Life Is Good

Finishing the Beach House: Rewarding
Deep conversations with my hubby last night: Enlightening
Exercising twice today: Energizing
Taking kids to the movies and sleeping through the entire thing: Refreshing
Bumping into hubby's ex-girlfriend: Satisfying!!
Signing up for the 1/2 Marathon: TERRIFYING!

My Life

I am Exhausted!


Heidi asked what's been going on, the picture sums it up for me. Year round I work 3 part time jobs that all allow me to work whenever I want to (mostly at night after everyone is in bed!). BUT, this is the one week a year I have to work to complete a project by a deadline. I am busy getting the beach house ready for renters which entails a lot of shopping (blech), cleaning (blech), laundry (blech), making beds (blech) and even ironing (BLECH!!). I am packing dishes, organizing storage closets, cleaning out the garage, moving furniture, painting, gardening, you name it! It is tons of work in a very short window. Think of it as moving with only 5 days notice. Simply put, my body is not used to 12 hour days of this type of work! It is an exhausting process!

So there you have it, why I am too tired to type, e-mail, update, etc. my head is spinning with to do lists and the thought of more cleaning. Plus I still have my usual commitments that take a lot of time, classroom parties, household chores (BLECH!), kids classes, etc. etc. etc. I'll be back to normal on Sunday!

This is how a dinner starts at the Michell's



This is how a dinner ends at the Michell's




Never, NEVER, NEVER leave your car behind at the Michell's

My Zig Zag Day

This was my day.
HB to FV
FV to Fashion Island
Fashion Island to Balboa Peninsula
Balboa Peninsula to HB
HB to Irvine
Irvine to Tustin

When I got to Tustin at 5pm we were at the oral surgeon's office. We waited until 6 to be seen at which point I was told YUP...it's gotta come out...tonight! YIKES! I'll spare you the details, except we came home one tooth and a whole lotta cash lighter. We didn't get home until 8:30. LONG DAY!

Dylan did great! He is going to be in pain tomorrow but for me, the worst is over! He is thrilled about his 3-4 days of a soft diet!

He said a prayer that the tooth fairy would still come even though this one was "yanked out"! I am sure she will be visiting that brave boy.

Oh, and I would feel like a bad Mom if I didn't mention that Megan had her tooth fixed today too and when we finally got her to bed at 9pm she said the little tooth was so sore, "every part of my body is hurting". She was really just needing a little attention and sleep but she will still get a "soft diet" tomorrow. I am a pushover!

Oral Fixation

So speaking of DNA (Baker Family), I am fed up with mine. Jon got to give the kids all the cute things like being ticklish on the tushy (don't try it ladies, he's mine!), the crooked pinky, blonde hair and blue eyes. My children got the short end of the stick from me...they are genetically predisposed to weak enamel. Our teeth are so weak it is ridiculous. Dylan had to have silver crowns on all his molars when he was 4 because the decay was so rapid and porcelain was not strong enough (YES! WE DO BRUSH AND FLOSS!!). Megan has it a bit better than him. She has only had small "weak spots" that we have treated early on with porcelain. We had been successful with that treatment so far.

In November we had our FIRST visit to the dentist that didn't leave me feeling like I had been punched in the stomach. Both kids had no cavities, no new weak spots and other than the obvious spacing issues, things looked great. Today, not so fortunate.

Dylan has an abscessed tooth. It is so infected that there is a big bloody blister on his gum. Apparently he had told Jon about this but wasn't complaining about pain so he just thought it was from a cancer sore like D had said. I felt like a big dummy for not having noticed the boil inside my kids mouth. UGH! So he referred me to an oral surgeon and said it needs to come out ASAP! I have heard about what infections in the mouth can do so I will not put this off.

So Megan lost one of her fillings and it needs to be replaced. I felt like strangling the doctor. Those fillings are less than a year old. Why do I have to pay to redo his work? Isn't there a warranty? So tomorrow I get to take her to replace that, then walk over to the oral surgeon's office and show them Dylan's mouth so we can get a rush appointment.

Now you know how we will be spending our stimulus package!

By the way, of all the disabilities, disorders, diseases and deformities my children could have, I am certainly counting my blessings that this is what we were given.

God

Good
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Saw this on a Church sign today. Liked it.

Dear Kristi...

...STOP IT! I do NOT like Yanni! Stop playing his awful music in my ear every time I answer the phone. I can hear you giggling in the background. I do not find this behavior funny.