Updated and unconfused

**Updated: I am awesome and have figured out how to embed the videos. I rock. Now go click on them.:)

So, wordpress continues to confuse me. For some reason in yesterdays post I was able to embed one video but not the other two. I have no idea why. They seem the same to me but I don’t actually claim to understand the whole thing about posting pictures and video.  I just follow the instructions and hope that whatever I did works. Several months ago I tried for several days to add a button to my sidebar; never figured it out even though I have four or five on there currently. I don’t get it. I suppose with some work and focus on it I could figure it out but seriously? I don’t have that kind of time.

Woot. A post not about children :)

Okay how about a post that doesn’t concern my children or our health? Imagine that. I’m starting to miss writing on the blog and especially miss writing about things other than the kids. Once upon a time this was a place for me to jot down what I felt about the world. 

So here are a few random observations. First Michael Jackson died and so the kids and I listened to his music off the iPod on the way to school today. While I walked in from the car I listened to Thriller and tried to restrain myself from doing that zombie dance move from the video. Brian said over the weekend that there were flash mobs doing it in London and NYC.

I thought that was pretty cool. I mean whatever you think of the guy, he was definitely messed up but for my generation, he was also the music most of us identified with. I can’t think of a person growing up that wouldn’t have know all the words to Billie Jean or laughed at Fat -Weird Al’s parody of Bad.

My second non child related rant. What the hell is up with the NY state Senate? The Republicans started this stupid coup that was successful then sorta failed and now there is no governing being done at all. I usually don’t discuss politics here because I don’t want my family to rise up and revolt against me but these people are pissing me off! It seems like no one in Albany has any concern at all over their constituents, or even attempting to make themselves look good. What happened to governance that actually cared about the people they represent. I just want to get rid of them all and start over!

To end, I’m not sure if you’ve ever heard of the Philippine prison that uses large scale dances for rehabilitation. They’re really cool. I highly recommend checking out some of their videos on youtube. But here’s their dancing tribute to MJ.

I hate pork

So this week is slowly killing me.

Last Sunday, Jeffrey had a high fever, 102.7. We gave him some Tylenol and it came down, in six hours he was freaking out and screaming. The meds had worn off and we couldn’t give him any Motrin because of his upcoming surgery. We called the pediatrician and they said to give him a little extra tylenol and don’t worry unless it lasts over 72 hours.

Next day? Kept him home from school, no fever and he acted fine all day. Tuesday- sent him to school. Great. Tuesday night, I got the 102 degree fever.
Wednesday- Got a call that he had a fever and needed to come home. Called the pediatrician again, they said to give it another day or two -Until, I mentioned that he was supposed to have surgery on Friday. So they suggested coming in and checking him over.

So… he has a fever, and starts telling me that “his mouth hurts”. I have learned to hate this statement. Now we’re thinking strep maybe? No. Of course not, it’s farking swine flu.

Seriously? Jeffrey and I were both diagnosed with swine flu. Dammit. They told us that we needed to stay out of work or school for seven days from the start of symptoms. So we’re hoping that Jeffrey is better by Monday. Right now his fever is gone but he is still occasionally telling us that his mouth hurts. I can’t tell if it is still really hurting him or if he just wants the attention now. It’s getting irritating. He’ll eat french fries just fine, but then freak out when he eats a freezer pop. It doesn’t make any sense.

Needless to say, his surgery was cancelled. Who knows when it will be rescheduled.

I’m hoping we’re all well on Monday.

PT, OT and therapy, Oh my

We’ve had Jeffrey re-evaluated for physical therapy. Turns out he is severly delayed at this point. While he did well in some areas, in others (such as gross motor; running,  jumping etc.) he falls in the 2nd percentile. Needless to say, he’ll be receiving services. Twice a week for 30 minutes for PT and once a week for 30 minutes for OT. They won’t start  until the fall because the school system is weird. Whatever, he’s getting services.

The part that makes me unhappy? Having to listen to the evaluators go down the list of deficiencies on the conference call the other day. I understand that they need to go through everything with us but the Mama Bear in me just really hated to hear the laundry list of things wrong with my child.

I loved EI, I know that the therapists for  the school system will be just as good (they’re from the same agencies after all). I just feel like my little guy is perfect and awesome the way he is and it’s difficult to admit that he needs help to catch up with the other kids. I also realize that I am in no way articulating myself well. I’m not upset that he needs services or that he’s getting them.

It’s just hard. I’m not worried that his physical issues will hold him back. He’s a very active child and I don’t doubt that he will overcome the issues that he faces. It’s just that I also know he can’t keep up with the other kids and I dread the day that he begins to realize it. He’s spectacular and I don’t ever want him to think otherwise.

Six

Things that make me happy. I stole this meme from MaryP.  Thanks!!

Obviously I’ve had some difficulty of late coming up with quick posts. I have lots I want to write about but I am short on time. So happy happy meme time!

Six things that make me happy.

1. My spectacular children. They exhaust me, they frustrate me, they constantly keep me on my toes; but dear God they are the most fabulous creatures that I have ever had the joy to encounter.

2. My husband. He loves me far more than I deserve. He treats me like gold, takes care of me and is a fantastic father. Plus he makes me pancakes.

3. Books. Real paper books that I can pick up and hold when I’m done. I love the feel, the smell and the whole experience of picking up and reading a book.

4. Fresh red raspberries and raspberry pie. Yum…… I believe I have a post about that somewhere.

5. Taking pictures of my world. I have found a great deal of satisfaction out of looking through a camera lens and capturing moments through it. Scrapbooking those pictures is just a bonus.

6. My friends. Where would we be without the family that we choose? Thank goodness we have them.