McComb Family

I'm sure everyone living in California has the budget on their mind these days. Things are looking pretty bleak. Makes me want to pack up and head somewhere else. But, here I still am!

Education, of course, will be affected, so there has been lots of talk about what will happen next year. In order to minimize layoffs this year, my district has offered job sharing as an option. This is the first time it's been on our paper we have to fill out about what we'd like to do the next year, so of course I said I was interested. We had a meeting yesterday at the district office, and it looks like it might actually happen. I've even got a partner picked out and ready to go!!

Today I'm home with Adam who's running a fever and getting a little taste of what it might be like next year!! :) Of course, I wouldn't have had to go in at 6:45 to do sub plans, and I wouldn't be trapped at home with a sick kid.....but I can imagine!!!

Bret couldn't stay home with him because he is doing interviews today. Even in this economy he's still hiring, and they're even adding another corporation (that'll be 4!). Good for him, and good for me so I can stay home part-time.

We'll see what happens!!

Posted in: on Friday, February 20, 2009 at at 10:06 AM 2 comments  

I thought I was bad with my digital camera, DVR, blogs, and so on, but I've just added one more piece of technology to my already full life......Facebook! Ugh, I'm already addicted to it and have barely been on it a mere 24 hours! My full-time job is really starting to get in the way of more important things!!!!

So if you're on Facebook, let me know....we can be "friends"! And for those of you who aren't on it yet, what are you waiting for? I'll see you on my wall soon!! : )

Posted in: on Monday, February 16, 2009 at at 6:54 PM 4 comments  

The kids had friends over and things seemed to be going well -- Briana and Ashley were off playing together and Adam and Megan were playing in his room. There was no fighting, arguing, crying....what more could I ask for!? However, when their mom showed up to pick them up, we noticed what the younger two had been up to, and it was no good!!!

The funny thing is, they've done this once before. I should have learned!! They took everything, and I mean EVERYTHING, from his room and piled it on the floor. I pushed and pushed on the door and got it open about a foot. In that small space, I saw more than I needed to see and marched downstairs to get the camera. Adam must know that when the camera comes out, I'm documenting some evidence of his poor choices. He promptly slammed the door as soon as he saw the camera coming his way.

He opened it up far enough to poke his head out and say, "No cameras!" I felt like the paparazzi. You can tell by the look on his face that he knows he's in big trouble!! [Notice the bed frame in the background with no mattress or shelves underneath that are normally there!]

This is what I saw when I was able to poke my head around the door. Lovely, isn't it?!

And this my fellow parents, is why kids cannot be left alone. Frequently checking in on them is imperative!!! If it's quiet and you think things are going well....there's big trouble. Trust me, I know!!!

Posted in: on Sunday, February 15, 2009 at at 1:01 PM 5 comments  

Today ended up being a snow day. No school!!! They make the determination based on weather in Georgetown since that is where our buses are kept. Snow there does not necessarily mean snow here. It didn't even dawn on me until it started to get light, that we might actually have snow ourselves. What a surprise to look out the window and see everything covered with a dusting of snow. Yea!!!The kids of course love any opportunity they have to play in the stuff.

And I loved the view out my bedroom window. The dark branches contrasting against the white snow and sky......gorgeous!!! (Hard to tell from the picture -- you'll have to use your imagination!!!)They say more snow is coming this weekend, so we'll see what else is in store for us. Pretty crazy to think my parents are sitting on a beach somewhere in Mexico right now! : )

Posted in: on Friday, February 13, 2009 at at 5:19 PM 2 comments  

We had a 3-day weekend this weekend for Lincoln's birthday, and I was planning on getting lots done! Friday started off well enough. I got this brilliant idea to host a T.G.I.F. at my house for everyone who works at my school. It sounded like a great idea, but it ended up being a little stressful. We were cleaning all week when we'd get home from school, trying to get things ready. By the time Friday came, I realized I just needed to let it go, and whatever happened happened. It turned out great, lots of people showed up, and we had a very nice time.


Then came Friday night/Saturday morning. Adam had come home from school with a raspy voice, but that didn't stop him from running around and having a good ol' time Friday night. About 4:00 a.m. though he woke up and was really struggling to breathe. Then because he couldn't breathe, he started to panic a little bit, which then made it even more difficult to breathe. I got him calmed down and he fell back asleep, but then I laid there wondering what to do. I finally decided he was doing okay and to just let him sleep (at least that way one of us would get some sleep!!).


When he got up that morning I called the advice nurse, and they wanted to see him at 11:30. Well, before we made it that long, he started having trouble again. It sounded like he was breathing through a straw, and he just threw himself on the floor crying and gasping. Bret was on the phone with the advice nurse trying to get something sooner, and I almost had him hang up and dial 911. It was that scary!!



Once again I got him calmed down and off we headed for the ER. They got him in right away and when the doctor saw him, he told all the nurses that "this kid takes priority over everyone else". Yikes -- really made me realize how serious he was. Here he is receiving one of the five breathing treatments he had to have.


He was not a happy camper! After the treatments he did fine for a while but then started getting raspy again. The ER doctor wanted a pediatrician to see him, so they asked one to come down and evaluate him. He decided that they wanted to continue to monitor him since his breathing wasn't completely better, so they ended up admitting him into the hospital. He thought it was pretty cool to get pushed through all the halls of the hospital in a bed. Here his is getting set up in his room with monitors and all the other goodies.

He had a good time checking out all the buttons of his bed. He could adjust the feet, head, lights, TV......everything right from his bed!! We had gotten to the ER at 10:30 and by the time he was all settled into his room upstairs it was 8:00. Needless to say, we were starving!!! The nurse was able to find us two extra trays so we could have dinner. So here we are at a table for two!!
He was too busy watching TV to be bothered to look at me! : ) You can tell he was feeling much better!!! He thought it was pretty cool to have the room to himself, all the buttons to push, nurses to wait on him, but by the next morning he was ready to go home (me too!!!). They discharged him shortly before lunch and we were out of there! Too much excitement for me! I came home, peeled the contacts out of my eyes, and tried to catch up on some rest. I thought we had avoided croup this year and he had finally outgrown it, but no such luck! Maybe next year!!! And now it's back to work tomorrow and nothing has gotten done!

Posted in: on Monday, February 09, 2009 at at 1:02 PM 3 comments