And more bad weather and hurting ears

Well, to round out January, poor little Stone had yet another ear infection (about a week ago) that included one of his ears rupturing and draining out. Yuck and poor little guy.. so much pain! I think a visit to an ENT is in order and hopefully tubes (if recommended) will help relieve the constant irritation he seems to be having lately. I think fluid is just not draining off, thus causing infection after infection. Maybe we'll get some relief on this soon.

Then, this past weekend, major snow storm (at least for NC). School was closed Monday, then again on Tuesday and yet again on Wednesday. Then, they had a 2 hour delay today (Thursday) and they already closed it again for tomorrow (Friday) due to some snow and ice that is supposed to start around midnight. This also means our after school program and preschool have been closed. I've been working from home, but Stone had definite cabin fever. He was happy as a clam to be in school today and then after school this afternoon. He was tugging on his ears and complaining of them hurting again, but happy to be out of our apartment!

The weather, and Stone's bad double ear infection, caused a postponing of our would-be trip to WV to celebrate my dad's and nephew's birthdays. My nephew Nate turns 6 tomorrow. Hard to believe! We hope to go up the 3rd weekend in February, so we shall see how that turns out.

So tonight, Stone had me literally laughing out loud and in hysterics. Sometimes, it's the unexpected things your kid does that really tickles the funny bone. He comes up to me and says, "Look Mommy! I'm a St. Bernard!" and then proceeds to lick my cheek like a dog! Hilarious really, since I had no idea where that came from. Love the spontaneity of that moment! Love that kid and thankful every day for him!

There are some things in the works for both mine and Kevin's jobs.. we shall see what the next few weeks brings concerning them both. Hopefully, these are good things. I say that because Kevin's company has been laying off a lot of employees lately and we pray that we escape this possibility this go-around. We would love to not have to go through that again so soon. And due to a stupid mistake on my W2 form, we now owe our great country taxes instead of breaking even or getting a refund. Nice. For once, I wish our taxes would all work out instead of us having to owe! And it's not a little amount either. Praying that God provides, cause I have no idea where that money is going to come from. One day at a time. And that is all for now.