how comfortably will remain to be seen. I should have some lovely pain medicine too. Another bright side of the 9th is I won't have to take the Friday after the surgery off because it's Good Friday and it's already a paid day off for me.

Surgery?

6 weeks ago, I had my last cortisone shots in both feet. After a few days following that I had 4 wonderful pain free weeks. Then the pain started again. I drove on hour after school today to see my foot doctor. It's no longer a matter of wanting surgery but when he can do it. He's scheduled already into April. If it's not early in April I won't be able to do it until after May 8th, S has an over night field trip, I'm already scheduled for. I get paid to go, of course I'll be working, but really it won't be much of a difference even if I just went as a parent. The doctor did offer to do both feet at the same time. Which I am very glad about. I only have to go through the worry of surgery and recovery once. I sure hope AZ makes enough money to put cop cars all down the freeway in some spots it seemed like ever mile, that backs up traffic. I did see one car being pulled over, it was in the carpool lane, which of course during rush hour, is the only lane that is moving. The worst part of that is, the car and the cop car had to stop the other 3 lanes to pull over. Ridiculous. It seemed to me that caused more of an accident waiting to happen cars driving a little to fast. My neck and shoulders are sore and tight from all the driving.