Chop Chop

Again, I find myself being a bad blogger, which is fine, I do that with a lot of things. I sometimes just fall off the face of the earth for awhile and retreat into myself.

Lots has happened.... The untrainable boy is now potty trained, he even pees standing up like a big boy! We still have some accidents but I'll take it over having to buy pull-ups any day! I also had a major IEP meeting for him. I am so proud of my boy! He has come so far from the non-verbal child of only a year and a half ago. He will more than likely be in regular ed come Kindergarten. I am thrilled at his accomplishments, no matter how small.

I had my back surgery after having yet another bout of severe pain. I wasn't able to walk, sit, or even lay down comfortably for 3 weeks. I think that was the most excruciating pain I have ever felt in my life, it made child birth seem like a paper cut. The surgeon removed a fragment of disc the size of a half dollar that was tangled up in my sciatic nerve. The leg pain is gone but the pain from the surgery remains. I am healing, slowly, but healing. I had to take myself off the pain meds because the sickness that they were causing was worse than actually dealing with the pain. So there is a lot of screaming when I move, but at least my head isn't up my ass.

I realized over this healing time that I can never, ever, bitch about my husband again. He is a saint. He cleaned the house top to bottom for me (though it is a mess again), did the mountains of laundry, cooked, and took care of me, and Damien. He finally saw why I get so frustrated after I clean and it immediately gets messed up. LOL, as soon as he washed the floor in comes Damien or the dogs tracking whatever mess through it. He uttered the words "I don't know how you do it". He filled my shoes and he filled them well.

For Mother's Day they made me a special card, and planted flowers for me.... Damien was so excited about his creation that he couldn't wait to give it to me. The wiseass that my husband is located a flower called a "creeping Jenny" though I hate the nickname Jenny with a passion, I found the gesture sweet. He really is an awesome man, and I am so lucky to have him.

I will try to be a better blogger from now on, but can't make any promises...