This, that and the other

Summer is winding down and I am secretly very pleased about that. I am ready to get back into a routine. As in the last post, I am still about to pull my hair out over being with the kids nonstop-all-the-time. They start back to school this coming Tuesday. I start back to school the following Monday. I have been studying the neuro stuff for my upcoming class.

So, I went to all my doctors this summer and have been checked out from head to toe. Everything checked out pretty good. My cholesterol is a little high so I am on Crestor now. Also, I have PCOS so my doc put me on Yaz which is a birth control pill. I am glad to be on it. I haven't had regular periods for about 14 years and we haven't used any type of birth control. So, in the back of my mind I was constantly wondering if I could be pregnant. I know, that is so stupid. But I had to have fertility help with both pregnancies so I figure the odds are on my side that I won't get pregnant. But, now that I am on the pill I don't have to worry about it anymore! Yeah. Also, maybe it will help level out my hormones and get my mood swings under control.

My daughter's 10th birthday is coming up soon. She wants to have a slumber party. Oh boy. We have had one girl at a time spend the night but not 10 at once. I have a feeling we won't get much sleep that night! I am trying to figure out what they can do to keep them entertained. I have been reading alot on the site birthdaypartyideas.com. But so far haven't found a whole lot they would like. I'm still looking though. I know they will have fun no matter what.

Here is a dilemma I am having: My daughter has a girl she is friends with who is a sweet girl. But she lives in a horrible, horrible situation. Their house is filthy and overall run down. I am not exaggerating. I have been in the house because dd went to her birthday party over the summer. It was really bad. I didn't feel comfortable leaving dd there for the party but I also didn't know how to get her out of there either. They were drinking beer at 11 a.m. and we don't drink much at all. We definitely don't drink at our kid's b-day parties. But, I let her stay and she had a great time. I worried the whole time and picked her up early. This little girl is a sweetheart. She adores my dd and has called her over the summer. She had been out of state most of the summer but when she got back she called. I asked her if she'd like to come over and swim with dd. It made her so happy and her mom brought her over. They had a great time. Her dad picked her up about four hours later. He makes me so uncomfortable. He reeks of cigarettes and is covered in tattoes. Honestly, I normally don't judge people on their appearance, but his whole package (his looks and his home, etc) are just too much for me. I just know that this girl is going to be asking dd to come over and I am going to say no. She can come here any time but I can not allow dd to go there. This school year, the girl and dd are not in the same class so maybe the girl will become attached to some other child. I just know that in my situation as a child I picked the wrong friends and that affected me in many bad ways. I don't want that for my dd. So, I am trying to guide her towards girls that are the types that will be getting good grades, going to college, not doing drugs, not having sex, etc. DD has joined the girl scouts and that group of girls is the type I want her to hang out with. She likes them and they have fun together. I'm not going to tell her she can't be friends with the other girl, but I can't let her go to her house again. I definitely wouldn't let her spend the night over there.