Cellulitis

So I just spend 4 days in the hospital when what I thought was a blemish on my forehead turned into full fledged cellulitis. (www.mayoclinic.com/health/cellulitis/DS00450) It is basically a skin infection. Within a week it grew from a small blemish looking spot to a huge egg shaped red puffy spot on my face. Despite 3 trips to the Doctor and 4 different antibiotics, it continued to grow. I finally had enough when my eyes began to swell and barged back in to the Doctor's office. The sent me to the hospital where I spent 4 days on IV antibiotics. Let me tell you, 4 days in a hospital alone is VERY BORING! I didn't really feel sick, just more tired than usual. I basically had to sit there all day so I could get my antibiotics every 8 hours.

The consequences of our out of state move became very apparent when I was sent to the hospital Friday night. Jeff was at work and we literally know 1 person in the whole state! Lucky for us I was able to "convince" my Mom to come down for a few days to stay with the kids so Jeff could go to work. I am not sure what people do in these situations when they have no family or friends close by. Obviously we need to make some friends.

Anyway I am home now and on the mend. I am still on oral antibiotics but the swelling and redness have mostly disappeared. The BEST part of the whole drama is that I have to be on a Low Tyramine diet for the next 3 weeks. That means NO CHOCOLATE!! I don't know if I have ever went 3 weeks without chocolate in my whole adult life. It is going to be a very long 3 weeks.

Tyler Wants a Hair Cut

Mommy: "Daddy is getting a hair cut this week."
Tyler: "I am going to get my hair cut too."
Mommy: "You don't need your hair cut. Your hair is already short."
Tyler: "I want to be bald."
Mommy: "Why do you want to be bald? What is fun about being bald?"
Tyler: "I want to look like Pa Pa!"

A 3 Year Old's View of Her Birthday

Maggie has been asking for a lot of thing lately so I told her she needs to put them on her birthday list. She quickly agreed. However she thinks this means she gets to decide not only what people are buying her, but who is buying her what. So far, here is her list:
Austin is buying her a bike
Madi is buying her a music box

LOL
I am sure the rest of your names will be on there as she thinks of more things she wants.

She also keeps telling me... "When my friends come over for my party...." I don't have the heart to tell her that her friends can't come over. Maybe next year we can make a trip back to Ohio for her birthday.

Back to School

Tyler went back to school this week. He had a nice 3 week break, but I think he was really ready to go back. We had actually planned to homeschool Tyler for the remainder of the year since we were uncertain of where we would be living or what the schools would be like. When we finally did find a place to live, we noticed there was a very new looking school across the street. Then when we decided it would be best for Tyler to go back to school, it was nice to learn the school had only been open 6 months. There is a huge overcrowding issue in the county and we are glad to be part of a new school that doesn't have to deal with that issue yet.

The school system here is very different in little ways. They are much more concerned about crime and safety issues. The school is basically "locked down" for most of the day. Students are not allowed in the school before a certain time in the morning. Students are ushered off school grounds pretty quickly in the afternoon. There is no lingering, loitering, etc. There is also no walking your child back to his classroom in the morning. This is very hard for me. Tyler is still unsure of where he is going, so to watch my "little boy" walk in those doors by himself is very hard some mornings.

I guess he is really not my "little boy" anymore. Tyler informed me this week that he is NOT a little boy. He has certainly grown up in the week since he started back to school. He decided that he would ride his scooter to school. That was really cute to watch. He is getting pretty good at the scooter, but I think we may get his a bike this weekend. He is also, unfortunately, dealing with some bullying issues at his new school. Tyler has told us that he has 2 girl bullies that tease him and make him do bad things, at least according to Tyler. My Mom thinks that is because they like him, but I am not so sure. Hopefully I can talk to his teacher next week and figure out what is going on.

Other than that, still unpacking and organizing. Hopefully I will be done before my parents come down in June. We were glad to be here last weekend when it was snowing in OHIO!! Ha Ha Ha
Love, Donita