PKU Worries

So, I recently started letting Colby's daycare feed him the foods that they have with some guidelines. I was a little nervous about this, but for the most part, things worked out pretty well...until yesterday. The guidelines were: 2 fruits or one fruit and one vegetable while he's at daycare - no peas, creamed spinach or garden vegetables. Well yesterday, vanilla custard showed up on his little report card. My first reaction was "What is in the world is that?" My second reaction was "Vanilla custard isn't a fruit or vegetable so what's he doing eating it?" When I went home and looked it was 111 phe's (keep in mind that he's only supposed to have 150 max right now) and he had sweet potatoes too, which are 53 phe's. He was way over for yesterday, which didn't please me, so today I added a couple more things to the "do not eat" list. The vanilla custard is like a dessert anyway...what kind of baby needs dessert? I'm addicted to dessert, but that doesn't mean I want my child to be that way.

On a lighter note, it's Friday and I only have to be at school until noon for parent/teacher conferences. So I'll be able to get my car inspected. That's what I always wanted to do with my free Friday afternoon! :-(

Can YOU get my car inspected?

I'll be honest, my inspection sticker has been expired for almost a full month. The problem is, I don't get out of school until 4 most days and I have to go pick up Colby and I really don't want to take him to get the car inspected because he's cranky in the afternoons. I've asked Brandon to do it for me for me pretty much every day he's been off during the week since February started, but it's still not been inspected. I think I'm going to do it on Friday since we have a half day. I'll drop Colby off with Brandon and go get it done. Hopefully there won't be too much wrong with it, but at least I get paid on Thursday!

I've been reading Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer this week. I don't know what attracts me to these teen books, but they're good. I'm finding this one and the last one a bit melodramatic, but I guess it's perfect for teens! They don't have any problem with the melodramatic because their lives are melodramatic. As an adult, I find myself shaking my head at the characters and wondering why they don't do something more logical, but I do enjoy the books. I think the part of me that played vampire role playing games in high school is enjoying these books (oh, come on, don't think I'm too crazy - I know for a fact that Brandon did silly things like that too...which maybe means we're just meant for each other. But I did the roll playing thing before I discovered I could be cool...so it's okay.)

Magnificent Monday??

At school, the girl that does our announcements uses alliterative wishes. Today was "I hope you have a magnificent Monday." Tomorrow will me be "terrific Tuesday" followed by "wonderful Wednesdays", "tremendous Thursdays" and "fantastic Fridays." I know she means well, but after hearing it week after week you want to ask "What if I don't have a magnificent Monday, huh?"

Today was not magnificent...maybe it was monotonous, but not magnificent. It was pretty cool that we got a two hour delay, but that isn't as exciting as it used to be because Colby gets up around seven every morning anyway. He doesn't really care if I have a two hour delay or not. And this morning wasn't even a good morning to be up early because all the news was talking about was the Oscars...I'm with Jonathan on this one...who cares?! I mean I guess the actors and directors do, but who's even seen The Reader or whatever else movie won an academy award? And do people really care all that much about Oscar fashions? I don't mind looking at the pretty dresses, but I really don't care what Issac Mizrahi has to say about Milley Cyrus's ugly dress (it was, in fact, ugly).

I think I'm just annoyed as I write this post because, as it alway does, my "wild" college days came up. At this point I tell my students, when they ask, that I've never been drunk before and they don't believe me! Why is it so hard to believe that a responsible adult can act responsibly during college and even after college? I know that my students don't have a lot of responsible adults to look up to, but I never, ever get a student that believes me. Never. I think that it's sad that some students never have an opportunity to meet someone like me, which makes me think that I'm exactly where I need to be setting a good example for my students even when I don't want to be here.

TGIF!

One of our favorite sayings in the English department is "If only they knew what we encounter on a daily basis." Usually when we say it we're rolling our eyes and wondering what we're doing teaching, yet we know we'll be back the next day ready to roll. I do, however, wish that people did know...they probably wouldn't know whether to laugh or cry. Today for example - one student called my name so many times I thought about changing it, another student we've decided is trying to write my biography (my questions for the day were 1. how long have you been a teacher and 2. when did you know you wanted to be a teacher), several students wanted to know when they'd be getting their tests back, but the day before that and the day before that I'd already told them they'd get them back when everyone had taken it (obviously everyone hasn't taken it! Or maybe I'm keeping them to hang up on my refridgerator!), one student wondered aloud if I'd ever eaten at the waffle house (which apparently doesn't serve french toast) and another student commented that my abreviation GZ for General Zaroff sounded like a rappers name. Fun times!

Still Sick

Yesterday the daycare called and said that Colby had a fever of 102. Thank goodness that Brandon was off and was able to go over and get him and take him to the doctor. He ended up having to go to the hospital to get a chest x-ray to make sure he didn't have pnuemonia. He didn't have pnuemonia thankfully and his fever broke sometime during the night. He still can't go back to daycare today, so Brandon is watching him. Unfortunately Brandon is sick too. It looks like we're just passing this crap around the house. I'm feeling a little better...at least my nose isn't running like a faucet any more.

Of Hay and Hoses

Okay, so Brandy is a really good dog...but...when left to her own devices in the back yard, she causes a lot of trouble. Last night Brandon put a bale of hay under the back porch. This morning it is in the middle of the yard getting soaking wet in the rain. Another example - last time I checked, the hose was near the water spicket behind the house. This morning it was stretched out across the yard all the way to the back fence line. I'm sure that hose is unusable now. I guess we'll have to start taking her for walks or runs so she'll get some of her energy out. I don't regret taking her, but we'll have to make sure she has some toys that she can chew on and not our things. She also chewed an extension cord - that's pretty frustrating.

So, lately we've been trying to get this whole house assumption thing worked out. I find it pretty frustrating because we worked so hard to have a good credit score, we've saved our money and have been responsible with it, and we've paid the mortgage on time every month since we moved into the house. Yet, we have this merry-go-round of explanations and paperwork that needs to be turned in before we can get this house. I just don't think it should be this complicated.

On another note, I just got a phone call this morning from a guy who's four month old son has PKU too. I'm going to call him back soon, but I hope that I can help answer his questions and reassure him about his son's future.

Sick

It seems like lately I've stayed sick. If it's not one thing, it's another. Right now I have some sort of coughing runny nose crap. I blame my school - whoever designed it didn't realize how beneficial windows are. The air is stagnent and we can't get any fresh air in here, which is really bad when you have a bunch of germ-infested teenagers.

Yesterday I went and got some hay for Brandy's dog house. It's too cold to leave her outside without it. But I was sad that I got hay all over my nice clean vehicle. She's been really good so far. The only thing I got upset with her for is running out the front door yesterday when I went to start the RAV. It was easy to get her back, but I was frustrated. I'll have to teach her that going out the front door is bad. We also discovered that she digs - well, she can't be perfect. She also really likes our couch. I don't want her on the furniture so I'll have to teach her to stay down. I also bought a baby gate to keep her in the dinning room/kitchen. Unfortunately she crawled under it. Oh, the joys of having a dog.