A moment to breathe.
This job has been crazy. The class is finally over. I finished it up and handed it in. Just hoping for a solid B just to get the credit.
I am becoming more familiar with IEPs. They still have some mystery to me. However, I am doing them in less time.
My daughter had a melt down and I had to move her back home. She quit her relationship and she quit her college classes...she was one big ball of anxiety and swirling around the drain.
That was 2 weeks ago. Today she said that she is feeling comfortable with her job. She misses Jordan but knows she is not ready for the living together thing. She says she is pretty sure she wants to go back to her psych classes but will wait and explore other possibilities.
TJ and Brit go through a monthly struggle of 'shall we get a divorce or just hang in there?'
I have finally reached a point where Douche is but a blip on my conscious radar. I simply don't care. In fact if he enters my mind at all, I feel an overwhelming sense of tired. I have heard enough from him and he is a 50+ year old man acting like a teenager. Thinking like a teenager. whatever. Just so he stays alive and keeps his job until I sell this house.
The Retina Surgeon checked my eyes. He was rather grim. The blank spot in my left eye that is distorting my vision COULD still heal but he is not sure what it is because he does not see a reason for it. The gel layer in my right eye is separating from the retina and could cause a tear in my retina and he wants to keep track of it.
So, knowing I need eye glasses, I made an appointment with the optometrist. He gave me an explanation for the blank spot and he told me that is could very well still heal but it is in my eye and will take a long time, yet. Okay. Something to hang on to. Then he said that the gel layer separating from the retina is normal as we age. He says it will separate here and there because it is losing its gel. Which also may give a reason for the blank spot in my left eye sight...during the surgery they had to refill the gel layer. It could be the point at which they filled the gel layer and it has to heal.
As for my retina tearing, he said that is a rarity and a worst case scenario.
He also told me that compared to last year when I got new glasses, my right eye has improved 'two steps forward' and my left eye has gotten worse 'three steps backward' which would cause my eye strain, feeling of dizziness, and fatigue. My brain is trying to work with two significant different types of vision. So, my new glasses will be here within the week and boy am I looking forward to that!
The old guy that was doing the eye measurements, doing the ordering...tried to talk me into the most expensive eye glass frames they had. My insurance covered them but they all had rhinestones or something like it on the 'arms' of the glasses. I told him I did not want fancy or bling on my glasses. I picked out a less expensive pair that were silver, thin, and plain. He kept showing me other ones...colored, flowered...and I said, "no...I want these ones!" He seemed disgusted. He also seemed disgusted that my vision insurance was better than his. What a weird man.
Tomorrow I have rented a cargo van to go pick up a black leather couch and chair I bought for TJ (used, of course) and a sage green couch with recliners at both ends for Bethany for when she moves out again. I am going to use it in my family room in the meantime. I got that one fo $40. I also need to mow my lawn, vacuum and mop the floors,and 2 IEPs to write. There is my weekend.
yay me.
