December 31 brought a different kind of countdown for me than you might expect. It wasn't so much a matter of when that ball would drop. Honestly, I haven't stayed up for that in years and could really care less.Nope, I was counting down to the first day back to school. And that, my friends, happened today. Thank God.
Don't get me wrong -- I love my Little Miss and I loved having her home with me during the holidays -- but with things rapidly ramping up to a state of insanity in the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas and then with the Little Miss home for two weeks straight, I have gotten NOTHING done. That includes no blogging, no reading blogs, no comments, nothing.
So, I wanted to let you know that I'm back... and I'm ready to start sharing all the stories from the past few weeks. And let me tell you -- there have been plenty.
- We went through our annual IEP process and got it signed and turned in the last day before Christmas break.
- We fought the good fight (and lost) with trying to get Little Miss's tuition at BIIO covered by the district.
- We made soy/dairy-free sugar cookies and close to 20 teacher/therapist gifts in the weeks leading up to Christmas.
- We had a happy little holiday and Little Miss got her very own doll house from Santa.
- I got a bloody lip from an overwhelmed Little Miss in Costco the day after the Christmas blizzard.
- We spent the first day of 2013 in the ER after Little Miss had three seizures in under 8 hours (she's fine now, by the way).
As I get back into the swing of things, I'll try to bring you all the stories. In the mean time -- happy new year and HAPPY BACK TO SCHOOL!
You have had so much going on!! Hope things settle into a good groove soon!
ReplyDeleteBummer about the preschool and the seizures. Glad LM is feeling better!
Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to see you around, but that's too bad about tuition and the seizures. But yay for a dollhouse and lots of dairy/soy free cookies! :)
WOW thats alot going on, Glad little miss is okay now. Peanut is ready to go back to school has been for a week now but its our summer break and we have 5 more weeks left !! ARGH ! Its his Birthday Next week though so that should entertain him for a bit.
ReplyDeleteHappy New year !
I was gone too - as you know. You got back to work on the blog sooner than me. Toots just went back to school this morning, hoo-rah! The IEP fight and funding sounds interesting and every mother needs a bloody nose in Costco - isn't that a rite of passage somewhere? xoxo Goodness - you've got me hooked (you already had me hooked long ago btw) and I'm waiting for the rest of the stories! ;)
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