What in the world?

Wow..two days passed lickety split! I sure hope the Alexanders are having a great time on their trip to Florida! I know the boys and I could use a small vacation ourselves!

Chase has had a cough that is finally starting to subside. He woke up a couple of times on Friday night and scared the hell outta me. But he's better and getting his energy back. And did I mention that stupid tooth still has not come out? It's turning all grey and icky..Yet it is still there. Great Grammy came over yesterday with her dog Fritz..*or is it Fred?*..while Chase was playing with him, he thumped Chase in the mouth and man! That tooth really started to bleed. I am just fearful that it is going to get infected or something. If it's not out in the next few days..I'm calling in the Guards!!

I finished my first Volume of *The ex's communication logs*. Those black and white mead composition books, yes, one of them is completely full of logged entries between him and I. Every text message, every phone conversation, every email. It is pathetically sad I have to do this, but I am forever doing my best to CMA. And I will continue to do so until Chase is old enough to see and understand what is happening. Did I mention he still has not called Chase back after promising he would? Yes, Chase made sure Great Grammy knew that.

Speaking of broken promises..My favorite movie from my child hood has graced my DVD player once again. Amidst all the Pirates, Fantastic 4's, and Harry Potter's..I have found Goonies once again. Chase loves the heck out of that movie and we have watched it 3 times in the last two days. Absolutely NO complaints from me at all!

We also noted that there is an elf or something in the house that has an affinity for left shoes. I cleaned up my closet the other day and organized the shoes only to find two right shoes..A thorough search of the house and basement has not turned them up. Chase hates this haunted house even more now.

But this is how life goes. You make things work, and you buy new shoes. *lol*

Hubby bought the boys Christmas toys so they are being shipped to us soon. I'll be wrapping them and hiding them down in the basement because Chase won't go down there.

Right now, I have a well deserved night of sleep ahead of me.

Happy Birthday Jim!

Today is my husband's 37Th birthday. I am planning to make a cake for him but the boys and I will eat it. And next year, when he is home with us I will cook him his favorite dinner, and we will all have cake together.

Chase didn't make the cut this time for testing at the Karate school. He was really mad and I explained that no one was to blame but himself. He chose not to pay attention and he chose to screw around in class. He now knows that he messed up, and no one else. So maybe he will pay better attention in class.

I will give him some credit that he has been working hard at selling the Yankee Candles for his fundraiser at school. So far he has made a little over $300 and some change. And he has not even been to visit with the family as of yet. We will be heading to Great Grammy's house tomorrow to see her and Aunt Jeanne. Hopefully they will but a bunch of candle's too. We will see.

Chase does not want to go to Karate today so we are going to finish some stuff around the house. I hung up the new thermal curtains today. We shall see how well those work. But little guy is fussing now so I am going to scoot.

Is it over yet?

Wow, so this week has flown by pretty fast. I woke up this morning and realized it is Thursday already. Where did it go? I don't know, but I'm glad it's almost over.

It's been one meeting after another lately. Tuesday I was at the school doing a 504 meeting. Apparently I am going to have to push for it to happen. This meeting will help Chase with his schooling because of not being on medication. The school psychologist is saying he thinks Chase has Oppositional Defiant Disorder, but when we went to the counselor on Wednesday she completely disagreed. So last night I spoke with the DCF caseworker and she told me to keep pushing it. Because unfortunately the school system here will try not to put a child on a 504 due to the cost per child. Which is sad to hear, especially coming from a caseworker. Really sad.

And what is even more sad is that I told her I disliked this school district. And she agreed as well. We went to United Services to meet with Judy. She was a very comfortable lady to be around. I most liked the fact that she took her shoes off and made us feel very welcome to be in her office. Chase seemed to like her, and wouldn't you know! He was very polite and cleaned up behind himself while he was there. It was rather humorous when she said..I'm a new person so he is trying to impress me. Why yes, yes he is! But when we left there I felt relaxed about Chase seeing her. So off we will go next week so Chase can do a 1 on 1 session with her.

Now, CSD. CSD, DCF..all the same people but with thier heads up thier butts. At least the greater majority of them. I spoke to the gal investigating my case yesterday and she is going to work on a letter of unsubstantiation. I believe that is how it is spelled. She assured me yesterday that she sees absolutely nothing wrong with my home, my parenting and our life that renders her the need to open a case. Which made me feel good. So I shall frame that letter as soon as it comes in the mail. *kidding* She did praise me for moving as soon as she spoke though. I got Chase into counseling, I am taking a positive parenting class and I still strive to make myself a better parent. Now if I could only figure out what is going on with Chase and why he is having these behaviors, that would be great. But we will figure it out soon enough.

Ok, I need to get the big boy off to school and the midget and I need to get the Fundraiser stuff squared away.

Tired enough to tapout...

Today started out with a bang! Squeaky was up at 0500...ready for the day..I managed to get him to take a bottle and he went back to sleep until 0700. YAY! I got that extra 40 minutes of sleep and was even more tired when I got up. Ugh.

Took Chase to school, came home and did chores. And decided to get everything I needed squared away for Chase's classroom goody bags. I'm doing this for his classes Halloween party. I thought it might help out a little bit. Relieve some pressure off Mrs. McCollum.

So as I was heading off to do that, I decided to go Route 12 to Putnam. I'm cruising along at the speed limit and I look in my side mirror only to notice I can't see the front end of the car behind me. That would be because she is hugging the ass end of the new car. So what do I do? Brake Check. I tapped on the brakes enough I saw her car come to a screeching halt! But the good news is that she backed off..WAY off. Right about Attawaugun they had some construction going on. Now in CT they have State Troopers that sit at both ends of the construction zones. So I stop with this Trooper about 8 feet or so in front of my car. When this moron behind me pulls into a yard next to me, gets out of her car and proceeds to flip me off. Off she goes into the house.

So of course the Trooper sees this and motions me to roll down my window. I do just that and he asks..What exactly was that about? So I explain how she was following me so close I brake checked her. He says..You know that's kind of stupid, right? I was like, yeah..I know. So he asks..Do you want me to talk to her? I said Hell Yeah! Tell her next time she is going to be that far up some one's ass, she needs to make sure their pants are pulled down so she can sniff crack. He laughed, thank goodness.

As I drove away I realized what I had said to a State Trooper and just smacked myself in the forehead. Well, I get that done and head off to pick up Chasers from school. Get him, get home, get homework done and step out onto the back porch for some fresh air. And as I do this, I look down next to the dumpster and see a futon. No way, really? Is it seriously one of the black metal futons? So I walk down and check it out. It is. And it still has a price tag on it. No way. So I do some further inspection and decide I'm going to take it upstairs. So I get Chase and somehow the two of us get it up the stairs and into my house. Now there in lies the problem. It is now sitting wedged in my hallway right now. Because we got it halfway there and can't get it the rest of the way. So a friend of mine is going to help me dismantle it so I can get it up the stairs and into the babies room.

Then off to Karate we go where they have a special surprise. Two Master's from Poland are there to share and assist in the teaching. It was a lot of fun and everyone had a good time.

So now we are home, and getting ready for bed. Because I am really tired tonight.

Off to the ER we go...

So Friday Squeaky and I spent the day at the ER. When he got up that morning he sounded awful! So I dropped Chase off at school, and called his pediatrician's office. They wouldn't see him, they just sent us straight to the ER. I sure hope the insurance covers all this. Long story short, he had 3 Albuterol inhaler treatments and one syringe of Prednisone. Yes, it was a long day but we managed to get home in time to fill his prescriptions for Albuterol and Prednisone then pick up big brother from school.

He slept better last night, only woke up twice. And today he has had a few wheezes here and there..but nothing the Albuterol could not handle. I had Jonah for the day while Jenna was working. That kid is SO cute but such a spaz. *lol* I had to take Squeaky to a Dr appointment check up this morning at 0830, and had to take Chase and Jonah with me. They had me laughing on the way there. I think they stressed out the Dr because he separated them while I was trying to talk to him. It was pretty funny indeed. The Dr increased Squeaky's Prednisone and off we went. We then stopped by McDonalds and got the boys both Fruit and Yogurt Parfaits and my much needed coffee. Then off to CVS to drop off the prescription. Headed to pick up the mail, went to the Farmer's Market where Jonah killed a pumpkin. Back to CVS to pick up the prescription and then to our house where they readied themselves for Karate. Dropped them off and ran really fast to pick up the boys name signs I had made in San Francisco and back to Karate. Where I patiently held my bladder until it was time to go home.

Back to the house where I got the boy settled in and they played until Jenna picked them up.

Right now though I am going to make a pitcher of Iced Tea and some flavored water for the boys..and then settle in for a movie night with Chase.

Poor little Wheezy thing...

Chase and I are over our colds. I still have a little cough, but everything else is gone. This afternoon while I was playing with Sebastian..I noted a little wheeze. But by the time Karate was over, it was a big wheeze. So we picked up some vicks liquid menthol and broke out the vaporizer. Nice warm bath, some good lotion with a great little body rub and he was out like a light. With that vaporizer going he seems to be breathing really well. But we shall see what happens.

Today is my ex spouse's birthday. Now mind you, last year he complained because I didn't have Chase call him. How is this for complete irony. I make sure Chase gets home from Karate, gets through the shower really fast, gets ready for bed..and then have him call his father. Who tells him he can't talk because he is at the bar with his friends playing darts. I just can't win for losing, can I? Seriously. That sucked, and it hurt Chase's feelings. So next year, we will let him call. And then when he complains we will remind him of the year that we did call and he was too busy at the bar to talk to him.

Ok, it is Grey's Anatomy and ER night so off I go. Gotta check on midget as well. Night!

Squeaky's eyes..

Are just fine. Whatever it was that Dr. Terry and I saw when he was just 2 months old has corrected itself. So he is doing very well in that department. And Dr. Waldren was impressed with his peripheral vision as well.

Chase's class is working on a Dear Soldier project right now. They are writing letters to Jim's soldier's and asking them all kinds of questions. It's cute to see how they are writing the letters.

As for myself, I have had a very long day of driving. We went to Glastonbury for the eye appointment. And that is about an hour drive each way. Oh..but today it was about 2 hours because there was construction all over the place.

But my house is clean, my children are bathed and asleep, and my chores are done for the night. So I think I will join them.