So Unfair

Please send some love to Wiseguy, who just learned of the loss of her daughter Lola. She battled IF for 6 long years before this miracle pregnacy. My heart is just breaking for her and her entire family.

It is just so unfair...

Another Update on Dawn **Updated Again!

10/30/10

Just an update to say things are a bit brighter with Miss M this morning.

Dawn woke up bright and early for a quick walk and a session with lactation. She was able to pump a little milk and head down to the NICU for her 2nd trip ever to see her little girl. Happily, Miss M's breathing is greatly improved.

Dawn is still very nervous, and worried, but she knows Miss M is getting the best care Dawn can get for her. For now, they are taking things day by day.

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Update from 10/31/10

Just a quick update from today (sorry I didn't get a chance to post earlier):

Dawn called this afternoon to say that Miss M was in the nursery and was ready to room in her room with her. That's right, Miss M broke free from the NICU!!! If all continues to go well, Miss M will be discharged with Dawn. Such great news! I am so excited for their entire family! :-)

You can visit Dawn's blog here.

She's Here!

I am happy to announce the birth of Dawn's daughter, Miss M, today around the 8:00 hour! She is 5 pounds 12 ounces and 18.5 inches long.

Miss M came a bit early, so she's in the NICU on CPAP for some breathing support. She seems to be doing well! She has a great sucking reflex and grip. :-)

Dawn is also doing well and feeling a much better after a somewhat hellish c-section experience. She is in good spirits and focused on her little girl.

Please stop by her blog and offer your congratulations!

Excited for a Friend and Fellow Blogger!

I am so excited! Tomorrow Dawn will get to meet her little girl! She'll be a little early due to low amniotic fluid, but everything seems to be okay with both her and the baby. (I talked to her on the phone and she is doing well!)

If you get a chance, stop by and wish Dawn congratulations!

Just as a little background, Dawn and I (along with Mrs. Spock) were pregnant together the first time around. We all had boys. Now all of us are pregnant again, but both of them with girls this time.

Wonder if I'll follow suit and have a girl too?

This and That

I have twelve days of school left. Twelve. I am beyond excited for summer to start.

Things at work have been chaotic, as it always is this time of year, but my students keep climbing up the crazy scale (and frankly, I think my idea of "normal" is totally skewed anyway. To say they are doing some serious crazy says something). Much of the time I walk away shaking my head because, dude, how do they come up with the shit they come up with?

As I put on my FB page on Friday:

"I'm still shaking my head at finding a fish in a Gatorade bottle at the bottom of a boy's backpack today. The fish was still alive. I don't know how it could be considering it had been in his backpack since at least TUESDAY! The fish was in water, thankfully. It had been fed very well, too, because it's water was not the cleanest. I can't believe his family didn't notice the fish was gone. I mean...come on! Wouldn't you notice a freaking fish is not in the bowl? There are so many things wrong with this I don't even know where to start...sigh."

I also have another student that worries me. His last day is on Thursday, but I am somewhat worried he will do something. He has many home issues and has a fascination with some seriously inappropriate things. Plus, he's starting to do things to get himself into trouble--like he wants to be...stopped caught. (I am not fearing for my life or anything. It's just that my spidey senses are tingling.) I've talked to everyone I can think of about this kid, and we are all on the lookout for something...anything. Friday can't get here fast enough.

Junior high is so different from when I was that age.

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My mom is going on a trip to Alaska with her mom, sister, and brother-in-law the day after school gets out. She will be gone at least a month, possibly up to six weeks. They're driving, which is a stressor for me, so they've decided to go wherever they want along the way for as long as they want. I am starting to sweat about her being gone that long. Since my dad died, I've been hyper alert about her. I am excited for her adventure, and I imagine this might be good for me and my issues, but I am almost in a panic about the whole thing.

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I finally broke down and got the boys yet another set of new lenses for their glasses. This is the third pair of lenses we've had to get in the last six months. Sigh. (The eye place once asked if we had dogs chewing on the boys' glasses. Nope, just kids.) Anyway, while I was there having their lenses replaced, I had them replace the nose pads, too.

Sh.awn's glasses kept sliding down his nose, so I just assumed that they had bent the frames some when they were working on them the day before and intended to fix them.

Um, nope.

The technician had actually put one of the nose pads in facing the wrong way. I couldn't believe it. I mean, isn't that glasses care 101 or something? I took the glasses back to the store to point out their stupidity.

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Lastly, please stop by and give Maya some extra love. She just lost her little Encino man after her second FET. My heart just aches for her. It is just so unfair to have to work so hard for something so wanted and have it taken away.

Love for Anther Blogger

I am constantly amazed at how cruel life can be. It makes me sooooo ANGRY to think about the unfairness of it all. So many good people are sent such CRAP. It just isn't right.

It is time we rally around another blogger who has just received some devastating news. We can lift her up. We can send her strength and prayers. We can sit with her through the long days ahead of her...

because the cancer discovered at the beginning of this month has spread to her bones.

My heart is heavy for her. I hope with all I've got that she beats this thing.

Please stop by and leave a comment of love/support for Louise at Evil Stepmonster.