Ahhhhhhhhh...two more weeks! Two more weeks and I'm FREEEEEE! Well, for about a month...and then it will be 1,000,000 times worse than this semester...but it's the journey...not the destination....RIGHT? Please...SOMEONE tell me I'm right!!!!! (and not you, Stacy S.! I don't want to hear your answer! lol!) Still...I will enjoy this month off...with the Christmas season and with my kids and family. I'll try to make it better than ever, since they won't see their mother until the summer (and that's only if I get the summer off! lol!) :) This week I will be getting the last round of immunizations (my doctor had NO SHOTS on file AND my records also indicated I'd had rubella before! Really? Would've been nice to know that! Of course...my records also stated that I had my tonsils out in April of 2003....when I was pregnant. Plus...I still have my tonsils! What kind of whack job is running my doctor's office????? They MAY need someone in there to "re-organize" or something! Well, at least I know I DEFINITELY have had all immunizations, no TB and my drug screening came back clean! Whew...that was a close one! lol! Kidding!

So, now I'm just PRAYING that the kids can get through this winter HEALTHY. Is that asking a lot? I mean, I know I have a child with a chronic disease that likes to pick up any and all viruses and bacteria his poor little body can find...but...I'm still praying for it. Truth be told, Kenzie had many more illnesses last year than Ethan. Might have been b/c it was her first year in school all day long. I need to remember that when Ethan goes into first grade (I've heard this theory before, too!). We ended up cancelling our New Year's Disney trip...for several reasons. #1- when I had this GREAT IDEA...I didn't know that it was everyone else's great idea as well. New Year's week is THE busiest week of the year. Had NO IDEA. #2- With school starting on the 12th, I would just like to spend those days relaxing, not waiting in line for a Dumbo ride for 2 hours. Plus, I want to make sure EVERYTHING is ready for school. #3- germs, germs, germs. #4- I have worried obsessively that Ethan would be sick around then (or we would get snowed in), and it would break my heart to have to cancel RIGHT before we leave b/c of that...and have him think it was his fault (same with Kenzie). And I would hate for the one sibling to put blame on the other...which is what siblings do (no matter how much they love eachother). So...as MUCH as I was completely looking forward to spending New Year's Eve in WDW, we will spend it at home. We will hopefully reschedule for the early summer...crossing my fingers.

Prayers going out to some of my friends' kids (w/ CF). They are sick today and that's just never a good thing w/ CF. Just miserable :(

Until next time....

Amanda

Okay...so it's been awhile since I last updated. I've.....been.....busy? No...not really. I'm only busy the day or so before my class when everything is due and I've procrastinated so much that I put the homework until then. lol!

Anyway...I got into the nursing program! I go for our first orientation tomorrow (Wednesday) and I'm soooo nervous....but sooooooooooo excited!

Other than that, the kids are in school and have somehow remained mostly healthy (Kenzie had 2 viruses w/n a week and a half; she also had her knee looked at by a sports med doctor (it's fine, but her knee cap moves to the side instead of up and down; Ethan had his knee x-rayed due to pain/not walking on it...it came back clear; Ethan also had clinic since I've last written...everything was GREAT! Gained 3 lbs. and a few INCHES!!!! Lungs were clear...cultures were clear. He's been having a dry cough the past few days....PLEASE GOD LET IT BE ALLERGIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We went on a field trip with his class yesterday to the post office! It was actually very cool. I learned things!!!!! lol! His class was the most well-behaved group of kids (pre-k nonetheless!) that I've EVER SEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was in shock by the end of the trip! What did they do to them? Nyquil????????????? lol! Kidding....I hope. ;)

Well...now I'm off to get some stuff done...finally. Treadmill, clean, laundry, homework (if I get around to it! lol! j/k!), errands and breathing treatments! Yay!

eta: **My thoughts and prayers are with the bloggers "My Charming Kids" and "Confessions of a CF Husband" as they are going through some testing times. Prayers being said for Stellan (MCK) and Trisha (COCFH)...hang in there...both of you!**

21 Days.

21 days until the acceptance (or non-acceptance) letters go out for the nursing program. 21 days. Ugh. I'm going to slowly go crazy. Waiting...never been very good at it. I'm stressing myself out over the littest things.

Well, I might as well go and study and do homework. Not too creative on the whole blog thing today. I've used all of my creativeness on a paper it took around 10 hours to write (3 3/4 pages)...and it's still probably pretty bad.

21 DAYS....

My 5-year-old

Ethan turned 5 this past week. So bittersweet. I swear I can see and hear him growing as I write! We had a quite eventful week. Monday - I had class but not before Ethan and I were leaving Walmart only to find out my power steering had gone out. Great. I manually steered us to the local dealership...only to find out the warranty had run out on the 2nd of August. Of course it had. Tuesday - Oh...the night of Chuck E. Cheese. Hmmm...I think I would rather manually drive my car to a dealership ;) Wednesday was his actual birthday. We didn't do too much but let him open his presents (that he already knew he was getting because he snooped in my closet!) and I also agreed to let my OCDness go so that he could make a mess with his new toys. He also had soccer practice that night. Thursday - the kids had a dentist appointment. Ethan had everyone cracking up. I think it was when he was watching the dentist work on Kenzie and said "Um, what's up with that hook?" that we knew we were in trouble! He actually did well when it came time for his check-up, though! I was proud of him. Thursday night we went to "Meet the Teacher Night" at his new school (he starts this coming Wednesday). As we walked up to the school I held out my hand so that he would hold it. He didn't do anything. I asked if he wanted to hold hands (we always do). He said no. My heart....crushed. He gave me a quick hug and said "But I still love you". It was his big boy moment...but I wasn't ready for it. I am just not ready to let go of my baby. When we met the teacher, she asked me if this was going to be hard on me (I don't know if she meant in general or with the added CF stuff and worrying...maybe both) I started to choke up. lol! I told her with Kenzie's first day of pre-k I barely made it to the car before having a breakdown and that Ethan's the baby...and he's never been left with anyone but family, so...yeah...it's going to be tough. Ugh....



Well, I'm off to do homework...I'm behind in that and the house is a wreck which is just freaking me out...so I will be catching up this entire weekend :(



Hope everyone has a great Labor Day weekend!

Laughing Out Loud!

This cracked me up....first Bigfoot, now this...


For your viewing pleasure: http://www.tmz.com/2008/08/21/abominable-snowman-found/

Family.

Sometimes. I. Can't. Stand. Certain. People. In. My. Family.



They make me want to scream.



But...whatever. I need this----->





I may end up deleting this later...but...what's a blog for if I can't put out my thoughts...so...screw it. They piss me off to no end. As a parent...if you knew why....you'd understand.





Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh. *screams*

Nevermind

My friend Stacy and I put our BRILLIANT minds together and figured it out. Okay...it was more her brilliant mind telling my average mind what to do.

It's still under construction...obviously.