our week in a nutshell :: 1/2 - 1/6

This has been a very bizarre week! It has definitely seemed to drag by at times, but it has flown by, too and I am SO thankful to be at he end of it!

• Brian started his new job with the public school system, and we could not be more thrilled! The drive is shorter, and he is loving it so far!
• Cade had his normal therapy appts. on Tuesday & Thursday.
• I spent a lot of time on the phone confirming appointments & getting instructions for Cade's MRI next week. Also spent a lot of time filling out insurance forms - this will be the first time in our married life we've had insurance.
• Tuesday night, we took Ryan to the ER. A couple of weeks ago, he stepped on some glass, which we {thought} we'd removed. Tuesday evening, out of the blue, his toe was swollen with a BIG pocket of puss & red streaks running to the arch of his foot. The ER x-rayed it, and that's how we found out there's still glass. We didn't see the x-rays. He also prescribed antibiotics.
• We saw the PCP on Thursday, and he was concerned that the infection was growing; he cut the toe to drain the infection, and told us to make an appointment with a specialist.
• We saw Dr. Shaffer today, and were able to view the x-rays... The glass is indeed still in the toe... And it it large an right next to the bone. Now Ryan is scheduled for outpatient surgery next Friday to have it removed.

Add all of this to our old sweet dog who can't walk, and 2 Christmas gift puppies who STILL aren't housetrained.... it's been a hectic week to say the least. We still have not started back to school after Christmas; although they are un-decorated, most of the Christmas trees are still not in the attic, and my laundry is out. of. control. I took a picture at the beginning of the week thinking surely it would look better at the end of the week. Yeah. It doesn't.

Forget the former things... do not dwell on the past. - Isaiah 43:18

Moving on!