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August 29 Where I Stood by Missy Higgins
I don't know what I've done [ Where I Stood Lyrics on http://www.lyricsmania.com/ ] August 21 Kids are back in school....*doin' the happy dance*My life has been a whirlwind since we got back from vacation - which was pretty nice. We had great weather and it was very relaxing. Quinton was a bear but Tyler was pretty good, so we were able to deal with it. Anyhow, we got home on the 10th. and things started getting out of control on the 11th. Welcome home!
 We were gone for 10 days, so you can imagine the laundry and unpacking that was the immediate task at hand. The last thing I needed was to find 2 baby squirrels that had fallen out of their nest. They were pretty much listless, badly dehydrated and infested with fleas. Our neighbor was going to put them out of their misery when I decided to try and nurse them back to health. 2 days later with the help of Pedialyte, Esbilac (substitute milk formula) bottle feedings every 4 hours around the clock and a homemade incubator the baby gray squirrels were strong enough to be trying to get out of the cage. I took them up to the local Wildlife rescue facility and let them take over their rehabilitation. The boys enjoyed having them and of course wanted to keep them, but I assured them they wouldn't last long in a house with 6 dogs and 8 cats. When I got home from dropping them off, I was overcome with exhaustion and laid down and fell asleep....and slept for 2 days. Turns out I had come down with something.....had a fever of 101 degrees and was fairly useless for a few days. We're not sure, but we think it might have been from the 19 flea bites I got from the first baby squirrel I found. Until I got the incubator made I carried him around in my shirt so he'd be close to my body for warmth. The next day - all around my stomach and back I had the bites. I won't do this in the future.
 After recuperating from the strange illness, I had major grocery shopping to do as I had still not done this since returning from vacation and there was NOTHING in the house to eat or drink. Tom had been feeding the boys take out during my down-time. Then my mom got really sick with these bouts of vertigo that she gets and so I stayed with her up at her house until my brother and step-dad got home after spending the whole day grooming her Shih-tzu and helping my little brother with his budget - (he is finally making plans to move out of my parents house
 ) That was Sunday. On Monday with the boys starting school on Wednesday I figured I had better go school supply shopping.... .....nothing like waiting until the very last moment. On Tuesday I planned to get their shoes and clothes. It was a bad day....a very bad day. It took almost an entire day to get them each 1 pair of shoes because Quinton chose this day of all days to lose his frikkin mind! He's in desperate need of a med adjustment.....appointment is next week.....(THANK GOD)! They each got a few clothes....not nearly what I wanted to get, but they had a new outfit each to wear the first day, and that was the important thing. I was up until midnight packing up all of their supplies into their backpacks and what-not and on Wednesday they both got off to school without a hitch and were both excited for their first day back....... MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. I sat down at my computer with my coffee - all relaxed ready to blog yesterday.....and looked around my house. It was a disaster. There was no way I could sit and blog and relax with the condition of my house. I got started straightening up when I got the phone call from Quinton's doctor that his prescription was ready to be picked up. I got ready and headed up to get it - when I got there....they were closed for the lunch hour.
 I did some misc. shopping until they opened and headed home. When I got home.....there was a message from Tyler's doctor.....his prescriptions were ready to be picked up from HIS doctor.....so off I went. I got home 20 minutes before Tyler.....they had a 45 minute early-dismissal on their first day....OF COURSE!  My evening? Going through backpacks and reading through all of their "first-day" papers, dropping off prescriptions, shopping to kill time while pharmacy fills prescriptions, picking up prescriptions and filling out all of those "first-day" forms.....and then I had insomnia last night and didn't fall asleep until sometime after 3:00AM.  ........ and still ..... I'm doin' the happy dance. *smiles*I have several e-mails to answer.... a ton of e-mail to just delete! My junk folder isn't working too well for some reason.? All the laundry I've done still needs to be folded, there is still a tote of vacation items that needs to be put away
and there are a few ratty looking shih-tzus running around here.  I am still swamped, but I HAD to blog!! It's been forever since my last post....since my last therapy....and I needed it!! I'm not real relaxed right now....but I'm happy. There's been a lot going on with a lot of people in my life right now. Seems like everyone, save a very few are in some sort of crisis. I hope they all know that no matter how hectic my life....they are always in my thoughts and prayers. I would be there for them in a heartbeat if they needed me - if at all possible. I have more to talk about....but this one's been long enough already and I have to go get ready. My mom may need me to take her to the Doctor today.....she is literally incapacitated by this vertigo thing and has been for about a week and a half now. Anybody ever have any experience with this??? It's bad.
Ok....Bye for now - Have a good one!
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