Whew!

What a week, eh? Okay. So maybe not for you, but this past week was a doozy for me. Mostly it all started with the big idea of having a garage sale. It was time to whisk away the years of baby clutter from the house and a garage sale is naturally the most efficient way to do that. But intermingled with the insanity that a garage sale brings was a week of go-go-go. It's been awhile since I blogged. So I'm not even sure what I've talked about. Basically the biggest part of the week started on Monday.

Alex's doc said he needed to get retested for his food allergies and because there are multiple things we needed to test for, the best course of action was to go to a pediatric allergist. Easy cheezy, right? Not so much. If you're unfamiliar with the process of allergy testing then let me sum it up for you. Needles, itching, waiting and more needles. They started out with the skin-prick test on his back. We tested for Dog, Milk, Peanut and all the tree-nuts there are (i.e. pecans, etc.). As soon as they poked him with the needles (dipped in the specific allergen) I could tell that it wasn't going the way I'd hoped. He tested positive for milk (once again) and this time he tested positive for peanuts. Darn it. That really made me bummed of course, but life goes on. And now...after all these years of waiting...he's not allergic to dogs. Yay! Poor Alex was upset that he didn't outgrow is milk allergy, but the chorus of "Can we get a puppy today?" has been ringing throughout our house daily. So guess what?? We're getting a puppy! Yay! Not today but I'm looking. I know we'll find our perfect pup soon and until then I'll be checking out the puppy books at the local library. Sadly, because food allergies and skin testing don't yield the most reliable results, Alex had to have blood drawn for a RAST test. That. Was. Horrible. Have you ever held your child down and forced him to have needles jabbed into his arm? If not, I must say that it truly sucks. Avoid it, if at all possible. I've had to do this too many times and I hate it. I felt awful for having that done, as I had no idea it was going to happen. He did great for the skin testing because I'd prepared him for it. Big needle sucking blood from his arm? Not so much. Poor little guy. After it was all said and done, he asked me through tear stained eyes, "Is that it? Am I done? Can I have cow milk now?" How do you explain these things to a four-year old? I just don't know.

Anyhow, after that madness was done, (still waiting for the blood test results) it was my turn. Off to the dentist for my six month cleaning. I've been having some pain when chewing on a molar and they deducted that it was a filling gone bad. After the filling was done a month or so ago, the pain never stopped. So at my cleaning I knew what they were going to say. It was a crack. Ugh...I've been through this before and it ended up costing me more money than I wanted to spend and lots of pain. I'm not allowed to chew on that side of my mouth for the next two months until I can get it fixed and put a crown on it. Oh joy. Chewing on one side of the mouth has it's upside though. It takes me twice as long to chew my food and so I get full with less food. Maybe I'll shed more than the cracked tooth and lose a few pounds on the side. Here's hopin'.

And the rest of my week? Well, that was riddled with never ending garage sale sorting and pricing which naturally led to a long weekend of getting up too early and staying up too late after sitting outside and sweating my butt off all day. But the good news? My house is significantly less cluttered and I have a few extra bucks in my back pocket. Well...I don't really keep it in my back pocket, but you get the point. So it was quite the week and I'm completely ready to take a little break. Until then, I'd like to wish all the fathers in my life a very wonderful Father's Day. You guys all make our lives so wonderful. Happy Father's Day to my dad, dad-in-law and, of course, my hubby. If you're a dad, and I know you, same to you as well. Of course, none of them read the blog but that's a moot point.