My son had his mid winter break last week, which meant no school for five whole LONG days! I spent almost no time on the computer. On Monday, we went on an adventure with an old friend. We toured all over the Kitsap peninsula and had a winter picnic. On Tuesday we went to the Ballard locks, Archie McPhee's, and Cupcake Royale in Seattle with friends. It was great fun, but it did become a bit of an all day exodus. I guess that happens when you travel with a four and a six year old. Wednesday the boy and I spent the day at the home of a preschool friend from Tacoma. On Thursday we met the hubby for lunch at a lovely restaurant near his office, then came back and let the boy charm and sweet talk all his coworkers. Afterwards, we went to the zoo. On Friday, I took the boy for a haircut, then he had his pictures for his fifth birthday taken at Sears. Then he spent the afternoon with a dear friend, while I went to the ob/gyn. Then the weekend was busy too! I tried as hard as I could to keep us from laying around the house and watching tv. This is the usual evil temptation for us.
I had to go see the OB because after my annual physical a week ago, my blood work came up all wonky. Thankfully my blood sugar, cholesterol, kidney and liver function were all normal. But my autoimmune situation is not good. My sed rate and ANA levels were...bad. My body was already telling me I'm having an arthritis flare up. I had a heart to heart with the OB about all this plus my age (39 in April) and I'm officially not trying to have a baby anymore. I'm done. I can't really tell you how I feel about that. Still processing and feeling a bit numb about it. So I have to do some things to prevent getting pregnant, because I'll have to start taking some fairly toxic medication again.
I met with my primary care doctor today, as he was really worried about these numbers. It wasn't that I was blase about it, but I've been down this path before. He even offered painkillers twice and I turned him down. But I am back on lovely old methotrexate. My old nemesis. Nothing like leaving with a prescription for that and rogaine for the hair I'll lose. Sigh.
I did hit him up for some Vitamin K and he didn't say no. Hey, I am hosting a huge birthday party for my son this weekend, which is a guaranteed panic attack for me. Well, any party would be, but hosting one with 20+ people there should be interesting. I'm glad that my doctor trusts me to know when I need something and when I don't.
I guess I should be blue about all this. But so far I'm taking it in stride and rolling with it. We'll see how I do later this week. Right now my focus is on my son's upcoming rescue heroes birthday party. And my new red wall in my kitchen. The husband finally got it done!
Here's the boy's photos from Sears this past week.
They're cheesy, I know. But I love it anyway. | 
