I took Arden to her eye specialist appointment this morning.  Supposedly this eye doc specializes in pediatric eye issues.  He was very weird in person, but Arden loved him, so I guess he really does specialize in talking to the little people.  I felt like a bit actor in the PeeWee Herman show - a little bit.  The good news is, Arden loved going to the eye doctor - she thought it was a big game. The bad news, her sty, or chalazion requires surgery to be removed. It has gotten too large and has recently started to bug her. There’s a chance it can actually rub away the outer skin of the eyelid, which would mean surgery and stitches on the lower lid - but if it stays intact, they can do the surgery, in under 5 minutes, on the inside of the lid.  Hopefully she won’t remember it.  On a happy note, her depth perception is 100%. . . so far it hasn’t hurt her vision. I will just be glad to have it over and done with.  I’m particularly thrilled that her pre-op appointment doesn’t require a blood draw and the surgery is done without an IV - just a mask to put her out for a few minutes.  Right now it’s scheduled for January 20th but we are on the cancellation list for next Tuesday if something opens up more quickly (I hate to wish some other kid would get a cold and drop out, but I REALLY do not want this thing to bust out of her eye like a miniature re-enactment of Alien, the Movie). 

On another sad, and partially happy note:  my Blackberry officially bit the dust today. The trackball has been problematic for a long time - it kept popping out, and I’d shove it back in there. I even resorted to crazy glue once when I was very desperate.  Today it popped out again and I broke it completely when trying to, as they say in the South, “mash the button back in ‘er”.  I am currently waiting for Mike to get home so I can go get an iPhone. I am not buying another Blackberry. Once I learned, by playing with my brother-in-law Frank’s iPhone, that Lo and Behold, I can process orders on this thing (!!!!) I was sold. 

It’s not the best time to be buying new anything, but I have no choice. I can’t even answer my own phone now. I can dial numbers, but I can’t check emails and I can’t answer the phone when it rings.  It’s been pretty annoying, especially since a customer decided today to call me 16 times but would never leave a message, and therefore I had no idea who it was until she finally broke down and left her name and number in the voice mail. 

It’s off to the Apple store iGo!