Today I have been more thankful for Si than I ever have before.
Without him, I think I might go crazy. He has been my sanity and my joy lately.
Why
must some people be so cruel and harsh? What do they get out of it? I
know that when I make someone feel bad, it makes me feel bad. So I try
to stick to treating others how I would like to be treated.
Apparently that isn't the case with other members of this extended family..
Today it got up to 84 degrees in my classroom and that was with the
air conditioner on 60 degrees. Gotta love the heat of an Alabama
spring...
I am beginning to have problems with my c-section scar
because of how the wound healed. It is actually because of how the
doctors put me back together and all of the problems I had immediately after Si was born.
I have some options...
Deal with it. Continue to bandage my scar for the rest of my life and fight off infection as best as I can.
Or...
Have it surgically fixed.
The
issue with the surgery though, is that I will need to lose a good deal
of weight before having the revision. Otherwise it would most likely do
no good. They removed fatty tissue from below my incision and that is
what is causing the problem now.
Like I've said before, this body is not my body. It's not the one I had before Si was born by a long shot.
My mother has told me that I am going to have to have the problem fixed. I don't think she understands what all that entails.
So for now I will continue to bandage the area and diet.
What else can I do?
Ugh... three weeks since I last blogged? I'm such a slacker... let's see... what all has happened in the past few weeks?
Swamped
at work. I have designed a logo for the college and career expo that my
department is hosting along with schools in the adjacent systems. I
have also drawn a schematic for the map of the facility where it will be
held. The original was so bad I can't believe that they actually handed
it out to people. I have written and designed the whole 15 page program
that is to be printed for the event. I have designed a billboard for
the event. Yes, a BILLBOARD. I have designed a banner that will be used
year after year for this expo (my boss hopes to have this thing every
year).
Oh, and I taught classes too!
Si has gotten much
better with his RSV. Just a little bit of a stuffy nose now. We took him
back to the doctor yesterday and he got a good report. I actually felt
like I had a day off but then I got a message from my boss asking about
the banner that had to be done by the end of business. So I had to go
into work on my day off...
I designed and ordered prom tickets. And today I found out that I am supposed to design the prom t-shirt also.
Needless to say I am exhausted and I need a drink!
;)
Si has RSV :( I went through this with Janie, but she was over a year old. Si is almost 7 months old...
Jason
and I took him to the pediatrician today and we came home with a
nebulizer and a prescription for albuterol. So far the breathing
treatments are helping and there hasn't been any adverse side effects
yet... I'm still waiting on that inhaled steroid cRaZy personality to
show up though, because it definitely showed up with Janie.
On a
more positive note, Si has two teeth coming in!! At first we thought it
was just one but I found the other one peeking through right beside it
:)
So... this is completely off topic, but it has been bothering
me... if a husband or boyfriend tells his significant other that
something she does is bothering him, it is acceptable. BUT if a woman
tells her husband or boyfriend something that he does is bothering her,
she is automatically labeled as a bitch or a nag.
Neither of which
I am. I keep my mouth shut. I have such a fear of being a nag that I
very rarely complain about the things that other people do that bother
me. Especially the people that I care about.
Okay. Rant over...
It's been a long day. Tomorrow the State Career Tech Director (like
the big boss for my department), the mayor, our county Superintendent,
the Project Manager for AIDT, the Executive Director of the Southwest Alabama Workforce Development Council, a Representative from the Department of Conservation, Law Enforcement & Recruiting, and the Career Coach for our area of the state will be here to visit our school and talk to our students in an assembly.
I
have cleaned my room like I've never cleaned it before. Thankfully my
students helped me during 4th block. They are my best class! I can ask
them anything and they never give me gripe about it.
I'm honestly not sure how much better my classroom looks... But I tried.
This
summer my room is supposed to be completely revamped. Painted, new
chairs and tables for my computer workstations, and hopefully something
done to the floor. I am going to take some before and after pictures
because I am hoping there is going to be a MAJOR difference.
My neck and shoulders are SO tight. They have been all day... Maybe after tomorrow is over I can relax some...
I was laying on the bed next to Si as he was sleeping. Today we took
him to the doctor for his 6 month check up and for his shots. He's been a
little fussy this afternoon but that's to be expected.
I looked over at Jason and asked him,
"Would you think I was crazy if I told you I wanted to have another baby?"
"No. I love kids. You know that Leigh," was his response.
Maybe it's the latent pregnancy hormones or the antidepressant that's talking. I don't quite know.
But I do know this...
He is growing up way too fast...
Si turned six months old on monday! he has gotten so big... i
honestly don't know how much he weighs but we will find out for sure
next week when we take him to the doctor for his six-month checkup
(which includes shots...)
he just started being able to sit up on
his own! he's still a bit wobbly but he can stay up for extended periods
of time without support. my sister says it will be no time before he's
crawling...
it's been a busy past few weeks. janie's skating birthday party (which turned out fine even though i wanted to punch the owner of the rink in the throat to begin with) and the the womanless beauty pageant
at the high school that i took pictures at (and then had to make them
private because of the thousands of views they were getting on flickr...
it was kinda freaking me out...) and the jwl mardi gras ball in town last weekend (again, more pictures).
i've
got two weddings coming up that i'm going to photograph. they're small
weddings (my favorite kind) so they won't stress me out too bad...
it's
only wednesday and I am definitely looking forward to the weekend.
actually, i'm looking forward to 3:05. thankfully that's only about 20
minutes away ;)
