It's Hard to be Sexy: Sunday Funday

Today has been excellent. The Steelers beat the Redskins & my baby did not cry in the car seat all the way to Alexandria, and cried twice on the way back, except when we stopped at Starbuck's (so much for my boycott....the pumpkin spice latte called). K went in and she screamed and screamed. I got in the backseat and when she saw me she immediately stopped crying and looked at me with the sweetest little face. I didn't get her out until we got home. She stared at me all the way.

I really enjoyed the weekend with my boys. We had movie night last night and watched Crash. We all had beer...root beer for the boys, non-alcoholic beer or me and Miller High Life for K. Unlike some parents out there, I do not condone teenage drinking. I think it is horribly irresponsible and well, stupid, for parents to give alcohol to teens. Their brains are still developing. Alcohol alters the chemicals in the brain...not good. Anyway...We also had lots of snacks...fruit roll ups, pretzels with cheese dip, chips, M & Ms, etc. It was super fun. I love my kids.

About football...I can't believe I wanted to watch the game today. We were trying to figure out what time to meet the boys' dad and I asked when the game ended. K said, "It doesn't matter. We can go whenever."

I (ME!) replied, "but I want to watch it."

What?
Did I really say that?
Weird.

I actually like watching them play.

My 6 week appointment is on Thursday. I am dreading it and looking forward to it. I hope to goodness I don't have to have a sliver nitrate treatment. :( That will hurt so bad. I'm so embarrassed to show anyone what's going on down there. It doesn't look THAT bad. It's not infected or anything...but it's not right, despite my having done everything I was told to do. I was not told to do sitz baths when I was at the hospital, so they were started later when I called the midwife. Other than that, I've done everything right. I climb the stairs slowly, I keep my legs closed, I'm using the peri-bottle and doing sitz baths. What else can I do?

I'm looking forward to the appointment because I truly hope there is an answer in sight for my problem. I just want to feel better. I am to the point that I don't care if it closes up like it should, I just don't want to be conscious of it anymore! I want to sit comfortably. I want to live my life without thinking about my perineum. Seriously...who thinks about that anyway? No one, except those recovering from a birth. It's a nondescript place on the body that no one thinks about. I want that again.

Another worry I have is that CareSource coverage will be ending for me at 6 weeks. I wonder if it'll cover on-going treatment for my issue if I need on-going treatment. If not, it's okay. We can cover it. I'm just wondering. It would be better if it covered it.

This pic is from a couple weeks ago, but I love it, so I decided to add it here.

I just realized that since I dropped my phone in the toilet, I may have lost many pictures of the baby. I think I posted most of them to Facebook and Shutterfly, so hopefully I DIDN'T lose them, but I may have.

Speaking of the phone, I finally sent in my claim. I'm so terrible about procrastinating. I also FINALLY sent in my car tax payment yesterday! They expire on Halloween. Ya think I waited long enough? Wow. I really need to get better about things.

Here are some pictures from the past year. I think I'll just do a bit of a photo bomb. :)