Where to start?
One night in late October (it had to be shortly after my last post) we went to dinner at Sweet Tomatoes and I received a phone call from my oldest son. Keep in mind, I'm still bleeding from a miscarriage and not feeling 100%. He cheerfully tells me that I'm going to be a grandmother. A GRANDMOTHER! He is 19 years old, was homeless only a few months ago, and works at Taco Bell. I'm 37 years old and still trying to have a baby of my own.
Anyway, that happened almost two months ago so I've had time to process it. I'm hoping this will be what it takes for him to grow a brain. Then at least something good will come out of all of this. I'm sure I'll love my grandchild and it'll work out but it's been a bit on the stressful side.
Speaking of stressful...just got off the phone with J2's principal. Security picked him up walking in a nearby neighborhood instead of Algebra class. Turns out he's failing EVERY class and hasn't bothered to show up in a month. Is it possible to hate and love your child at the same time? Because I think I do.
N just had her Colorado State gymnastics meet this last Saturday. She did AMAZING! She's the Colorado State Champion on bars and floor and 3rd place on beam. Unfortunately she took last place on vault...which brought her to 4th place All Around (which she would have grabbed 1st if she hadn't had such an awful vault!). I was so proud of her! She doesn't have another meet until September.
Both C and N have had recent birthdays...today C is getting her shots. I asked her if she was scared and she laughed at me. The kid has no fear.
We just got back from a trip to Florida. It was pleasant if uneventful. I did get to see my sister and that was good. It was just nice to get away from the cold for a while. We went up to St. Augustine and drove down to Key West.
St. Augustine, Florida
C and her prized coconut
N after winning the Speech Meet
C climbing a palm tree
Hmmmm...what else is new...? Oh yeah. Only that so far I'm pregnant again! On the plane ride out to Florida was feeling pretty nauseous but I figured it would be too early to take a pregnancy test. After two days of feeling like caca I decided to buy one of the First Response pregnancy tests that is supposed to be super sensitive to HCG levels. Sure enough, a pink line showed up pretty quickly!
I've had a little spotting here and there and that's made me nervous. I went to the doctor yesterday and they drew blood. Now I'm waiting for them to call me back with the results but they are never in a hurry and it drives me crazy. I'll have to go back tomorrow to have it redrawn and then I'll likely have to wait another 24 hours for the results. It's killing me...
If this one actually sticks then my due date is August 22nd. Praying for good news!
So I will likely have a grandchild and baby born within two months of one another. Yup, my life is not complicated at all!
