I wrote this a week ago but due to technical difficulties that day it never posted. Better late than never I always say!
Monday and the boys are home from school. Barack Obama was sworn in as President of the United States for a second term today and although I did not watch the event I am still a proud American. Sometimes I get very frustrated with my FB friends who post insults and harassment about the President because I am of the opinion that no matter if we like him or not we should respect the office of POTUS and the person who represents our country to the world. The months leading up to the elections were a difficult time on FB because people were so committed to their beliefs. That in itself was a great thing. The mudslinging and rudeness was not.
I spent my morning curled up on the couch reading this. It is on my list of things to accomplish in January and I am really close to finishing it. I have enjoyed the book and writing down some aha moments. I want to compile my own list of Rules of Adulthood sometime. I want to be an adult a little longer before I do that.
This week is an interesting one. I have some things on my calender that I am pumped about and a few things I am pretty unsure about. The unsure one comes first. Tomorrow morning Nic and I are going to Children's Hospital in Plano to see a Nephrologist. This is a doctor who specializes in kidney function. We had no idea that there was anything wrong with Nic's kidney function, and there still may be nothing actually wrong but we were referred by his Dr. after his last well-child check-up. He had some protein in his urine specimen and upon a return a few weeks later it was still there. In actual truth there was protein in his urine last year too but there was never any follow-up. I sincerely hope that is not a problem but I sincerely hope I find out tomorrow. Specialist are a funny bunch of doctors and honing in on one body part seems like it would get old real fast but this is a pretty significant body part so I hope the Dr. has a good bedside manner and that he shares ANSWERS tomorrow. I am nervous about the unknown.
Children's says that an appointment can take 1-3 hours. WOW what a window! We are prepared for even longer but certainly hope to be on the short efficient side of the range while still walking away with INFORMATION and ANSWERS.
After the appointment Nic should go back to school and I will be prepping for a PTA meeting. Then I have carpool, William has a rehearsal with his pianist for his solo competition piece that he will play on Saturday and I will crash. Fred is out of the country so at least I get the middle of the bed! The little things bring me joy and happiness!
Another calendar filler that will make me smile is that I have a dentist appt on Thursday. Just a 6 month check-up with cleaning but those always make me smile. I LOVE the feeling of clean polished teeth and expect no big issues so it should be a wham bam thank you m'am!
I am working on Friday at the Middle School in 8th grade English. Should be an interesting day.
