Good morning! We are getting ready to meet friends again this morning. It's spring break here and after today I think everyone will be gone for the rest of break. So, I am getting in playtime while I can. I am soooooooo happy that the weather has finally become more spring like. I absolutely love that my tulips, daffodils and hyacinths are about to bloom.
this spring/summer i am most looking forward to my kids playing outside! last week was gorgeous and it was such a nice break--they can entertain themselves much better outside, i can sit on the deck or watch out the window, my house stays clean, and there are a million more activities we can do for free. it kills me in the winter to blow $20 just to go to an indoor play place for a few hours when we have a ton of great parks and playgrounds buried under the snow.
i was not meant to live in new england! if it weren't for dh's job and our families, i am sure we would be long gone. it has been raining again since yesterday morning and i can totally tell the difference in everyone's mood...we have done nothing but bicker for 48 hours.
-- Edited by Corey on Wednesday 24th of March 2010 09:23:26 AM
Spring doesn't really hit here for another month. It's still snowy and cold until then. I want to plant tomatoes soon but if last year is anything to judge by, it won't be safe (except for exclusively indoors) for another month. I can't plant outside, most likely, until June. Last year it froze the 3rd week in June and killed nearly everything in this area. My plants were still very tiny so they survived, which is ironic because I never got anything off them. I rarely do. I'm horrible at growing things but I try every year.
I am looking forward to summer, though. No school to teach and I'll finally be not cold. Honestly, if it wasn't for the fact that I hate to be hot even more than I hate to be cold, I'd want to move to a warmer climate. It's not very fun to be cold 9 months of the year.
Corey-I am with you. Playing outside is the best thing!!! The kids love it, they play with the neighbors, they wear themselves out, the house stays neater-it is all around just fabulous.
Just the sunshine makes me happy. I feel better when there is sunshine and some green stuff coming up!
Kate and Anna still both have colds-it is really hanging on in this house!
Anyway, Kate was tuckered out after school today. I normally would not have sent her, but her Easter egg hunt was today-I know, I am a bad mom. But I will say there was another kid there hacking way worse than Kate was.
I had my yearly this morning, so my mom picked them up and fed them lunch and we met back here. Kate was moaning and groaning about how she wasn't tired, she didn't want to take a nap, blah blah blah. Um...yeah. Child is LAID OUT asleep up there-and she fell asleep pretty quick.
I am glad-she really needed it. And thankfully, Anna is playing nice and quiet in her room, so she shouldn't wake Kate or anything.
My sinuses are still hurting, dang it. I hope I can knock out this infection without having to move onto the other med. Today is only day 2, and he said I should be feeling a lot better in 3-4, so I'll give it another couple of days.
I wonder if some of it is allergy related-I have never been tested or paid attention, but I totally could have allergies-most people eventually do seem to have trouble with it around here.
So I had my yearly this morning. I switched to a new practice because the brothers I used to see aren't in practice anymore, and I say the guy who took over for them last year and was NOT impressed.
I hate switching around because you never know, you know? But I asked around and decided on this place, and I am so happy with them!! I loved the doc I saw today. Really personable guy-his kids are about the same ages as mine, just really nice. He is familiar with my condition and the meds I take, and he was reassuring about being on the meds should we embark on another pregnancy. He took his time in talking with me and everyone there was nice and welcoming.
It is a larger practice than I am used to, but in some ways I think that is nice. And you can always see just one doctor-you don't have to see them all or anything. Since I am a c/s mom now, I guess I will be able to just see whoever I like, not everyone. I think vaginal births generally end up seeing everyone since the don't know who will end up delivering.
Anyway, I am very happy I made the change! Maybe now I will have to courage to change GPs too, since that is another place I feel like change is in order...
