Rainy Days...

Today started off as forecast ~ rainy and cool.  The rest of the week has the same forecast, with progressively colder temps.  I'm not sure I am ready for this yet!!

This morning I took Kei to Sasaki's for science and stepped in for just a minute... 2 hours later, I headed home.  I didn't make it to the electronic's shop or the grocery store, but I did have a really nice chat with Maki  

The rest of the day I have been trying to sort out details in my brain.  I've been drowning in thoughts; meds & travel & Thanksgiving &... Physically I have not accomplished much at all, but mentally I think I am beginning to get things sorted.

Meds ~  I've been doing more research on thyroid meds.  This morning I double checked some info I found last night.  This in mind we are adjusting Josh's morning routine so that he can have his thyroid med independently with water, but still be able to get formula in him with enough time for it to settle before the rest of his meds need to be given.

<Either Josh's meds are settling into his system OR the new routine helped - either way, his body temp was NORMAL tonight!!>  

I have also been trying to adjust Josh's med times a bit so that it will be easier to adjust them on our trip.  Trying to come up with a plan so that his system doesn't get messed up too badly with the time change... this is going to be a challenge!  

Travel ~ Most of my thought process has been med related here, too.  Making sure I know how to pack meds and know what info I need to carry with me so that we can get through security points as easily as possible WITH all of Josh's meds.   Add a bit of general carry-on dos & don't... WHEW ~ details, details 

Thanksgiving ~  Actually, not too much here, except sending a recipe to Robin and seeing how she is doing.   I think I've done more thinking about trying not to think about it than actually thinking about it

Hmmm... I am ready to kick back a turn my brain off   Maybe a movie? 

Tick, Tick, Tick...

Things are slowly getting checked off my "To Do" list.  I'm not sure they are the things that need to most immediate attention, but things are getting done.  One thing that was accomplished that  needed quick attention was ordering beads for the Christmas Outreach event which is coming up in 3 weeks... 3 WEEKS   and our Thanksgiving event is NEXT week ~ EEK!!!  <Taking slow deep breathes >   I think I need to dig out my Thanksgiving file and start working on that.., but not tonight.

Josh started the day off early and very cold again <31C / 88F>, so extra thyroid meds were given which seemed to help.  I will be glad when we get his med dose straightened out!  Tonight he was much more himself, so we are getting there!  Now I just need to get a bit more sleep ~ late nights, early mornings, & extra hospital trips are catching up with me. 

Late afternoon, the kids and I managed to make it back to the cell phone shop and the errand I started yesterday is now finished    And in the nick of time - discovered today that TODAY was the last day I could cancel the phone with out paying a huge cancelation fee - WHEW!

After the phone shop, we did a mid week grocery shopping trip - something I loathe doing, but it had to be done.  I sure wish the harvests on farmville or farmtown came to my house rather than staying in cyber space  I mean almost everything I bought I've harvested recently!

And now my day is catching up with me so I am off to get some sleep - Oyasumi Nasai!!

PHEW ~ What a Day!

This afternoon I feel like things are coming together, but this morning was another story...

Josh woke @4:30 with a low, but acceptable temp.  No vomiting since last evening - YAY!  Fluids staying down - Double YAY!!   He even wanted to play, but had NO energy to play or smile or anything else.  He couldn't even sit up alone.  Then his temp went on a roller coaster ride, except the high points kept getting continually lower as did the low points.  Called the hospital when nothing I did was making a difference.  Proceeded to take him in.  Head scratching - labs were drawn - most of the labs finally came back.  MORE head scratching.  Finally 2 of the last 3 results came back...  His thyroid was WAY out of whack again.  DUH!  I need to get used to him having thyroid issues and take that into consideration!!  We've readjusted his meds and LORD willing the real Joshua will be back in a day or two.   

MEMO to self - thyroid levels need to be checked every time labs are being drawn.

Thankfully, once this was all worked out we were soon on our way home via the pharmacy.

Got home to discover that THE papers we've been anxiously waiting for had been delivered - WOOT!!  Said papers have been reposted to the embassy.  They should get there tomorrow - Veteran's Day, so the embassy will be closed.  BUT - they will be there Thursday morning so LORD willing they will be looked at promptly and the girls passports will off on the next leg of their trip to becoming actual passports.  Keep the prayers coming!

Today we also got most of our international food order...

It's been over a year since I've had Crisco!!  My cooking spray was running low and with holidays coming that is not a good thing.  Plus, I now have molasses for bread and cookies, as well as, green beans and cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving dinner    We are still waiting on pumpkin, but that should come next week.  WHEW!

I am feeling much better about everything that is scheduled to happen in the next few weeks.

• Colds are on the mend!
• Passports are a step closer.
• Turkeys are in the freezer and trimmings are on hand.
• Trip plans are slowly getting rounded out. 

EDIT:  Josh is awake and playing this evening