Well, the MRI results came back for Shay, and there was no sign of damage to her growth plate, and no fracture. The only thing left after almost 3 weeks was some tendinitis, indicating (I’m assuming) a sprain. Doc put her in a brace and gave her exercises and a month off running (which she’s already balking at) and sent her on her way. We’ll follow up later this month to make sure it’s all ok, but so far everything’s good.
School and work and everything else is absolutely kicking my backside. I started back on Weight Watchers and have been doing pretty well, all things considered (have lost a couple of pounds) but am really struggling getting into a routine. There’s so much on my plate and every time I get home all I want to do is sleep. This weekend I ended up with a cold going to my chest, I’m still trying to get that cleared out, but am at least doing better.
School is going well. I got the teacher I wanted for A&P both lab and lecture, and she makes all the difference. I couldn’t get the same teacher for Spanish II that I had for the first section, but I got someone whom he said taught with the same immersion style. She is very good. Going twice a week vs. a long Saturday class makes a lot of difference, too. I really think I’ll learn a lot this semester.
The other big news is that we got a letter this weekend inviting Shay to join a engineering program with the school district for next year. She’ll actually start taking a pre-engineering course next year that will give her high school credit (that will be TWO high school courses she’ll be taking her 8th grade year) and give her entry into an engineering program in high school that culminates with a real-world problem solving team experience her senior year that they said is high enough quality that some teams have received patents on their projects. And there’s college credit for several of the high school courses. She’s excited, and I just got off the phone with the school counselor to make sure the scheduling wasn’t going to interfere with either her high school math course or her athletics. She’s going to be one busy kid next year.
Kodiak’s incredibly busy with his student teaching, and all the after-school work that goes with it. Basically, the entire household is running non-stop. We need to figure out how to press-gang the cats into maid service. Heh. Now to get back to the gym once my lungs are back to normal (well, normal for me) and put the cherry on top of my hectic schedule.






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