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...lack of structure. that's what i've been mulling over the past few days about many aspects of the heidi & wes gerbickians. & now that we have millie on this cry-it-out stuff, it is forcing some structure on us. which is good. the same thing happened with adeline & the cry it out. i'm just not a structured person naturally (wes is more than i). what is lacking structure? the girls' daily routine. my daily routine. even how we have decorated our house & write blog posts about anything & everything...
but i will never get to it. we will have the usual 10 & 2 nap times that will be malleable by about 45 minutes either way & by location (car seat, another crib or bed, etc), but we will never have a set routine of 8:30 is art time, 9:30 is reading, etc. i do know that when i'm putting millie down for a nap, that's 'dora the explorer' time for adeline! lol! & i think that's okay with me. i hope it's okay with the blog readers that i go everywhere with this blog.
& of going everywhere...adeline stepped in a fresh pile of dog crap today for the first time. it was a huge pile right by the slide & i just had a stick to shove it away from the path from the ladder & slide & then *squish* & she just sort of looked down with a very quizzical look on her face. we just brushed it off with a leaf & she just kept saying 'bad dog' & i tried to explain that this yard is, for better or worse, griswold's potty...& he's not a bad dog for using it. if this was inside & she stepped in a pile of dog crap, now that would be a time to use a 'bad dog'!
another use of no structure:
i had an appointment with the optical neurologist today. they decided to just make me an appointment instead of relaying messages apparently. apparently! anyway....a whole slew of events took place including me being taken off of topamax, & having a needle with a neon yellow substance put in my veins to see where it went in my optic nerve through this crazy camera lense, while the iv needle was in my arm. i am a bit whoozy around needles & she stuck me 3 times, so i put on my brave face, lol. as dora would sing: 'we did it! we did it! we did it! yea! vamanos doctor (sp?) [holli, i need help here!]. but good news resulted from these needle pricks: the optic nerve problem is called neuritis & it's just b/c i'm from german decent. those damn germans. i'm actually not all that much from german decent... i have scottish & english (i believe). & irish. anyway, what do germans do with their optic nerves? is this expected? well, my pupils had to be dilated to do this procedure...immensely dilated, more than usual, which i didn't realize was possible b/c when he asked if it was okay, i was like 'yea, sure' thinking this has been done to me before...oh no. i couldn't make out the outline of my hand in front of me! it was craziness! what was even more crazy is that i drove home like this. doi!
now i'm home & very tired & awaiting a call back from that infamous holli who is hooking us up with half a steer & who i just want to chat with & who is hopefully coming over for din din this week to hang out with the gerbickians!
in case you are wondering, missing a topamax dose is making me LOOPY & TALKATIVE.
but i will never get to it. we will have the usual 10 & 2 nap times that will be malleable by about 45 minutes either way & by location (car seat, another crib or bed, etc), but we will never have a set routine of 8:30 is art time, 9:30 is reading, etc. i do know that when i'm putting millie down for a nap, that's 'dora the explorer' time for adeline! lol! & i think that's okay with me. i hope it's okay with the blog readers that i go everywhere with this blog.
& of going everywhere...adeline stepped in a fresh pile of dog crap today for the first time. it was a huge pile right by the slide & i just had a stick to shove it away from the path from the ladder & slide & then *squish* & she just sort of looked down with a very quizzical look on her face. we just brushed it off with a leaf & she just kept saying 'bad dog' & i tried to explain that this yard is, for better or worse, griswold's potty...& he's not a bad dog for using it. if this was inside & she stepped in a pile of dog crap, now that would be a time to use a 'bad dog'!
another use of no structure:
i had an appointment with the optical neurologist today. they decided to just make me an appointment instead of relaying messages apparently. apparently! anyway....a whole slew of events took place including me being taken off of topamax, & having a needle with a neon yellow substance put in my veins to see where it went in my optic nerve through this crazy camera lense, while the iv needle was in my arm. i am a bit whoozy around needles & she stuck me 3 times, so i put on my brave face, lol. as dora would sing: 'we did it! we did it! we did it! yea! vamanos doctor (sp?) [holli, i need help here!]. but good news resulted from these needle pricks: the optic nerve problem is called neuritis & it's just b/c i'm from german decent. those damn germans. i'm actually not all that much from german decent... i have scottish & english (i believe). & irish. anyway, what do germans do with their optic nerves? is this expected? well, my pupils had to be dilated to do this procedure...immensely dilated, more than usual, which i didn't realize was possible b/c when he asked if it was okay, i was like 'yea, sure' thinking this has been done to me before...oh no. i couldn't make out the outline of my hand in front of me! it was craziness! what was even more crazy is that i drove home like this. doi!
now i'm home & very tired & awaiting a call back from that infamous holli who is hooking us up with half a steer & who i just want to chat with & who is hopefully coming over for din din this week to hang out with the gerbickians!
in case you are wondering, missing a topamax dose is making me LOOPY & TALKATIVE.
2 comments:
Trust me - I have endured 3 years of "structure" - it's not all it's cracked up to be.....
yeah, i noticed you were a little loopy and talkative on the phone. :-) muy bien, heidi! hasta viernes!
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