We're home.....

.....and oh-so-sad. :(

As Erin's Dad said, you know it's been a good vacation when you're NOT ready to go home yet. LOL We definately weren't ready, and neither were K and LittleE. They had so much fun together and got along so well.

I got to see Erin, Erin's family (her mom and dad mean the world to me) and even meet some of Erin's friends!

Oh, and let's NOT forget the Yankee's game! WAAAAAAAAAA HOOOOOOOOOOO! Amazing. The ferry-ride seeing the city of New York was so neat. I (yes ME) saw the Statue of Liberty....something I've always dreamed of seeing. Oldest A teared up once we got to our seats; she was so overwhelmed. Our seats were OH-MY-GAWD!!!! You wouldn't believe it unless you were there. We were RIGHT THERE!

Have SO much to tell you and SO many pictures....but we just got home (10:30pm) after being in the car since 12:30pm (LittleE needed MANY more stops this time) and I have to work tomorrow. Hopefully will get time later tomorrow to start posting!

Nighters!
Thank you Erin, Love you!!

I know, I know....

.....I suck. Everytime I get on the computer I come here.....why? I have no clue!! I WANT to blog....but then either get lazy, think "what the hell do I have to say?" or some other foolishness. Emotionally, it's been a tough couple weeks....been in a horrid funk, but it's better. I hate when I get like that.....for me AND the family. Blah.

My ankle is AWESOME! I was wrong about the steroids. They are working great! I'd say I'm 95% pain free. I know it's temporary....and the Dr keeps telling me to remember, 'it's just masking the pain' but I'm working full time again and right now, that's really all I care about. I see the surgeon on 9/15 and we'll set the surgery date then. Oh yeah, the CT showed that there are two pieces of bone that have been "floating" around and are now literally jammed in the joint. They'll take them out and they also want to figure out where they came from....perhaps something needs to be reconstructed.....I don't know. I DO know that it'll be put off as long as possible.....I HAVE to work darnit!

Kids are great.....getting ready for school to start.....EIGHT days! It's so hard to believe. Little E doesn't start till 9/8 though.

Oldest A's knee is giving a few problems; but her PT-guy said today he wasn't overly concerned. He's doing ultrasound on it, and backing off some on the heavy duty stuff he was doing with her. Will work back up to that once this new soreness is gone.

MiddleA is counting down the days till the 31st....big Jonas concert you know! She was a little miffed at me when I backed out. I was supposed to take her and two friends to the concert and then pick them up.....but I'll be in NJ! It's all rearranged and one of the other mom's is doing the honors.....hey, I had to do it for Jesse McCartney AND .....ummmm......who was it......Corbin Bleu maybe? Anyways, it's another mama's turn. And she's excited to spend the weekend with her friend and become all "Jonified"

YoungestA is nervous about the big move up to the middle school. Of course he won't admit it....but I can read his emotions like a book; they're right on his sleeve. Poor kid. I remember going up there and was a wreck the whole summer before. I know he'll do fine and I can't wait for him to meet new kids and start this new chapter. Small school's are great, but he's never been around any more kids than the 14 other boys he's gone through elementary with. It'll be fine. Mama's nervous, but very optimistic.

Ok, you know we're in puppy-hell right? Boy of boy. Oldest and MiddleA are responsible for them and are doing a great job....but I can hear one right now chewing on one of the last cardboard boxes around the corner. Little shnit.

K, I'm outta here....think I'm going to check Erin's blog and see if she's around tonight....I wanna talk g/f!! Speaking of counting days, I'll see you in 10 days!! WHOOOOOP!

I'm a gramma....

.....HA! Not for really-reals. But Oldest-and-MiddleA's have new babies. The top pic is Ally and the bottom one is Nikkita (yup, named after Nick Jonas....of course!)

They're six weeks old now....as of yesterday. SO stinking cute. The girls are doing great taking care of them....including potty-training. They certainly ARE poopy-puppies. YIKES! They're getting up every couple of hours and the girls are getting a bit sleepy and cranky. But I warned them it would be tough the first few weeks. NOW they know what it's like to have a baby! HA, hope they think about that!

Same old same old around here otherwise. Ankle has gotten less sore each day since the steroid shot last friday. But starting today it's starting to ache alot again. Guess the good drugs are wearing off. STILL don't know when the CT scan is going to be. Supposed to be this week, but I'm getting no answers from the Dr office. Apparently red-tape crap with the insurance company....prior authorization crap. NOT happy and WILL have some answers today.

Missing softball even though it's the end of the season. I've missed a couple games and tonight's the last regular season game....then a few tournament games. They're the FUNNEST and I'm going to sit...damnit. Oh well, there's always next year right?

K, off the unpack some more. It's never ending when I move at the pace of a turtle! Speaking of which, we now have one of those too! Yikes, it's becoming a zoo around here.....another post on that some other time.

my new way of getting around....

I know you're all so jealous of my sexy new footwear!! Admit it!! LOL

Went to the surgeon on Friday finally. I pretty much BEGGED him to do something so that I didn't have to use crutches.....I just can't DO those things!! He injected novacaine and then some steroids into the joint (not fun at all, but worth it) and then put this boot thingy on. No more crutches!!

YAYYYYYYYYYYYYY It still hurts like heck, but not as much as before and this boot takes the pressure off some so that I can hobble around with just that.

So life is getting a bit better, and I can go back to work tuesday. Not full time unfortunately. The Dr says only sit down work, and there's not 40 hours of sitdown stuff to do in my job. But I need to appreciate that I'll be getting a few hours in each week I guess.

So that's it for now....waiting to hear when my CT scan will be (probably this coming week), and then the surgery will be scheduled. Will keep you posted.

Oh, there's something else I want to show you but you'll have to wait till later. :)

Miss me?

I'm still alive.....barely......here's the scoop......

Ok, first off, I've been SO sick for almost 2 weeks now. Started with bronchotis, sinus infection, ear infection. On the 17th, the Dr put me on prednisone, amoxicillin, Tylenol#3, and an inhaler. About 5 days later, I was feeling better except for a HORRIBLE cough. I've been "sleeping" in the recliner for all this time. I can NOT lie down without coughing up a lung.

Finally yesterday, I went back but had to see a different Dr. He did a chest xray, and thankfully it's still just bronchitis, but I can't shake it! So now I'm on another round of prednisone; had me stop the amoxicillin and started a new antibiotic, a new inhaler 2x a day............fast forward to last night/evening. NOW I'm on crutches....had my 2nd set of xrays for the day at the ER about about 7pm.

LONG story......4 years ago I "badly sprained" my left ankle. I told the ER drs then several times that something was broken as I heard and felt the snap.....nope nope....a bad sprain they said. Since then, it's given me problems. It'll start to "go" (and when it does, the ankle is locked, tilted inward and I canNOT put any pressure on it at all....it's SO painful)

I've found a trick over the years....when I feel it starting to catch, I can stop movement in that ankle, shift my body, and somehow it's all good. OR, if it does seize up, I can wiggle it enough to get another pop and then it's fine....zero pain....it's the weirdest thing.

Anyways, last night, I went to sit on the couch (bad habit of sitting on my foot doesn't help) and LittleE leapt behind me...giggling her butt off saying "gonna take your spot!" So I shifted quickly to just sit on the edge....I felt it start to go but I couldn't stop it without squashing LittleE.

I wiggled, cried, jiggled, everything that normally works after about 5 minutes and canNOT get it to go back. The neighbor finally convinced me that I needed to go to the hospital. I can't walk at all....just resting it on the floor is agony.

So anyways they did another xray. (I had told them about the "sprain" 4 years ago) After looking at it, the ER Dr said "that was no sprain, it was broken. All these years, what you've been dealing with off and on is a piece of bone floating around in there and now it's jammed into the ankle joint, it's stuck....it'll have to be removed"

YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY for me. :( SO I'm on crutches and can't be seen by the surgeon till friday.....THEN who knows how long before anything will be done.

These are our last 3 days of moving....say nothing about wanting/needing to clean this house before that time also. I'm done....I'm kaput....I'm in the recliner. No sick time, no pay....blah blah blah.....WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?!?!?!?!

Just wanted add.....Erin, I've already told OldestA (after she freaked and said "MOM! We're still going to NJ right?") that if I have to go in a wheelchair, we WILL be going.....if I have to crawl on my hands a knees....we WILL be going.....now worries. LOL

Guess what?!

Guess where OldestA and I are going? huh? huh? What's her FAVORITE topic of discussion?

My friend Erin and her dad got tickets and are taking OldestA and I at the end of August! I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOOOo excited! In early June YoungestA and I went to Fenway and watched the Sox and I was NOT looking forward to that......now THIS, I'm so excited! This has always been a dream of OldestA's and she's thrilled to be able to see the Yanks play.

Another great thing is that I get to SEE Erin and her family.....I haven't told LittleE that she's going to see K......she's going to FLIP! Something to look forward to this summer is going to make it SO much better.....going to NJ this summer was what I'd wanted to do, but didn't think we'd be able to.....now we're going to MAKE it happen. YAYYYYYYYYYYYYY

So that's my happy news for the day. Jamie and I have been in the basement most of the day, trying to organize and get rid of stuff before the move. We weren't organized at all the last time we moved and I'm determined that this time we WILL be ready. It'll be SO much easier.

K, off the help some more in the basement....just wanted to tell the WORLD that I'm going to see Erin! YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Love you g/f!

I'm a sucky blogger

What's wrong with me?! I feel horrible. Everyday I pop on here and then just sit. I can't think of a THING to type about. I don't run (well, unless you count running bases if I'm lucky enough to hit the damn softball....batting has been SUCKING the last 2 games....plus I've tweaked my knee or something dammit) so after reading my buddy's running blogs (which I love) I feel stumped as to what to type about!

The kids are fine, same old same old....OldestA's officially off crutches but has to wear her brace if we're out of the house. She's showing great progress thanks to PT....she hates it, and is really achy after the fact, but she pushes through. She needs to get going on her Summer AP class work dammit! What a procrastinator she is....but I don't gripe at her because she brings home As so who am I to bitch?

MiddleA and YoungestA are off for a long weekend of camping with their dad. I hate not having them here for the 4th because I LOVE it, but I know they're having a good time.

LittleE is VERY excited about tomorrow....parade, picnic, fireworks, etc. She's been counting down the days and announced tonight before bed that when she gets up in the morning it'll be "knuckles!" (meaning, no more fingers LOL)

At least after tomorrow I'll have one thing to post about, and pictures I'm sure. Jamie's in the parade for the fire department and OldestA is riding on the antique tractors (well, the trailer) with my little NieceA. Too cute! So it'll be LittleE and I on the sidelines chasing down candy. I promise to share with her....maybe......

I'm off.....OH, the house is a DEFINATE! YAY We stopped by and put down the deposit wednesday and the owner is so nice. He's leaving some furnishings (if we want them; will take what we don't want) and since most of it's nicer than what we have, we'll be keeping some. LOL