Snow days and doctors appointments

I have failed miserably in posting much lately due to a variety of factors. The weekend was incredibly busy so I barely had a chance to breathe much less think about what to post. Sunday we left the house at 8am and didn't get home till 7pm due to church, a classmates roller skating party and soccer training.

This week the weather decided to remind us how harsh it could be. Monday was a scheduled day off but we got a snow day Tuesday do to severe temps. Wednesday they had school but the roads were horrible. Our normal 15min drive turned into a 45 minute trek but at least we arrived with little issue.  Today schools were closed again due to severe temps and we are waiting on word about tomorrow considering the temp is supposed to be even lower.  Makes for a trying week, especially when the kids start to get bored and I can't let them play outside like I would during Spring Break.

Thanks to the snow day today, the kids had the joy of going to my 6 month dermatology check up with me. Usually I like to go alone to these but no such luck.  I expected it to be a fairly uneventful visit with him finding no spots.

Yeah, I was wrong. As soon as he started to look at my face, he immediately found 2 spots around my nose where I had put the chemo creme on last month that he decided to freeze off.  If you have ever had this done, you know how much this burns when the liquid hits your skin.  Thanks to the kids watching my reaction, I was unable to so much as flinch at the pain and just had to breathe through it. Not my idea of fun.

Of course those 2 spots were not the only things he found today. He also noted to spots on the right side of my forehead that he noted as possible basal cell carcinoma. I was not thrilled knowing he was going to biopsy these spots which meant two shots into the area to numb the area.  With my history of basal cell carcinoma, 8 spots removed from my face over the last 3 years, he suspects these two will turn up as basal cell as well. At least he said that I could drive myself to the Mohs surgery to have them removed since they posed no danger of making my eye swell during the procedure. I'll take whatever positive I can get out of the appointment.

On another positive note, I got several compliments on how well behaved the kids were at the appointment. What really made me smile was Joseph opening doors for the girls and ladies he saw in the building telling them "Girls first."  It was very sweet and made several of the older gentlemen around us smile as well.  We want Joseph to open doors for girls and be protective of them. Chivalry is not dead in my house.

Until tomorrow....I hope at least