Sunday, January 1, 2017

HAPPY NEW YEAR PEEPS

My oh my! I haven't blogged since November 16? I've had a couple people ask me if anything was wrong because I haven't updated lately. I guess it's a combo of being busy, preoccupied with any number of other things or I just flat out haven't bothered to do it.

Hard to believe another year has rolled around huh? Just doesn't seem possible. This was our 2nd Thanksgiving and Christmas in our new house. Unbelievable! We had 12 here for Turkey Day. I was on top my game. Had all the dishes listed so we didn't forget to set something out (who does that?!) Even had times written down so that everything was done at once. Didn't want the hot stuff getting cold and the cold stuff getting warm! Just one tiny little problem. The turkey was under cooked! (I wasn't responsible for the turkey, just sayin') I go in to get Colby up in his wheelchair only to return to a 16-pound turkey rotating/cooking in the microwave. It was kind of funny I guess. Better to have a microwaved turkey than food poisoning, that's my theory.

Christmas was fantastic. Actually, I was sad to see it come and go. Seems like we work, and plan, and decorate, and bake, and shop, and wrap and then boom, the family rolls in and in 4-5 hours it's all over. Took Colby to the Hosparus Christmas party again this year. It's such a great time and the people who organize the party do a fabulous job. It seems to get better every year! Colby got some awesome presents this year including a bowling shirt with his name on it, glow light and items for his fish tank, a couple of board games, movies, clothes, gift cards. Mama Santa is getting Colby a bunny rabbit. Oh my Lord what have I done? On Christmas he unwrapped all the stuff for the cage – hay, feed, toys, etc. Next step was to assemble the cage, which we've already done. Next step is to pick out a bunny! Turns out they have shelter houses for rabbits just like they do for dogs and cats. Did you know this? I sure didn't. So I've filled out the application, and I'll call them this week to see if we can set up an appt to look for our future house pet.

Colby had 3 days of appointments at Cincinnati Childrens Hospital the week before Christmas. By the end of Day 3 we were all pretty much exhausted. But overall the trips went well. Up and back on Tuesday. Then up on Wednesday, stayed overnight and back to the hospital Thursday morning for appointments all freakin' day. Overall the reports were good. No major surprises. I need to call and schedule an appointment for Colby to have a broncoscopy sometime in the near future. Need to talk to the nutritionist to cut about 50 calories daily out of Colby's diet. My sweet little boy is no longer little! He weighs 101 lbs and is about 4' 10” now. Holy crap.

I would say I'll make a New Year's resolution to be more consistent with blogging, but let's get real, we all know better than that. I didn't really make a “resolution” to do or not do something this year except for being wasteful. I want to be conscience of not wasting anything. Don't waste water or electricity, don't waste time and energy on people who don't deserve it, don't waste my time with the never ending what-if's that penetrate my brain, etc. Anyone know how to just turn your brain off sometimes? I need to know that technique. Geez.

And of course my main focus will be to keep Colby as healthy and happy as possible. He's such a good boy! He deserves so much better than the shit cards he got dealt. I'm debating on whether or not to send him to school during the winter months or put him on home hospital schooling. Of course the weather has been so warm it hasn't really been an issue yet. I don't know. We'll see.

Okay, that's all I've got. I'm looking forward to 2017. I think some really wonderful things could happen this year. May take some hard work and stepping out of my comfort zone, but hey, what else is new?!

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