Seriously! I can finally say, “I am not pulling the weeds out this weekend. I’m allergic.”
I had an appointment earlier yesterday for allergies since they have been really bad for me. I was really hoping that my job wasn’t the culprit. For those of you who don’t know, I work as the front desk for a local grooming salon in my city. Since seasonal allergies were always a culprit I figured that it had gotten worse with pet dander from my job. A test was taken and it was determined that that was a lie. Ha! However, I am allergic to all grasses and weeds. There went my weekend job.
I was asked to undress the top half and wear a paper smock. Soon after, I was poked like 50 times on my back with all sorts of allergies. Within minutes, welts started to appear and my back felt like I had rolled around in an ant hill. I was told not to touch my back and to let it sit for twenty minutes. Those twenty minutes felt like an eternity! To top it off, my 3 year old toddler wasn’t being entertained by my iphone anymore. How fun! I did everything I could to entertain him and to keep my mind off my itchy back. The clock finally beeped it’s twenty minutes and I was given a cream to relieve the itch. It felt like heaven!!
So there you go folks, I am officially allergic to yard work.
I’m allergic to yard work.
This weekend….
Was quite warm! It’s technically still Winter, but it felt like late Spring yesterday—low 80’s. It was nice, and since the sun was out shinning, we took advantage of it. We had received some tickets to the local zoo and have been itching to visit since we received said tickets. However, the weather has been weird with on and off rain (which I won’t complain since we need it) and now we have nice warmth and ran with it. Our morning rituals were in full force (you know those dreaded morning chores of cleaning house and feeding the family) and we got ready to head out. I was so eager to leave the house that I didn’t even blow dry my hair (and let me tell you, my hair is not the “let it air dry” type. Frizz! ) or do much with it aside from a top knot and head band. Like I said, we wanted to enjoy the warm California sun.
We started our visit with the Reptile House where it’s hot and humid. We zig-zagged like crazy and showed Michael the big reptiles (boas and crocodiles.) We saw quite a few animals awake and walking around. From Flamingoes to Giraffes, to Lions and Tigers. Speaking of which, I remember taking Michael to his first visit to the zoo and taking a picture of him standing next to the Tiger. That was a treat!
Now that it has been a full 3 years since his first visit, each time we try and recreate that picture. Or try to anyways. Look at how small Michael was then! I miss him being that teeny weeny. Miss it….
Yes, I'm back.
Speaking of children, Michael has significantly improved on his speech. We've been working really hard from going to one word utterances to two-even three word utterances. Little guy is pretty smart too. Just yesterday he decided to sing "Row, Row, Row your boat" to me, and when he was finished I asked him to sing "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star," to which he said, "No Twinkle Twinkle, ABC's." He then proceeded to sing the alphabet for me--in it's entirety. It's not the first time he's done something like that out of the blue, we have also held a few conversations with him, even with his two-almost three word sentences. It's progressing.
