Tangential Thinking (or a manic stream of thoughts if you will)

Posted by Heather of the EO~Monday, December 22nd, 2008


Asher had his follow-up appointment last Friday. The Nurse Practitioner thought he looked great. He's a total post-surgery rock star. He does put his head down on the floor with his butt in the air, trying to feel the pressure he used to feel, but I was informed that this is absolutely normal. I assume it confirms that he's a genius. He doesn't know how he feels about his new brain, so he tries to bring back the comforts of having a full head by letting the fluid rush in, like when you do a head stand (I'm pretty sure everyone does those on a daily basis).

Turning himself upside-down is fine for now, but the RN did advise that if Asher continues to do this, he will need his shunt adjusted so the fluids move at a slower pace.

In short, everything's cool with the noggin!

Now I'm going to focus on Christmas. Yes, starting Saturday (as in two days ago) I finally started thinking about Christmas. I'm pretty sure I should have started thinking about it earlier. Because right now I'm totally avoiding all the other things I should be doing and I'm typing a blog post instead. I'm too overwhelmed to do much else. I've made an hour by hour list of what needs to happen for me to pull off doing all the things I need to do. It's not working.

I laugh at the list periodically and then work toward finishing more than a quarter of the next thing on the wretched little piece of paper. I'm not a bah humbug kind of girl, but MAN am I stressed!

And so, because I know it will make at least one person feel better about their own brain (you know who you are), here's your thirty seconds in my head the day before we leave for Christmas (today),

"Oh! I wonder if the Rolos for the cookies are frozen yet...wait. I just heard a coin drop to the floor, who has a coin? Oh well, he doesn't put stuff in his mouth that often anymore anyway. I need to call and cancel that....(gasp) Did I let Mom know when we're coming? What did I just step in...is that gum? No, just a raisin. How in the world will I wrap presents if I don't start wrapping them...and find tape? Sheesh we're going to have a lot of stuff in the car, but I still wonder if I should bring the booster seat for Asher. We could pile it on top the suitca... SHOOT! I forgot a gift for...and...MAN, when am I going to go do that? Did Ryan say he was coming home at four or five cause it makes a big difference at this point ,what should we have for lunch it's so weird how Miles hasn't really eaten anything lately I hope he's not getting sick-wait-when was the last time he pooped? I better give him some raisins I know we have some, I just stepped on one where are the rest...Wait. What was that beeping...was it laundry or the potty timer? Didn't he just go potty? What did I do with my cell I've GOT to cancel that appointment...it's in like an hour...I sure wish I could get the house cleaned before we leave but it just keeps getting messier stop the madness, and the recycling out, and the plants watered and I can't believe my hair is BROWN, so weird, ACK! We're leaving in the morning, FOCUS woman!...I need an assistant."

SO there you have it. Thirty whole seconds in my very own noggin.

Happy trails to us. Until Mom totally wigs out.