Ouch! Ouch! Damn Stop!!

So physical therapy is actually not a picnic.
Yes, I'm sure you're surprised to learn that.
'Tis true.
It is at times quite painful and after a particularly busy session, can have lasting effects.

So tonight my leg is pretty sore. Not that I'm actually complaining, I know that it's better all the time.

And I still like Shawn, despite the misery.
:)


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I talked to my family this evening.

Matt and Lyssa have seen their first fireflies.
We don't have them here in Oregon, or if we do, they're hiding because I've certainly never seen one here.

Poor Lyssie has a migraine that is not responding to the medication. I wish she were here at home so I could take her to the doctor and get her something else. Poor kid. I know what it's like to have a week long headache, and this one is shaping up to be just that.

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Did I mention that my leg hurts? Well, it does. I actually had to take an extra pain pill because the first one did, well, nothing.

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I am not sleeping all that well at night. Last night or rather this morning at about three, I had to get up and add water to the fish tanks in the living room. I could hear the waterfall from the filter on the back of the tank and it was driving me bugshit. Didn't help that I'm leaving a couple lights on at night (don't like the dark) and the one in the laundry room for some reason was driving me nuts.

I finally got up and turned that one off.


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Poor Maggie is obsessing over the family being gone. She wanders around looking for them and looking forlorn. Around the time Eric usually comes home from work, she stations herself by the door so she can see outside. She waits until she's pretty sure he's not coming, then wanders dejectedly back into the bedroom and flops down next to his side of the bed, only to get up and pace a little more.

I am glad she is able to pace and obsess, since I thought for sure this week that we were going to lose her, but it does get a little old.


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 I mentioned the other day that I'm looking through craft projects for this school year and making some plans for things for the kids to do. They so enjoy creative things. There just isn't enough time in a school day for them to just relax and make things. I love that I can provide an opportunity for them to do that.

I found this idea at Family Fun.
Aren't they cute? I am now on the lookout for little tiny animal pictures and/or stickers. I'm sure I can find some great stuff at the scrapbook store and at Goodwill.

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What's your favorite, cheap, done in one sitting craft project for kids?

I love new ideas.
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And now, I am going to sleep. Actually being awake at this time of night for several nights in a row has made it almost routine.

Counting the days until my family comes back...

I. Am. Mental.