In my never-ending mild medical saga, I went to see an allergist today.  I told her the whole long tale, then she did a skin test to see what I’m allergic too.  Turns out it’s pretty much the same old stuff: cats, dogs, and dust.  I’m not allergic to trees anymore, so that’s good. 

I got 42 pin pricks. Good times. (It’s hard to take a picture of your own back!)

She recommended an allergy med and prescribed a nasal mist (yuck!), but she didn’t have a clear explanation for my breathing problems.  She agreed that the treachea surgery is a good idea and thought maybe some speech/vocal therapy would be good too.  She said to check in with her in six months to see how the surfer affected things.  

While I was waiting I pulled up my blog post of Eve’s allergy testing.  That was a good day!! Her back is so much cuter than mine! (Here is her initial test.  She was so adorable!!)

So off we go to surgery on Tuesday.  I hope it works!!!

?It snowed last night. First snow of the season.  All the kids after Lego League were like a Peanuts show, running and laughing and throwing snowballs at each other.   The forecast said it would snow all night.  Lex and Eve went to bed with hopes for a snow day.  

This morning I broke out the snow boots, bundled up, and was eager to see Arlo in his first big snow.  But guess what?!  Nothing!!!  Well, barely nothing.  Just a small dusting.  

The kids are going to be very disappointed when they wake up and have to go to school both days of this two day week! 😄??

I miss my blog.  With Facebook and Snapchat and my family group chat I find myself less and less priortizing the blog, but that makes me a little sad.  

I realize I missed Halloween all together, and like an awful Halloween prank we somehow ended up with a crazy wildcard for president, and both kids are sick, and I have breathing problems and doctors appointments and a surgery scheduled, but right now I just want to say that I love my school.  We had such a lovely Veterans’ Day ceremony with a flag ceremony and special guests and hand made flag projects waving in little hands.  Normally I would have missed this, but today I had a doctor appointment that went so smoothly that I got to work an hour early, just as kids were coming out for the ceremony.  Despite all the crazines in the world, I am so glad that my family is part of such a strong, thoughtful, caring community.  I sat through an EST meeting this afternoon and was struck by the true thought and concern expressed for each child on the agenda. Every day I am thankful for the school that has fostered both my children’s education and my own career.  There is light in this world and it shines from all of us. 

We have been going hard lately, but it all broke down yesterday afternoon.  Lex came home with a bunch of Social Studies homework, including work he mistakenly thought was done and was now several days late.  He also had a big packet about the elections that involved lots of reading, long answers, summarizing, and deep thinking.  He was stressed!  We got home and he collapsed on the floor in tears.  He told me he just couldn’t handle life these days.  I asked if it was just the homework, or something else too.  He got himself together long enough to say, “Something else happened.  Wednesday night.”   Daisy.  Then he was curled in my lap in tears again.

We agreed to skip karate and had a good snack instead.  As the afternoon went on and we worked though his homework, I started feeling worse and worse.  I was hoping to go to a middle school PTO meeting, but by that time I was snuggled in two sweaters and a scarf and not going anywhere!  Lex got his homework done just before bedtime, and I went to bed right after the kids with a fever of 101.6.

The fever broke over night, but the nausea began.  I am spending today on the couch, binging on Glee.  Just hit season 4, which feels like the “shark jump” season.  Maybe it’s time for a nap instead.