Meanwhile, I've been making due on a piece of #%*! that raises my blood pressure every time I think about using it.
The pictures I've taken have all sat on the memory cards... because I can't put them anywhere. I finally had Mike clear a card by putting all the pics on his work computer... only to leave the card at home for Addi's graduation. Apparently my camera has some sort of internal memory, so I got a few pictures before I was out of memory and opened it up to see the card missing. Then I got home to put put the card in... formatted it... and lost the few pictures I DID get. Hopefully I'll get them from another Mom.
I'm afraid I'll hit a point of frustration and anger and I'll go by anything at this point. But I've done my research and I think I know what I'd like.
The good part is... after going so many months with Microsoft Word, photo editors, any image editor, and all my fonts... I will so greatly appreciate those things again. I'll be so grateful when I can pull up web pages without wondering if the computer will need to re-boot. I will however miss the time laps when checking emails... which has given me time to use the bathroom or get a drink waiting for my emails to open.
I feel like I'll need to post missed pictures for the rest of the year! Pictures of Miami, Addi's soccer games, graduations, summer fun, Sophie's purple cast, and so much more.
*Sophie's cast*Sophie landed wrong when she was jumping on the trampoline. She was complaining that she couldn't walk. Being the compassionate parents we are... she was told she'd be in big trouble if her Dad had to go outside and carry her in.
After bringing her inside... I continued to tell her not to whine, to walk it off, and repeated "you're fine!". I figured she was just tired and told her she just needed to go to bed for the night. She was still whining about it, so I gave her some Motrin.
Well...
Early the next morning she came scooting into our bedroom on her hands and knees. I picked her up onto my bed and saw her ankle was swollen beyond belief. Oops... Mother of the year award!
To make it worse, Mike needed to get to work, and I was obligated to go into the school for Lexi's teacher to go to a luncheon. I ran to the school while Mike worked from home. As soon as I was done I took her to the doc. He did x-rays and said that her couldn't tell if it was broken or not. He was mainly concerned with the lack of space between the growth plates. He didn't have a walking boot small enough for her, so he made a splint. We set up an appointment with a ortho/sports specialist at UVRMC.
It took Sophie about 1/2 the day to get used to her splint... then she was running again. I had to keep telling her to "stop running", "get off the trampoline", and "be careful"!
The Orthopedic Specialist was fantastic! It had been a week and the swelling had not gone down much... then again, I couldn't get Sophie to even sit still long enough to give it a chance. She did more x-rays and said it was a "level 2" fracture, she buckled it, and had was was called a "greenstick" break. They are optimistic about the growth plates, so we will wait and see. The Dr. said with the swelling, and the fact that she runs on it everyday... they needed to put her in a cute purple 'waterproof' cast.
It has not slowed her down a bit. She has not complained once! I've tried different methods at the pool and lake to try and keep it clean. Duck tape. Plastic bags. Saran Wrap. Some of the Mom's at the pool gave me dirty looks... but it is a waterproof cast!
They are going to take off the cast and do another set of x-ray's on the 15th. Happy summer!
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