Z's 15 month checkup

It started off monumentally, as in on the drive to the clinic, we hit a lawn chair mattress blown up into the air by the car in front of us.  It was absolutely unavoidable.  We were fine, but it did rip off the plastic plate protecting my oil hoses and such on the bottom of my car.  Sorry for the lack of an official part name but I am challenged when it comes to anything car related, despite handing tools to my dad when he worked on our '83 Land Rover.  Hubby is going to take care of fixing it this afternoon.  He's the best.  And I'm glad there wasn't more damage.

Anyways, we arrived safe and mostly sound to Z's appointment.  The clinic was running terribly behind, the worst I've ever experienced in the military with Z's doctors.  It took them over an hour to call us back, but once they did, things moved along pretty well.

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Steps to Sanity & questions about Z

Had a very long talk with Hubby yesterday about how I've been feeling.  Things kind of came to a head and it started off with me really frustrated and in tears, but ended with some solutions.

He's going to watch Z a little more often than one afternoon a month, which should allow me to relax a little more and get some much needed time to myself.  Already he's fulfilling that by taking her out this afternoon.  Unfortunately I went to bed with a killer headache, woke up with it, went to church with it, took a nap with it, and still have it.  I think it's because I took gluten free cheese pizza slices with me to Disney World on Thursday - and the milk is still bothering me.  Dairy gives me awful headaches for days, I recently found out.  But it's hard to find anything more convenient than pizza - eating and packing wise, compared to root veggies. And sometimes I miss cheese and eating normal food.

I also need to relinquish control when Hubby's watching Z, as in trust him, even when she comes home from the park with minor bruises and scratches.  He lets her run a little more free than I would, and is more casual about letting her fall down than I am.

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