Maybe...

Maybe I should have stayed home and cleaned my house....

Maybe I should not have danced so much Friday night with Angie...

Maybe I should not have eaten 2 fudge cycles last night...

Maybe I should not be on my 2nd latte this morning...

Maybe this, maybe that...

Maybe I should just live life how I want to...each day...each hour...each minute...each moment...

No regrets :)

Clean up crew...

While Princess Sylvie was busy as a bee helping everyone clean up at Kae Avenue... The teenager was hard at work ;)

Answers...

So I called my amazing doctor to see if I could get an earlier appointment...and of course she worked me in...

I walked in with all my test results from the ER...and I left with some answers...

My SI joint (aka my left hip joint) is inflamed....then I showed her that it pops when i bend and straighten it... She prescribed some meds to calm my hip down...then off to physical therapy.

Today I am feeling very lucky to have an AWESOME doctor who figures things out!

(BTW...the joint between #1 and #2 on the left side)

ER

And another trip to the ER with some type of unknown pain... After many tests (all coming back normal), they think it is muscle related... so off to my amazing doctor next to figure out what exactly is going on and develop a plan...

With all of this crazy chaos, I am blessed with amazing family and friends!!!! When I had to spend about 9 hours at the ER, Lindsey picked me up and hung out with me. My dad drove over to hang out with the kiddos... The ex relieved my dad... Sister J relieved Lindsey... Sister L kept calling and texting to check on me... Friends sent texts of support and encouragement!

When you have Lupus, you need a team to help you survive and cope... Your team keeps you positive... Remember, you are never alone...but you do have to reach out for support! :)

Almost done...

I haven't been posting because it is the end the year...my school year. This is what teachers refer to as being "burnt out"...so imagine being a burnt out teacher with lupus and being a single mom... yep,you've got it! That extreme fatigue is set in... I did get a second wind... I'm switching grades next year. After 10 years of 3rd grade, I finally get to move up to 5th. I'm so full of many feelings....excited, sad, scared, happy.... time for a new adventure :)

The Greatest Show on Earth...

I took the kids to the circus last night. It was AWESOME! There is so much going on at once....

Then I stopped to reflect... that's EXACTLY how everyday is for me! so much going on... I don't want to miss a thing!

It's a good thing my two gems make sure I am informed of EVERYTHING the other one does... you may call it tattling... I call it "making sure I see my own Greatest Show On Earth!!!" :)

Haircuts...I win!

When you take something simple as getting a haircut and apply it to my small family of three...you add complicated crazy chaos. Apparently no one wants their hair cut...except me. So the first argument was with Princess Sylvie... when she realized she was only getting her dead ends trimmed and she could still grow her hair long...I won!

Anthony was a different story... I waited until 10 minutes before the haircut (at the orthodontist) to tell him his hair needed trimmed. He took a poll of everyone at the orthodontist office to see if his hair really needed cut. He argued with me because he wanted to grow his hair out longer for the summer...and that I wasn't going to make him... He argued with the stylist about how he wanted his hair cut...she told him he was not 18..so his mother was in charge....so again...I won!

But how does something so simple as a haircut turn into to complicated negotiations???

Good genes ;)