Not a Good Week for Blogging (270/365)

After a full day if doing lots and accomplishing nothing, I'm too
tired to do much else. In fact, Matt woke me up to write this.

I do have one good thing to report, however - I'm off the Lovenox!

Thank God.

I'll be going back to the doc on Thursday. Hopefully all goes well.

A Few Pics to Tide You Over (269/365)

I'm tired and I have a terrible headache so I'm going to just leave these here.

First Full Day Home and What Did I Do?(268/365)

Nothing.

Ok, I read to the girls, and played with them a bit, and kept them in
check, and talked on the phone, and Skyped with Jess, and surfed the
web, and watched Ponyo for the 900th time, and ate pizza, and took a
nap, but I still consider all of that doing nothing. We're going to
my in-laws tomorrow so we'll see how that goes. I don't know if I'm
tired for no good reason, but I certainly am tired.

Matt is back to work after an unintentional week off come Monday. Like
it or not, things will return to normal soon. I'm doing well for the
most part. I woke up this morning with that excruciating pain again
and so I'm more convinced than ever that the pain that sent me to the
ER truly was muscular/skeletal. I think it got better in the hospital
b/c I had the awesome bed that made it so I didn't have to sleep on my
side. Now that I'm home and I have to, it makes perfect sense why it
came back. I'll be talking to my doc about that when I see him in a
few weeks.

Matt is getting really good at giving me the shots. I don't have a
single bruise on my belly (my arms, a different story - OUCH!), just
some pin prick spots at the injection site. He's so good that I barely
feel the needle go in, and sometimes I don't even feel that. I'm sure
he'll be glad when I get the OK to stop the Lovenox!

Thanks for thinking of me, and for the many phone calls I've received
lately. I love you all and it's nice to know that so many of you care.

I'm Home!! (267/365)

Need I say more?

Things I Learned Today (266/365)

• Lovenox injections burn like hell.

• Apparently Matt was a nurse in a past life.

• I have no clots in my legs - woo hoo!

• Hospitals are super boring when you feel pretty good and are
confined to your floor.

• Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland wasn't as bad as I was expecting
(much better, in fact) - too bad I had to check into the hospital to
see it.

• I don't sleep on a hospital bed, I sleep on a jet engine.

• I am probably getting released tomorrow - woo hoo!!!

• I have the best family in the world - love you all.

Guess Where I Am…(265/365)

I may be in the hospital, but I'm in good spirits. I have a small
pulmonary embolism that they found on a fluke, it turns out. My doc is
pretty sure the pain I had this morning (less so tonight) is muscular.
Lucky for me I had that back pain!

I may be going home soon on Lovonox injections instead of the Heparin
drip I'm on now. Pray insurance will cover it, b/c if it won't I'll
have to stay here 3,4, maybe 5 days. I'd rather be home.

I'm off to bed now, muscle relaxer kicking in. I'll keep you posted.

Oh, and there's only 100 days left in the year. Can you believe it?!

What a Fabulous Day! (264/365)

Lazy morning with Grandma, eating animal crackers (the kind in boxes)
in the car, spending all afternoon at The DuPage Children's Museum
with my hubby and kiddos, having a very late and tasty lunch out,
napping, then ice cream for dinner.

Does life get better than this?

We're Here! (263/365)

And we can't wait until 8pm!

Steamrollin' With Grandpa (262/365)

And she couldn't stop giggling.

Tomorrow Matt and I are heading to the city for a Roger Waters concert. Mom and Dad generously offered to watch the girls for us, so we're going to heard over tomorrow after lunch. We'll spend the night, then, if the weather cooperates, head to the zoo on Tuesday. I have to say I'm really looking forward to it!

What a Nice, Lazy, Rainy Day (261/365)

• Izzy tried on her Halloween costume (my MIL found it used and
bought it for her).

• Alice decided she's going to be a CareBear too.

• I discovered that they don't make CareBear costumes in Alice's
size, so now I'm going to make one.

• Alice played with Auntie Tori's "cowguuuurl" boots for the 900th
time this week.

• Both girls were hilarious as usual.

• Alice took a tumble off the couch.

• Izzy asked us several times to put her costume back on her.

• I got nostalgic over Scholastic book order forms (my God are they a
deal - I'll be ordering tons this school year I'm sure). I will be
ordering several easy readers and chapter books for Alice.

• Matt studied for school. Did I mention this was his first week of
grad school? Wish us both luck (him more than me).

• He also reminded me that the Roger Waters concert is on Monday!
How could I forget. He's got two days off, now we just have to fill
them up with fun.

• The girls sat and ate lunch together at the picnic table. All on
their own Izzy laid her head on Al's shoulder and what came next you
see in the last picture. I can hear the collective "awww." coming
through my computer (er, phone) now.

It's Finally Open! (260/365)

The girls and I braved the crowd today (seriously, you would not
believe the amount of people who were there) and had lunch at the new
Chick-fil-A. I've been waiting for it to open for months now and now
that it has I have to say I was underwhelmed.

It's been about 10 years since I've eaten at a Chick-fil-A and I
remember their nuggets being super tasty, and their waffle fries being
one of the best fries ever. Well the fries are still good, but the
nuggets, meh, definitely not what I remember. Maybe I'll try it again
sometime when the crowds die down and maybe next time I'll try
something else.

I have to say, I was totally impressed with how they ran their grand
opening though. It's located right by the mall so they had extra
parking set up at the mall, and mall security guards stopping traffic
for pedestrians. One lane of traffic was designated the drive through
lane, and it stretched on for FOREVER. If only those poor saps knew
that they'd spend 10+ times longer waiting for their food than I did
walking in.

They were so efficiant that I walked in, walked right up to a cashier,
ordered (didn't even have time to look at the menu first), paid, had
food in hand, and had a staff member carry my food to a table for me
in less than 5 minutes. Talk about service! Staff members were
walking around refilling drinks, taking trash, giving out toys for
kids, putting sticky disposable placemats in front of small kids (I
declined one), fetching just about anything you can think of, etc. Now
I know it is just for the huge grand opening crowds, but I have to say
it made the experience delightful despite the huge let down that was
their nuggets.

Anyway, the girls both definitely liked the fries (super surprising
considering Alice typically HATES fries), but like me, thought the
chicken was just ok. Of course I did have the fact that it was Izzy's
naptime working against me so that could have been why she was not
interested in eating. And Alice just had SO much to look at she got
easily distracted (though she did eat pretty well overall).

Meeting their cow mascot was really the highlight of the trip though.
Alice COULD NOT wait to get outside to talk to the cow. Can you tell
from the pic she was being super shy?

When they got home they cuddled on the couch before nap time. It was a
good end to a great afternoon with my girls.

FREE TO A GOOD HOME (259/365)

Two Unruly Children
Aged: almost 4, and 17 months
Names: Alice and Isabel

Will trash your home for you in less than an hour. One speaks pretty
good English, the other mostly swine as she's quite the squealer.
Guarenteed not to listen to a word you say and to give you a headache
with their protests. Unfortunately only one is housebroken.

Please call at 555-ineedadrink if interested.

10 Randoms on Wednesday (258/365)

1) Izzy is sporting a mullet or faux hawk these days. I'm not sure if
I should trim it, or just go with what God gave her and spike it up.

2) Izzy LOVES Led Zeppelin - and this makes her momma very proud.

3) I bought or was given (how about just saved) WAY too many winter
clothes when Alice was in 18 month clothes. I FINALLY got all of
Izzy's "new" wardrobe put away and it already takes up 3/4 of the
closet. And that's not counting transitional season clothes, which we,
unfortunately, don't have much of. I'm going to have to downsize once
winter gets here and I need to go buy Alice sweaters and such. Ugh…
such a PITA.

4) You can make good tasting meatloaf without eggs.

5) Alice will eat well if she really likes what's on her plate - go
figure.

6) Al can be such a good helper when she wants to be. She actually
cleaned up toys in under an hour today (she usually gets side tracked
and I have to keep reminding her to work) and that was without much
prodding! She also asked to help with laundry, and you know what, she
did a good job of it too. Having kids is finally starting to pay off. :)

7) I'm going to have to start putting Izzy in the extra absorbent
night time diapers during the day. Nowadays she drinks SO much that
she pees through her diaper in no time flat. Four outfits that kid
went through today and I've had enough. She's not outgrowing that
diaper size, she just drinks cups and cups of mostly water a day. The
most frustrating part is that I'll feel her diape and it won't feel
too squishy, but 20 minutes later she's busting at the seams. At this
rate I'll be changing her diaper more times a day than I did when she
was a newborn.

8) Alice really, REALLY loves school. This morning I had to take her
in the building myself (usually the teachers get them out of the cars)
early because she HAD to go poop. By the tine she was done the kids
were coming in one by one and she practically sprinted to her
classroom, ran to her cubby, and hung up her backpack. She didn't even
turn around to say goodbye. Makes me so glad we enroled her this year.

9) This afternoon I put Alice down for a nap. When I was tucking her
in Alice scrunched up her face and said, "PPPPPPUUUU!! Mommy, what's
that STINKY smell?!". I about died laughing and told her I just
farted. Through her giggles she said over and over "Eww, Mommy
faaaaarted!". I'm here to entertain.

10) I don't typically wear makeup during the week (thank you Accutane
for making that possible), but today I decided to gussy myself up a
bit. When I strapped Alice in her carseat this afternoon she's in the
middle of telling me something and she says, "*gasp* Mommmy! WOW,
you're SO pretty today!!". Not gonna lie - it totally made my day.

So I Had a Cavity Filled Today (257/365)

And let me just say it is certainly a weird experience to have half of
one's nose immobilized. I've never had that issue before since I've
never had a cavity in that area before, and I hope I never do again.
It wasn't uncomfortable, but it sure was weird only being able to
flare one nostril. Once I discovered this do you think I stopped doing
it? Nope, did it until the meds wore off. I started to freak at one
point because I thought I'd never had issue with being able to move
something after dental work, but eventually I realized I was half
talking out of my mouth due to my lip being somewhat effected as well.
For a bit there I was worried I'd never move my left nostril again!
Yeah, I'm weird and I know it.

Alice was a pain today. I'm not sure what her deal is, but I was quite
happy when she finally went to sleep so I didn't have to deal with it
anymore. Hopefully it won't carry on into tomorrow as well. She wasn't
on her best behavior at school on Monday (she played with a girl's
hair and the girl didn't like it, she wanted to wash her hands first
so she unbuckled the shoe of girl first in line and bothered her. She
got told to stop and Alice cried) and I'd hate for her to have a
repeat of that. Ugh…I sometimes hate letting her go and letting her
grow up. ANYWAY, I just hope she is a good girl tomorrow. I will not
have another day like today!

Oh, Erin. (256/365)

(IZZY, laying on the floor getting changed by DADDY after a bath.)

DADDY: Izzy, lift your bum. Don't be a lazy baby!

ALICE: (laughing) Izzy, she's almost Iike Uncle Chuck!

MOMMY AND DADDY: What?!

ALICE: Because Uncle Chuck is LAZZZY!

MOMMY: (through hysterical laughter) Who said that?

ALICE: Me and Erin.