Five on Friday

1) Joel has been in hospital since Wednesday night.  He went in with high fever and pain.  They ran a gamut of tests and the only thing that came back was an elevated white blood cell count.  So he's fighting an infection of some kind…they just don't know what.  It's always scary when Joel's fever spikes because his chance of seizures increases.  Thankfully, he hasn't had any grand mal seizures since being sick.  They have him on antibiotics and pain meds.  He hasn't had a fever today which means he can hopefully come home in the morning.  He's ready to be out…the lady in the next bed snores too loud and shits her pants on a regular basis.  I'd say that's reason enough.

2) I got my hair cut this morning in preparation for back to school subbing.  I want to get my nails done up, but I'm not in a rush.  I don't think I'll get any calls for at least the first two weeks anyways, so I think I've got some time.  I love back to school…back to routine.  I've always seen September as the start of my "new year" rather than January.  A chance to set new goals, find new inspirations…a chance to start anew.  I still haven't done Katelyn's back to school shopping yet (supply wise, anyhow…clothes? We're good in that department!).  Heck, I haven't even registered her for kindergarten yet! Best be getting on that, I suppose.

3) The kids and I are heading back up to the lake on Saturday to spend a final few days with my nephews.  They head back to Germany on Wednesday.  It seems like they just got here and now they have to leave again!  On the upside, this means it's getting closer to when my sister comes for her visit (sometime in mid-September…she hasn't booked her tickets as of yet).  We'll get to spend a little more time up at the cabin when she is here, but I'm guessing we won't be swimming as much :)

4) Potty training is in full mode in this house.  We have two weeks left to get Andrew potty-trained before pre-school and we're almost there.  On the downside, he makes messes next to his potty.  On the upside, he knows when he needs to be changed and goes to the crib for a new diaper.  He's at least learned that much.  I think we need to move his potty seat onto the toilet so he learns that where he needs to go.  My sis-in-law can potty train her kids in three days. I wish we lived closer so she could train Andrew.  Maybe I should just pack him a little overnight bag and send him her way?

5) The True Hope all natural vitamin regimen that I've been on for my depression/anxiety/OCD hasn't been working.  The suicidal ideations have returned as of late and it never did work for my OCD.  It helped with anxiety, somewhat.  Then again, I was still on my anti-anxiety injection and my clonazepam so that could have been keeping the anxiety at bay.  So? It's back to regular pharmaceuticals for this chickie.  I start Prozac tomorrow morning.  I need to have something in place before winter hits and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that THIS will maybe be the one? I have my light therapy that I'll do again in the mornings with my coffee and I'll keep up with counselling.  I need to have as many ducks in a row before the snow flies…gad I wish I lived in California.  Maybe Sask Health would pay for winter vacations down there as part of my therapy?

And so it goes...