InstaFriday ~ What's Wrong With This Post?

Before you even guess, I'll tell you...

Only four pictures this week.

What the?!  Something must be wrong, right?!  This is the least amount of pictures that I have ever posted in one week.  Something is wrong.  Keep reading, I'll explain.

But first, I just want to say how lucky my kids are that they get to spend the kind of time that they do with my parents while they are here in the month of February.  I pretty much don't see my children on the weekends (which was a blessing this past weekend, as I spent most of it sleeping).  They have a countdown to the weekends and when grandpa and grandma are going to pick them up.  It doesn't matter what they are doing with my parents, my kids have the BEST time ever!  I know they are making memories that they will cherish forever and I am so thankful they have them around.

 

So while the kids were playing with my parents all weekend, I began what is to date, my WORST migraine I have ever had.  It started on Saturday and hasn't fully went away yet.  It got so bad that on Tuesday I had to go to the doctor to get a shot to stop the pain.  The shot worked temporarily, but I woke up with another one on Wednesday.  What scares me the most about this round of headaches is the weakness on my left side.  From my neck and down my back to the tips of my fingers I can't really describe what I am feeling other than weakness and tingling.  It is very scary.  X-Rays showed that I do have a little bit of arthritis in my neck, but it shouldn't be causing this kind of pain.  They are thinking that I possibly have a nerve pinched in my neck and that is the cause of the symptoms.  The doctor doesn't know why my headache won't go away fully and prescribed muscle relaxers and pain medicine to try and make me comfortable, but I worry about functioning and teaching on those meds.  I do have an MRI scheduled for my spine and a CT Scan for my brain next week to try and see if that will give any answers.  Until then, this is probably the only thing I will be doing (hopefully not, hopefully it eases up sooner rather than later); snuggling with Betsy on the couch and reading yet another book, currently on the Kindle If You Stay (Beautifully Broken).

Cousins!  Joel was in town still this week and we were able to all get together twice for dinner!  The cousins LOVED every second of play time they got with each other.  Crazy how much they look alike!  Didn't really notice it before this picture, but see a lot of it above!

We miss Joel, Erin, Ava, and Brayden already!  They left to go back to Saudi Arabia (why does that field so weird to type?  Guess I never thought my brother would ever live there!) yesterday.  This picture will go in a frame in the house somewhere.  Love you guys BIG!!!

The Harlem Shake.  Have you guys seen this dance yet?  It is ridiculous.  For real, but my kids look ridiculously cute doing it!  I didn't even know what this was until this past weekend, where Chad enlightened me.  He might be more obsessed than the children.  Silly husband.

Okay, now you know why there is a shortage of pictures, hopefully this will be the last time that ever happens!  Happy Weekend to you.  It's the last one that my parents will be here for and I am trying not to think of how sad it makes me.  February flies.  Boo.