What's going on.

I just cannot seem to keep up with the blogs these days. Mine just doesn't seem as exciting as all the others I read, but I will do my best to put something down.

Taylor is finally MRSA free. She got her clean bill of health the week before Thanksgiving. She had stitches for while and got them out the day before her 15th birthday. Yes, she is now 15. I can't believe it. We will be sending her to driving school in May. And then come next November look out! She'll be out there with Sami. Do cars come with protective bubbles around them? I think I need one. It would really be more for me than her. I will be pacing the floor the first time we set her free out there! Then the bright side is that is one less kid to get back and forth to school! And she might even get a job.... She is still doing well in school. That is wonderful. We are very proud about that.

Tristan seems to be making progress in school little bits at a time. That is good news but it's still slower than he should be. The teacher is still wonderful and doing what she can to work with him. He likes going to school. Santa Claus came to his school last week and he got his picture made with him. I will post it as soon as I get it scanned. Have some others to post as well but for some reason haven't forced myself to plug that camera up to the puter yet. He told Santa he wants a skateboard. That is a first for us. He's never even mentioned it. Well that's not what Santa is giving him but he shouldn't be too disappointed. We put our tree and decorations up on Thanksgiving weekend. He thinks Santa is coming every day. He can hardly wait this year. He has been checking all the presents under the tree for his name. He doesn't think anybody but him should have presents. Or at least not as many! LOL

Chance is on his down time of the season. He is working this week, but it usually drives him crazy. What does that mean for me??? A super duper clean house and all the laundry done. And an occasional lunch with my husband. What more could a girl ask for??? He and James (his partner) always exchange gifts and this year for some reason, James told him what he got him. A GPS. Usually they don't exchange so extravagently but James thought it would help him find all those appointments. You ought to see the maps we have. It was a great idea.

Me...well I've been in the land of dentist and doctor the past couple of weeks. I had to have a wisdom tooth pulled on Thanksgiving week and today I had a temporary crown put on my cracked tooth. In two weeks I get the permanent one. I hate shots so much and they had to give me 4 or 5 today. And there's nothing like having a droopy face for 4 hours after. Then I had my annual woman visit last week. Well I got a cute little pink slip that says, "Hey you are 40 and now you get to have a mammogram!" Woo..... hoo..... So on Wednesday, I get to experience what I've heard about from all my older friends and mom. I feel like I'm going to be inducted into some sort of club. Not sure if it's a good or fun one. But it's a club. Today my friend Janet tells me that it will feel like they put my boob in a vise. And just when I think it can't get any flatter, they say, "oh now just a little bit more" and they squeeze some more. I keep hearing the words painful, flat, stretched, pancake, etc. I can hardly wait. NOT! Someone may have to drive me there. I'm not sure I will be able to force myself to purposely ask for that kind of pain.

And I did it. I bit the bullet and applied to grad school at OU. It is not the program I would prefer (my boss wants me to do higher ed) but it is the one most convenient for me at this time. Who knows, maybe I will change at some point. I would really prefer to go back to SNU and do one of their programs, but I just don't want to add to my loans. I am going to make an effort to pay for OU out of my pocket. I hope that is possible. I never thought I would ever apply to OU...even though I am a fan of the Sooners. It's rather surreal. But then I can say I am an alumni (alumnus?) when I graduate some 20 years from now. Yes, I am going one class at a time to start. So, I hopefully will soon be a real card carrying Sooner. Wonder if that will help me get some tickets......oh yeah.

Today we had to take my pooky kitty Louie to the vet. He has been sick over the weekend. He had a 105.9 fever and they had to do bloodwork. His white blood cells are high. They gave him a shot for that and one for his fever. By 4:00 today, his fever was still 103 so they kept him. I am sad and miss him. He's probably scared being there without me (ok us...but I am his mommy). I hope he does OK tomorrow. I have no clue what happened or caused this. I hope they can tell me something.

Well, I am going to make a valient effort to go to bed at a decent hour tonite. I haven't even checked my class tonite. That is bad but I did work for hours on it yesterday.

Hasta luego!