Psychotomy

So, as we’re going to bed last night, kiir reads me a selection from her book. One character was griping about getting granddad a computer. “I figured he’d use it to look up senior porn or something, instead he keeps emailing me!!!”

This led to us joking about “We are 81!” and “Barely Living” (BTW , anyone else notice that motel tvs are always showing these adverts when you get in and want to put something on while you eat your late dinner before sleeping?)

Then she complained because now she had images of “zombie porn” in her head (barely living) … and THAT led to a discussion of whether zombie porn is zombies in pinup poses, or hot ganglion-on-ganglion…

And this is going to lead to the worst searches coming here, i just know it …

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So, took DK swimming today. Of course, he ran off and wanted to go to the children’s center instead. While I’m following him down the corridor, I’m commenting on how I have the swimming stuff not the workout stuff. what am I supposed to do here, dk?

He ignored me, as I expected, and they barely got his nametag on him before he vanishd into the kids center So I went to work on my back (which, apparently, there’s basically nothing for stretching out that lowest part of my back where I have all my trouble; only one machine, and it doesn’t seem to help anymore)

He was actually there about 15-20 minutes before apparently realizing that I wasn’t there with him, or something. They called me back, and once he saw me he was almost ready to run back in, with me in tow this time.

We went to the pool instead and played for another half hour. Then the showers for 15-20 minutes. The biggest problem I had the whole time? The screaming fit when I turned off the shower. sigh.

Came home and he fussed and fought and fell asleep. Now I don’t really know what to do with myself.

I suppose I probably should have been cleaning the basement some more, try to finish that up for a play area for DK, Pi and Kiir during the days. Oops

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So, after I got dk down, i got up to take K out and figured I’d move to the big bed with kiir.

an hour later, i’m in the living room posting this because i’m having trouble getting back to sleep. and since they’e both asleep, I don’t want to be tossing and turning in either bed waking someone up.

and the worst part is that K probably would have been fine if I hadn’t gotten up to take him out, but I figured he’d wake up early if he didn’t get to go before bed. how was i to know i’d prefer early :/

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So, last week Pi was doing a bit of pushing with her legs and she can turn herself around pretty well for a few weeks now. and rolling over.

Over the weekend we were at my parents, and I caught her pushing herself forward a couple times! It was so neat! (I know, I have a two year old, I’ve done this, it shouldn’t be cool? but it IS! because she’s moving!!!)

Then yesterday while dinner was cooking, she was laying on the floor and DK and I were in the armchair playing ToonTown. I got up to go finish up with dinner, and I’m talking to DK and looking through the breakfast window at the living room to keep an eye on Pi (not that Kiir wasn’t out there too, but) and I notice that she seems to be in a different place.

So I jokingly say to DK, “Is your sister crawling? Why is she crawling around? Is she looking for something? Go give her a hug so she knows you still love her!” (and he’s looking at me like I’m an idiot)

Then I realized something. She hadn’t just turned around or rolled over. She had physically moved … wait uh … So I looked out again, in time to see her propel herself three more “moves” … “Uh, seriously, DK, why is your sister crawling? She’s only just past four months!!!”

It’s still amazing and incredible and neat. But it’s also terrifying and worrisome. Because now we have to start watching for her getting in things from crawling. Eeek!!!

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So, Thursday evening I flew down to Atlanta to meet up with Kiir and the kids at her parents. The fun of getting there is a different post.

As I was driving away from the airport after getting to atlanta, ~700 miles from home, I suddenly realize that I left my happy pills at home. My anti-depressents are, in fact, sitting on the shelf where I keep them away from DK. I only think of them when I take it in the evening. Just before going up for bed, I pour a glass of milk and take my pill.

So, Friday morning I call the psychiatrists office to ask about how to handle it, they say to talk to the pharmacy, they’ll fax up a request for approval, a doctor will sign off, i’ll get a few pills to catch me through until monday.

11am we hit the pharmacy, give them the information, and grab a few things mom needed at the grocery. Then we went to see if it was up yet (they’d said ~15 minutes). They hadn’t heard back from the dr’s office (I’m stunned, they’re always so prompt!!!) So we went about our business, they said they’d call when it was ready.

~4pm after we’d been swimming, I checked and I had no missed calls, no voicemail, nada. So I call the dr’s office. Since I know in the past they’ve ignored paperwork for days on end.

“I just faxed that back”
“Oh, great, thanks”
“We don’t have a followup scheduled”
“OK, I’ll call about that when I get home from vacation?”
“The doctor won’t approve it until there’s a followup scheduled”
“Uh, OK, is he in X?”
“No, he’s here Y”
“OK, 9am?”
“9:15?”
“Whatever, sure. So he’ll sign it off now?”
“Well, I’ll put it on his pile. When he gets in Monday he’ll look at it:

…

“What do I do in the meantime?”
“*shrug*”
“What should I do for my antidepressants until Monday?”
“*shrug*”
“When I called earlier, I was told another doctor could sign off for it so I could get the pills this weekend when I need them”
“Oh, I suppose I could give it to AA”

Gee thanks lady. Don’t hurt yourslef. I’d hate to think I caused you an inconvenience.

Luckily, I didn’t. AFAICT, AA never did anything with the file. At least, the pharmacy had only gotten the “bugger off” notice when I talked to them ~4:30. At which point the office had turned off it’s phones and their message said “If this is an emergency, bugger off and call 911. Otherwise, just bugger off”

Good thing it wasn’t anything worrisome. Oh, wait.

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hearing that is downright depressing :o

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So I want to try to get a few posts up over the next couple days talking about the VAST AMOUNTS OF FUN that was my weekend trip to atlanta :o

But in the meantime, DK was putting his Cars matchbox hot wheels in the crip tonight. When I took them out so he could play with them, he got off his chair, grabbed them, and put them back in. Apparently they went to sleep when he didn’t :o

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So, as much as I miss having the opportunity to play on the xbox ,mess on the computer, or watch vids, generally …

It turns out the last 3 days have sucked. I have no energy, no drive. My get up and go got up and went when I had to drop Kiir at the airport (wasn’t even allowed to go in with them :/)

Sunday was the wedding, and DK with all the jumping left my arms exhausted. Monday when I got home I pulled vines from the yard. Did some general cleanup in the living room, reorganized the video drawer so its a lot of vids DK can watch instead of front loaded with Law and Order :)

Need to clean out the car today, of all the bits DK has left overs. Need to finish vacuuming and steaming. But I’ve been so damned drained, even the 10 minute process of vacuuming daunts me :/

I think I need to look at my meds, too. Because this? this is ridiculous.

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So, dropped K off for his comprehensive exam this morning at the vets. We have the pet insurance, and so everything I was dropping him off for was covered. Except they wanted to give him some antibiotics with the teeth cleaning, they wanted to run an EEG (EKG?) to check his heart so they could do a bang on job with the anaesthetic, some anti-inflammatorys … those weren’t on the coverage. I declined most of them :o

Then I get a call, he had a lot of bacteria in his mouth, and since they did the cleaning, the doctor REALLY wants he should have the antibiotics, so OK. And they want to run a skin test because he has a rash on his stomach (I think it might be from the weeds I was pulling yesterday, but to be safe). And they want to give him some anti-inflammatories for the rash. And do an ultrasound on his bladder …

Bladder’s fine, but run the other tests. Then they want to give him about 3 more meds to clear up the rash an’ stuff. So I agreed to that too. Because he’s my pups!!!

All told, the 100% covered appointment is costing me 150$, and that’s with me declining another 50-100$ of stuff.

Of course, just thinking about K not being OK has me in tears, so it’s worth it. He’s my puppy !!!

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Monday I woke up around 6 in the morning. Tuesday I woke up at 5:30, took a shower. Kiir handed me Pi to take for a while, so she could get some peaceful sleep without Pi kicking around the bed and curling into her back. Around then, DK woke up and snuggled with her, but he’s less of an issue to her sleep than Pi is (he can move if he’s uncomfortable or rolled on). At 6:30 they came downstairs because DK wasn’t going to sleep. At 7:30 I left for work. at 7:35 I got back to help watch them for the day because kiir was exhausted. Sent her back to bed and I hung out with the kids for a while. Then Pi went up to nap with mommy. Then DK was ready for naps. I took Pi for a walk. Did a few things at home (including work), took Pi for another walk. Went out for gymboree, and DK fell asleep on the way, so we drove around a bit.

Yesterday morning, DK woke up at about 4am. he ran over and snuggled with mommy for about ten minutes, and then I brought him back to the bed he and I share. Then I roused halfway to turn off the alarm at 6:30, woke up at 7:25, raced through my morning things and booked for the train. Technically I missed the train by about a minute, but he held the door for me since I was running down the parking lot (yay)

This morning I woke up at 5, was afraid of waking him up if I tried to fall back asleep. I am so tired at this point :o

It woldn’t be as bad if he would go down easier at like 9 instead of 11 .. and even then it’s sometimes over an hour :/

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