LOOK OUT 6TH GRADE, HERE COMES COLBYRUSS BIGBOYPANTS

We took it easy over the weekend. I worked this past Saturday. Then the day nurse got off at 5PM and we didn't have a night nurse. Time alone with Colby, aaaaaah I love it. Well, let me specify. I love alone/no-nurse time with Colby when it is known/planned, not when some dumbass nurse calls off at the last minute. That just infuriates me. Sunday morning Colby's dad came for his weekly 3-hour visit. I ran errands. Then when the night nurse came, we got Colby outside so he could help us transplant some the sunflower, lily and gardenia plants Colby and the nurse had planted several weeks ago. That was the highlight of our Saturday night. Ain't no shame in that.

Yesterday we went to the walking bridge. I had been wanting to take Colby all summer, so since it was the day before school started, it was now or never. Thank goodness there is a breeze going across that bridge because it was hotter than crap yesterday. We even went early, home by noon. Damn Ohio Valley humidity, it's horrible. Took Colby and the nurse home, then I ran some errands. Apparently they don't make plain black dress shorts for boys anymore? I can find tons of gym shorts, but I'm looking for something a little dressier. I've been to 6 different stores with no luck. The night nurse and I gave Colby a bath in preparation for the first day of school, which was today!

I had worked myself into an absolute frenzy about the start of school. I mean seriously, I have made myself sick. ALL I want is for Colby to have a good 1st week of school. That's it, all I want. And by "good" I mean I want him to stay out of the hospital! Remember when last school year started, and they called me and said, ummm yeah, Colby has some strange bleeding from his mouth. We ended up taking him to Cincinnati Children's that night, and a 6-day hospital stay resulted. That was ridiculous. The year before that, the first few days of school he caught a virus, got sick, and ended up in Cincy for 39 days! That was extremely ridiculous. So yeah, I hope you can understand my elevated nervousness for him as school starts. I've done some heavy praying the last few days. I know God has way bigger prayers to answer than this, but I was praying/begging, please, please let Colby have a good 1st week of school. Just let us get Tues, Wed, and Thurs under our belt without any major complications, please, please. Day 1 was a great success! The bus showed up on time. We loaded up Colby and the nurse on the bus, I followed in the van to school. I stayed the whole day. Just wanted to meet his new teacher, see his daily schedule, make sure the nurse was comfortable with the whole bus/school thing, etc. The only little snafu we had was the lift on the bus got a little whacked when they came to pick him up at school this afternoon. This also happened last year, so I wasn't panicking. Took an extra 10-15 minutes to solve the problem, then we were heading home. So day 1 of 6th grade for Colby was a huge success. More of the same tomorrow. I want to hang out just a little more in case the nurse or teacher has any questions/problems. Then after that, I think everything will be fine for Colby and the nurse to go to school without me.

Colby is back there in his room. I can hear him being whiney. My guess is he's tired. I asked him that, Colby are you tired yes or no. Of course he looked at no. Then I said Colby, do you want to go to bed earlier tonight, yes or no. Of course he said no. Well, tough crap, kiddo. You're getting lights out at 9:00 tonight instead of 9:30. Because let me tell you, 6:50AM rolls around pretty darn early on school days. Hope I can blog in a couple days and add smiley faces, LOLs and exclamation points for all the right reasons. That's all for now. "And that's the way it is," peeps.