A Crappy Couple of Weeks

Okay, so Dylan had a birthday and I've been busy working on that.  He was thrilled and had a great time, but I'm so glad it's over.  Aside from his birthday, it's been just about the busiest couple of weeks, not to mention the most stressful couple of weeks we've had in quite awhile. And the part that sucks the most - nobody knows and for the most part nobody will.  No, I'm not soliciting virtual hugs, but sometimes it's just hard to take when everything happens at once.  A month or two ago when I talked about my friend and all the trials she had had and how it's best just to give people the benefit of the doubt because you never know what they're going through.  It's one of those moments.  Let me see if I can sum up the weeks for you without divulging any of the CRAP we're dealing with here.  

• Sick as a dog, potential ER visit - luckily crisis managed (we think)
• Kindergarten registration (no, not everything is totally devastating, but all this added to the stress)
• Well check - need to follow up with a specialist (didn't see that one coming)
• Helping friends move (this part was actually fun, but I had to add it to the list of things we did the last couple of weeks)
• Specialist during the snow storm with other child and yep there's a problem, we'll send you to another specialist
• 2nd specialist: nope what they thought was wrong isn't, but let's send you to the other specialist again
• Third specialist: oh the problem's still there so we don't know - come back in a month and we'll check again (what the...?)  I wonder if we will have any flex spending money left by the end of March with all of these appointments.
• Friends with bad medical news - what can it all mean?  Hopes up, but fear is setting in.
• Devastating, life-changing news...rip your heart out crap that you just can't talk about...
• Neighbors with sad news that we are trying to support and be there for - misunderstandings, hurt feelings, accusations and thanks to mature adults and friendships, some sort of resolve
• Another appointment for one of the kids that basically confirmed some of our fears - it'll be fine, but it adds to the list
• Oh and that appointment helped us realize just how close to the poverty line we actually are (how many years of grad school later?) At least we won't have to pay as much I guess - although I'm not one to enjoy freaking handouts.  
• Picking out tile, no laminate flooring, no tile...oh, and paint (I'm thrilled, but it's super bad timing of course)  And can we still afford it?  We did have a tax return...we'll see after all this.
• Helping during Dylan Day at preschool
• Birthday party planning
• More people misunderstanding and getting their feelings hurt.
• Even more medical complications from the friends...this time a hospitalization

Honestly, there is only so much one woman, mother, friend, neighbor, person can deal with!  So you can see why I nearly had a meltdown when I got home with three kids in tow and realized the lady at the drive-thru Chevron gave me 44 oz of Mountain Dew instead of Diet Mountain Dew.  The last thing I needed was extra calories!!