Okay

Yeah, it's been a while. I won't start to post about where I actually am right now, only to tell you that it's far away.


Makena did get potty trained. It took two good weeks and a lot of sanitizer but she got on with the program and cooperated even though she wasn't happy about it. During this time I discovered that she hates the flushing sound most public bathrooms make so I have her block her ears or have her leave the bathroom before I flush and that seems to work. I noticed that around the time this training started that she curiously began to line things up around the house and especially in her room. Pillows and her toy ponies seem to be the favorite thing to order.


But the most monumental change for us has been having her sleep through the night most of the week.

I had Makena re-tested for allergies and food intolerances. Seafood is to be avoided at all times but we also found out that she is intolerant of wheat, dairy, citrus, chocolate and tomatoes. Within three days of cutting dairy and wheat out, her perpetual runny nose stopped flowing and the waking up in the middle of the night ceased.

The doctor suspected that because she had a high tolerance for pain that she could manage any indigestion she had during the day but when night came, and she slept, her guard went down so the indigestion might have caused her to cry out and wake her up.

Pizza occasionally slips by us and chocolate is also difficult to avoid but for the most part we try to keep her off the no-no foods and she is good. Uninterrupted sleep for the first time in almost three years has done wonders for my sense of humor too.

The final count of bunnies I had to find homes for was sixteen. The last four were given away the day before we left.

Is- okay