Not Much New

I've been trying to put off posting until I had something to say. There's just not much happening around here right now, folks. The most excitement we've had over the couple of weeks is that Leah broke the fourth toe on her right foot last Sunday night. It's displaced, which was our ticket to an orthopedist (strangely, in the same practice as the one who did J.J.'s meniscus repair last May, so we already knew how to find the office!). Since toes aren't as much of a functional issue as fingers and since the toe is not grossly displaced (it's broken about halfway done and the tip does have a noticeable slant), we opted not to do surgery to pin the break. If Leah's biggest problem is a slightly crooked fourth toe on her right foot, we're obviously blessed.

Anyway, she ended up in a surgical shoe and went down to stay with my parents, since between my mom's job as a professor (if she works 25 hours per week outside of home, it's a busy week!) and my dad owning his own business, it was much more practical to keep her out of day care down there while she convalesced. She's doing great now, and should be out of the surgical shoe a week from tomorrow.

J.J. hasn't had speech therapy for a while. There seems to be a shortage of speech therapists in this area, which is both good and bad. Good because in four years I hope to be one. Bad because we need one now! I think we'll start looking for another practice that accepts our insurance ASAP.

Eli's great, he's been on Spring Break this week and is ready to go back to school. In the meantime, he's sold 292 geraniums for 4-H this year! I may need to rent a flatbed truck to pick them all up, but I'm proud of him.

I'm doing well too. I managed to win the pedometer challenge in my office that was held as part of our wellness program. In 10 days, I walked almost 113,000 steps and won an iPod Shuffle for my efforts. This is a lot of steps, for anyone who's wondering. I did an hour to 90 minutes on the treadmill almost every day during this timeframe. Then Leah broke her toe, and I carried her around a lot for the first two days. My right knee is still sulking over these developments!

I'll be back next week (if not sooner), hopefully with something more interesting to share!