More proof that life is about balance.

This week has been a roller coaster, to say the least.  After getting home from a business trip, I’m finally back with my amazing boyfriend and awesome kids.  Dayum, I missed them so much!   I came home to happy people, people as excited to see me as I was them … that is AWESOME!!!!

The boys both got their report cards this week.  They’re doing GREAT.  Both at the top of their class, the eldest is getting all A’s & B’s and improving in every area.  I’m so proud of him; he’s a great kid and doing well in ALL areas.  Littlest gift is happy and well socialized (which is really all you can ask for a 5 year old).  His language skills are really strong as his skills are as good in French and English, compared to his classmates who achieve in one language.  Then BBE had his annual review at work and scored well, even better than last year.  He’s a hard work, effective problem solver and dedicated employee.  He doesn’t play the BS games that a lot of his coworkers do, so I’m sure his boss favours him as well.

It’s all coming up Millhouse, right?  Well, unfortunately not.  It can’t all be great, there needs to be balance in the universe or you’d take the wonderful moments for granted.  I finally got into the orthopedic specialist yesterday and while he was charming and happy, after reviewing my MRI he returned to the room with a much more somber look.  Apparently it’s not just shredded cartridge in my knees, but early onset arthritis.  Oh, that doesn’t sound good.  No, it’s not, however, there’s a really good medication on the market to treat this, but it’s very expensive and you’ll require a shot in each knee.  So here’s the prescription, go check with your insurance see if they’ll cover it.

I checked

They don’t

CRAP

So, here I am with two shot knees and my kidneys taking a beating because of the anti-inflammatory medication I’ve been on for 6 months.  The silver lining is that I’ve been given the green light to start working out again, but with elimination of specific exercises.  Losing some weight will help, but there’s no long term solution.  Yet.