Seriously!

Well, after 3 hours of IV drugs and 4 visits to the doctor and hospital, my leg is much better! That spider really packed a punch. It developed cellulitis with a staph infection. whatever!

Not 12 hours later, my darling husband took all the boys to the skate park to let them skateboard and he decides to "drop down the bowl a couple of times". Whatever that means. The last time, he dropped alright, and broke his arm in half! The left humerus and being that there is a radial nerve that runs by there, surgery is the last resort. The radial nerve controls the arm, wrist and hand. This happened Sunday and with the holiday on Monday, we just got to the ortho doctor this morning (Tuesday) where he set the bone and put on a temporary splint. He will have to go back every week to reset and re splint (the no surgery idea). I have never seen someone in such pain, well, not him at least. Poor guy! So he is in bed with his pain meds and the remote control for a while. We were supposed to leave this weekend to go on vacation, but that has been postponed. He feels so bad about beginning the summer like this. I'm just sick of all of these bones. Now when I get his medicine in the middle of the night, I bring him a glass of milk to wash it down with! Pray for sanity and safety and our insurance. Let's hope they have enough money to pay all these claims!

My mom took Mason to his favorite store, besides HEB, Barnes and Noble. He got a Bones Book that came complete with a put together skeleton. He has not put the book down and keeps studying the skeleton and showing Billy which bones he could have broken during the accident and the ones he has broken. Curious minds want to know!

When Things Go BITE in the Night

I'm sorry itsy, bitsy spider, I had no idea how hungry you were, but in no way, shape or form did I advocate taking a bite out of my leg! We just don't take without asking in this house. Now my boys think that I shoved one of their tennis balls under my skin behind my knee where it's almost impossible to bend/walk. Seriously, that wasn't cool IBS. I used to make my boys just "shoo" you out of the way instead of smashing you with their shoe. I'm rethinking that whole, "don't kill them, just get it out of the way" motto. Off to seek advice. Some solicited, some not.

The good doctor says there's not much you can do with it except:
1. do not itch *oh, ok! easier said than done
2. take Motrin for the pain
3. take Benedryl for the itch *only drawback is it knocks me out cold, so this must wait until the PM.
4. ice, ice baby on the site

The good mom of the mom says:
1. make a paste of baking soda to "draw out" the itch
2. try not to itch *why do people keep drilling this into my head?
3. pray it stops itching and goes away quickly

The "good" mom of the husband says: (she just happened to come by last night)
1. what color was the spider? *well, since I just woke up with it there, I'm picturing it as a pretty little rainbow spider with lots of hearts and sparkles on it. are those bad?
2. you should go to the ER!!! you don't want to loose that leg do you? *yes, I thought it would be an adventure. the only thing I want to loose right now is screaming in my face.
3. drink a hot Toddie *a hot who? they are Catholic and very OK with drinking concoctions to make you "forget" your pain. just nod tell her you'll think about it.
4. do you want some of my prescriptions? *what? weirdo!
*at least she didn't tell me not to scratch it, oh wait, there it is as she's driving away....DON'T ITCH IT!

Thanks to Benedryl, it knocked me into an oblivion and I slept with sweet, sparkly spiders that didn't take one bite of me all night. Thanks Sparkles, could you tell your friends that we're not that tasty and it' just not nice!

Class of 2007

Our newest graduate, Tanner! Although he's not really going to Kinder next year, he still participated in the graduation ceremony. So funny when the director said, "Pre-Kinder, please stand, sit, etc....", after they all walked across the stage to get their diploma,she said "Kindergartners, please stand!" Tanner's little face looked at me, like should I stand, cause I know I'm not going to Kinder. So funny! Tanner was so cute today, readily posing for picture opportunities and grinning ear to ear.

Such anticipation for HIS name to be called.

Since his class was the first to walk across the stage, he had to do something to kill the time.

In other news, the day before, he got his hideous, yellow/filthy cast off. I'm so glad! He took a bath last night with bubbles and was saying "Ahhh!" the whole time we were washing his arm. I have talked to a doctor friend about coming over once a week with a milk IV for all the boys. I am boycotting broken bones! I really should be quiet right about now. The weird thing is seeing that nasty, McNasty thing laying on the counter and not on a little boy's arm. Freaks me out everytime! Especially first thing in the morning stumbling to the coffee pot! If not the sight of it, the smell of it will wake you up. Time to clean out the "white stinky part" and put it in Tanner's room.

Quiz Me

I just rocked on Jacinda's blog quiz. Sometimes it pays to be attentive and that you knew her at college! I just made one too and if you don't get a 100 MDM, you will need to go to summer school. And it's located here in Texas at our pool, so fail girl, fail! Go ahead and try, for fun. What Do Ya Think?

Everything's Coming Up Roses

Well, Monday was my last day at church. This morning, my sweet husband gave me a dozen pink roses to celebrate. I guess he's pretty excited to have me home full-time again. It was only a part-time job and I was able to drop off and pick up the kids, but I guess he was just ready for me to stay at home. I have to admit, it was nice going to the gym at 9:30 this morning...with no kids. I'm a gym junkie and now I have more time to be there (in theory). Nothing like burning 705 calories in an hour before lunch. I used to burn 700 calories BECAUSE of lunch. As long as I am home in time to cook dinner and do a load or two of laundry, I think I can be a SAHM and a gym junkie.

Luckily, our church just published another cookbook so I have more recipes to play around with. Dinner won't be easily excused now that I am "home" all day. This month of May is CRAZY! Muffins with Mom, teacher appreciation, PS graduation, field day, field trips, PTA program, eye yi yi. Looks like my first full month at home I will spend running in the car instead of the treadmill. But I wouldn't trade it for the world.