The DDA Trouble Free Zone Part 7

[Glynis]

I can’t believe I forgot to tell you all this (yes I got out of bed to tell you) I was on the base shopping tonight and saw the REAL Crocks!!! They range from $20-$24 and all in solid colors, they have the flip flop type also. If anyone wants a pair send me a pm and I will check for your size/color. Oh and the base store does not have tax, what it says on the sticker is what you pay.

I sent you a PM. Do you know what colors the flip flops come in? Just wondering. Thanks for offering to do this. That's so cool of you!

 

[Eeyorecln]

Ugh. Well.... he knows, so we're enjoying the idea of being excited together!

Otherwise -- Let's just say that the scavenger hunt didn't go as planned, as he got all grumpy about it It's a long story, but he just wouldn't get into it. He was a serious party pooper! I think it was mostly because his last rotation is the month absolutely from hell, and he's been in a rotten mood ever since he found out he couldn't change it. He's driving to Georgetown (so...120 miles a day, on $3.00/gallon gas) for 12 hour shifts (so being gone for at least 14 hours a day) in a field he has no interest in.... not a happy place around here, to say the least

We got about 1/3 of the way through the clues and puzzle pieces and he was so daggone irritating about it that I (after a minor tiff) just put the pieces together, made a little book out of it, and gave it to him that way. At which point he felt REALLY, REALLY bad... especially after seeing how many pieces there were, and knowing I had more planned.

I waited until the next morning to show him the rest of the clues, etc and tell him that I had other people involved as well. He felt even worse, but was over the brunt of it so now it's just in the past... and we're looking forward to the trip!

Don't worry -- I gave him an extra earful for the work you put into it, and he really WAS impressed by the clues. I'm sorry it didn't work out as well!

Sorry to hear your scavenger hunt didn't work out well. I hope his rotation goes better than he's expecting. I hear you on the gas, I told DH he is going to stop running to the office for just an hour on his work from home days. Gas prices are just too high for it.

 

[Eeyorecln]

I have....


ME! or Kyle. Or my dad or sister, for that matter None of us can stand coconut, but they are my mom's absolute favorite! Go figure

Now Thin Mints are a different story........

I love thin mints and the shortbread Now I need to stop thinking about cookies and more about salad.

 

[Eeyorecln]

I live in Vacaville, just ½ hour from Napa. Next time your out visiting family, let me know.

Wow. My real dad used to live there. He's retired now in Nevada. But my stepsisters and stepbrother lives in the area. I have visited there many times including the base as my dad was in the air force(worked on the engines).

 

[Eeyorecln]

what do you do

Penny for Ellie, Penny for Bethie, Quarter for Mickey?

 

[ReAnSt]

I love thin mints and the shortbread Now I need to stop thinking about cookies and more about salad.

I want a salad, I don't even want the Thin Mints or shortbread. But I must resist as I just posted on the weight loss thread about how I must get my eating at any time under control. This is all due to me working crazy hours.

 

[Eeyorecln]

That is it?

It hurt.

I couldn’t get Elizabeth to come out. I tried everything! Yes ODTT and everything! She was two weeks late! They had to give me a pit drip and force the girl out. And I ask myself why she is they way she is?

Yep we did the same thing with the 4th. If there was an old wive's tale on how to start labor we tried it. Except for the enema idea someone gave DH, I had to draw the line on that one. We did Pitocin and a gel insert and she still ended up having to break my water to get labor started. What's weird is even with all that, the 20 hour labor, and emergency c-section I still hear a clock. Must be that princess envy.

 

[Eeyorecln]

No - I think we should all pull out our worst labor and delivery stories!!!

Seriously though - why do women do that?

It's a common bond. I'll never forget with my first how naive I was I wanted all-natural blah blah. So we picked a hospital bithing center that didn't offer epidurals cause we weren't going to use them. 20 some hours into labor I begged to be airlifted to a hospital with anesthesia. They said no. But to this day my mom lectures me on how I behaved then. Now if maybe someone HAD told me what it was like I would have had a back up plan in case the natural breathing thing didn't work.

 

[Eeyorecln]

Go upstairs and look at Alyssa sleeping in her crib - you'll have your answer!!

 

[Eeyorecln]

Ya got me! The worst one I can think of was when my SIL was getting ready to become a grandmother for the first time. At her DIL's baby shower, she took Julia aside and told her "Real mother's don't get epidurals." I laughed out loud and said not to tell my kids I wasn't their real mother.

 

[Eeyorecln]

send them here for a week

Nick wakes up at 8:30 -= climbs in bed with me and asks for Juice and TV - until Julia wakes up - usually around 9:30 - sometimes later - then she comes in and they are mad if they miss the sleeping part with me!!! which is where the three of us snuggle together for a bit - then around 10:00 we get out of bed for the day

they go up in their rooms around 8:30 and are usually asleep by 10:00

Wow Is there some secret for that? My kids hit the carpet running and way too early for my brain to kick in.

 

[MidNite]

Hey

the doctor has no idea what is going on and decided to send Nick for a CT Scan - so we headed to Children's Hospital and he was uncooperative and freaked when they put him in the machine so he will have to be sedated - unfortunately he had eaten a few hours before and he has to go 8 hours without eating - so we could wait until tonight to see when they could fit us in or go back tomorrow at 12:30

we decided to wait - I think it is good the doctor doesn't feel the test is urgent - and she told me she really does not expect the test to find anything but she really wants to rule out all the "yucky stuff: (her words) first

I am doing my best to keep the negative thoughts out - but they of course creep in every once in a while

she told me obviously the first concern is a brain tumor with the symptoms - but he does not present as a child with a tumor - his motor skills and function is normal - but she would rather be safe than sorry

So I am in for a long 24 hours as I am sure I will not sleep well - please keep Nick in your prayers!!

God bless you! I'm praying for you all.

 

[Eeyorecln]

You can go back to black...as I had to cancel already. Damn cat (who I hate btw) cost me $250 in vet bills after chewing off and eating a third of a shoelace. Add to that the guilt that we need to get Terra to visit family in CA sometime soon...my BIL just misses seeing her so much even if no one else acts like they do (they almost certainly do, he's just the only one other than DH that has held onto his ability to express emotions in their slightly messed up family). The guilt got to me and I decided that I am going to have to cut my losses and cancel. I really shouldn't feel bad since I do have two trips planned in the next 10 months, but of course I do. I just don't want to give up my nice long 10 days with free dining and MNSSHP in Oct for the 3 park days I would get now if too many things come up. Sorry to miss you all May 18th-ers...still working on July though.

Sorry to hear about your birthday trip. When are you going to CA? We might go in Aug. to use our AP's one more time before they expire. I would love to see the fireworks one more time before the 50th is over. And I noticed we missed a few gold ride pics of the kids. DH is almost convinced.

 

[Eeyorecln]

Hi, everyone,

I haven't been on since Thursday, but have been reading along as I can, and have been thinking of all of you! Here's some for those that have been feeling ill or down. You guys had me over some things, which I can use right now. for all those with trips planned. What I wouldn't give to escape to WDW right now!!!!

Just to let you know what's been going on with me - my summer intern program starts in less than 2 weeks, and my new assistant quit on me Saturday. In hindsight, it's somewhat of a blessing, since I don't think she was ultimately going to cut it. Her reason for quitting - she just didn't want to work that hard or have all of this responsibility. In a nutshell, she is someone with a masters degree that wants to sit and file her nails all day and get off at 5 p.m. Definitely not who we need for our department, and also definitely not the way we portrayed the job!!! How could someone hear over and over "the next few months are going to be utter chaos, we need everyone to give 150%, be as efficient as possible, etc.", and think, "oh, but I'll still get off work at 5 everyday, and I can take 3 days to complete a project that should have taken me 2 hours." I don't think I've ever met a more moronic 25 year old!!!

My favorite comment when she was giving me the news that she was quitting - she said, "remember when I told you that I had decided not to teach?" (She is teaching a college course at our local university this semester, and told us in the interview that after doing that, she discovered that her passion lay more in being in a business environment on a daily basis.) After I responded in the affirmative, she said, "well the real reason I didn't want to be a teacher is that I didn't want to have to do lesson plans at night."

But, I'm still holding on to the silver-lining in all of this - my former assistant who is now a schoolteacher has agreed to come work with me this summer once she's done with school. It's not a perfect solution, but she's a close friend, is incredibly smart and efficient, and will be of a great help. I think we're going to hold off in the interim on hiring someone else f/t, since I'm not trusting mine or my director's judgment right now!

Thanks for letting me get that off my chest! Hope everyone's day is going better!

Sorry to hear that you're having a problem filling the position. Hopefully someone great comes along. Will you still be able to get away for your dad's birthday trip?

 

[Eeyorecln]

Hey

the doctor has no idea what is going on and decided to send Nick for a CT Scan - so we headed to Children's Hospital and he was uncooperative and freaked when they put him in the machine so he will have to be sedated - unfortunately he had eaten a few hours before and he has to go 8 hours without eating - so we could wait until tonight to see when they could fit us in or go back tomorrow at 12:30

we decided to wait - I think it is good the doctor doesn't feel the test is urgent - and she told me she really does not expect the test to find anything but she really wants to rule out all the "yucky stuff: (her words) first

I am doing my best to keep the negative thoughts out - but they of course creep in every once in a while

she told me obviously the first concern is a brain tumor with the symptoms - but he does not present as a child with a tumor - his motor skills and function is normal - but she would rather be safe than sorry

So I am in for a long 24 hours as I am sure I will not sleep well - please keep Nick in your prayers!!

Most definitely.

 

[rosiejo]

YOu know that is really 10 am here - so your girls sleep MUCH later than ours!!

It was 3pm my time when they woke up - that's just lazy

 

[Eeyorecln]

The doctor just called with the results from all his tests. It is a mixed bag. Rees refluxed 22 times during the 48 hour period. He shouldn't reflux at all with the Fundo, so the reflux is breaking through. The doctor said he feels that it is borderline with what to do. He would prefer to hold off on surgery until Rees is older, so that the Fundo would hopefully last through adulthood. The Fundo tends to break down as kids grow, so the longer you can wait the better. So the good news is he will not have surgery immediately. But the bad news is that there is a problem again. We will try to manage it with diet and medicine until the point that doesn't work anymore. We are to watch Rees for failure to gain weight, asthma attacks, pneumonia, and episodes of vomiting/retching. I'm glad we know what is going on now, but I feel like we are caught in the middle at this point. So, I'm kind of happy, but not at the same time. It's hard to explain. I guess we're in limbo.

I appreciate so much everyone's prayers.

I hope the meds and diet work without Rees having any pain. I pray that God will fill you with peace during this limbo time.

 

[rosiejo]

WOW! I think we need pictures. This sounds amazing.... and the very reason we didn't look at old homes. A friend of Kyle's wanted to sell us theirs, and it's GORGEOUS! We just would have wanted to do the same thing, and just reading about yours makes my head spin!

Do you have before and after pics?!

I'll dig out some before and during pics... we don't really have "after" ones yet as it's not quite finished... I know that because I still wouldn't describe it as gorgeous just yet

 

[rosiejo]

Hmm.... I LOVE Starburst. Maybe I'll have to go see if Jungle Jim's has these!

Not sure if you missed my point there Jen - they used to be called opal fruits over here until Mars decided on a global branding strategy and renamed them starbursts to match you guys... but to me they'll always be opal fruits

 

[Eeyorecln]

thanks for the good wishes. I am totally depressed. Knowing he is refluxing again is horrible. He literally almost died from it the first time around, so for this to be starting again is making me sick. John is very upset with the results too. Having it be "medium" was our worst fear. Yes, it is bad, but we won't fix it with surgery. The first time, it took us almost 2 years of agony, hospitalizations, etc to convince the doc to do the Fundo surgery. He is one of those that surgery is absolutely the last resort and will try anything and everything else first. After the Fundo, Rees was a different child and it was a complete success! So now, I'm worried he's "playing" us again and will make us try everything else under the sun before redoing the surgery.

I've actually contacted my good friend who has a personal friend that is a Peds GI doc and surgeon down at Emory University Med School. Last time, he suggested the Fundo a year before we got it. I'll be interested to hear his opinion. John and I both think there is more to this than the tests showed. I think my mom instinct has kicked in. I'm worried, and I don't know why. Thanks for listening to me ramble. I know I should think this is good news, but I just feel like something is amiss.

Go ahead and get a second opinion, I wish I had trusted my instinct with Zack. I just "knew" something was different/wrong with him at 3, but everyone around me told me I was being paranoid, a worryer. Now, he's 6 and we're just now getting him help. His whole kindergarten year was lousy because I waited too long to insist on a referral to a specialist. At least we have a second appt. in June that I hope goes well. And I bought the hooked on phonics to work with him this summer to get him where he needs to be for first grade next year. Still, I always wonder if I had done something when he was 3... I hope you guys get answers that you can live/agree with.