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Irate & Chloe's First Day of School


Irate & Chloe's First Day of School

You know what? I'm mad right now, and I can't even tell you why. It has nothing to do with Chloe, but I'm just so irate and even more irate about being irate because I can't talk about it. Life can be so damn demanding, frustrating, and the likes. I'm so tired of walking on eggshells around people, tired of being worried something I do (or don't do), do say (or don't say) will piss someone off and uproot my life again. That's all you need to know about my issue(s) for now.


So, Chloe's first day of school was today. We took her dad to work this morning, came home and played for a bit before getting her ready for school. Today, she was dressed in all "Frozen" including her boots. After she was dressed and I got her school bag together, she was ready to go "bye-bye." I was still getting a few things together, and she got mad and threw herself on the floor because I wasn't opening the door to let her go to the car. That's the picture I've shared at the top of the post.

Well, we finally get out the door and to the school. Chloe was excited to be there and kept trying to go through the double doors in the lobby to the main school hallway. She got upset when I told her she had to wait for the teacher to get her. When the teacher arrived, Chloe got super excited. They went through the double doors, and as soon as she figured out I wasn't going with her, she started to cry.

Me, on the other hand, I did pretty well. I didn't cry, but I found myself a little lost with what to do for the time Chloe was at school until my appointment later in the afternoon. Eventually, I decided to work on my project a little bit more, put away Chloe's clean clothes, and ran a few errands (kid-free).

Grandma picked her up from school today because I had therapy downtown. It sounds like her first day went very well. She ate almost all of her lunch, participated all day in class, and the teacher's report said she had a very good day. Grandma also told me that when she picked Chloe up from school, Chloe didn't want to leave. She dropped down to her knees a few times on the walk home all upset because she wanted to go back to school. Well, she'll get to go back tomorrow.


The teacher sent up a folder with a bunch of paperwork and information. Included was homework for me; a bunch of questions I had to answer about Chloe. There was an information packet on their special needs pre-k program, a daily progress report to sign, a project she did in class (shown above), and information about her IEP. My husband and I both read and signed her daily report so the teacher can see that we're both taking an interest in her education and learning experiences.

Chloe slept in her big girl bed again last night with no issues. I put her to bed a little while ago, and she's out like a light again tonight. This new bed thing seems to be going off without a hitch.

The next big thing that we'll be doing with her is starting the potty training process. She's already showing us some signs that she's ready by letting us know when she's got to go "#2 (haha)." That will be coming up very soon. I'm kind of eager and excited to see how she does with that.

The only other thing to happen today was pretty cool. I've been on a Starbucks kick as of late. When I went through the drive-thru and pulled the app up on my phone to pay, I was told I had a birthday reward (my birthday is tomorrow) and a free drink reward. Both of the awards gave free drinks. So I got one today, and I'll get one tomorrow (LOL). That double chocolate chip frappe is fantastic! I blame my sister, Destiny, for getting me hooked on those.


Well, that's all I have for today, maybe tomorrow will be better (mood-wise), and I'll have something interesting to say. Until tomorrow ...

Three Years Ago Today


Today, My Youngest Is Three

This morning started out pretty rough. Last night, I could hardly sleep. Severe anxiety and heart palpitations just didn't want to give me any relief so I couldn't fall asleep. At some point, I ended up moving from the bed to the couch in the living room, turned on the Disney Channel and ended up falling asleep (yes I'm 30 and I still watch Disney, bite me!). The last time I looked at the clock, it was 3:00 am. 

So, 5:30 am rolls around. My husband gets out of bed to come and wake me. See, normally, he'd leave me alone and let me sleep. However, as we only have one vehicle and the little one was scheduled for a doctor's appointment, that meant I had to get up with him and drive him to work. Which, by the way, is about 45 minutes to an hour depending on traffic.

When I got back home from taking the husband to work, I logged onto my computer and began working vigorously on a project. I'm building a ProBoards forum theme and I needed to get some coding done. I got in the zone and before I realized it, the time had flown by quickly. One look at the clock and seeing that it was 8:45 am was enough for me to jump out of my chair (not bothering to save or do anything with the work on my computer screen).

The little one's doctor's appointment was scheduled for 9 am. She was still asleep at 8:45 am. So, I woke the poor birthday girl up early, changed her and dressed her, then we got in the car and went to her doctor's appointment. Now, this appointment was supposed to be a normal 3-year well-check. She wasn't due for any shots, so it wasn't the worst possible thing I could do to her on her birthday (I know there are judgemental people out there like that).

So anyway, we get through the triage type stuff. The doctor comes into our room and explains that the little one's platelets are low and proceeds to ask if any blood conditions are in her family. Well, of course, there are. I have Stage 0 (watch and wait) Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. So, the doctor wants to do a repeat finger prick test on the little one in about a month and if her platelets are still low, she'll be sent over to the cancer center to have a full blood panel completed. In the meantime, I'm going to serve her green veggies to see if that aids in the platelet count rising.

The other thing we found out today was that she, at three-years-old, has significant astigmatism in one of her eyes that could be hindering her ability to walk properly. So, she's being referred to a Pediatric Eye Doctor as well. Don't get me started on that, we'll be here all day.

So, we get home from the doctor's office and the little one has a meltdown because she wants to go "bye-bye again." I have stuff that I need to get done and ready for her school and mine next week and I'm not about to run back out for no reason. I fed her breakfast and she was happy until she finished eating and then she wanted to go "bye-bye" yet again. When I told her no, she threw a tantrum on the floor. So I grabbed a sippy cup, put some milk in it for her and carried her to her bed. I figured she'd calm down in a few minutes and we could try something else together. 

Well, about 10 minutes later, I peeked my head in to have a look at her. She was sound asleep in her crib. Cool. I finished up some paperwork for school, worked on my project some more and then around 5 pm she woke up on her own.

The rest of the evening was pretty chill. We watched cartoons, chased each other around the house, played with the dogs, had supper, and even had a video chat with Grandma up in Ohio. 

We didn't do anything for her birthday, which is TODAY because most of our family is out of town partaking in that dreadful holiday traveling. So, we'll be having her birthday party soon, and I'm sure I'll post a bunch of pictures. She doesn't know it yet, but we plan to get her a Frozen themed toddler bed in the next week. I think she's gonna love it!