Mindy's Non-Adventures

First, can we all congratulate each other for making it through October? Seriously. Give yourself a hand. You made it through the first doldrums of the school year! Well, almost. We just have to make it through Halloween, my absolute favorite holiday of the year. What's not to love about spending too much money on candy I can't eat while making/buying costumes for my kids? Actually, I don't like Halloween. I see this holiday as the day I have to get through to enter into the blessed month of November.  I'll spare you my gushing for November. We're still in October so it's time to think back over the month. Mostly, it wasn't as painful as previous years. I don't know why. Oh wait. It's probably because I threw out my math plan for Tommy, and we're still not fully committed to a high school math curriculum. I am not worried about this because he can still do a full class of geometry in a semester. Even if I wait until January (which I won't)...

Last week I had to take Charlotte to MUSC to be evaluated by an orthopedist. My pediatrician was concerned she might have scoliosis. *hard eye roll* She does not have scoliosis. Like, she's not even close. Her spine is 5 degrees from perfect. The process was so irritating. We were hungry because the appointment was right at lunch time, and I had severely overestimated the competency of the office to schedule appointments appropriately. It was an irritating day equivalent to a small rock in your shoe for a couple of hours. It was stressful because even though I knew Charlotte was fine, I was also walking into this large, intimidating building full of people who are not fine. It makes me consider the what-ifs that I generally avoid. You know, what if my child was in this waiting room for something severe. What if this doctor visit wasn't a one time thing but instead a regular part of my life. I complained on Facebook about the surface issues. The stupidly long wait. The overbooke...