When Reality Smacks You In The Face

I apologize now for ignoring you a while, Oh Blog World. Life has been crazy, to say the least. Ever feel like a hamster on one of those plastic wheels????? I feel like I am running my ass off and getting no where. It would be great if that wasn't a figure of speech, since this ass could use alot off the back. But I digress.....

I am back from meeting my imaginary friends in Southern California. It was so much fun. Better than I had imagined. The only thing that I would change if I could would be the amount of time we were together. I think a week would have been better. I know we would miss our little ones like crazy, but hell yes the fun we would have and the shopping we would do!!!

I have never felt more comfortable in my life. Even though the relationship that I have forged with these women has been through the internet, I felt like I had known them my whole life. I hope all of you have the chance to meet special people like these someday.

F - WOW! You are amazing. You are a gorgeous, eloquent, thoughtful, I could go on & on. You just have such a kind way about you. Even though you can talk shit like a pro, you still have that tender and understanding voice that I know speaks from your heart. Listening to you talk to your kids & hubby on the phone melted my heart. They are so lucky to have you. I am so lucky to know you. You are one cool mama! So put together. I love your hip haircut and you dress just adorable. Can I be like you when I grow up?? ;)

J - WOW again! You are everything I thought you would be & more! You are so cute with your preggo tummy! You and I are so much alike, it's scary. I love that I can say whatever is on my mind with you and I know that you will take it just the way I meant it. You are sincere. You are kind. You love your family to pieces without letting it suffocate you. You are who you are and I love you for it. I can't wait to get together again when you can partake beverages of the alcohol sort :) Thanks for the vino, my friend. That was so kind of you!

S - Thanks so much for taking precious time away from your family to meet up with us when you could. I know how hard that is for you. I hope that next year you can get the time away that you deserve with NO regrets.

VEGAS, BABY in 2007!!!!! I don't know if I can wait that long to see you all again :)

Now, back to reality....

Sunday morning I had to take The Shadow to the ER. I was in LA where, despite what you might think, there are zero 24-hour walk in clinics. He was having trouble breathing (similar to the incident this fall) and I knew he needed a breathing treatment. Had he been having trouble before the trip, I would have packed his meds & machine, but this kind of came out of the blue. I am getting a bit paranoid that he has Asthma. His doctor & the ER doctor both don't think so, but I don't know how it could not be. At his next check up I am going to ask for an inhaler to avoid any further ER visits. I was scared to death. He was panting in fast, shallow breaths. I finally got in the car and drove around at 3am to find the closest hospital. Not a Mother's Day I want to relive, thank you very much. I did get to spend the rest of the day with Grandma and then mom rode with me home. Dad followed us. I told him to just keep up and put the petal to the metal. We were home in 2 1/2 hours. Nothing like cutting 30 minutes off your trip. The Shadow slept nearly the whole time, which makes sense since he was up most of the night before.

The Hubby & JJ greeted me when I got home with a very nice gift. It was a mother's necklace with the boy's birthstones. I love it, but it is too small. I pulled out the chain and it looks like it should be a bracelet instead. I'll have to see about getting a longer one. I can't wait to wear it!

Since Sunday I have been giving The Shadow breathing treatments every night and he had his last dose of Prednisone this morning. That's a steroid. It concerns me to be having to give him steroids at such a young age, but the Hubby doesn't think it is anything to worry about unless his balls start looking like raisins and he develops biceps. Nice, huh?

So we are back to craziness over here. The Shadow is swinging from the chandelier from all of the energy his meds give him and JJ is fighting me everyday to go to bed in the evening and then get up in the morning. I can't wait until summer!!!

A picture of our girls weekend. Who is who? Any guesses? Don't cheat if you know me :)