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Things Going Basically OK Still

(4ml prozac, probiotics, 1/2 magnesium, 2 drops of D3 250mg of zithromax)

Ewen has been going to soccer camp this week and he likes it. He has been a bit more twitchy and I am going to give him a Zithromax today. He hasn't had one since Saturday because I was going to do what he Dr said and just give him one a week at 500mg. But when he doesn't have one for a couple of days he gets more and more twitchy. He has a weird nose tic now too where he scrunches it a lot.

I want to come down on his prozac since that has been linked to facial tics but he is happy and I want that to stay.

I am also taking Prozac and I really like feeling calm about stuff instead of worried about things all the time. But it affects my motivation too.

I am loving this summer. We can all get up at whatever time we want to. We took Ewen a bit late to camp this morning. I'm not going to worry about rules or responsibilities...just relaxation and fun for a while, especially since we can't afford to go on vacation this summer.  I did make the kids some chore lists for the summer and they are doing them. That makes my life much easier. My oldest makes breakfast for herself and for my youngest in the morning and  she has been making waffles with fresh strawberries and organic chocolate sauce. Then she empties the dishwasher. My youngest makes her bed and washes the bathroom sink...every morning.

Today they all get their surprises for doing all of their chores all week long. The girls got an expansion pack for their Sims game and Ewen is getting two magic cards he has been coveting for a while. Next week they have to do all of their chores without any reminders from me to get their checkmarks that lead to their Thursday surprise...we will see if that works!

I have lots of editing to do today and then the girls and I will pick up Ewen from soccer camp this afternoon. I hope he is having a good day.

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