The Day The Circus Came To Town

I've been around--just a ton of stuff going on with my digi, mostly. I've released three items this week, here are the previews:



I'm finally seeing a fairly large breakthrough with sales--I think my name is getting a little more known in the digi world, lol. I'm hoping all this hard work is finally about to pay off--knock on pressboard.

Cody had an invitational meet Friday in Parkville--he sucked eggs the first round. But he was fortunate enough to make the final two cuts and THEN he decided to make clean entries. He came in the final round at 12th and made his way up to 6th. What a cool ending it would have been had he started that last round with more points! Ahh well, he got a medal. It's all about the medal, right?

I've been keeping up with most of you in reader of by email, I haven't forgotten you. Balancing homeschooling, digi designing and parenting hasn't been easy on me...I honestly need a vacation! But, sigh, I don't see one in my near future.

He Made It! Perfect--no but he made it!

Here are the dives I wrote about--and I promise they're only a few seconds long too. The first one is his 2.5. He just started throwing that in the meets (doesn't it sound like I'm too cool--'throwing it'?). So when you hear my excited 'he made it he made it!' it's not because I didn't have any faith in him. It's because I didn't have MUCH faith in him. There's a difference.

But...he made it! He made it! I guess I didn't ahve much faith in his back 1.5 either because I said the same thing--and he's been doing that awhile now. I'll try harder to say something like 'mmmhmm...yawwwwnnn...show mommy something else, I'm nodding off here!' next meet.

* *I was made aware tonight that Cody's first dive was under-rotated. Umm...okay..my point might have been lost here--this was his FIRST time throwing this dive in a meet and he had just learned that dive a few days prior. Pretty freakin good...wonder why kids feel so much pressure these days! Trust me nobody knows more than Cody knows when he isn't perfect. PS--he did perform this dive to NEAR perfection Saturday morning at districts, but I didn't download that one yet. I will..

Cody Will Dive For His School This Year!

UPDATE: Nooooooooooo Murmur. Not that I wanted him to have one, but are you KIDDING me? So one office needs to boot their receptionist, another their doctor. Then I'll have a nice little thing going on. :) *Cody---made it to dive practice with time to spare.

And he tells me this yesterday. My heart leaps with joy, I love watching that boy dive. All smiles, I say "Great! When does practice start?"

"Oh, today. And I need a sports physical before the coach will let me dive."

No words needed here I'm sure. We all know it's a cinch to get into the doctor on an hour's notice! So I call the doctor's office. She politely tells me no there isn't anything for over a week, not even with another doctor, not even with a nurse practitioner.

Discouraged, but not done, I pick up the yellow pages and find a walk-in clinic that will take him in the morning. Go....get right in. John calls me and tells me he called our doctor and they got him an appointment for the next afternoon! No way! I'm a bit suspicious they have given preferential treatment to my husband. But don't dwell too much on it and I tell him to cancel because I've found something sooner.

This is too easy. Yeah, it is. He detected a little heart murmur, sent us to see our primary doctor. Back to square one. I'm not worried about the heart murmur, I know it's fine, these are very common. I still treat it seriously, but read on it and it's not a big deal.

So....back home, I call. Tell the receptionist about our pickle. She says no, there is nothing at all available. Not even with the other doctors. Not even the nurse practitioner. I....hang up the phone and hang my head. I know Cody has to get in so many practice hours before the meet or he can't dive it. Just then, John calls. He says he called our doctor again, gives me not one, not two, not three, no FOUR different time choices for tomorrow. Drop jaw here. No. Way. This did NOT just happen. (best raised eyebrow look below:)

I am absolutely stunned that the 'man' can get the appointment, but the 'mom' cannot. I told John after angry rant that he will probably need to take Cody. It's not best if I show up with an attitude--I have an appointment next week and seriously don't want to wait in the waiting room more than an hour! Further, I wonder how many of the many many times I've been turned away were actually because the receptionist was hoping to keep time slots available for a man!

PS--thanks, Kelly, for letting me rant on the phone for over an hour today. It's good to have a friend like you to let loose on. Very. Now, hope you didn't have anything good to say because I pretty much dominated today!