Matthew Meets Jeff

A few weeks ago I saw in the paper that the author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books was going to be signing the latest book in the series in Fort Atkinson.  Matthew just loves that series so I called the bookstore and got one of the few remaining spots.  They were only allowing 100 books to be signed during the event and only two people could come per book.

We got to the bookstore just as they were letting people come in and wait inside.  We had to pick up our copy of the book and then wait.  Eight-year-olds do NOT wait very well when they are excited, let me tell you!  He was so cute!  The author's staff was VERY efficient and when he arrived, they went through the line and got the name's of the kids on post-it's, then another staff member put the post it right where the author would be signing.  When we got to the author, the book was all ready to go.  He signed the book and then drew a quick picture of the main character's head.  Matthew was so shy but did manage to say "hi" before I took his picture.

It was so fun and so special to share this neat experience with Matthew and I hope he never forgets it.  And now that I think about it, this is the second celebrity Matthew has met and has a picture with.  We net Alton Brown when Matt was only 2 months old.  I should probably start a scrapbook for him....

Health Update

I thought that I might update on the health issues in our household since my posting has been very minimal.  I have taken more to shorter updates on Facebook rather than lengthy ones here on the blog, so sorry for that.

Anna:  Arm is all healed!  She's perfectly fine.

Rob:  Went back to work with no problems.  He's normal-sore as opposed to super sore.  We finally got the insurance check a couple of weeks ago and while we are by no means out of the wood financially, we're a lot better off than we were for the last two months.

Me:  All of the stress from the injuries and finances has really taken a toll on my body.  I have been regressing to the point that I wasn't even sure all of that therapy was even worth it.  I did finish my sensory therapy a couple of weeks ago and there are really no changes.  What I have learned is that when I am hurting, even minimally, I can't handle Sunday church.  Wed is a give and take.  I have finished the evening in the van waiting for the children's programs to be done at least once.  The acoustics of the building are just rough on me.  We are going to tighten up my diet where I have let a few things loose, so hopefully that will help.  And as Rob continues to work and our finances straighten out hopefully the stress will vanish and my body can get back to normal.  It's just been a really hard couple of months.