My Baby Needs Glasses

Awhile back I got a notice from the school that they had done some testing and that it was a possibility that Amber would need glasses. Now I didnt notice her having any problems seeing and waited awhile to make an eye appt. Then in the last couple weeks I have noticed amber getting really close to the TV and whenever we were reading would get closer than she needed to to see the pictures and letters. Then I had to wait a bit until I got my tax return. My work does not have vision coverage so I knew this was going to cost me quite a bit. At the begining of the week I started making calls to OD's to try to get an appt. This was almost impossible. Most Ophthalmologists do not see small children and my medical group is Hills Physicians which is not that popular among eye doctors apparently. Finally I find a small practice that would see her. We get there and they ran all the tests then dilated her eyes and did them again. I guess she can force herself to see 20/20 when she needs to but it causes high eye strain. In the end we discovered that her vision is pretty bad. So then we looked at glasses. After trying on a bunch of pairs she finally picked a pair of frames but we wont get them for awhile, the eyepieces were too long so I needed to order a pair that had shorter eyepieces and I want her to have the poly carbonate lenses that are harder to break since she can be a rough child. But she looked so cute with her glasses and does need them. I just wish it wasnt so young but what can I do. I am just glad she didnt end up crosseyed since kids with her vision normally have one or both eyes crossed and that is hard to fix.

My Gosh, It has started already

Ok so yesterday afternoon my cell phone rang. Now most people dont call me during work hours on the cell and it was a strange number so I picked up only to hear a little voice say "Is amber there". When I said no the little girl hung up before I could find out who she was. An hour or so later I picked amber up at Kids First and asked if she had given my number to any of her friends. She said yes that it was Semra and she called her back. I made sure to tell her she couldnt talk too long since it's a cell phone and she would be using my minutes but did she listen, NOOOO lol. She talked to her friend for almost 30 minutes while we were driving home. And from what I could hear they were talking about nothing. Yes for those of you who are wondering I do know that it was her friend. I was the one to call back and speak to her mom and make sure that it was Semra from her kindegarden class. But I cant believe that they are already calling each other and talking on the phone. It shouldnt be starting this early. If it continues I am going to have to either get a house phone or more minutes on my plan since I already use them for my talking, internet and when I use messenger on my phone.

Son of a B.....

So I gotten written up today at work, Now yes normally I would post this on myspace but since my shithead supervisor is friends with some of the people on my page there is a chance he would be shown this. All I can say is that I am truly pissed right now, Probably made worse by the fact that I am about to start my period and the temper comes more quickly for the next week. A couple days ago I sent some laser information to one of our long time customers. This customer already had this information but couldnt remember where he put it and asked for me to resend it. Now keep in mind his laser is about 7 years old and he has had this the entire time but for some reason or another QA/RA has decided that we shouldnt send out that information but doesnt bother to notify anyone in the dept since 3 of us decided it was ok to send. So today as it is time for me to leave I get called in to his office, told not to do it again and then given a final warning, not even a warning for sending something out that a customer already has. I swear I need a new job, If the economy wasnt so bad I would look but until such a time as it getting better I am afraid that I am stuck. With so many people out of work I cant take a chance on something new. Sorry for the vent but I had to get this off my chest. There is a lot more I can say but wont because I want to get my mind off of it. Grrrr what a great way to start the weekend

I had such a hard day

Lol, so this was the response amber gave me when i asked how her day was. It was a hard hard day for her. She had to do her bunny dress and face all by herself since we were home sick yesterday and most of the kids started it then. She had to do lots of hopscotch, had a orange thrown at her, a banana fell on her shoe (lots of food problems here). Oh and we forgot her kite since I wasnt aware that it was kite day at school. How that one slipped by me I dont know. Plus the lunch lady cant ever seem to find amber in the system for her lunch card. I think I am going to need to make something for Amber to show her when she wants lunch. How many times does the kid have to say her name before they will let her get lunch. Man oh man I wish for these kind of hard days. Instead of stressed out crazy days with the possibility of getting an ulcer if I dont slow down.

The Drama of Kindegarden

I swear little girls are just crazy lol. They are just so picky, tempermental and bossy. Arghhhh since amber has been in preschool her and her little girl friends are always fighting about something and not being each others friends. It normally starts with one of them not wanting to do the same thing as the other and so they now hate each other and are no longer friends, then the next day they get along again until the next time. And it only gets worse and they start taking each other's sides and gang up on each other. Lately amber has been the one ganged up on. She is driving me crazy. I dont remember things that bad when I was that age and I am scared to think of what things will be like when she is in high school

Disney on ice and the ways they rip you off

Heres another blog for you. Tonight me and amber went to see the Princess Wishes on Ice at the Oracle arena. Now I will admit the show was pretty good and I loved seeing the looks on ambers face and how excited she was when her favorite princesses were on the ice. But it was so darn expensive, I am not sure how people who have more than one or two kids can afford it. To start with the tickets were roughly about $55 but I purchased those awhile back. Today when we got to the arena I had to lpay $15 just to park my car, Its been awhile since I went to anything there and didnt realize how much it had increased. Then since we didnt eat much before we left I decided to get some nachos and a drink. Just those 2 things cost me $10.50. I have never spend more than $5 on a bottle of soda in my life, Then we got a huge bag of cotten candy since amber had been looking forward to it all week and that cost me another $10. I swear its all a rip off, If I had been able to smuggle in bottles of water I would have done that at the very least. The food cost more than the necklace and coloring book she got as souveniers. But she had a great fun time and thats what really matters lol

My little mini-me

So lately I have been noticing how much amber sounds like me at times. Now I know some of this is to be expected since she hears me yapping at her all the time but lately I have been finding it hilarious. Some of the things she says are

Chop Chop-Mostly to my parents when they dont move fast enough to suit her
Sorry Darlin-to the dog when she doesnt want to play with her
Dang it or Holy Shnikes-when she drops something. The 2nd one is something I made up trying to avoid saying something worse.

And the cutest one of all is:

COOL, Thats Awesome: That is just so me, I will admit it.

It is just funny listening to the things that come out of thier mouths. It makes me be extra extra careful of what I say around her