Tired...

Tonight I am going to write down about my migraine. I hope I don't sound like I am complaining but more just writing down the thoughts of a tired lady. I have had a migraine for the last two weeks. When I say it like that it doesn't sound bad, just a headache right, who hasn't had a head ache? Well if you are someone who gets migraines or has ever had one then maybe you can understand why having one last longer than a day or two would be kind of rough. I won't go into all the symptoms of a migraine, but it hasn't been fun. I haven't had one in five years, I had completely forgotten that I even got them. Anyway a few days passed by and it wasn't going away, so I went to the ER for the first time in my life. Sounds more exciting than it really was and since I live pretty much in a retirement community most of my fellow ER visitors were about 60 years older than I and maybe this was their last ER visit if you know what I mean, kind of sad. Grandma Rena watched my kids since Aaron was at work. So there I was in the ER on Valentine's Day alone, phone dead, feeling pretty crappy. I had been given an I.V. with some strong pain killers to try and knock it out, the medicine made my skin crawl and I was so tired. I decided to close my eyes. After a few minutes I was almost asleep when I felt someone kiss me, I knew before I opened my eyes that it was Aaron. He left work to come and sit there with me. That will probably my favorite Valentine's gift. Its moments like that, that make me so thankful to be married and to be married to Aaron. This may not seem like a big deal to others that he came down from work, but it was to me. At this point the meds weren't really working and my heart rate was pretty low. They ordered a CT scan and it came back with the news that my brain is nice and healthy, yippee! They gave me some prescription migraine medication and direction to see my PCP, we went home with the hope that soon it would end. The meds helped but as I stated above, its been two weeks and I am just now starting to feel more normal. I also learned that every doctor in Surprise is six weeks out from seeing new patients, I thought that was kind of ridiculous. So I had to wait a whole other week before I could see a doctor in Peoria. My head felt better with the meds but I was tired of no relief and the fact that life had to go on with two kids to take care of. Thankfully Aaron and I have awesome parents. His parents helped so much with our little kiddos the first week and then my mom came down for a few days last week to help. This meant a lot. Anyway last Friday I got in and my new doctor who I like, told me that this is not an uncommon occurrence. He gave me the medical term for the migraine that lasts and last, but since I feel like my mind is fried I forgot it the second he left the room. He believes its hormonally caused and I couldn't agree more! The past few years I know that BC and two pregnancies have kind of beaten me up a little bit in the hormones department. He gave me some steroids and I have been feeling a little better each day. I still feel like someone has hit me in head with a bat sometimes but I feel like I can get things done. I hope that this doesn't become a reoccurring thing, but that it was just the build up of 5 years going without one. I am very much ready though to have my head feel clear and normal.

The Dreaded...

Potty Training isn't going great. I guess having a baby brother can set a girl back in the wrong direction when it comes to using the big potty. I should probably recap a little. Daisy has been showing signs that she was ready to use the big potty for months, probably since she was 18 months old. However I decided to hold off because I didn't want her to regress as I have heard can happen when there is a new baby. So here we are today, and she is so very ready. She doesn't like her diapers to be wet or poopy, she hides when we need to change the diaper, she is however very vocal about her diapers. She will usually come up to me and say "I poopy". She will even go get the diaper voluntarily, yet she will not lie in one spot long enough for me to change it. So fun! For the past few weeks we have been really talking up the potty. We even have a potty book and bought a seat and stool just for her. But whenever I have tried to get her to even sit on the seat she goes rigid and yells no. Aaron has got her on it once or twice but I have had no such luck. So this morning when I asked Daisy to go get a diaper to change her very full pants, she yelled "no" and hid the diapers under her bed. This is when I decided that today was going to be the day we started potty training for real. I pulled out undies and got a bag of skittles to give her when she did the deed on the pot. I told her what we were doing and to come to the bathroom with me. She was all like "yeah!" but as soon as I popped up the lid she said "no I want Diaper" and ran back to her room and pulled the "hidden" diapers out from underneath her bed. So I dropped it. I figured she will go when she is ready and I am not going to force her before she is ready, she only just turned two. However I forgot about the bag of skittles I left on the bathroom counter. Of course she found it and once I saw her with it I took it away and told her that candy was only for when she went on the potty. She was so mad, so mad in fact she through herself on the floor so hard she knocked the air out of herself a little bit. Scared herself pretty bad. So yeah that has been our attempt so far at potty training. Maybe in a few weeks she will have changed her mind and wants to be like a big girl. Who knows? Wish us luck!