Kids say the darndest things!

First of all, HELLO out there! I know you haven't been missing me (so don't lie and say you have) because no one has said "hey Julie, why no updates?" So let me just say that the last 4-6 weeks I've been going through some type of emotional/personal/fucked up kind of thing. I'm not sure what's wrong with me. Perhaps this is just me and it's normal. But I feel like no one listens to me. I'll be having a conversation with my secretary and right in the middle of whatever I'm saying she'll interject something totally unrelated to what I'm talking about. It will be something random and something usually about her. The same thing happens with my husband and other friends. With my mom, my sisters, my niece and my boss. Sadly there are 2 people in this world who listen to me...my best friend, Amy and my therapist (who gets paid to listen to me so really she doesn't count!). Amy even put off sharing some WONDERFUL news with me on Sunday because I was blathering on about what an idiot my husband is. Why? Because she cares enough to listen to EVERYTHING I'm saying regardless of whether she's hearing it for the first time or the 400th time and it means...it means the world to me.

So I was pondering over this last night while smoking a cigarette and thought "The internet! They'll listen whether they want to or not!" So here I am. If you want to read, read. If you don't...don't let the door hit ya in the ass on the way out! I didn't want nor need you here anyway.

But enough of all that garbage.

Colebaby has some sort of allergic reaction thing going on. He woke up yesterday morning and his top lip was swollen about twice it's normal size. He felt ok and said it didn't hurt. We could only find 2 mosquito type bites on his back. We grilled him with questions about things he'd eaten, walked in, held and all the normal questions. Out of the blue, as he's laying face down on my bed a light bulb in his little boy head goes off and he says "OH MAMA! I KNOW what's wrong with my face!!!!" "Really?!" I asked with some degree of hesitation! "YES!!! You know how when I wake up in the morning and 'Charlie' (the name of his penis) is big...well maybe my lip is big because I slept on it and it is big like Charlie." Hmm..nice try but I'm thinking not so much. Jr. explained the penis was swollen each morning b/c he had to pee. Thanks for rescuing me Jr. I was at a loss of words for a fleeting moment.

Today he got up and his entire face was swelled. He looked like a Shar-pei puppy. The pediatrician observed many many mosquito like marks all over him. We actually watched some just pop up on his back while sitting in the room with the dr. So he has hives. He got a shot of a steroid and an antihistamine besides benedryl. Of course, the steroid will "make him a little wild. You might want to notify his teacher." LOVELY! Let's all call his mamaw and let her know he'll be spending the night at her house tonight! OY The kid has extra adrenaline anyway. He's like one of those cars you put on the floor and scrape backwards and let it fly across the room. Only he never stops going.

So I'm back internet. I've missed you all immensely.