PLAYING BLOG UPDATE - Yes, I know it's been a while

A friend of mine told me last Sunday at Mass that I have been "blog-less" for a while. And yet here it is, 6 days later and I'm still blog-less! I got up early today just so I could give a blog update. Actually that's not entirely true. I also needed to get the laundry sorted and get a load going, so I took care of that first. Now it's time to catch everyone up on all things Amy and Colby.

Busy. That basically sums it up for me. As a lot of moms, especially single moms tend to do, I have neglected my own health a bit over the last couple of years. Now I'm playing catch-up. This week it was a checkup with my new family doctor and a dreaded visit to the dentist. I'm one of those individuals who hate, despise, and am all around terrified of going to the dentist. It's disgusting! The noises, the sounds, the smells - it's all just too much for this chick to handle. However, I have a tooth that has been driving me crazy for the last couple of months. I told myself as soon as Colby got home and recovered from surgery, I was going to get that tooth taken care of. Dammit. So I am. Went to a new dentist. They just did x-rays and a consultation this visit. Still hated it. The "bad" tooth has a filling that has come out, so I get that fixed along with a teeth cleaning next month. Blah, blah, blah. I'm dreading it. Stupid sadist dentist. Mammogram this coming week. Woo-hoo.

Wednesday I worked. I've been told by the pharmacy I have to take this awful pharmacy tech state certification test in order to keep my job there (insert extremely large sigh and eye roll). There are 2 of us that work in the pre-pack area. First we were told we had to take the test. Then we were told we didn't. Now we're being told we do. Super duper. The other pre-packer (is that even the proper term for us? Don't know) just took her test yesterday and passed. So now there's no getting around it for me. If I want to keep my job there, which I do, time to get busy and study. Sure. Great. No problem. I'll find time to learn formulas and pharmacy information that I'll NEVER use at my job. I don't know the first thing about retail pharmacy or compounding pharmacy because guess what - I don't need to know these things in order to do my job properly. Pisses me off to no end. But I'll do it. Soon. It's on my ever-growing, overwhelming "to do" list.  

Thursday was the dentist in the morning, then I came home and packed us up for Cincinnati. Colby had a follow-up appointment yesterday with the ortho surgeon. Can you believe it's already been 45 days since Colby had his spinal fusion surgery?! Holy moly time sure does fly. We went up Thursday night and stayed at a hotel near the hospital. I don't think Colby is ready for an up-and-back car ride to Cincy yet. Too much sitting, too many bumps, etc. And of course the road construction is awful no matter where you go. Plus our appointment was early, 10:10, and we had to get x-rays first. So Dad, Colby and I went up Thursday night and headed out bright and early from the hotel Friday morning. The surgeon said Colby looked fabulous, which I knew he would. Check out the x-ray of Colby's hardware below. Unbelievable. Colby's incision looks fantastic - no redness, puffiness or signs of infection. Every now and then we'll see a spot of blood at the bottom of his incision, but the surgeon said this is normal. He said everything looks good and he wants to see Colby again in 3 months. He gave the okay for Colby to go to school, but only if I think he's ready. And I don't. School starts next week on the 13th, but I've decided Colby needs a couple more weeks. So I'll probably send him back the last week of August or might wait until after Labor Day. Haven't decided yet. The full time nurse we have has agreed to go to school with him. Thank you, Jesus, this is such a win-win for everyone, but he still has to do orientation with the school nursing agency. So I couldn't send Colby to school until that's done anyways.

I see my blog update is getting long, so I'll close it up for now. Actually it's also time to give Mr. Colby Sweet Boypants his morning meds also. We have no nurse today, and that's fine by me. We're both tired from the Cincy trip, so we're going to have a spend-the-day-in-our-pajamas-all-day day. Oh who am I kidding, I'll be in my pj's and that kids will probably just hang out in his brief. Maybe some socks if his feet get cold haha. Colby has spent the majority of his summer naked, and he seems perfectly fine with it. Me too, less laundry. More blogging soon. I'll do better with updates, I promise. Well, I don't promise, but I sure will try. Bye for now. Hope everyone has a super duper weekend. Count your blessings. Be grateful. Smile and give someone a hug. Or throat punch, depending on what the situation calls for. Sometimes jackholes just need a throat punch, case closed.