JUST MINDING MY OWN BUSIN---SQUIRREL!!!!

Things are getting back to normal around here. Well, our normal, which of course is very different than a lot of people's normal. I have to remember that g-tubes, trachs and various pieces of respiratory equipment for an 11-year-old nonverbal child is not considered society's "normal." It just happens to be what we're used to, our perfectly normal lifestyle. Colby went to school both yesterday and today. He had decent days, not great, just decent. The mornings have been rough on him. Once he gets up in his wheelchair and rides the bus, which is pretty much a giant, yellow shaky vest, on top of having extra drainage from his head cold, the secretions are a bit much for him. He's having great afternoons, though, while at school. So I hate to keep him home if it's a matter of just coughing/clearing extra secretions. For the most part he's back to usual jabbering, cute-as-a-freaking-button self. I don't know. It's the never-ending parent dilemma, figuring out what is best for our kiddos. Doesn't it wear you out sometimes?!

I've been able to catch up on a few things around here. I worked over the weekend, so nothing much got done then except for the usual taking care of Colby stuff. I still need to go through the mountain of mail that has accumulated over the last couple of weeks. Of course that's the task I've saved/procrastinated, and now it's on my last nerve. Maybe if I have some time tonight I'll start on it. After the Biggest Loser premiere goes off, of course. Not missing that for anything! Love that show, have never missed an episode. Got out a few Halloween decorations today. More to go up as the week progresses. Only 15 days until Halloween, yippee Skippy! The one day of the year when it's okay to dress up and act like something/somebody you really aren't. Who doesn't love that? Time to carve pumpkins, make applely, cinnamony, pumpkiny, yummy treats, watch scary shows. Oh, and the weather is going to get cooler in the next day or so. Good stuff, love it, really I do! We have to get on the ball so Mr. Colby can pick out his costume. He's already said he wants to be something scary, not funny. I guess the days of being a duck, Elvis or a cowboy are over for him. I think he would make the best vampire ever. Last year I couldn't talk him into it, he was zeroed in on being a zombie. But let's face it, he did make the cutest/scariest, best damn zombie ever.

I was sitting here today at the computer doing something very important. Okay, not really, I was Facebooking probably. When out of the corner of my eye, it caught my attention. Had to do a double take. There is an albino squirrel that hangs around the apartment complex, and it was right outside on the wheelchair ramp. I've been dying to get a picture of that weird thing. And there is was, right there, and I missed it! Couldn't get to my camera fast enough. So there I was, tiptoeing around outside in my sock feet with my camera, looking for the white squirrel. He was long gone, though. I'll get him one day, don't you worry, the creepy little yard rat.

Going to wrap this up for now. I made stuffed peppers for supper. They smell pretty darn tasty, so I better go check them out. Girl gotta eat! Bye for now.