SPORTS, STRONGBOW, SNOW - helluva weekend

You need to stop what you're doing and read the funniest eye gaze story ever. The pastor from Hosparus called and asked if he could come over for a visit. I said sure no problem. So he gets here and I say hey, have you ever seen Colby use his eye gaze? He says no. I said well come on back to Colby's bedroom, we just got it set up. I pause the eye gaze so Colby can't use it. Then explain to the pastor how it works. When you see the red square moving around, that's the machine picking up Colby's eyes. He can move from screen to screen, etc. So I tell Colby that when someone walks in the room, he needs to say something appropriate such as hello, what's up, etc. I un-pause the eye gaze so Colby can "talk." The very first thing he says is, "The person is bald." Now, your question for me is, is the pastor bald. Oh yes, very. We all busted out laughing. Colby's nurse was laughing so hard she had tears in her eyes. Luckily the pastor is a very soft spoken, kind man. He got a kick out of it, too. It was priceless. When the pastor was leaving, he said hey Colby, I'll come back next month and you can insult me some more. Hahaha, good stuff. Gooooooood stuff.

Yesterday we had a laid back day. Even cuddled up with Colby in bed and took a 40-minute nap. Can't tell you the last time we did that. Well, I fell asleep, not sure if he did or not. Do you know how badly I needed a "don't do much" day? Seems like every day since Christmas break it's been one thing or another. I still did a few things. Made my bed, took out the trash, called in prescriptions, went Krogering, mailed some bills, that kind of crap. But it was really nice to have a day where the only people around were the nurses and family. My mom stopped by for a visit, brought me some homemade veggie soup. Yum. Did a killer workout DVD. Being out of shape stinks. Did another exercise tape today and it was even worse. Tomorrow I'll be using Biofreeze like they quit making it, I'm sure. Maybe I'll take the time for an Epsom salt bath, too. Not going to have much else to do when the great snowstorm of 2014 hits. I bought a puzzle last week with the hopes of working it over break. Maybe I'll start working on that. Or I could start taking down the Christmas decorations and/or cleaning. Nah, I'll stick with a hot bath and a puzzle. Maybe Colby will have a snow day on Monday. Wouldn't hurt my feelings one bit to keep my sweet boy home a little longer. We could work on the gingerbread house I got him for Christmas. It's still sitting in the box under the tree. Don't judge.   

So my Hoosiers got beat today. I pretty much figured they would. At times they looked impressive, but then other times they had some real WTF moments. But man-oh-man, how about them Colts?! What a comeback! Colby and the nurse are back in his room. He's doing eye gaze, watching Nickelodeon, and has no interest in the football game. (What is wrong with that child?! I've tried to raise him right!!) I was screaming, cussing, cheering, running back to Colby's room giving them updates. My brother and sister-in-law bought me some Strongbow Cider and glasses for Christmas. One of my favorite alcoholic beverages, ever. Took me an extra one to get through that game. Shoo, what a nail biter.

Okay, going to go hang out with kid before his 9:00 IPV and cough treatment. In you live locally, be safe over the next few days. It's going to get nasty. And for crap's sake, go get bread and milk, NOW. What is it with people scurrying to the store at the 1st mention of bad weather. Would you actually/literally die if you went without a few slices of bread or some milk for a couple of days? Get a grip already.