Baby and Austin

Baby was staying with mom this week because I was volunteering at VBS. On Friday, she called to tell me that Baby had some kind of blockage with her bowels and the vet had to do surgery. She has had a rough year! Anyway, it appears all went well with the surgery but she is not eating or drinking much. I take her back in two weeks to see if the swelling was just due to the infection or if there is a mass. Hopefully, it was just the infection and the antibiotics will clear it up.

Austin started on his meds again this week since he had VBS. I'm not sure they are the reason for the following, but I don't know what else could have been the cause. Last night I put Austin down to bed at about 9. At 11 something he woke me up and asked if it was time to wake up. I told him "no" and to go back to sleep. He woke me again at 1 something, trying to talk to me. I woke up several times last night (mostly because he wanted to talk) and found that he had been watching t.v. and playing in the living room. On each occassion, I put him back in bed, but apparently he never actually went back to sleep after the 1:00 awakening. He was showing no signs of being tired until about 4:30 this afternoon when we were in the car and he just fell asleep as he was talking. I couldn't wake him up so I had to carry him into the house myself (it's been a while since I had to lift 55 pounds of dead weight). Anyway, I tried several times to wake him up with no success. I got him to open his eyes a couple of times, but he wouldn't get up. He has now been sleeping for five hours. Hopefully, he sleeps through the night tonight so we don't have a replay of what happened today.

Weight Watchers

Today was my first week weigh-in at WW and I lost 5.2 pounds. I'm very happy, although I was hoping for more due to my starting weight. I found myself getting annoyed at one of the ladies there and I envisioned myself post menopause. I am going to be the horribly crabby lady on the street who everyone is scared of.

VBS

I volunteered for Vacation Bible School this week at Trinity. Many of the station leaders commented on how rowdy the kids were in my group. In my defense, I did have quite a few trouble makers. Anyway, because of low attendance, my group will be split up tomorrow to join other groups. Maybe I won't have to go anymore ;) kidding. It was actually kind of fun. Austin was in a different group (which I requested) with his best friend. I was really glad because normally he gets clingy when he's not with his friends. His second grade teacher also informed him and introduced him to a new student that will be in the class next year. When I saw the teacher talking to him, I thought he was in trouble so I was glad to hear that she was just trying to help the new kid make friends.

Nothing going on

I told people that I would have more time this summer to blog because I was posting so infrequently during the school year. I do have more time now, but there is nothing to talk about. My days are all the same, blending together. I have already lost track of what day it is. I have to check the calendar several times a day to remind myself that it is Friday, etc.

Florida favorites

We were in the car on the way home from Florida when Mom asked Austin what was the most fun thing he did in Florida. His answer – was it Busch Gardens or swimming in the ocean or sliding on the massive water slide, maybe? No, it was going to McDonald’s.

I had fun in FL. While we did a lot of walking in Busch Gardens, overall it was fun. We saw a couple of cute shows. One was a 4D Pirate show. It was pretty cool because they had sprayers on the seats in front of you which squirted at certain parts and also blowers. At one point, there were bats flying at us in 3D and then blowers shot at us at the neck and on the legs, that was a little too creepy for me. We took a train trip through the animal part which was pretty neat. We saw the giraffes actually come up to one of the safari truck tours and let the people pet them. That would have been cool, but it cost $30 a person. It did rain very hard for a while, but that cooled me down a bit. I’m not a huge fan of the ocean, but I did go in a short distance. Austin and I also built sand castles. The hotel was beautiful, it was just sooo packed with people, the pools were always too crowded to get in.

On another note, I was unpacking from the trip and doing laundry and didn’t know Austin was on the computer. I had a laundry basket in my hand, partially obstructing my view. Austin suddenly jumped up and growled and scared the crap out of me. I thought I was going to have a heart attack. Oh well, I guess a good jumpstart like that is good every once in a while.

Busch Gardens and the beach

Yesterday we went to the beach and had lots of fun. Today we went to Busch Gardens. It had its fun moments as well. I just don't like the heat. I don't know why someone would want to live in the heat all of the time. And of course, dad complaining all of the time and mom egging him on.

Austin had a somewhat disappointing day at Busch Gardens. He only got to ride a couple of rides because we had to do what dad wanted first. Then when it was his turn, it poured and he didn't get the chance to ride. He had been asking for cotton candy all day so I thought he should rightfully get something he wanted.

Austin climbing high up in the air at Busch Gardens

Austin trying to catch some waves.

Austin challenging the waves.

Florida

We are in Florida now, but I have been very crabby. Our flight was pretty entertaining though. We had a flight attendant who has been on Jay Leno and there is a video of him on Youtube rapping the airline safety regulations. If you would like to get a peek, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivjybzdXVmI It is a little bit different and we had two female flight attendants who were younger and danced during the demonstrations which made it even better.

Today we plan on going to the beach. That should be fun.

Family Heart Problems

It's a little scary because there have been some heart problems on my mom's side of the family recently. My 32 year old cousin had a heart attack and my 20 year old cousin found out she has a leaky heart valve (or something similar). What news within two weeks of one another.