Yep! We're officially home owners!! We can hardly believe it ourselves!! We're very excited!! We haven't moved yet but we're getting the carpets cleaned today then we'll start the moving process.........because it is a process...LOL. I've been packing slowly but surely and I catch myself walking around like a chicken with it's head cut off wondering what to pack or take care of next. Moving is very overwhelming for me, and as you can guess it's my least favorite thing to do. Thankfully we won't be doing it again for a long, long time!
My friend Sandi and I went to Ikea in California last weekend. We picked up some new bookshelves for the playroom because our boys have a TON of books and the old bookshelf wouldn't survive another move. We also found some shelves for our den, I've always wanted a wall of shelves and now I'll have them! We're finally getting a new couch because my precious deceased cats (not to mention the boys) really did a number on the old one, that one will be in the playroom for a while. It's funny, I'm way more excited about getting and setting up new furniture than I am about packing up all the crap I already have! LOL. The new house has LOTS of windows so I won't have to worry about covering up wall space.......those of you who know me and have seen my house know how I can't handle a naked wall! I'm like my Mom in that way, I have to use up all space that's available.
Ok, on to other things! I'm still doing well in school. I regretfully didn't make the Dean's List this past semester (missed it by 1%!!! GRRRRR!!!) but I did make the honor roll. We've now moved on to Administration and Anatomy of the mouth and I'm doing great. It's very interesting and I like it but I'm worried about being in the "real world" of dentistry. There is sooooo much to remember and be responsible for and I've been out of the working world for so long I just hope I can hack it. Thankfully as a dental assistant there are many avenues I can take, I won't be limited to an office, I can do insurance or work in a lab making teeth. I'm really hoping to work in a lab because you can use your artistic skills more. We shall see, this semester finishes just before Christmas and then we move on to tools and learn chair-siding (assisting the dentist during procedures).
Halloween was fun but kind of uneventful. I was very happy that Calvin wasn't in to the stupid plastic store bought costumes this year. He decided he was "old enough to be something scary" so he chose Dracula. I was very happy to oblige and do a little face painting. Poor Zach the hand me down king wore Calvin's cowboy costume from a few years back. He didn't mind though, he was actually in to Halloween this year. We didn't have to fight him to keep his costume on and he walked the whole neighborhood with us in his clunking cowboy boots and didn't complain once. I think the fact that he got to play with a toy gun and get candy did the trick. I've since packed the gun away and he keeps asking for it. There's no doubt I'd be the worst mom on the block if I let him carry around an orange toy pistol!! Normally I wouldn't be so politically correct but he would "kill" all the kids in the neighborhood and I would catch hell for it. He has a weird violent streak that we're really trying to nip in the bud. I can handle being the Meanest Mom on the Block but not the Worst Mom on the Block, that's a crown I refuse to wear!
We had a rough week a few weeks ago. Poor little Zachary was in the hospital!! I took him in because he had a cold and the night prior we were noticing he was breathing rapidly. When I brought him in the doctor immediately checked his oxygen levels and they were in the high 80s. They gave him 2 breathing treatments and it only brought it up to the very low 90s and it's suppose to be near or at 100. The doctor admitted him to the hospital and he was there from Friday to Monday morning. It was a VERY LONG weekend for all of us. Dwayne and I took shifts staying with him in the hospital while our friend's Sandi and Eddie watched Calvin for us. Sweet Calvin missed his pesky little brother so much he cried, I guess they do love each other after all. Zach was hooked up to oxygen the whole time and it drove him CRAZY!! They had him on steroids and gave him breathing treatments every 4 to 6 hours.....he was not a happy camper at all. I joke and say he had "roid rage" cuz man was he a handful. Then when we finally got the ok to go home he didn't want to!!! He even refused to get out of the car when we got home!!! The tiny little prince in the big bed enjoyed having us waiting on him hand and foot while he barked orders at us!! Talk about a power trip!! I have to admit he looked so sweet and innocent in that big hospital bed, I wish I could get the pictures off my phone so I could post them. Now he's back to his feisty little self bothering his brother and sassing his parents, the little darling!
Well, I thinks that's it for now!! I guess I better really get my rear in gear and get back to packing!! We hope this finds you all healthy and happy. As soon as we're settled I will take pictures and post them on here. Happy Turkey Day and love to all of you!!
