Wow!
A LOT of stuff has happened since last weeks email. This has been one weird - and mostly good - week.
As I'm sitting here with a glass of wine and really want to go plop on the couch beside Bob for a while, I'll make this a new-sy kind of update and leave the philosophy for another day!
Since we last "spoke"...
- I had surgery on my eye again on Friday. I'm still messing with this droopy eye. I had it fixed last November and it looked way better than it started, but still looked pretty different than the "good" side. So we did a different procedure this time and I *think* once the swelling is gone and the stitches all heal and I look a bit less like Frankenstein, I'm going to be really happy. The recovery for this one was much easier than the last procedure, which was great! But it still sorta knocked me on my butt last Saturday.
- While I was applying cold compresses on Saturday, Spencer and Bob were at a wrestling tournament. For this one, Spence got to wrestle at 195 lbs, which is his "real" weight class. He did really well and ended the day in 4th place with a 3-2 record. The 2 losses were both to the same guy. There were 11 guys in his weight class. The first time the guy beat him, he got pinned in about 35 seconds. The second time, they went to the 3rd period, so Spencer definitely improved. Tomorrow he's going to a BIG tournament down here. It's a 2 day deal and he'll be at 195 again. We're taking all the kids to watch him tomorrow (except Zane*) and hopefully it will be another fun day for him.
*Zane is staying home to go to a Minecraft coding camp at the High School. I think he's almost as excited about this camp as he is about Christmas!
- On Sunday we got 2 new members of the family - a couple of Guinea Pigs we've named Phineas and Ferb. They are adorable. We are all kind of smitten with them. Quinn likes to put one on his shoulder and carries him around nearly everywhere. The boys aren't even phased by the fact that these guys are poop machines. LOL Ozzie hates them. Or maybe he's afraid of them. He's been a nervous wreck since they got here. Willow could care less.
- On Sunday we also got to watch Quinn play a lacrosse game. He's definitely got more of a temper now than he used to. I guess testosterone will do that to you! At one point he got a penalty - then mouthed off about it - and got an extra minutes. LOL I kinda love the fire!
- Somewhere in there we discovered that the truck wouldn't run. So we left it parked with a plan to get it to the shop on Monday.
- Sunday night we got to go out to dinner and a concert with my mom and dad. We had gotten my mom some concert tickets for her birthday and it was SUCH a cool night. We went to a Korean barbecue restaurant and then watched a really cool Christmas concert with For King and Country and Casting Crowns. Such a fun night!
- Monday we did the work thing, Bob went to Beckett's holiday party, and we found out the truck needed 6000 worth of transmission work. BLAH
- Tuesday Bob went to Zane's holiday party while I took Quinn for a check-up at the scoliosis clinic*. Then we went car shopping. I test drove a bunch of different options and picked a car we thought we wanted. Of course when we went to test drive it, the battery was dead. So back home we went with a plan to revisit the next day.
*Way more on the scoliosis thing next week. Short story is that his curves are worse than they were last year. He has 3 instead of 2 and they are all more curvy. So we need to go see a specialist. I was, honestly, shocked because to me he didn't look any worse than he had before. Oh well... we have an appointment with an orthopedic scoliosis specialist next Wednesday.
(We were still trying to work through all of these distractions. Work... BLAH!)
- Wednesday Bob and I both put in a few hours at our jobs and then headed back to Carmax. (BTW - This is the second time we've used Carmax and I really couldn't recommend them any more highly. It's an easy experience. No pressure. We love them!) I bought a black 2014 Infinity Q50. I love it. To say it's a step up from the 13 year old truck is about the biggest understatement of the decade.
- Today we did the work thing again, gather up the big boys - who both got out of school early today because they had finished their exams, and had a lovely lunch with them. Then I had an appointment with the eye doctor. After that pleasant experience (seriously, does anyone enjoy getting stitches OUT???) we drew names and let the boys shop for their annual gifts to each other. This year I had Quinn and Zane and Target. LOL We had fun! Knocked over a whole display of wrapping paper. Bought WAY too many bags of holiday M&Ms and giggled through the store. Goodness I love those boys!
I am SO excited for Christmas!!!
Before we get there though... we have MORE stuff going on!
- Tomorrow is wrestling day (and somehow I need to find time to grocery shop or there's going to be a mutiny...)
- Saturday is WAY up in the air because our plans will depend on how Spencer does in the tournament tomorrow. It also will, hopefully, include our Church service and our traditional Christmas Eve-Eve Mexican dinner if we can squeeze it in! (If not, concession food it is...)
- Sunday we get to go to my sister's for our annual Christmas Eve brunch and then we are going to see Star Wars. One of my favorite days of the year!
- And of course Monday is Christmas. I can't WAIT to share some of the secrets that we have wrapped under that tree!
I wish you all the Merriest Christmas! Enjoy those around you! It's such a special - and kinda nutty - time of year!! I love it!
Cheers!
