Not So Good with Keeping Up

So far I'm not so good at keeping everything up dated each day. The other day Theresa walked up to me and said "I got to tell you something" then she walked away silent. Oh well it's a start. The pronoun is something I've waited for ever to hear. I'm proud to announce that she has the attention span of a three year old! She's even making messes, funny parents around the world yell at kids to stop with the messes and I beg mine to make them.

OK I may have an extended deadline by two days if I take an extra 37 articles. That'll work, it'll give me just enough time to catch up from today and finish on time.

Theresa's labs are back but they're  in her pediatricians truck. He got called out on an emergency in the middle of the night so we'll wait since it couldn't be avoided.

I'll Keep Things the Way They Are

We have two hours until Therapy starts. I have managed to finish an article I started before bed and one full article so far. When I finish the one I'm working on I'll have 126 left to finish by this coming Wednesday. That's six days counting today. I believe that works out to 21 articles of 200 words each day to finish on time. Funny thing is that I should be able to get at least two of these done in an hour and still take a break each hour. I'm not sure what I was thinking when I accepted this.

I have two hours on Monday and Wednesday that aren't interrupted, and some time in the evenings after Theresa goes to bed. The problem I'm finding is that I prefer to spend time with her when she's up no matter what else I have to do. Then I can't stay awake once she's in bed. She looks so peaceful right now eating her cereal in the little dress that she picked out. It's times like these that make it hard to believe that she can have tantrums that last for hours over something she can't explain and we sometimes don't understand.

Oh, well she's my little princess and I wouldn't have it any other way. I'll keep all the stress and frustration because when days are good they're extraordinary.

Updating Myself On My Progress

So far I have about 134 articles left of the 150 due by Wednesday the 12th of May. I'm hoping to have a more productive weekend. I can't seem to find quiet time and when I do I'm too exhausted to focus.

While I may be ranting on to myself here it's actually rather theraputic. There are days when I have no idea where I am or what I'm doing, on a bad day I forget my name. The up side is that Theresa is having a relatively good week. Her ABA therapy is in the morning from ten to noon, then OT is at 2 with her original OT for the last time. I'm not sure what we're gonna do after that. Her entire schedule will be rearranged. Life really screws you up when you have a kid that requires a routine. To think in a few years she'll be a teenager that you want to have a routine whether they like it or not.

Oh, well I made a promise to myself to update this daily no matter how short the post and so far so good. Almost time for the school bus.

Some Things Accomplished This Week.

Well, we got the blood drawn. Theresa had to be stuck twice, she moved her arm and the needle came out. We spent an hour and a half making her sit on the potty just to get a urine sample. She finally used the potty though but she hasn't shown an interest since.

We didn't have speech this morning. She has preschool this afternoon. That's good I have 150 articles to do by the 12th. I'm glad they're only 200 words each. I'm going to leave this paycheck alone until I actually need it. I have to get my radiator fixed and new brakes.

Tomorrow morning Theresa has a dentist appointment. We'll be gone about an hour for that. I'm hoping she has a good morning tomorrow. After that I can work until time to go meet the other school bus. Maybe, Theresa is starting to like to go play in her room.

I saw a house for sale this morning but I didn't like the looks of it. Now if I can stop surfing the net and get down to work I may actually accomplish something this week. Well, it's time to go back to work and I'm hoping to promote a little bit tonight for a few minutes. It only takes a second to get some things scheduled, watch I just posted it and I'll have forgotten in an hour.

The To Do List is Making Progress

Theresa's got labs scheduled for after her speech therapy tomorrow. She's having a couple new tests and some repeats done. It'll be before lunch since she's the happiest after her visit to Mrs. Nicole for speech and I want her as cooperative as possible so she doesn't get too upset while they stick her.


Today Theresa only has a couple of hours of preschool. I'm going to try and rearrange her room while she's gone. We need to find the directions to put together her kitchen while she's at school too. It's hard to believe that there are only a few more weeks left of school. I'm wondering when her pictures will come back.


I can't wait to get the school pictures back, she was sooo cute in them.Right now she's trying to color her belly button. 


O.K. It's off to work for me now. At least I hope it is I redid the bills and so far it's not looking good as my income declines. Making up the difference is getting harder as time availability decreases.

Not Much Rest for the Wicked

Today has been a rather lazy day since it's Sunday. I do like to try and rest a bit on Sunday, I began my day by going back to bed to sleep a little bit longer. I managed to get a few things done around the house just because they couldn't be put off any longer so that I could sleep all day.

Theresa has school tomorrow and I've got to schedule her labs. The first part of the week will be normal but Friday we'll be without an Occupational Therapist. I'm hoping that won't cause a meltdown for my darling Theresa.

Adjusting or Not Adjusting to Change

Well, this has been an interesting week. We got some not so good news that we're not sure what to do with. Theresa's labs are going to be redone next week a finger prick for zinc and vitamin D then a tube of blood to run a food sensitivity test. Theresa is doing great, it's hard to believe that she began speech in September and ABA in late October/early November, OT began in November.

The private Occupational Therapist is leaving and I'm thinking of following her. I don't want anymore changes right now and I'm not sure how Theresa will react to another OT. Why is it that when you get used to something everything begins to change.

I'm not doing so well on the work front this month either, can't seem to get motivated at all. One day I'll focus enough where I can ramble on about how well Theresa's doing, how much we got done at home and just how much work I managed to get done.

Right now I'm drinking a pot of coffee, really need some caffeine, thinking about doing the dishes and watching reruns of NCIS. I don't know why but Mark Harmon is gorgeous. That explains why my husband complains about NCIS.