Living Realistically

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

triple threat

have you ever been blogging and suddenly

realized your house is much quieter than it should be?

we're talkin' ~crickets~.

this just happened.

my entourage converge as

the "triple threat"

in search of a home where an authority figure is not too poor to PAY attention. (My wallet filled with parenting bucks has been empty as of late.)

As soon as I noticed the lack of chaos, the front door flies open and in walks Luke armed with information. Turns out my buddy, pal and sweet, sweetest sweet neighbor friend Jess has kids at her home already, but she'll give the Entourage a call when the guests leave.

UGH! where is my responsibility?

Dear Jess, I do not send them down.

They escape.

Thank you for always being kind to their invasive behavior.

Love, Kris

I need a fenced yard.

Really soon

My kids start school on Monday. MONDAY?!?!?

That is REALLY SOON.

They don't ride a bus,

katey sleeps until 11 (um. i like that she sleeps this late- it's for purely selfish reasons)

and Luke refuses to learn how to ride his bike.

I don't have the school supplies purchased yet.

This has TOTALLY taken me by surprise.

Now that Luke will be attending all day,

I am trying to figure out if it's more economically sound

to buy school lunch for 2 kids or send 'em packin'.

This is crazy.

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Real Medicine

Yeah. They woke up right after I posted and haven't gone back to sleep since. But I did. Had myself a Dr. visit.

3 prescriptions, a hefty jump in my thyroid dose and days of sleep, I am beginning to feel better. Experienced what I consider to be a near mental breakdown. Nothing a Xanax won't fix... but I am still not functioning in a normal manner yet.

Turns out it's all on account of my no good thyroid..... Not sure what this means, so if any of you nurses or Dr.s out there can explain, many thanks will be in order:
I guess my TSH level is at 37.4 so they are upping my armour thyroid prescription from 120 to 180 mg. Here's the kicker, we can't get any Armour Thyroid in these parts right now. (Don't know the particulars.) So one of the pharmacies I went to gave me 24 30mg pills. That was all they could spare. Only 4 days worth of medicine. sigh.

I've tried Synthroid and it has failed in the past. Does anyone have any suggestions? Luke is getting to used to my new calm persona of "Mommy-on-Meds". If I react coherently to any misbehaving, he's quick to ask, "Have you taken your pill?"

Thursday, July 10, 2008

still sleeping

It's 9 am and my entourage is still snoozing. I am elated.

I have had 2 hours without anyone around.

Too bad I am not also still sleeping.

having a bad day

Do you follow

The Secret?

If you ever find yourself having a bad day,

try this:

Sit down. Close your eyes. AND smile for 1 minute.

I'm tellin' ya, the giggles will begin.

Just try it.

However, trying to keep the laughing in your heart is the hard part. If you are like me in the least, when you are in a bad mood, for some reason we want to stay in the mood and giggling makes it difficult. Eash! I have to do it throughout the day and I start to think I've been sent to TiMeouT. Yep, timeout to smile.

Really Remember

Today would have been my "G"'s birthday.

Last year she received over 100 birthday cards.

Isn't that fabulous?!?!?

She was tickled pink by being remembered.

So, in her honor, who can we make smile

by remembering them today?

Thanks G, for always remembering my special days.

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

really entertaining

Last night, we went here

to see this

with all of them (and their respective parents)

So FUN! $6 per adult and $3 per little person(5-11)~ Could have been a double feature with Prince Caspian, if some workin' folks didn't need to arise in the am.

I am thinking of going back with just Wil