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Stacyc625
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POLL: **Battles & Blessings**
Stacyc625
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Happy Friday everyone-
Thought I would post this early as it's going to be a busy day for me-
What have you been blessed with this week? What has made your week just go a little easier or made you smile? / What did you battle with this week? what challenges have you come up against?
Is there any battle that you have had recently- that turned into a blessing?
Hope everyone has a good weekend!
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Re: POLL: **Battles & Blessings**
Battle: DS was sick AGAIN and I cannot miss work since I just went back, so scheduling dr.s visits and breathing treatments has been challenging. I am also fighting the guilt of being back at work and not being home every moment to give him extra love if he needs it at any moment.
Blessing: I work with pediatric oncology patients and I have been blessed to make a difference in their lives. I had the pleasure of working with an amazing family this week. In addition, it gives me a little reality check to count my blessings.
What has made your week just go a little easier or made you smile? DS has kept me smiling and seeing many old friends at a conference.
What did you battle with this week? Morning sickness and airplane delays. Disgruntled thoughts about my j-o-b (along the lines of airplane delays and airports in general); overlapping business travel with DH and a delayed flight home... thank goodness for MIL.
What challenges have you come up against? Three of my friend lost loved ones this week, I have a heavy (hormonal) heart and have had trouble focusing as a result.
Is there any battle that you have had recently- that turned into a blessing? I'm not finding any silver linings at the moment but I'm sure there's one somewhere that I'm forgetting.
Blessing:Deciding to take better care of myself
Seeing DH and DS interact is just amazing. He has always been a great dad, but lately it has been all I can do not to fall in love with DH all over again. Yesterday he was playing on the floor with Raz after work and they were laughing. I felt so lucky.
Battle: Negative thoughts--- it was just one of thse weeks where I was having an issue with letting others worry me
Blessings - DH was able to take off work this past Monday and the 3 of us drove to the Cleveland Zoo. It was the closest we've come to a family vacation (we're a few hours away from Cleveland) since DD was born and it was so wonderful to spend the day together.
I can take both girls to the pool by myself this summer. They're both swimming!!! No more mother's helper needed. Such a blessing.
Still battling with older DD about her manners and attitude. Still constantly nagging younger DD to remember to potty.
Battle: Summer colds that turned into sinus infections for me and the hubs. I've been sleeping in the guest room b/c the snoring (from both of us) is out of control.
Blessings: the wee one is so sweet and takes such pride in "taking care of mommy". She picks up her toys, brings me bottled waters and gives me lots of hugs throughout the day.
Blessing #2: we're spending the weekend with our dear friends (one of which is deteriorating quickly due to MS). They are the most awesome, generous, worldly people I've ever met and I always come away from our visits feeling better about myself and society. We're blessed to have them in our lives.
Battles: Sleep deprivation. My own inability to relax and let some things go. Being a perfectionist and a control freak is exhausting and entirely unrewarding.
Blessings: My DD. She is getting bigger and bigger every day, and I swear sometimes she smiles at me which melts my heart. A night out with a good friend, a weekend with no visitors planned, and a great and supportive DH.
Silver linings: Sleep deprivation is because of that bundle of joy in the next room. I wouldn't trade it for anything.
Battles:
-My car is being a real brat and I found more evidence of a mouse being in there. Grrr... I mean, why?! There is no food in there! My car is clean! Meanwhile our trucks are full of crap but the mice don't touch them. Top that with the service lights going on and I'm ready to send it into a nearby lake.
-The weather. I'm beyond over these lousy overcast, breezy, sorta rainy days. I want taking the kids to the pool to be an option! Give me summer!
Blessings:
-We're all healthy. Seems like everyone around us is coming down with a cold or something.
-Good friends who keep us sane with our weekly co-ed softball games.
Battle turned into a blessing: With the weather being lousy DH had time to work on my car.
DD#1~8/17/96------DS~10/24/05
Battle- DS had an MRI for a sacral dimple and it came up with a couple problems. Not sure if they are serious or not and we have to wait to see a neurosurgeon to get more detailed answers. I am worried sick.
Also- DD has been screaming and crying and banging on her door almost all night for the past week. We are all zombies and desperate for an answer. This has been one ****y week.
Blessings- I am thankful that the worst case scenario for DS is a possible tethered spinal cord in the future which apparently is fixable with surgery. I feel good knowing that he doesn't have anything life threatening or something that would impact his life. I have been having a lot more snuggle time with him this week.
Battles-
obviously my foot and all of the pain- I am trying not to take the pain meds because i am still nursing (sort of)
nursing Chase- I am really at a crossroads with him- I think I am leaning towards weaning- he won't sit still, he isn't interested, he wants to roll off my lap, if i sniffle or blink he is distracted. We are nursing 4x a day and I am thinking of going to 2x because it is just such a major PITA. I am not emotionally ready to stop but i seriously have to listen to him and follow his lead or i am going to lose my sh*t. It is so beyond frustrating.
DH- is driving me slowly insane with his idea of priorities. My ankle is broken and i am in a cast and walking boot- and I CLEARLY need help around the house- yet he wants to update the GPS maps and load music onto his MP3 player. We seriously got into it because it took him 45 min to load the updates to the GPS- and I asked why it was taking so long- 'because i loaded all the updates for the entire country' ... omg REALLY? for realz? Oh that's right in case we drive to CA next week we will know where we are going. ~ thanks for not unloading the dishwasher and dragging the laundry basket upstairs ... like i asked. ::sigh:: BUT... we can go to any state in the country and not get lost WHILE i have a broken ankle and 2 kids.
Blessings-
I don't need surgery for my ankle.
Gisele isn't getting up at 4am anymore (she would always go right back to sleep but you needed to go to her room, turn her music back on and leave- PITA at 4am)
I have amazing friends who are really helping me out and pitching in with me being down
I finished all of my CPA certification classes for the this year- glad that i dont have to be scrambling at the end of the year.
Blessings- Despite the year from hell that it has been with Parker I've seen some slight improvements in her emotional well being. Most recently she's been wanting all of my attention and the minute I'm doing something with Rowan she's on me to play with her. I've been doing my best to give her some extra attention and it's paid off a bit. However, I'm completely exhausted and burnt out from it. She's so intense.
Battles- Rowan's been struggling with nap time- as in sleeping for 20 minutes and then getting up screaming. I have tried to leave her in there to no avail. She settles back down okay if I rub her back and lay her back down but she really only sleeps another 30 minutes or so. It's sort of aggravating and I know she needs more sleep than that.
I am new here. I have a little boy, Sam, and twins who passed away two years ago. Oh, yeah, I am Nicole. I look forward to meeting all of you.
What have you been blessed with this week?
*A sick toddler who is finally all better on Wed. and back to his happy self. Watching Sam master the slide at the park.
What has made your week just go a little easier or made you smile?
* Getting out of the house with great friends for a playdate.
What did you battle with this week? what challenges have you come up against? *Living with my in-laws while our basement is getting painted.
Is there any battle that you have had recently- that turned into a blessing?
*My weight is sky rocking so I signed up for a All Women's Tri in Sept in hopes of getting back my motivation and body.