OCTOBER FUN CONTINUES

So I've started this blog three different times. Obviously I'm having a little trouble with focus this evening. Do you watch Superstore? Because if you're not, you should be. It's freakin' hilarious. I'm trying to watch that and type at the same time. Not working out well for me. I've had a lot of people tell me to watch Speechless, but I haven't seen it yet. On my to-do list.

I've had a headache for about 10 days straight. Super not fun. On a pain scale from 1 to 10, around a 6-7. Sometimes a 7.28459 haha. Actually today it's better, so maybe it's finally clearing up. Change in weather? Stress? Both? Who knows. Just ready for it to GO AWAY!

No secret that we love this time of year. Getting geared up for Halloween. Colby isn't going trick-or-treating, he's too old. But we have other stuff planned. His school is doing two days of festivities this year, one tomorrow and one Monday. Stay tuned for one funny costume and one scary costume. Saturday we're going to St X High School for their second annual baseball Halloween thingy. The baseball players and coaches dress up in costume. They play a scrimmage for a few innings. Then they hand out candy and kids trick-or-treat around the bases. Colby will be helping his St X baseball buddy Chris pass out candy. We haven't decided on a costume for that event yet. Chris is going as Elvis. I really wanted Colby to be a peanut butter and banana sandwich but just didn't have time to pull it together. We haven't decided what we're doing Monday. We've been invited to a Halloween party. I think Colby and I would have a great time if we went. But, I also kind of want to stay home. This is our first Halloween in our new house. I would like to see/meet some neighbors. And maybe a nice firepit. We'll see.

Colby is getting over a knee injury. Not sure exactly what happened. His nurse was giving him a hamstring stretch. She said his knee popped, then she felt it “give way.” Ah shit. It was really swollen and putting off heat earlier in the week. We ended up not going to swimming on Tuesday. I called all three of the PTs he has had over the years, along with his pediatrician. I decided the best plan of action was RICE and keep a close eye on it. Didn't really want to drag him out for an x-ray unless totally needed. It's much better now, thank goodness. He's not as whiney and the swelling has gone down, so woo hoo for that.

Loving this weather and getting Colby out to do stuff. We went to the zoo a couple of Sundays ago. Good stuff. There was a really nice zoo volunteer who made sure Colby got up close to see the baby gorilla. I don't think people realize it when they cut in front of Colby sometimes. This past Sunday Colby got to participate in Special Olympics bowling. His St X peer buddy was his volunteer helper. Colby did a darn good job. He used his switch to make this trigger drop so the ball would roll down the bowling ramp. The trigger kept getting caught on a big piece of tape and/or plastic, so once we saw the trigger drop we would gently help the ball roll down the ramp. Colby's score was high enough for him to advance to state! We have to get that ramp fixed between now and then! I want him to be able to make the bowling ball fall all on his own. Our first Special Olympics event, and I was very impressed. Can't wait for state competition in December!

And now for some really, really cool news. If you live here in Louisville, listen up! Starting next week, the first week of November, start looking for Louisville Magazine. Pick up an issue, and pick up one for us, too. Colby has been chosen as one of Louisville Magazine's Super Kids in 2016!! This is so cool! They choose around 25 students in the local area. Anything from students that do photography, ballet, run non-for-profits, etc. The counselor at Colby's school nominated him, telling the magazine about all he has overcome over the years. And they chose my sweet boy as one of their Super Kids! Fantastic! We went for his photo shoot a couple weekends ago. Just a head shot, but OMGosh, I can't wait to see him in the magazine! Of course we all know how super Colby is, but now we'll be able to see it in black and white. Isn't that just the coolest thing ever?

Okay, it's now 10:23. I started working on this blog entry at 8:something. Sorry, many shiny objects to distract me. So that's the update for now. Mostly good stuff going on around here, and I'm so very thankful for it. You can never, ever take the good days for granted. If I've learned one thing in this life, it's that.