A day in the life...

"Don't eat the dog food. Seriously. Spit it out."

"Don't pour your bath water on the floor!"

"We don't throw things when we're mad. Or because we think its funny."

"Get off of the back of the couch!"

"How did you get that picture off your wall?"

"Quit putting the dogs' food in their water. They don't like cereal!"

"Stand up, please!" ( we deal with the limp body on an almost daily basis)

"Be quiet while we're praying."

"Get out of the pantry."

"Close the refrigerator."

"Get out of the kitchen!"

"Don't dump your toys out on the floor. Ok, now clean them up!"

"Color on YOUR PAPER! We ONLY color on paper!!!"

"Come here!!!" (as she runs from me hysterically laughing)

"Leave your clothes on!" (this is a whole other post)

Am I the only mom going through this on a daily basis? I really thought I was tired when she was a newborn but almost 2 is kicking my butt! 

M.I.A.

I'm a little behind on blogging! Here's the quick version of the past two weeks! 

*My mom was released from the hospital and is doing better. However, they have told her it could take months for her to be back to normal. She seems to be doing better and better though! 

*My granny still is having a lot of pain associated with her shingles and just isn't doing that great. I feel so bad for her and have been praying for healing for her.

*School is crazy busy. I feel like I go from preparing from one huge test to the next. I LOVE clinicals though. We are doing geriatrics this semester, and I am not gonna lie, I was totally dreading it. I just kept thinking of smells and things that I knew I would have to do and really didn't want to. Turns out I LOVE geriatric patients. Like, I could see myself working with geriatrics I love it so much. They are amazing and I am learning so much. And just for your info, if you ever needed it, I can now give you any kind of injection you might need or insert a nasogastric tube down your throat! So if you need me, call me! haha

Finally, for your entertainment on Friday, I will recap my horrific day yesterday for you! 

I got out of clinicals around 10:30 (we start at 6:30am) and went to the base to get groceries. By the time I got there Terry was getting out for lunch so we went to eat together. He decided we should get Madeline on our way back. So Madeline and I got groceries and bring them home around 1 or so. I decided to clean out the fridge before putting everything away. Madeline was being SO good. Too good. Quiet. Scary. So I called for her to come to me and almost fainted when I saw her. She had somehow gotten the bottle of Hershey's syrup out of the fridge when I wasn't looking. She and her clothes were brown. Like head to toe, bathed in chocolate syrup, brown. I really wasn't that mad but I did say a quick prayer that it wasn't all over the couch or the rug. I took her straight to the bathtub and started rinsing her off before I thought that I needed to take pictures. Thankfully, the only other place affected was the coffee table, which she decorated for me! 

The day gets better. When I got her out of the bathtub, she decided to run from me. I needed to put away her clothes and just decided to hang up 2 - just TWO - dresses before I chased her down. I heard her from the living room say, "good girl" and she came running in her room with poop  on her butt. She had decided to use the potty in the living room floor. So rather than lose my cool, I explained to her that we go poop in the potty and proceeded to clean and dress her. As I was cleaning the rug in the living room, I hear what sounds like hail in the kitchen. At this point, I just couldn't believe it. She had taken the Sam's size bag of cheerios and made it rain. Not just dumped them out - I am talking all out threw them up in the air all over the place. Approximately one billion cheerios. She knew she was in trouble then!

So by 4pm yesterday, my groceries were put away and my kitchen halfway back in order!

Happy Friday!

Complicated...

Y'all, it's midnight. My phone just rang for Don. I have some bad news. It was another woman. I defended Gloria's honor and told said female that Don was out with Gloria. Terry says I am getting in too deep. Men have been calling for him too. It's starting to get weird. We may have to change our number. I'll keep you posted.

Fearful Friday...

My mom is in the hospital. She has been sick for a few weeks and went to the doctor on Tuesday with sharp chest pain when she coughed. She was already on steroids and antibiotics and was only getting worse. So they admitted her.  Tests for pneumonia turned into tests for a heart attack and all sorts of other things. Turns out, she has acute viral bronchitis, costochondritis (breakdown of chest muscles due to coughing - pretty painful), and episodic asthma. My heart hurts not being able to be there with her and for my dad too.  I just have been having a hard time with it this week. I can't seem to get her off my mind. She did kinda crack me up yesterday talking a million words a minute. She's a little hyped up from all the steroids!

In addition to that, my Granny, who is my only living grandparent, has had shingles for a couple of weeks. It is extremely painful and I am so worried about her. We're talking about a lady who waited tables until she was 75 - she just doesn't really complain about pain. She has fallen a couple of times as well, and I just wish I was there with her. 

Madeline is doing much better other than cutting some major teeth. She is chomping on everything and drooling which she hasn't done in forever. She did manage to sleep in my bed twice this week. I loved every second of it...minus the second when she kicked me in the face. Don't think we'll be making habit of that! She sure is sweet when she's asleep though! 

It's been one of those weeks around here that has made me realize, I am totally ok with boring. The more boring, the better! We have a busy, fun weekend planned though and I can't wait to spend some family time together! Did I mention there are only 12 weeks of school until Christmas break? You know I'm counting! 

I'll leave you with two things - an encouraging scripture and one of my all time favorite you tube videos in honor of my momma!!!

Romans 15:13
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Waaaaahhhhhhhhh....

Total cry baby post...sorta. I picked Madeline up today after school and she had teary, goopy eyes. Umm, hello pink eye. The problem is it was 5pm, too late to go to her doctor so off to urgent care we went. In case you're counting, that's approximately every other day that we have been to the doctor in the past week. Of course the parking lot was full and there were no empty chairs in the lobby. I wanted to cry - literally. The nice receptionist suggested we go get something to eat and come back in an hour or so and she would hold our spot. She might as well have had a halo and wings. So we did and when we got back, we were in and out reasonably quick, especially for urgent care. 

 

Meanwhile, I texted my mom to let her know what was going on and how I just felt like everything would be better if she was here. I realize I am being a bit of a baby but between the 9 day stomach bug, a cold, teething, and then pink eye plus trying to not miss school or work, I am one beat momma. I may have had a teensy pity party for myself in my mind. Nothing major, just kind of an enough is enough type thought or two. Then my mom texted me about as much as I am hurting for Madeline, God hurts for her so much more, loves her more than I could ever imagine loving her, and is the ultimate Healer. Then I did cry - not like the ugly cry, just a few tears. (In case you havent figured it out yet, I am a crier!)  It kinda put it all in perspective. I guess sometimes I think I should only pray for kids with serious illnesses and tragedies but often times forget to lay all my burdens on Him. Nobody cares more. I left urgent care somewhat encouraged and armed with some antibiotic goop for my sweet girl.

Happy Monday! 

PS Kudos to all of you with more than one kid...I think you're amazing, especially when they're sick :(

 

Not So Secret Sunday...

I just thought you all (all 3 of you) would want to keep up this season so since I didn't update you last week, here's what you need to know...

Alabama vs Michigan - W 41-14

Alabama vs Western Kentucky W 35-0

Alabama vs Arkansas W 52-0 (sorry, Haley...so sad sooie pig)

I know y'all have been worried about it so I wanted you to be able to keep track! We are looking so good this year, but so is Terry's team, FSU. They're #4 and there's a lot of talk about them going to the BCS championship game. But for the record, Alabama is #1! :) And in case anyone is wondering, I have always loved Bama, even when they were terrible! 

 

I realize I live in the wrong state to post something like this...But I thought it was funny, and someone very dear to my heart, who is a major Texas fan rooted AGAINST us in the BCS championship game against LSU (or as I like to call them, satan's team) last year so it's pretty much only for her. I also don't hold grudges unless its Bama related! haha! 

What's New...

• Madeline still has the stomach bug although it's better than it was. We went back to the doctor Friday to test for Rotavirus and the nurse told me to come prepared to stay in the hospital. So naturally, I packed a bag for us, and called Terry bawling my eyes out. But we got there and the doc thought she was pretty well hydrated so we got to come home. We (and by we, I mean I) have had to take some pretty gross stuff to the lab to be sure it wasn't anything serious.

• Yesterday I saw two tiny tips of incisors in Madeline's mouth so I think that kinda explains why she is having such a hard time getting over this bug. She has never been a good teether, and word on the street (ok, really just one friend told me) is that incisors are the worst teeth to cut. I have no idea. 

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• I could never adequately describe the party I had in my head when I finished my last math class for my degree. Now we are doing dosage calculations in one of my classes and my nightmares are reoccurring! It's not terribly hard, just a lot of steps and you HAVE to make a 100% or you fail - not kidding. I mean, rightfully so, you get a gram and a microgram mixed up with a medication and that's pretty bad news. 

• School is going well. I have to admit, I am a little ignorant. I didn't realize nurses did quite as much as they do, and some stuff freaks me out. It is just scary knowing someone else's life is literally in your hands. But I did my first clinical rotation last week and loved it. We are doing geriatrics this semester, and I just really have a heart for the elderly. I am not convinced that I won't end up working in geriatrics. I think they need more people who really care about the elderly. I don't know - I will probably say that after every rotation. But I really enjoyed it! On another note, I kinda feel like I am on a treadmill going 100mph that I can't get off of. I do hours of homework almost every day and still have plenty to do. It really is like having a full time job.
  

•  On the bright side, I feel like I get more time with Madeline somehow. She really is becoming my little friend! Today she brought me the nail polish and said, "toes, pretty! Please?" How could I say no? So I painted her fingers and toes. I love that girl!

PS I realize how completely boring our lives are, hence, the lack of blogging!