Fall is here

Let me first start off by saying, what a beautiful fall we have had so far. I am so thankful that the real rain has not started yet. We have had some brisk mornings, but I sure do love that sunshine that has been coming in every afternoon.

We have been in school for about a month now. It is hard to believe that it has already been one month. The weeks are full with the kids activities. Evan and Grace now fight a lot more. I am not sure if it is a battle of wills or if they are just adjusting to a new way of life right now.

We are all getting over our first fall cold. It was a doozy, nonetheless. I am hoping that we are healthier now that we got that out of the way, and that we all have our flu shots. I am still waiting on word on when the swine flu shot will be available. Speaking of which, every week as most of you know, I go to Doernbecher with Evan for speech. Grace comes with me since she is in afternoon Kindergarten, and this is the easiest set up. Next Monday, Evan has an earlier appointment with a Dr. I was going to take Grace with me to that, followed by his speech appointment. Today when I called the hospital to verify insurance information, the person I spoke with told me that I could not bring siblings to the hospital because they are scared that more people would spread the H1N1 virus. I know this thing is serious, but this really makes appointments difficult for me now that I can't bring Grace. I have small windows that I can take Evan to appointments because of Grace's school schedule. Not only does this affect me, it affects a ton of other families that have young children and have to travel several miles to get to the hospital for their sick or special needs child. I am not making light of the situation, but I am wondering how long they can really make this a "policy". There will be a lot people who just won't be able to come because of this policy. I am covered for next Monday, but I am going to have to figure out childcare for Grace on Monday's from here on out, until this is resolved.

I am now 33, and am not sure what to do with that! It seems like a weird age to me. Anyway, I'm off to swimming lessons with the kiddos......until next time.