Things I Know to Be True

Wow.  I honestly thought I would be the only one who would cry on that last post.  Toser is a pretty special boy and it's nice to know other people think so as well.  

Because there is no segue to this, let's just get on with it...

Things I know to be true:
1.  You get much more respect as the parent of a medically-challenged kid when you look nice.  This is the reason I have always worn make-up to doctors' appointments, no matter how routine.  This is the reason I have always taken a few extra seconds to put on small earrings and nicer clothes when I have taken Tater to the ER in the middle of the night.   I've had a lot of time to observe and to put this theory to practice and it's silly and it's prejudiced but it's true.  Doctors, nurses, receptionists, pharmacists-they all put more effort towards the parents who look "nicer."

2. My boys will often figure something out only after they've yelled, "Mommy!!" first.  They don't need/want/require my help but they must yell for me before the answer or solution will come to them.

3. My husband is awesome.

4. I am addicted to Amazon Prime.  It's a 2-day shipping program I got for free for signing up for something and now there is no way to imagine a life without free, 2-day shipping.  I just have to set a reminder for 2 days before someone's birthday/gift-giving occasion, go to Amazon, pick something out, enter their address and voila!  They get a present ON THEIR BIRTHDAY, I didn't use gas or mental energy in going to the store and post office and everyone is shining-happy-people-holding-hands.

5.  I often shut down when I am overwhelmed.  I don't like to converse on the phone, I avoid emails, I don't want to see anyone.  I don't know how to come out of it gracefully so when I feel better and more in control, I just reappear in life and pretend nothing happened.  It's very exhausting for my family and friends but I hope they understand it's nothing personal.  You do understand it's nothing personal, right?

6.  My husband is gullible.  I get Mr. A involved in a TV show that comes on at 9pm, we talk about how awesome it is we have "a show" together.  2 weeks later, I can't stay up until 10 any more and I'm going to sleep while he's stuck watching a show he didn't want to watch in the first place but he is now invested in the plot.  It happens way more often than it should and I guess I should feel kinda bad about it, but I needs me some beauty sleep, y'all.  The only show in recent memory this did not work on was LOST and that's just his loss.  Because I LURVED LOST.   The current show he's watching without me is Castle although, I think he's more invested in Beckett than he is in the plot.