A-w-e......s-o-m-e

A-w-e.....s-o-m-e
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Football season is over. Leaves are falling. Fall is here.

We had been busy as all get out. Logan and football....Uriah and football....practices/games. I truly enjoy the game, but glad the nub bub is ending. Football season for the little ones is over, we have about 1 more week of equipment turn in, parties and the like.

Uriah's team won third place in the I-5 conference...he is a part of the Dixon Junior Dukes. He did not get to play much. The 2nd day of camp, he overdid it. It was hot, he was out shape....and he experienced chest pains and light headedness. He was born with heart defects, but nothing that really should have triggered that. He was pulled from the team for playing until we had clearance. He saw his cardiologist and we found out his heart is actually better and stronger than it was the year before when they checked it. Uriah got in a little over a week of practice in. He was supposed to play his first game that weekend, when at school, he was getting off the bus, and some 8th graders he claims to not know, were playing tag by the bus load/unload....'accidentally' pushed him, forcing him to break his fall with his hand......breaking it. Of course I am getting no assistance from the school. They are supposedly not at fault...it was an accident. What I would like to know is what the hell kids are doing playing tag/running/goofing off....where busses are loading and unloading students. Those are some awful big tires those busses have if you get my drift.

Logan is a part of the Northern Illinois Youth Tackle Football team. Their team I think is either 4 losses and 4 wins or 5 losses and 3 wins. NIYTF does not have conference games....it is strictly all in fun and teaching kids the basics of the game. Sportsmanship, teamwork....those fundamentals. Not necessarily who is the winner and who is the loser.

Here's some piccies :) They are handsome young men if I say so myself :)

Uriah age 12





Logan age 8

Been too long

Sorry, it is if I fell off the planet. I didn't, but I have been overwhelmed.

School started, football started and work is hopping. I did end up having to give up my job as a cashier at Wal-Mart to retain my sanity. They wanted more hours and I just couldn't give it.

School started and so far so good. Logan is in third grade, Urith in 7th. Both seem to like their teachers. Logan is doing excellent. Uriah though, we just got his progress report and he is slacking off in turning his homework in. So far he is sporting three failing grades :(

Football started and the 2nd day into football camp, Uriah complained of chest pains and light headedness. He was pulled off the field and unable to play. I was unable to get a decent dated appointment. It took me a month to get him in to see his cardiologist. So for a month he was "equipment manager". Early September he as cleared to play any and all sports. His heart is actually better than it was the year before. One of his murmurs is closed, the other barely noticeable. The valve still will not open fully, but his doctor doesn't see it to be so much a functionality issue as a cosmetic. So, Uriah is realsed and he gets in one full week of practice in. He was scheduled toplay in a game on Saturday...and that Thursday afternoon, he comes home with a swollen hand. Some kids knocked him over in school. Doctos visit and x-ray show that he broke his hand. Again knocked out of playing football. He is helping out with the team....so far. he may not be able to play the rest of the season.

Logan is going full force. He plays center, right end, tackle and special teams.

Go Dukes!

Anyway, just letting you know..... I have not fallen off the planet. Matter of fact, I just celebrated my 36th birthday last week. I was spoiled. Dave took me out to dinner, made sure I had plenty of warm fuzzies...then took me to my parents for cake and ice cream.

Scouts started back up again....I just can't wait...in a month....football will be over and my evening will be back to being mine and maybe it won't take "warm fuzzies" to retain my sanity. I have a bad feeling that, with football being over, will just lead to more hours at the job trying to play "catch up" with everything. It has been an expensive medical summer.....and my car STILL needs fixed. But the money tree died and I haven't found a sapling to grow one.

Seems like...the more I work...the worse the bills get rather than better :(

yearly physicals

BSA is requiring all Scouts and leaders receive a physical every 12 calendar months. That and my insurance company required one before September....so here goes. I had mine done on Tuesday. I have been being monitored anyway for my thyroid. Last year, my physician found a nodule, ultrasound was done, biopsy was done...it was all good. This year was another ultrasound, no change from last year so nothng more to do than to have another ultrasound in a year. I did shrink half an inch though...I am now officially 5' 5.5" and 129 pounds. Lab work was done, cholesterol checked, thyroid levels check (just making sure the nodule isn't messing with things) and a basic panel. Everything was found good except iron deficiency.

Uriah and Logan had their's done today.

Logan is 8 years old, going into the third grade. He is 55 inches tall......70 pounds. Found to be in great health. Has a dip in his chest, but that is nothing to be concerned with. She pointed it out to me last year, I really wasn't concerned with it. Everything underneath of it works.......hopefully it will fill in as he gets older.

Uriah is 12 and going into the 7th grade. He is 63 inches tall.....and weighs 107 pounds. I never weighed near that until I was about 23 and pregnant. He's not following my growth range......he is growing well. I was freakishly skinny. No heart check up this year, that is only done biyearly. He did end up getting a booster immunization for Hep A. I was surprised o find outthat they are recommending the HPV shot for boys as well. I didn't have that was administered.....it's a 3 part immunization that I still have questions about. When she mentioned it, I thought it was a girls only immunization, but they have included boys to it too.

So...other than us becoming sunburnt at the lake on Tuesday...we are all doing pretty good.