Good grief! I haven't blogged in over a
month? Shame on me. You know the reason. Been busy. Actually I've
also been tired and overwhelmed along with being busy. Not really
sure why. Maybe it's because it's winter and we haven't seen the
sunshine in, oh I don't know, weeks now! Maybe it's all in my head
and I need to just get over it. Nah! We'll blame my current blah
mental status on gloomy weather and being busy. Yeah, let's do that.
I decided to take Colby out of school
for Jan and Feb. Too many nasty germs and viruses going around. I
usually send him to school during the winter, but something this year
said don't do it. It took the school system quite a while to find a
home/hospital teacher for Colby. He (Mr. Randy) comes twice a week,
each time for one hour to work with Colby. Poor Mr. Randy! He's
finding out just how incredibly stubborn Colby Michael can be. Colby
doesn't like doing schoolwork at school, so he sure as hell doesn't
like doing it in the comfort of his own home. Oh sweet boy, where do
you get such stubbornness?! We had Colby's eye gaze going with Mr.
Randy was here yesterday. The only choices Colby had were Yes, No, I
Don't Know, Maybe, Seriously, All Done, All Gone. Mr. Randy was
trying to get him to answer yes/no questions. Colby started answering
“seriously” for every question he was asked. Really, Colby? It
was kind of funny, but let's face it, Colby was being a total
smartass. So then I hid that button, so it was no longer available
for Colby to say. Then his answer to questions was “I don't know.”
To every---single---question--- Mr. Randy asked him. I about lost my
flipping mind. I finally hid all the buttons except Yes and No. Wow,
can't wait for home/hospital instruction again tomorrow. Want to take
bets if Mr. Randy calls out? Haha.
And speaking of calling out, we're
having nursing issues again. Oh boy, dealing with nurses, my absolute
favorite. We had a full time second shift nurse. He and I got into a
disagreement last Tuesday. He looked and me and said, “I'm going
home!” Got his shit and walked out half way through his shift, and
he hasn't been back. So then the nursing agency found a replacement.
This nurse was going to pick up some shifts while her regular patient
was in the hospital. She worked one full shift, then called the
nursing agency and said she didn't want to work with Colby again. She
complained the drive was too far and that Colby was too big and
heavy. Due to her back problems, she would be unable to properly care
for Colby. That's two nurses in one week. But wait! There's more! We
have a nurse who only works one shift a week for us, Friday evenings.
After next week, guess what? Yep, she found a full time case closer
to her house, so she's taking that patient and dumping us. That's
three nurses gone in one week. She is going to pick up extra shifts
next week, then start her new job the week after that. So we're good
until next Thursday, then we will have no evening nursing. ZERO. Zip.
Hopefully the nursing agency can find a replacement soon. If not,
it'll be okay. We still have a full time day nurse and a part time
nurse who helps on the weekend. If we go a week or two without night
nursing, maybe it's the universe's way of saying I need to spend more
time with Colby. And I'm fine with that!
Tuesday it was pouring rain so we didn't take Colby swimming. Instead, I gave him a haircut myself. I probably shouldn't add barbering to my resume anytime soon. But I think I did a decent job? Right? 
We have a new member in our family.
This is Cupcake. I wanted to get Colby a cat or kitten for Christmas,
but we had a nurse who said he was highly allergic and that he would
have to quit if we got a cat. Well, this is the same nurse who up and
quit so obviously we should've just gotten the cat and let his sorry
ass leave! But I don't regret getting a bunny. She's sweet, curious,
super soft and we love her to pieces. Things I've learned about
rabbits: they like to eat. They poop, and poop, and then poop some
more. Our rabbit is very nosy, but she's been pretty good about
chewing. She hasn't gnawed on any of the woodwork like people said
she might. She has chewed through one of Colby's pulse/ox probes and
also a feeding extension. But once I caught her and bopped her on the
nose for it, she has pretty much stopped. Now I'm debating on whether
we should get a cat or not. Yes, apparently I'm a glutton for
punishment. If we're going to have a nice, big house, might as well
fill it up, even if it's with furry critters. Or maybe a parakeet...?
And lookie here! We finally got our
driveway repaved. Hooray and zip-id-eee-doo-dah. I think they did a
great job. Don't know if you can tell or not, but there are huge ruts
on each side. Well, if anyone is going to step off the driveway, into
these ruts and gets hurt, it'll be be. No doubt. I caught the foreman
walking by our house (who happens to be a total hottie BTW, too bad
I'm probably old enough to be his mama.) I asked him if they were
planning on filling the ruts soon, and he says yes. I probably
should've gotten his idea of “soon” but I didn't. Hoping very
soon.
Okay, time to get kid tucked in to bed.
Will blog again when I have the time and energy.
