How in the hell is it two weeks until Christmas? I could have sworn it was just Thanksgiving.
I have found myself struggling with getting in the holiday spirit yet again. I used to love Christmas. Christmas used to my time to shine, but ever since I got in-laws, it has been a struggle to get in the mood. Some family drama in the early days of our relationship, the fact that I am still not making as much as I was ELEVEN years ago making it always a fight with that “budget” thing, and well… It seems to be getting easier now that I have kids, but this year work crazy has coincided in the most not fair way. I am hoping that once the deadlines have passed and the year end freeze takes effect on Thursday that I will be able to slide in to the holidays. I will inventory the gifts, fill in any holes, and maybe decorate the damn tree.
Perhaps the worst thing that is getting in the way of my full enjoyment of the season is my throat. When I was a kid my pediatrician wanted to have my tonsils removed. I had recurrent Strep Throat, and often complained of a sore throat even when it wasn’t Strep. My parents (read, my Mom) refused. Maybe it was the no insurance reason, maybe it was her general distrust of Western medicine (my parents were non vaccinating until we started school), but I am paying for it as an adult. I finally found an ENT I liked, and fessed up to all of the embarrassing parts of being the owner of my particularly rotten tonsils. Things like bad breath (turns out, not my fault at all), and constant sore throats. Turns out, I’m not crazy, and maybe I shouldn’t be all ‘but I’m being good and not building super germs by not getting antibiotics’. She actually gasped when she got a full view the rotten buggers. Thanks mom. Recovery is two weeks, usually fully off from work. Drugs are narcotics, so I won’t be doing this until either H is weaned or I’ve got a killer freezer stash. Yay… um, and stuff. The pay off should be less sick, being able to taste food without that ever present “sick” aftertaste, and perhaps not feeling so run down because I won’t always have to be fighting off a chronic infection. Rumor has it that if my body isn’t fighting with the useless festering things that I may have less asthma issues as well. A girl can hope.
Last Thursday M had her preschool screening. I didn’t know it was possible, but the girl aced it. She was charming and eager, and I am absolutely freaking out about picking the right school for her next year. She is wonderful and so very very smart, and so very very tall, and I want to find somewhere that keeps her interested in learning and doesn’t quash her quirky spirit (yeah I know, projecting much?). All while working with two working parents, commuting, work schedules and a sibling’s daycare. However, right now, focusing on the good part. Her daycare/preschool has been awesome, we haven’t screwed up too horribly, and according them them she’s four feet tall. Someone hold me? My baby will be five in April.
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I had mine out in college when I was 19 or 20. The recovery wasn’t super fun, but certainly it wasn’t 2 weeks off work bad, either. That seems exaggerated to me. Then again, I was young, single, & childless back then. Maybe I would like 2 weeks off work on dr’s orders at this point in my life now!
I think I had surgery on a Thursday or Friday & was back to school early in the next week. I did have trouble after surgery because I was throwing up a lot, but after switching my antibiotic, that went away, so be sure you know in advance if you have sensitivities to anything.
I actually had a worse time recovering from having my wisdom teeth out – dry sockets were far worse than tonsillectomy recovery!
After being sick my entire freshman year of college (very little exaggeration in that statement), it was a revelation to feel healthy after getting my tonsils out. The number of illnesses I got after that was dramatically, amazingly reduced. I couldn’t believe how *healthy* I felt! It was pretty shocking how sick I had been before – I think chronically infected tonsils put stress on your body’s immune system & you basically feel sick all the time. Sick becomes the new normal.
Anyway, I highly, highly recommend the surgery, & I think you’ll be surprised at how well you recovery & how good you feel after you heal! Best of luck.
I agree with the inability to really get into the Holiday spirit lately, and I love Christmas usually. I’ve been able to do all the required holiday thing, except for a trip to the Holidazzle, but it hasn’t felt the same. Much more forced and required.
Hope you get in the holiday spirit soon and of course that you get those awful tonsils removed!