Wow! Back to normal!
Just thought I would pop in and let you know how our lives have been going since the last time I posted. I have been off work since December 11th, and really don't want to go back :-) It is so relaxing and wonderful to be at home, and I absolutely love being able to go to sleep at night with my husband and waking up with him by my side in the morning.
The kids are being difficult, but it is much easier to handle when I have enough sleep. I don't know if I told you, but Son #2 has now been diagnosed with ADHD and ODD as well. We had a scare a couple of weeks ago, he came home from school and told me that his vision suddenly went blurry while he was in class, and it hadn't gotten any better through the rest of the day. He was unable to read, and had a headache from squinting. I called the doctor and the eye doctor, and was told to take him in to the clinic immediately to Urgent Care. They did an exam, and his lymph nodes in his neck were HUGE! The doc did a blood test, and thought he would throw in a Strep test, just because it is going around. Turns out the #2 Son has both Strep AND Mono! The doc thought his blurry vision was just due to him not feeling well. He got an antibiotic for the strep, and about 10 days later his vision was better.
Christmas Eve we had Mass, and it went well. We had a posada, then mass, and then we had a little get together. It was beautiful! After mass, we came home and picked up the presents we had for the stepkids, and off to their house we all went. The stepkids' grandma got it in her head that she wanted a "family photo" so somewhere out there is a pic of me, Mr. Man, the Ex, HoneyGirl, LittleMan, their little sister, and all 3 of my kids. Talk about awkward!!! Then we came home and had our family dinner and the kids opened their presents. By that time, the cold that I had been fighting finally won the battle, and I woke up on Christmas morning absolutely miserable. Mr. Man had the same cold, and he had to work, so me and the kiddos went to my dad's house for a little while, but I felt like crap so we came back home.
New Year's was fun...we bought some tequila and I had margaritas...we had a kind of pot luck with the neighbors, and ended up having tacos de lengua, tamales, turkey, mashed potatoes, AND menudo! We had music and tons of fun. We watched the ball fall, and I got a New Year's kiss for the first time in my life!!! (New Year's in years past had been spent alone at home with the kids while the Ex was out partying.) Now, life is back to normal, the 3 Kings have come and gone, and the tree is no longer hogging a quarter of my living room. I am sad to see the holidays go, but grateful for the quality family time we shared!
School started for me on January 3rd, so I have a week under my belt. There is a LOT of work in this class, and it has just started. God help me! I go back to work on February 5th, so I still have almost 4 weeks of "vacation" left, but I am sad to be counting down the days. I am still hoping to get a quick trip to Mexico in before I go back, but that may not happen.
I hope you and your families had a wonderful Christmas and New Year's, and I wish you all happiness and health in 2012! God Bless!!!!!
