Preparing for a loooong weekend.........

                

I am preparing myself for a very long weekend.  Wish it was because we had an extra day off but no it is because one special boy I know had his Botox shots today.  They help reduce his muscle tone to improve the wear and tear on his joints and help with his gait.  He was so brave.  He did amazing, but now we will be dealing with all the affects of the medication he takes so that they are not so painful.  It will be a long weekend full of crying and easily frustrated episodes.  It is worth it to make this procedure a bit easier on him but still I think I will be needing a lot more patience than I currently have to deal with him.

 My Harebell cardigan continues to grow at a very slow rate.  Knitting really works that way.  You can knit row after row and it seems to not grow at all.  Still I am loving this pattern even though my count is a bit off.  I am loving the feel of this yarn in my hands even though silk fuzz lands on everything and I am loving the simple act of knitting again.  I have to wear my finger splint and a compression wrist support while I knit but I am loving it.  

The colors of this Lion Brand silk yarn are just scrumptious.  I can't seem to get a good photo of just how gorgeous this yarn is.  And to those of you that did not think Lion Brand made this type of yarn they do, this and many other really nice yarns that you can find on their website.  They have many sales so if you see something you like keep an eye out for a sale.

Yarns that were not for sale but were purchased anyway this week are the two above.  I had a week my friends, a really stressful and hard week.  Some of it with Little Buddy and school work, some with my patients.  One very vengeful doctor reported neglect on one of the medical foster mothers I work with.  This horrible accusation, which is completely untrue I might add as I am there all the time, has resulted in this darling but very involved baby being taken from the only home she has known.  This mother has been in medical foster care for over 20 years, she is amazing.  But she kept asking this doctor for a referral for neurology, at my request and also at the request of the other therapists, and when she would not give it after several months of asking this mom took her child to another pediatrician.  For that she was reported for neglect.  But she got that referral from her new doctor, and the neurologist saw this baby last week and has requested many tests to see what is really going on with her.  Still this case continues with no good outcome as of yet, and it is heartbreaking.  I drove up to see the baby today, it is pretty far from my house but I needed to make sure she was okay and answer questions for this new family.  She is fine but with two weeks of no therapy she is not progressing and her postural asymmetries are getting worse, it is weighing on me.  

So when I got the chance to stop by the yarn store I jumped on it.  I knew that yesterday I would have a big gap in my schedule as one of my families has now tested positive for Covid.  I was there the day before the mom had symptoms.  She was not near me at all and the little boy I was with has tested negative so far.  Still I had a mask on and sanitized so I am keeping my fingers crossed I am fine and have not spread it everywhere.  The yarn store beckoned me for a visit to purchase some yarn to relive my stress.  I have not been there in there in about a year.  It was bliss, there were only two people in the store browsing for yarn, everyone had a mask on, and I tried to keep touching to a minimum but that is hard when you want to feel the texture of yarn.  Still a yarn store is pure bliss to me. I bought enough yarn of each color above to knit a sweater, another Harebell in the colorful yarn that will be light weight for Florida temperatures and a shorter cardigan with the grey modern cotton.  

I went for another walk with my wee little patient this week.  It was so beautiful out and we enjoyed a gorgeous day outside.  To our surprise we saw this pelican swimming in the lake/pond.  Their house is close to the gulf in St. Pete but still not on the coast.  It is odd to see a pelican this far away from the shore.  It took off as we were watching and flew around the lake two times and then flew off.  It was quite a fun thing to see.

Bear has another sting or something on his paw.  He is now wearing the cone because he simply can't stop licking it.  This gets him in trouble all the time.  As my vet says some dogs are just lickers and will lick their paw off if they can.  I actually have medication that says, "for excessive paw licking," on the label.  Hank does not look very pleased his brother is in a cone.

This weekend I hope to relax and knit.  I really need some downtime.  I feel like this past week has really drained the life out of me.  But keep in mind I know we are all okay, we have power, water, food, no big ice storms, no major appliance disasters, no flooding and frankly nothing to really complain about.  Still I am tired.  I am trying to find things to be grateful for and humor when I can.  And that includes a very funny comment from Anonymous on my last post. Aren't they always from Anonymous?  It made me laugh out loud but I didn't post it because it wasn't accurate.  But Anonymous, if you are reading this post thank you again for the laugh and the unbelievable ridiculousness of what you said, you are apparently live in a dream world lacking facts! Insurrection, five dead, enough said.

And to make you laugh Little Buddy told me this the other day. "These tacos are the most delightful tacos I have ever seen.  I am giving you five stars!"

Have a good weekend my friends and stay safe.