It has been a rather hectic week, what with Jeffrey coming home from the US and the kids having their birthday. I spent Monday getting ready for their birthday, wrapping presents, getting the house tidied up, did some work, and it feels like I never stopped and suddenly it is Friday afternoon. Jeff arrived home on Tuesday morning. It was very good to see him again. It was a long three weeks, for both of us, I think! He is still quite jet lagged, getting tired early and waking up even earlier. Luckily he is not starting back to work until Monday, so he has some recovery days.
It was the kids' birthday on Wednesday. They turned 14 and 12. I don't quite know how that has happened, but suddenly they are both big kids! They got to do exactly what they wanted on their birthday, which meant that they opened presents first thing in the morning, then Lolo and Dida came over for morning tea / birthday cake, and then Carmie went off to her D&D group, and Arley stayed home and played his computer. On Thursday morning Arley had a couple of friends over for his birthday. It was supposed to be four kids, but two kids ended up not making it because they thought they were going to be back from camping, but they weren't. Arley and his two mates still had a really good time. We set up the fire pit for them so they could build a fire and roast marshmallows. They played with balloons and darts (always a fun combo, LOL), and then Xbox, meanwhile eating a whole lot of candy and junk food. And Carmie avoided them at all costs. Haha.
So, Jeff had a good time in the US, but he is very happy to be home. The kids are very happy he is home too. Arley was asking about him several times a day for the last week. Arley has had a good couple of weeks. He has started seeing a psychologist, which is great - we really like him. He has two new foods, and he now helps me with one of his meals that I prepare him. Carmie has been pretty good, except that she has been quite nauseous again over the past few days. She had an appointment with her gastroenterologist. He thinks she might have gastroparesis, which is delayed emptying of the stomach, and has given her a med that we are hoping helps. It seemed to be working at first, but not so great the past few days. He said to double the dose if her nausea isn't better within two weeks, and I think we are about at that point. If this doesn't work, she has to have a gastric emptying scan done, and then we move on to different meds. So keep your fingers crossed!
