So today Landen is 4 years old. I cannot believe it has been four years since I had him, it seems like just yesterday! He has gotten so big and when I look at him I just want to keep him this way forever. I don’t ever want him to grow up 
am having empty nest syndrome and in my insanity am secretly wanting another baby – though I know that I don’t want to go through all that again, I just miss him being small and snuggly and sleeping in bed with me. I miss all of that, and yes he is still snuggly and wants me, but he also has his own little life with his little friends and school and I feel like grabbing him back and never letting go. But I know how much he loves all of hose things, and I know that in the long run, since I doubt I will be able to keep him 4 forever, he will be better off for all of it – it just makes me nostalgic.
So how have things been? They’ve been nutty here, well nutty for me, everyone else has been smooth sailing. On April 1 I has a small lump on my back, just thinking it was a zit I didn’t pay much attention, but then by Monday it was the size of a baseball. I went in to have it checked by my dr, who 4 days previous had stated when I came to see him “At least it’s not another staph infection” and totay jinxed me. He went to try and drain it and it didn’t look right so he had me go to a wound surgeon person the next day, by then it was the size of a softball. they had to cut it open (mind you this was on my new tattoo) to drain it, and it was MRSA. So, for the week I had to go have my PCM pack the inside of the wound with mesalt (oh yeah, salt on an open wound, awesome, especially when shoved under your skin with q-tips) every day. Then, the next weekend, the MRSA infection tracked out from the woound I had in a trail to my side. So, Monday I see my PCM, he again sends me to the surgeon, who again cuts and drains it, and now I have two wounds to pack. Its been about two weeks now with that and I go in every day to have it packed. Needless to say I missed my internship, and to fulfill my hours I am obligated to the VA for (170 more, though I only need like 90 to graduate for OSU) I will be interning 4 days a week. I am also the student coordinator for the VA conference in May, going to school, and the primary care giver to my kids, and the person who cleans. So. Yes. 7 more weeks. That’s all I gotta make it!
So there you go. Off to go get my wounds packed with salt and pick out Landen’s b-day cake for his party Sunday at this cool place that has a bunch of blow up bouncy houses and slides.
