Mono-a-Mono. Or in Tina's case..UTI.

Christina has been complaining a lot recently of not feeling so great. Sore throat, tired and other very flu like symptoms, and to be honest, I took her complaints with a grain of salt. She's just started her college experience and I contributed her lack luster health as a sign that'd she been partying a little too hard. I was wrong. She was sick. Really sick.

This morning she called and told me that she felt bad enough to want to see a Dr. Knowing that she'd have a hard time finding a local Doctor who could see her in the peak of Flu season would be slim, I told her to go the emergency room to see if they'd give her a prescription for something.

An hour later I got another phone call telling me they were admitting her right away. The prognosis? Our arch nemesis, Mono. AND a severe UTI AND she's having fever related convulsions. Luckily, she had some very good friends stay by her side who until Ed and I could make the drive up.

I'll be honest, when we finally got to the hospital, she looked far more pitiful than I'd expected. Her hands and feet are so swollen, her eyes are bloodshot, her hair was completey ratnested (from convulsing on her pillow) and she's just so weak. She said even her teeth hurt. Christina is the type of person who you have to coax to tell you how she's feeling, so to watch her chest spasm and convulse and then see how much it hurt her was heartbreaking. We're not sure how long they'll keep her, the nurse on call said it could very well be for another 72 hours. (At this point, the UTI is the primary concern as it's spread to her Kidney's...something I know all too much about)

I'll try and post another update tomorrow.

The Doldrums of Familydom.

We've all been there. (Or here in our case.)

The kids go back to school, you settle back into a comfortable routine and nothing really spectular happens, you just go through the motions day in and day out. While this is actually pretty great (I love a good routine) it does not make for the most interesting blog. I've been plum out of new material.

Luckily, we have Diana's birthday fast approaching as well Halloween which will surely yield plenty of pictures and new interesting material!

But in the meantime, bear with me.

Tae Kwon Do

For the past 2 months or so, Dom has taken Tae Kwon Do classes at Summit ATA here in Morristown. He goes twice a week and just loves it! It's a family owned business with the core instructors being husband and wife and they are assisted by their two children. It's a great environment and Dom really looks forward to his classes each week! Right now he's working hard on learning and memorizing his Songham II.

 

 

 

 

7th Grade Dance

Last Friday, Brooke attended her first dance of the year at East Ridge. She looked so adorable and said the night was a blast! I know she's already counting down the days for the next dance!

Tennessee By Boat

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Tennessee IS beautiful! Whenever we're out on the boat the beauty of our surroundings really does take my breath away. The rolling green hills, the beautiful water and the tall trees, well, it's perfect and while I know my home grown pictures don't do it the justice it deserves, if you can even grasp an ounce of the natural beauty we're spoiled by, than that is good enough for me!

 

 

 

 

KIDS.WOOT.COM

I am addicted to a "One deal a day site" called Woot.com. As the name suggests they sell only one item a day.

And today they have unleashed their newest addition:

KIDS.WOOT.COM!

For all of my fellow parents out there, you will want to follow this site. They have amazing deals.

If they start selling strollers... Well, I'll be snookered! LOL

Diana's First Ballet Lesson- Part II

The Pre-Ballet class is a small one, only 5 or so students which I think made Diana all the more comfortable. I wasn't able to stay and watch the entire class (they asked us to leave so in a few weeks they can surprise us with the girls' progress) but from what little I saw Diana was totally in her element!

She loves her new teacher and said the class was very fun!

 

 

 

 

Diana's First Ballet Lesson- Part I

Diana has been counting down this day for almost a year!

At ten past four she excitedly donned her new ballet garb: White leotard, white ruffle socks and new Bloch ballet shoes. She sat still while I put her hair in the required bun (No easy feat mind you) and she was ready!

We arrived early which was just fine with Ms. Di and she sat and watched an older group of kids dance while we waited for her class to begin.

 

 

 

 

More Lake Pictures

 

 

 

 

Oh what a beautiful Morning,

Oh what a beautiful day!

The weather finally cleared up enough to allow us an entire day on the lake. The water was crystal clear and the steady breeze coming off the mountains did a great job of keeping us cool even though the temperatures soared into the low 90's.

I packed some fresh fruit and Ed barbequed up some hot dogs and the kids spent the day tubing, water skiing and swimming! We finally headed home around 7:30 just in time to scrounge up a late dinner.

I don't know whether it's the boat, the water or the sheer beauty of our surroundings, but there is nothing more enjoyable for me than spending time with my family in the water. It's definitely my happy place. :)

 

 

Brooke was trying to take a "good" picture of me but Ed decided that dunking me quite unceremoniously would make a better picture.