Busy times

Well, life has been keeping us busy here. We had graduation last Wednesday. John and his girlfriend came over that night and spent their last night in town with us. Then they headed out in the morning. It was hard to say goodbye to them. That night I noticed notes they had written us on our fridge. It was so sweet!

The next day Courtney had an appointment with her ENT. After her last swallow study the people doing her evaluation wanted her to get her palate, uvula and epiglottis evaluated. So, he checked her palate and her uvula. He said all looks well and he doesn't see anything to get excited about. So that was good news. He said he would like to see her back in 3 months.

The next day she had an appointment to get evaluated to see if she is a candidate for speech therapy. Now, as you know, Courtney really doesn't have a speech problem. But these are the people you need to see to help with therapy for swallowing. And yes, I have had Courtney evaluated twice before and they told me that she didn't need therapy. So, I was a little apprehensive about going back to the same place AGAIN. But they are the only pediatric rehab folks in town who take our insurance. So, I took her in and she got evaluated. This time the lady agreed that she should benefit from some therapy. Thank goodness! Finally! Hopefully we will start that soon.

The people who were at her last swallow study also wanted her to see her neurologist again. I have an appointment scheduled for later this month, but I am thinking it's pointless so I am going to cancel it. The child does not have a neurological problem.

Saturday was Hubby and I's 5 year wedding anniversary! We celebrated by going to the zoo. We also had a cadet with us. Our cadet Toby is going to be a junior this year and was getting ready to go home to Minnesota for 3 weeks. So, he spent the weekend with us before heading out.

We smoked some pork that day too, and had the Z's over for dinner also to help us celebrate. Kinsey brought me some beautiful pink flowers.

Sunday we finally had a slow day. And I needed it. Kasey had been up from 12:45am until I traded with Hubby at 5:45am. I was exhausted. I got about another 2 hours of sleep before Courtney got up. So, that night I maybe got 4 hours of sleep. I did got that morning to get some zucchini plants. So, now I have my tomato and zucchini plants started!

It's heading towards summer here. We have been having our typical afternoon storms almost every day. Today we had a pretty good one with some pretty close lightning and some loud thunder. Courtney was unhappy about it, covering her ears and complaining that it was too loud.

Well, I am pretty exhausted. Guess I will sort a bit of laundry and then head to bed.