A Scary Morning

First let me start out by saying that our house is located off of a road that if a car is driving in either direction they would only have a split second to stop if you were crossing the street.  The speed limit is 30 mph which doesn't seem so fast but when you have no reaction time that is an incredibly fast speed.  Okay, so I was leaving this morning to go to my mom's house so she could watch my boys while I get my morning jog in.  I left the house the same as I always do, carrying my 1 year old son while my 2 year old son walks on his own.  I'm not sure what possessed him to bolt away from me since he's never done it before, but within a split second he was running for the road.  I immediately stopped what I was doing to run after him, but with the driveway being a sheet of ice I just couldn't get to him quick enough.  As I was running closer to him and the road, I spotted a white trailblazer that was not slowing down and heading towards my son.  I screamed as loud as I could to STOP and started flailing my arms like a crazy person.  Thankfully the cable company dug out part of our gravel driveway where it meets the road because my son's toe caught the lip and he tripped and fell.  If he wouldn't have tripped he would've definitely got hit.  God was definitely watching over my son today!  I will never trust my son in my front yard or driveway again without holding his hand.  My life would be nothing if I ever lost him.

The End is Near

Well...I can't believe that this term is almost over.  The time has flown by and I feel like I've gained so much knowledge with writing papers.  I can't say that I'm the best writer but I do have a better understanding of the writing process.  I have also enjoyed blogging.  At first I thought that blogging was going to be a waste of time but after writing my first few blogs I realized that it is a good way to vent in a positive way.  Blogging is an excellent way to clear your mind and gather all of your thoughts.  I would love to incorporate some sort of writing into my future lifestyle when it comes to clearing my mind.

Things Thrown Your Way

This week has been absolutely crazy!  On Sunday I took my son to urgent care for a ridiculously high fever and cough.  It turned out that he had RSV.  To help treat this condition we needed to get a nebulizer and since the insurance companies are closed on weekends we had to pay for it out of pocket.  This was almost impossible, but we made it happen.  The next day I took him to his pediatrician for a follow-up appointment where he was also diagnosed with pneumonia.  So, two antibiotics later he is slowly starting to feel better.  I hate it when they are sick, especially when it is an illness that makes breathing more difficult.  My son is two years old, so communication is still not the easiest thing.  To top it all off we had a really bad snow storm and now have four foot of snow in our front yard.  My fiance went out plowing from 2am-6pm yesterday and today has been out since midnight.  I don't plan on him coming home until way later this evening.  The snow was so bad that the national guard was called to rescue people from their vehicles and we had reports of ten foot and higher drifts.  We haven't had a snow storm like this in over ten years.  A positive side to all this negativity is that my son is feeling better and I will soon be able to take him out to enjoy the snow that we just got.  I love how all of life's negativity that is thrown your way always has a positive outcome.