Follow Up

As many of you have asked, how did I do with my Weekly Goals?

Yes, I cleaned my cell phone 3x this week! Boy, did that feel good.

PT exercises? Well, I did them twice besides doing them at my appointment on Wednesday. I am not happy with how it went however. I am still in a lot of pain and that limits what I can do. I went for a MRI yesterday, so I will hopefully find out the extent to which my back is injured on Monday. There is talk of surgery :(

My patience? Oh, my darling, beautiful kiddos tested me greatly this week. But, I can report, I feel as though I rose to the challenge. My poor daughter is tired of being told she can't do this and she can't do that. She just wants to run, jump and play. It is affecting her mood and, as is expected, she is taking out her frustrations on mama. We had many cuddles filled with tears after a little argument or power-struggle (for those of you who do not have kids, power-struggles are tougher to handle than you would think!). I sympathize for her greatly and this has allowed me to take special consideration when dealing with her fits. My son, however, has been feeling a little left out. Mama has had a few meetings and classes during the evenings so he's been with me all of about 3 hours some days this week. I cannot wait for spring quarter to be done, school to be out and the sun shining. We will have many adventures this summer!

Many times I've questioned my competency as a parent this week. A good parent. I think despite of the unique dynamic we find ourselves in recently (Meah's broken arm, my chronic back pain and school load, etc.), we are doing remarkably well as a family unit. I just need to keep reminding myself that it's OK that my house is not the cleanest, that my kids are challenged and that I am not accomplishing all that I want to.