2013 is hours away....

As I sit here in the closing days of 2012, a fresh blanket of snow covers all the brown decay of fall.  This is my favorite time of year.  I love the silence of the woods as the flakes come down.  The snow muffles out the toxic sounds of modern world...the sound of 18 wheelers rolling down Route 28, the sound of neighbors running chainsaws, and other machinery in their yards.  It is quiet and peaceful.  The blanket of white covers up the piles of debris people seem to love to stack up in their yards around here.

The cold snowy weather gives me an excuse to sit by our fireplace and tuck into a book or work on my knitting.  I would love to finish up the nursery, but I have promised Jay that we will not go in there until he is done with the painting this week.  The mattress arrived yesterday and I am looking forward to putting the crib together.

But I really wish I felt up to going for a ride on my sled or taking out my snowshoes.  The pulled muscle in my back is minimally better.  Just when I think I have turned a corner, I move and it starts all over again.  The plan is to be back at work in the am and I have to say I am ready to be back in my routine of normalcy even with all that is going on.  More on that another time....

My how my outlook is a changing

Cannot remember if it was a cough or sneeze that triggered it, all I do know is that I have spent the last three days in 10 out 10 pain.  As we like to say at work 10 out of 10 pain is a trip to the hospital for amputation.  I do not think I have ever experienced pain like that before.  I have had my share of broken bones and I will gladly take a broken ankle over this intractable back pain any day.

You know the situation is bad when your husband and co workers have put on your shoes and socks.  Hell, I teach people how to do that after a broken hip or a stroke.  Now here I am the pathetic occupational therapist who needs the help.  No, I don't keep a sock aid and reacher at home, but I suppose I will have to from now on.  I think what was worst of all is the helpless looks I got from John as he did his best to keep me comfortable.  From making our bed into a place where I could try to get to sleep sitting up to sleeping on the small couch next to me after I decided the couch in the living room would be a better place to get some rest.  And then finally going upstairs with me at three am to sleep in our bed.  I did beg him to call for an ambulance, but he talked some sense into me that there would be very little the ER could do for me since I already had Flexerill and Vicodin on board.  You know when I broke my foot a few summers back never even took one dose of a narcotic and in the last few days I have sure made up for refusing that script.

I finally feel a bit better today.  The painful spasms are only occasional and I don't plan on taking any more drugs until bed time.  Baby Savage doesn't seem the least bit concerned that I have been miserable and he is as active as ever.  Guess he is biding his time until he makes his grand entrance into the world.  I am still hoping for a tax break, but would like my back a little more healed before he does.

Now I have not touched my knitting in a few days due the back issue, but will be digging out my basket in a few to get that bunny done!  Looking forward to a better few days ahead.  We still have lots to do before the baby is here.  And I cannot wait to see the nursery since the door has been shut and there is a keep out sign up!  And of course there is dinner at the Crystal Quail tomorrow night.  Good times...just please let my back not interfere!

Merry Christmas 2012

Merry Christmas all!  Figured I would send out my first blog post from my iPad on this Christmas morn.  Please take a moment to keep our fire, EMS, and police in your thoughts who are working on this holiday.  It was a tragic day yesterday as two firefighters were ambushed and murdered as they responded to the call of duty.  Routine calls do not exist for us anymore.  But then again, did they ever?  A look back in history will show us that there are always variables and unknowns when it comes to emergency scenes.

It is hard to believe that 2013 is almost upon us.  John and I have so much to be thankful for and to look forward in new year.  Most of all we cannot wait to meet Baby Savage in the next few weeks.

The more it snows tiddly pom...

For all of us December is a very busy month!  For me, it means added expenses and trying to find time to get it done.  On tap for me today is new tires, brakes, an oil change, alignment, inspection and later this week is registration.  Yay for a birthday in December!  I already got my new license in the mail back in early November.  I am so glad our state finally went to an online version so I didn't have to take a trek to the DMV.

It's felt like crunch time this whole fall for many different things.  I decided to work a little harder and get all of my EMT refresher stuff out of the way before the arrival of Baby Savage.  I ended up with a crazy amount of con ed hours and managed to get it all done in mid November.  Just have to take my state protocol test and that should be done.

The in laws are here this weekend to help John with his basement project.  Looks like a busy weekend of mud and tape for them!

And then of course we woke up to some gently falling snow this morning.  What could be better??  Sounds like the beginning of a perfect December!