I have not been feeling well over the last week and a half. Today I bit the bullet and went to the doctors. I have a sinus infection, severe congestion, and I am having bronchial spasms.
I am not sure I am going to make it passed security with the amount of drugs the doctor prescribed me.
I am hoping that the ringing in my ears stops soon.
Should be a fun nine hour plane ride!
Lil' Man no longer has scheduled visits with his birth family, since his birth Mothers parental rights were terminated. However I was able to sweet talk his case worker into letting me meet his aunt, grandmother, and three cousins in a neutral location in town.
He loves his cousins dearly, and it's clear they love him also. I can't imagine not being able to see a family member, that lives than 10 minutes from me. I promised him we will try to get together with them at least once a month.
I hope his adoptive family is open to visits with them as well. I think it's important for him to keep the bond that they have formed.
Here are some pictures of my niece Jannae, and two nephews Jaxon, and Alex.
They visited a petting zoo yesterday. Wish we lived closer!
Dare I say that Lil' Man is now asleep after 17 1/2 hours? Or should I just keep my mouth shut? He has been on the go non-stop since he woke up at 4am.
My Mum, and Dad's good friends are vacationing in Florida. They decided to drive up, and spend the day with us. We took them on a tour of our backwoods town. Our tour involved the hubby showing off all the houses he has worked on in town (historic restoration). A golf cart ride around the plantation, followed by dinner at Apple bee's.
It was nice to spend the day with good ole Scottish folk. I hope to catch up with them again when we are over :)
I am so ready for bed, its not even funny. I am seeing double.. night all
I am a few short seconds away from blowing a fuse. Lil' Man as not slept more than 6 hours a night since Thursday. Typically he sleeps 7:3o pm-7am, with a 45 min nap around 1pm.
On Wednesday the doctor prescribed him Focalin. Focalin is a medication that is used to control ADHD. One of the side effects is insomnia. He has been up since 4am. Which means i've been up since 4am.
One would think he would sleep considering he takes a prescription sleep aid.
He is agitated, restless, whining, and just plain annoying.
It's 11:30am, and i've been trying to get him to nap since 11am. After all he's already been up for over seven hours.
He's tired, his eyes are red, his whining non-stop, but his body wont relax.
He told me "Mommy I am so tired"
I've tired singing to him, rubbing his back, ignoring him, sitting in his room, bribing him.
A FAS, ODD, ADHD kid with no sleep equals a total disaster.
Since he's not my kid, I can't take him off the medication. Dr says i've to stick with it for 30 days. Thank God i'll be gone for 18 of those 30 days.
I know it isn't his fault, but that doesn't make me any less sleepy.
So I didn't jump off the bridge like I said I was going to. But I haven't gotten the results of my ultra sound yet. The hypochondriac in my is worried there is something freakishly wrong, but its probably nothing.
The ultra sound was a story within it's self, but I will spare you the details.
Hopefully I will have the results early next week.
I've been in a little funk this week. So much to do and no desire to do any of it. I swear I need a clone.
I haven't been in the mood to blog. I have laryngitis for the third time this year. My voice has been coming and going for the last three days. Having no voice makes parenting hard. Even harder when you have a hard headed kid who doesn't listen!
We have secured respite for Lil' man while we are gone. He will be staying with a single older lady, who has done respite for him once before. I am still quiet annoyed over that whole situation. Total BS.
I am surprised at my lack of excitement, and organization regarding our upcoming trip to Scotland. I don't think I will be excited until the plane takes off.
Tomorrow morning I have to have an ultra sound to check out some issues i've been having.. Not look fwd to that. If I find out I can't have kids, I might jump off a bridge. So if you don't hear from me you know what happened :)
