Spring and cookies!

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Eve and I went out to deliver Girl Scout cookies today (finally!) and found these lovely things growing in the yard.  Our first flowers always bloom in the middle of the yard. 

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Delivering cookies with our new wagon.

We bought a wagon just for this reason. Last year we delivered the cookies, in the snow, by carrying boxes and bags in our arms.  It was exhausting! The wagon made the process a whole lot nicer.  It took us over two hours, but we finally got all the neighborhood cookies delivered!  Family, friends, and school were delivered last week, so now we are done!  Whew!

New weapons in karate

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The dojo finished up the Tonfa sessions and moved on to Nunchaku, or nunchucks!  These look like the hardest weapons to learn! 

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I was amazed no one smacked themselves in the head with these things!

I think the kids like the coolness factor of sticking them in their belts.  :-)

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That's Lex on the right.

Life, according to Lex

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While I was lying with Lex tonight I told him about a meeting at school tomorrow that he’ll be attending.  Turns out it’s happening when he has band and he was very upset about that.  He was also upset about the fact that he didn’t know the meeting what happening, and had only the vaguest idea about the plan.  He said it was frustrating being a kid because people don’t tell you what’s happening or the whole story about things going on.  He made a great comparison, saying life is like one of those haunted house rides where you get in the car on the track and things pop up at you along the way.  Sometimes the things are bad or scary, and sometimes they are good, but you never know when something is going to pop up.  I love that comparison.  I reminded him that the same is true for adults and that even when the things were scary or bad, your car keeps going.  You may be scared and your heart may beat fast for a few minutes, but life keeps moving along.  We agreed to sit next to each other in the car and hold hands when the bad things pop up.  I love my boy.

Two fixed wrists?

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Two carpal tunnel surgeries and I’m ready to go!  Kinda.  Just now I’m feeling a little beat up.  I took the bandage off the left wrist and was surprised to see minimal bruising and swelling.  There was more pain this time, so I was expecting to have more bruising and swelling as well.  Guess not.

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Left wrist (with green circle) was just done, right wrist (with bruising from the IV) was done a few weeks ago. The white tape came off after I showered, so now I have band-aids on both wrists.

It has been quite a mental task to shift completely from using my left hand to my right.  I’ve been babying my right for the past three weeks and suddenly it’s now on full duty, despite the fact that it’s only about 90% ready.

Lucky for me I’m surrounded by supportive family and I have flexible obligations, so I have time to heal.  I’m also getting good rest.  It’s a new feeling not waking up with numb or tingly (or firey!) hands.

Life is good.

Left hand surgery

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I had carpal tunnel surgery on the left side today.  They had a little trouble placing the IV on the right though.  Four sticks and three nurses later they finally got it!  The whole experience from start to finish was less awesome this time, but still ok and now both wrists are done and hopefully the carpal tunnel pain is gone!

Feelings

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Eve made herself this amazing sign for her bedroom door and I love it. She took dinosaur stickers and guessed at their feelings and emotions. I asked if it was a book about feelings and she said no, just a regular sticker book. I especially love the face with steam coming out of it’s ears under the “Don’t come in” words, and the “hangry” one, and well… I love them all! I mostly love that “Happy” is the default checked box. :)

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How are you feeling today?

Tooth

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I was clearing off the table yesterday, trying to make room for us to eat, and I saw this on the table.

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Probably could have cropped this picture a bit. :)

“Did someone lose a tooth?” I asked. “Oh, yeah, I did,” said Lex. I had to laugh. Losing teeth is such a non-issue these days. He lost it at lunch and went to the nurse, as is the protocol when you lose a tooth in school. He showed me the space where it was, and the space was filled with a tooth half way grown in already! Bottom, right… first molar maybe? I forgot already.

Town politics

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Big day for Alan!

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Campaigning outside the polling place. Brrr! At least it's sunny!

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I should have taken this picture AFTER I voted! Silly me.

Make sure you get out and vote today if you’re in a Super Tuesday state!