The First Tick (and Hopefully the LAST!)

Christopher had a tick on the back of his head this morning!! It was horrible! I called Aunt Patty but she didn't answer, the doctor wasn't available to talk to, the nurse was taking forever to call back, Kristyn didn't want to pull it out, and my mom wasn't here!! So I called my mom and she said to pull it out and then put neosporin on it! So I did, it was horrible, but the whole tick came out and Christopher could have cared less. YUCK!

Feeding Time

I fed a snake for the first time today. I went to the pet store. I did a normal thing - bought dog food - then I bought individually packaged, frozen mice. Eight frozen mice, so I don't have to do it again for eight more weeks. Then I brought them home and put all but one on the top shelf of my freezer. I chose the top shelf so that Christopher can't take them out and play with them or feed them to Alli. Then I filled a bowl with warm water, placed the baggie with the frozen mouse inside into the water, and set the time for fifteen minutes. When the timer went off I opened the bag, took out the defrosted mouse with tongs, tongs which will now only be used for snake feeding purposes ONLY!, opened the snake cage, and dropped the mouse in. I then stood there wondering what on earth I was thinking, bringing a snake in the house, and then wondering if it was safe to put the tongs in the dishwasher or not, and then putting them in before sterilizing my hands. I watched for a few minutes to see what the snake would do but he kept looking at me instead of finding the mouse so I don't want him to picture me when he smells future mice so I left him alone. The next time I looked in, the mouse was gone and the snake had buried himself underneath the wood chips. And so ends another chapter in my new snake owner book.

Back to Work

I am working on my resume. The time has come that I need to take charge of things for all of us around here and go back to work. It doesn't seem that the court systems are going to do their job so I must do mine. I am working on looking on the bright side - Christopher asks to go to school everyday with Nicholas, I will have my own life outside of the house, a dependable check will be helpful, and the benefits from the county are great. I am sad that Christopher doesn't get to spend the last school free year with me but in the scheme of things it could be worse. I am writing all of this and continuously repeating it to myself, but the truth is I don't believe any of it. I want to be home with my baby one more year and enjoy it and because they are growing up so fast. It's really not fair that Christopher gets treated like this but there isn't anything I can do so I will do what I must. I won't be happy on the inside though. I am still keeping my fingers crossed for a little miracle.