Hello again! So I didn't post before Christmas...boo. Anyway, I guess I should update on my surgery. My parents came over to watch the kids and Todd took me up to the hospital. I was in surgery by 7:00 am. One minute I'm joking with the nurses, then I hear the doctor walk in the room, and the next thing I know I'm in recovery with bad heartburn. I ate some ice chips, then felt well enough to come out to Todd. I was discharged, came home, and pretty much slept and lived on Lortab over the weekend. By Monday I was feeling ALOT better, and even though I had a lot of people offering help, I felt totally capable to taking care of my kids. I still was hesitant to drive because I was getting over the horrible after effects of the Lortab, so my sister-in-law was kind enough to help out with picking Chase up from school, and she even shuttled me around on Tuesday. Each day that week I felt stronger and more like myself. I didn't take Lortab after the weekend, but rediscovered the full bottle of Percocet in the medicine cabinet from my C-section with the twins. I figured out that my body was adjusting to not having an organ that was somewhat vital in digestion, so eating became tricky. Yes, I gambled on a few occasions, and paid for it. I ended up losing 11 pounds at one point, but that was after a stomach bug came through our house, and I was really dehydrated. I've put a few pounds back on, but what a jump start to weight loss at the holidays! I've definitely had to cut portions, and am still figuring things out, but I think I've got the hang of things now.
Then came Christmas, and yes, we had a great Christmas. We opened presents here and then went to my parents house and opened presents with the rest of my family. The big boys got everything they wanted, and then some! And as much as I wanted the little babies to rip into packages, they just kinda looked at me like I was nuts. I'd give them the package semi-unwrapped, and they were more interested in the paper, of course. Today I finally got the house back to "normal," if there is anything normal about my home. I knew it must have been bad if Todd said something- he could CARE LESS about what the house looks like, I'm normally the clean freak! The front rooms were basically littered with candy wrappers from their stocking suffers, and toy parts all over. So, today I made Chase pick up trash, while Gunnar and I picked up toys to take upstairs. It looks so much better, and Todd feels more relaxed. I think we may have watched one too many episodes of "Hoarders," because he was worrying about the clutter!
So after eating Christmas dinner and Christmas dinner leftovers since Saturday, we decided to eat out tonight. Todd was coming home from an all day meeting in Oklahoma City, and the big boys actually made the call for Outback Steakhouse. We have one just down the street from us, so I called it in and Todd picked it up on his way back into town. We agreed to split a meal, because we didn't feel like eating a whole meal by ourselves, and it does save money. He gets home and is like "Did you order fish or some funky salad?" And I said "No...just our usual, why?" He started pulling stuff out of the bag, and it wasn't our order. Now, this is probably the 2nd or 3rd time this has happened to us, so I called and spoke to the take-out person. She said our meal was right there, and we could come pick it up, and she wanted to know if I'd like to speak to a manager. So I said I would, and basically told the manager that this wasn't the first time we've had to deal with this, and we're fortunate not to live too far away, but I really just wanted to let her know what was going on in her take-out area. She apologized and asked if she could do anything to make things right. I told her we ordered a dessert (Cinnamon Oblivion is back for a limited time...I couldn't help myself!) and didn't know what else she could do. She told me when Todd came to pick up the meal she would give him something. So, since they made the mistake on the meal, and they were not allowed to accept food that has already left the take-out area, we got to keep the "mystery sack" as well. I unpacked our sack, then started unpacking the "mystery sack" and MAN were we excited! The unfortunate couple, who's meal we received, ordered 2 steak and lobster meals with baked potatoes and salads! SCORE! I decided to eat the lobster for dinner and Todd ate our small steak that we originally ordered. I figure I'll have steak and potato or grill up some chicken and put it on one of the salads for lunch tomorrow and Todd will have steak for dinner tomorrow night. I have a dinner date with some girlfriends- SUSHI! Holler, y'all!
Well, I really and truly hope to post again soon. Thursday, the 30th, is my 10 year anniversary with my husband, and I have a little something special I'd like to post on here. Until then, thanks again for following my blog!
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