Long Monday Update

Wow! A lot of things can occur in 5 days. No, nothing exciting. We'll just go on a day by day trip through this.

Friday morning the girls went to school - woo hoo! Right after taking them to school I made an appointment for this stupid ear problem I am still trying to kick. It's no new infection, just a major Eustachian tube dysfunction with a lot of junk tied to it at this point (nerve problems, migraines, etc). To make a long story slightly shorter, I have had a migraine since Thursday (yes, 5 days so far) that I can make tolerable for a few hours with some major medication. I have an appointment on the 17th with an ENT to see what to do next. I can surely get through a week with the drugs they've given me.

Saturday we sent the girls to Meme's house in the afternoon so we could go to Kansas City to celebrate our 12th anniversary (on Sunday) by going out to eat and spending some time shopping. It was nice to get away, get a good meal (that I didn't even have to cook!) and spend some time together. We were home by 7:30, put on our pj's and ate our cheesecake. I have to admit that it was REALLY nice to sleep in until 7:30 Sunday morning! Gary was up and in the living room much earlier, so he didn't disturb me at all...ahhh! :)

Sunday morning I was again plagued by the migraine and decided I could no longer deal with it with only Motrin & my dwindling supply of pain meds. Gary took me back to the doctor, so we spent our anniversary at the doctor & Walgreen's. Not a lot of romance in that, is there?! Thankfully, the girls were enjoying their time away as well, so they didn't miss us too badly! We were all home last night eating supper when Boo began complaining about her ear hurting.

This morning I had all intentions of taking them to school. I ended up, however, taking them all three to the doctor to check things out. As it turns out, the twinkies were just dealing with fluid behind their eardrums (yes, just like their mama, but to a lesser degree - thank goodness!) and Hanny has an outer ear infection. She also, as it turns out, has eczema in and around her ears, which has caused some of her problems. Good to know, as I had always wondered why she had such problems around her ears. So now we're doctoring her as well. While we were at Wal-Mart waiting for her prescription, Boo told me to stop walking. She then told me that her tooth had come out while she was chewing gum. No, she didn't swallow it. She had it in her hand ready for me to take. I wrapped it in a kleenex, stuffed it in my purse and made her smile at me many, many times over the next few hours to show me her cute little toothless grin! She is absolutely PRECIOUS!!! So maybe I'm a little partial. Maybe not. She didn't want me to tell Gary, so she surprised him with a big grin when he got home. We're all loving it! I've taken pictures, surprise, surprise. I would have taken more, but she's not really the model of the group. She gives me about 3 chances then revokes all my rights as a photographer. Stinker! Now they're all tucked in. Before I finally got Boo & Doodle tucked in, they had to check to make sure the envelope with Boo's tooth was ready for the Tooth Fairy. Doodle said she'd probably wake up and see the Tooth Fairy in their room and scream. This talk went on for a while until I finally told her that if she screamed at the TF, she (the Fairy) would be back tomorrow night to pull her teeth. Yeah...I know. That was a low blow. Sometimes you just have to resort to those though. I'll probably pay for it later. Hopefully she won't try to stay awake to see the Tooth Fairy, because this fairy is ready to hit the hay early tonight. Waking up at 4:15 is not my cup of tea, so the TF is going to be making the rounds pretty quick...