HOWDY!!!

HI there everyone....just l'il ole me signing in to say hello. Been pretty crazy around here (what else is new, right?)...My little guy was sick all week with strep-throat...YUCK :C Had a pretty bad case this time, worst I've ever seen him have and he's had it several times. I had an appt for him with his pediatrician on Tuesday afternoon.Tuesday morning we had to rush him to the Emergency Medical Offices downtown because he was vomitting small amounts of blood...talk about scary!! Anyway..the doctor checked him out and diagnosed him with a bad case of strep..his tonsils were SO swollen and red...poor little guy. He was just miserable. The doc said that the blood could have been a result of some tiny broken blood vessels or abrasions in his throat from vomitting (he had done so 2X on Sat. and then on Tues.) so hard and being the condition his throat was in..he wasn't surprised. I was a wreck....he's on antibiotics now and doing abit better...THANK GOD...and he's begininng to talk more and eating. He lived on water and ice pops for a few days...then a bit of soup andnow finally some solids. I slept with him on a bed I made for us together on the livingroom floor because he didnt want to be alone or upstairs in his room so far away from me...so needless to say..I havent slept very well either. But the main thing is that he's doing better now...maybe I can catch up on some sleep this weekend.
Ok...on to better things. Dad is doing great. He came home from the hospital on Monday evening and is adjusting pretty well. There are therapists and visiting nurses helping Mom out a few days a week so thats a big help. But he's getting back to his old self and feeling a bit stronger everyday. :D
Last night Rick and I went to TaeKwonDo class and we earned 2 "tapes" towards testing for our first belt (white) . For those of you who don't know what the hell I'm talking about...it goes like this. When you are progressing and earning your way towards a belt promotion, there are steps and movements, "Form" as they call it, along with Self Defense, Breaking, and Kicking/Punching combinations that you have to know and perform. With each belt, you need to earn 6 "tapes"...which on a childs level are pieces of colored tape that they adhere to the collar (or belt) of their uniform and once they have all 6..they are ready to test for the next color belt. With adults, they dont give you the physical tapes when you are a "no belt" like me...you just earn them and they make note of it on your attendance card...Ya with me so far?????LOL...then when I physically have a belt...then they will start adhering them to it. So for now...I just earn. And once Rick and I have all 6...we can test...which Master Kim told us last night would be June 3rd!!! Yeah!!! So...(Have I totally confused you all yet???LOL)...last night I received my black tape and my white tape...now I just need yellow, red, blue & green. We would have probably gotten one more...but class had ended just as we were being observed for the next form. So maybe next week. It usually takes a month or so to earn all 6 ...but we were told that we are progressing so well that we could have them all sooner!!
Not bad for someone who was apprehensive at first in even starting class, eh???
Its alot of fun and a great workout....I'm really enjoying myself tremendously!!
So...anyway...think I had better go...almost time to pick up Erica at school...and btw...she's testing tonight for her yellow belt. .(second level) SO...HOORAY FOR ERICA.....YOU GO GIRL!!! We're so proud of her..she's amazing...such strength and perfection...its amazing to watch!! ( Just bragging...proud Mom that I am...) But she truly is doing great..she's moved up to 3 nights a week from 2.
Ok everyone...have a wonderful weekend and just in case I dont get back here before Sunday...."HAPPY MOTHERS DAY" to all of you that are...HUGS!!! and may you each have a day that is as special as you are!!
With love & friendship....
LISA


Words for the day: "I swear the soul gets blistered, along the way...but when you heart the things you love;you gotta know: If you mean hope, if you mean fear----If you mean faith, if you mean love.. then I'm guilty... I'm guilty of all the above."