Tuesday, in summary

I think my blog has three main themes: My kids are so cute and clever, I don't ever feel well, and here's why, and What I did today.
My kids are so cute and clever:
Today we made treasure boxes. Jonathan took his apart, stuck a balloon with curling ribbon attached inside, stuck the box on his head, and said, Look, I'm a light! He even pulled on the ribbon to turn himself off and on. The balloon was the lightbulb, the box was the lampshade. He even pretended to take the lampshade off and "burn" me with his hot light. The other funny thing he did today also involved light. I had made all of these cupcakes and I saw him near them and I was like Get away from those cupcakes!!! And he said, I am just checking them for Energon (a Transformers thing)! He was using this little blue flashlight and methodically scanning each one. I thought this was so creative!
Anna is in this big "Why?" stage. She was soaking in the bathtub and she was sort of just talking. She said, Oh, poor Bubba, he has die-die-re-a (he really does). He's sick. Why he sick, Mama?
To which I reply a safe, I don't know (I tried to make some sort of bug analogy to a virus last week and she got really confused and terrified), he just is.
Then she asked me, are you sick, Mama? And I said, why do you ask me that? And she said cuz you go to the doctor. Are you sick? I said, well sort of. She said will you be okay Mama? I tell her, Of course I'll be okay!
Once again, I am reminded of how I need to start filtering everything I say because I should always assume that my kids are much smarter and more aware than I give them credit for.
The way she phrases everything right now is just so cute!!! She just melts my heart. She is just so cute, and, well, clever.
I don't ever feel well, and here's why:
I went back to the doctor today. I think this is the 6th time I have been in 3 weeks? The good news is that my urine looks a lot better than it did last week, so I can avoid being referred to a urologist for now. I am still having the same pain I did last week, but the ultrasounds they did did not find anything very significant, other than some small cysts. I probably should go to the urologist but I am very scared of anything they might do. I really don't have any idea, but I am deathly afraid of any sort of catheter or anything like that. The other good news is that I tested negative for herpes (the sort of off the wall doctor tested me for that, even though I obviously had a bladder infection; he's the same one who ordered a chest xray 2 weeks ago even though my lungs sounded clear and I have not coughed once. I will not accept an appointment with him again.). My doctor sounded very proud of me, she said 90% of the population tests positive for type 1, and I did not have either type! Whoo-hoo! I had never really thought I had it, but I got all paranoid after the doctor ordered the test. The bad (not really bad) news is that my sinuses are a nasty mess again, and since I can't be on antibiotics and steroid packs for the rest of my life, I am going to get a CT scan of them on Friday to consider possible surgery. Anyways. So all of my other ailments are holding steady. My sleep is still crazy. My mother in law told me today that "this is what happens when you start going to the doctor all the time. They just order all of those tests!" Okay, I went to the doctor because I have had unrelenting headaches almost every single day since August. She then discovered I had a really infected sinus on the same side I get my headaches on, and put me on meds. A week later, I was sicker and running a fever, they did a chest x-ray and discovered I did have bronchitis, and also that I had a bladder infection. A week later, I was still running a fever. Back to the doctor, and yes, I still had a bladder infection, and now I have blood and white blood cells in my pee.
So I am not just running off to the doctor everytime I get a hangnail or sneeze or something! She honestly thinks that I schedule appointments, the doctors order tests to pacify me and then I create ailments to go along with the tests they order. So enough about that! I really need to get my sleep straightened out before I go visit her. For obvious reasons.
What I did today:
I got up and made 100 mini strawberry cupcakes with white frosting and blue and purple sugar sprinkles on top. I took my kids to lunch at Dunkin Donuts, where I ordered our usual. It's our favorite place. They were super calm and quiet while we were there.
I went to the doctor, taking both of my kids along because I could not get anyone to watch them. They were so loud and wild that the doctor asked me if I gave them caffiene. Then I had to take them into the bathroom with me while they both laughed hysterically and made fun of me because I had to pee in a cup. They thought this was the most humorous thing ever. I told them that sometimes people have to put their poop in a cup so the doctors can look at it. I thought Jonathan was going to pee his pants he was laughing so hard. Then I went to Sam's Club to go swimsuit shopping. I bought a swimsuit and a coverup without trying them on in and was back out in the parking lot in under 20 minutes. They both fit and I really like them a lot. Sam's it great because you can get a name brand suit for 20 bucks. Anyways, then we rushed to my Mom's house for Justine's end of the year swim party. I cut up all of the fruit, and made dip for it, made pigs in a blanket and chicken fries, a chip and dip platter, cut a watermelon into wedges, and then brought out my cupcakes. Every 20 minutes or so I would bring out something different, and announce it to them. They would all scramble out of the pool and eat it like a bunch of dogs. I went out there and every single cupcake was gone, watermelon rinds were scattered like bones. It was so funny. They used their water balloons to give themselves fake boobs, and then they started putting about five or six in their suits so they would look pregnant. I had asked my tutoring student Jacob, a 13 year old boy, to come and help me out with the party, and I think it was pretty awful for him to sit through this whole ordeal. Then I left, took Jacob home, and met Dave and the kids to try out the new Chinese place, Panda Express, which was okay, but it is no Lucky Garden. Dave went to practice, I came home with the kids, we put together and decorated their treasure boxes, I gave them baths, cleaned the house, made them snacks, and have been sitting here blogging and waiting for Dave to come home from band practice. This was a terrible summary of my day. This was the opposite of summary. But it was a pretty decent day, all in all.