Ouch

Well, this is the week for blessings in disguise, I guess.

I heard a few days ago that my hours are being cut at work. I'm not looking forward to the hit to my wallet, but hey, at least I still have a job, and one I really like at that. It is also a blessing because Nathan has such a difficult time in daycare, that it can only help to have him in daycare for less time. I'll enjoy the extra time with him as well. In fact, I'm really looking forward to spending more time with Nathan. Of course, the pay reduction hasn't hit yet, but I'll enjoy this while I can. Gotta roll with the punches.

I also went to have my eyes checked, this time with "a real doctor," like everyone kept pushing me to do. It was a pretty thorough exam. They were concerned about a blind spot that I have that has gotten a little larger, and light sensitivity that has gotten worse recently, and the wavy distortions I still have. (My eyes were damaged during my pregnancy, when my blood pressure shot up to 227/117, and I nearly lost my vision then.) Anyway, the exam so far has been full of good news. First of all, my eyeglass prescription hasn't changed significantly enough to warrant new glasses! YAY! (I love my pink-tinted glasses). And they found nothing structurally wrong with my eyes right now. No glaucoma (though I show that I am a good candidate for it), and no macular degeneration. Whew. However, they can't say what's wrong with my eyes. Even though my eyes were damaged when Nathan was born, the problems it caused should not be getting worse now. So now I am on to more testing and exams. One exam with the retina specialist, can take 3-5 hours! Sheesh. I also have several other appointments scheduled. I suppose this is a good time to do it, since we need to cut our hours at work, but I'm worried about this little hit to my wallet as well. But I guess you really can't take any chances when it comes to your vision. I guess I'll also find out just how good this insurance is at work. Thank goodness I didn't switch to the cheaper insurance when given the chance last month - I might need this coverage now. Keep your fingers crossed that they don't find anything bad, or anything that requires surgery or anything.

Nathan has been doing good lately. I've been upset by some stuff at school, though. He came home last weekend with a TON of homework. There was a workbook sent home, one that usually they work on in school, and it had about 20 pages in it that needed to be done! (They wanted it done last weekend, too. I don't know if they realize how HARD it is to have Nathan do homework. He is never medicated at home. He has difficulty focusing on homework for long periods of time, and he gets so distracted. It would take FOREVER to get 20 pages done, even when I'm right there with him every minute, fighting to keep him on task.) I don't understand why he is so much behind, if it is because he misses too much school when he goes to the OT and PT and stuff, or if he's goofing around at school when he is supposed to be working on it. I'm going to have to have a long talk with his teacher about this. She gave us until this weeked (and it's a long weekend) to finish it. The grading period ends on Wednesday, when they go back to school. Sigh. I am not looking forward to the rest of the weekend full of homework. I feel like I'm back in school again (and I wasn't so crazy about it the first time around, lol).