This weekend was really nice. I was off on Friday because daycare was closed. Emerson and I went shopping with my sister during the day, then we dyed eggs and had Good Friday dinner with my parents. It was really nice. He did a great job dying eggs. His hands were completely colored with dye, but he sat so nicely, and was engaged the entire time. He is such a wild man sometimes, that activities like that don’t hold his interest for very long. I was very surprised. I’m enjoying eating the eggs for snack too! Extra protein. On Saturday, we went to the Children’s Museum with my sister and nephew. We had went the prior week, but they invited us to go with them. It was so much fun. Even more fun than when we went alone. We were there for a few hours, then went to lunch afterwards. Emerson napped for 3 hours when we got home. He was pooped!
On Saturday night, I got everything ready for the Easter Bunny to come. When Emerson woke up, I met him in his bedroom with a basket. I had a trail of Easter Eggs that led all the way to his basket. He picked every one of them up, then tore into his basket. He ate so much candy, guys. I never let him have candy outside of a small lollypop to distract him at the grocery store, or during errands. We ended up going to the duck pond to feed the ducks, then visited my sister, and parents quickly. After nap, we went back to my parent’s house for Easter dinner. It was really nice. My sister, nephew, Emerson, and I took a long walk after dinner. The weather was beautiful. After we got home, I let Em play for a bit, then it was bath, and bedtime. He was awfully fussy at bedtime. Crying, and at one point, he got up and turned his bedroom light out. I was beyond exhausted, and had to clean the house, do laundry, and meal prep. I yelled at him a couple of times. Anyway, when I woke him up this morning, his entire bed was covered in sh*t. His entire body, blanket, sheet, pillow, EVERYTHING. All of that candy got to him. He probably had a stomachache when he was fussing last night. I felt so bad this morning. I put him in the tub for a bath before daycare. He had no fever at all, and was laughing/smiling despite being covered from head to toe. I tossed all of his bedding in the washer. The second we get home, I’ll wash it. I didn’t want to leave it wet in the washer all day, or I would have had to wash it twice. What a mess!
I have a doctor appointment on Wednesday. We’re rounding week #2 of my skin hurting. The pain has spread all over. My legs, arms, back, butt, feet. It’s so annoying! It feels like horrible sunburn, however there is no rash, or visible marks indicating an issue. When I wake up in the morning, all of my muscles are so tight. I also haven’t been sleeping through the night and have had headaches throughout the day, which is not something I am prone to getting. I don’t know if the migraines are attributing to the skin pain, then that’s feeding into the sleepless nights, or what, but hopefully we can find a root cause, and treat it, so all of these symptoms go away. It’s making me MISERABLE!!!!!!!!!!! I’m trying to not let it get to me though. Right now, I have a slight headache and my skin hurts mildly. Nothing too bad. Tylenol doesn’t’ really work either. I was up at 230am and never fell back asleep. I’m sure I’ll pay for that later. I am not a whiney person at all. I usually just deal with whatever and move on from it, but this is bogging me down. I’m just ready to start feeling better again!!
I blew my diet for most of the weekend and I haven’t worked out since Friday night. Taking a few days off was nice though. I’m back at it today. I’m sick of eating like garbage and I miss working out. Oddly enough, working out makes the pain decrease. It must be all of the endorphins. On the flip side, the pain makes me NOT want to work out even though I know it’ll make me feel better when I’m done. Anyway, I don’t feel like I’ve wrecked my diet with taking two days off. Sometimes you just need a break, but I do feel like I’ve set myself back a little. I’ll get it back in no time though. I’m not worried.
So the guy I had a date with last week. Eh, I mean he is really nice, but we hardly talk to each other. I think that sort of kills it. He called me on Saturday. It was nice to chat for a bit, but because we talk so infrequently, we are always caught in this catch-up mode. It always revolves around the kids too, so it seems like we never really get ahead. I don’t know if what I’m saying makes sense either, but in my head, it sounds right. I feel like we’ve had the same conversation since we met, and it’s all about our kids, which I love talking about, but when you’re trying to see if there is something there romantically, you kind of have to branch out from poopy diapers, and nap times. We aren’t seeming to break out of that cycle too much. I get that we both work, and busy parents, but it’s pretty effortless to send a text when you can’t talk on the phone, or to just control the conversation a little from going back to kid mode. I feel like I’m talking to a good friend, or a brother-if I had one. I guess I’ll just let it ride out and see if anything surfaces. I swear, I am just so distracted anyway, that it doesn’t even matter either way. That sounds terrible.
In other news, I emailed the behavioral specialist to go ahead with early intervention for Emerson. I was talking to a friend who was in a similar situation. After I put the offensiveness aside, I was able to see that it isn’t a bad thing. It’s a free service that occurs at daycare, so it isn’t like I need to do anything, or take him anywhere. They’ll work with him one-on-one to further develop his speech, which I really do think is a big issue. I think if he could communicate with me better, life would be a lot easier. It’s such a major roadblock. He says a lot, but he’s not stringing words together to make small sentences, or even to tell me things. I think it’ll make him a lot happier to get some extra help to be able to communicate more with myself, and his teachers. Needing help doesn’t always have to be a negative thing. I should appreciate the fact that I have a free service to use.
I don’t really have much else to report. I’ll follow up with you guys after I see the doctor, but I don’t think he’ll have much to say. I’m sure I’ll end up needing blood work, and some other tests first.
Have a super week though J
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