Here it is, 10:45 on a Friday night and I'm getting ready to go to bed. What a party animal I've become! I can hear Colby back in his room jabbering away, not sleeping. Go to sleep, stinker. The dishwasher is running. I've got music videos playing on the TV. Yes, I'm addicted to CMT, VH1, Behind the Music, Crossroads, Pop-Up Video, all of them. Sad but true.
I'll start with my absolute favorite topic, my sweet Colby boy. He's doing much, much better lately. He's not having those goofy high heart rate issues. His oxygen alarm isn't going off through the night. You have no idea how happy that makes me. That kid was worrying me to death. We'll have his IEP meeting in a couple of weeks. The goal is to get that eye gaze in front of him more often at school. Guess I'll have to step it up, too, and start using it more around here. He's been extremely vocal lately. Jabbering like crazy, very loud when on his bi-pap. Another sign that he's doing well. The wheelchair guy is coming on Monday to adjust his power chair, again. Colby has grown so much the seat depth needs adjusting. He has also outgrown his TLSO (back brace) and AFO's (shoes) and we're scheduled to go to Cincy for him to be re-casted for those. He also has a dentist appointment in Cincy the same day, Thursday. Oh joy, taking Colby to the dentist. It's a nightmare. For years he has seen a dentist here in town, but I figured what the heck. He goes to Cincy for everything else, might as well go there for the dentist.
For those of you who don't know, my hometown was destroyed by a tornado last Friday afternoon. I haven't lived in Henryville for the last 15 years or so. But as I was watching the news coverage, it was like turning back the clock. I was back in that little "our town is so small we don't have a stop light" town. I loved growing up there. I do have relatives and very good friends still there, though. Today my dad, Colby and I drove up to check it out. Henryville is 20 miles from where I live now. I've seen tons of pictures and videos of the tornado and the damage it caused. I was told by people to prepare myself for what I was going to see. I thought I was ready. Well, I wasn't. Words cannot describe it. Everywhere you look something about that town is changed forever. Houses and businesses demolished. The elementary, middle and high school, all on the same property in the heart of the town, destroyed. Police cars, bulldozers, tarps, buses of volunteers, disaster relief organizations set up everywhere. Trees plowed over and uprooted. Debris scattered. Hail damage. Emergency shelters set up. TV crews everywhere. Seriously it looked like something out of a freakin' movie. From what I hear, the outpouring of donations and help for Henryville has been amazing. It will take months, maybe even years, to get things back on track there. But the cleanup has begun. My dad said they have cleaned up a lot in a week. I'll be honest, I found that hard to believe from what I saw, but apparently there has been a lot of improvement over the last few days. Wow, you think this kind of stuff will always happen somewhere else. Henryville, the smallest of towns with the biggest of hearts! I've told Colby over and over this past week that we were lucky. We were spared where we live. We're praying for Henryville's residents every day, for a speedy recovery from this disaster.
I'm okay I guess. Trying to exercise more. Trying to get to bed earlier, hence, there has been less blogging. Trying to find a new babysitter. We love the babysitter we've had for a couple years. She's just a very busy young lady these days and doesn't have a ton of availability. I've done nothing and been nowhere that resembles anything of having a social life. I even missed Wine Night in February because I wasn't feeling well and you know I don't miss that for anything! I plan to change this antisocial behavior as soon as possible. Time to leave this nasty, cold winter crap behind, along with thyroid issues, Colby not feeling well issues, etc. Bad times, be gone! Time to get out and have some fun, whatever that may involve. I'm also super glad my mom and stepdad are home from vacation! A 3-month vacation to be exact. They head to warmer winter once winter hits around here, and who could blame them?! I would, too, given the opportunity. Just glad they made it home safely.
Okay, I'm yawning like crazy and am freezing cold. Going to crawl in my bed and turn on my electric blanket. Good night all.
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