Mothering is bringing me to my knees...

after various appointments with the orthopedist, acupuncturist, and podiatrist, my knees are officially shot to hell. Not one, both. Presently, I am having trouble getting up sitting positions, off the floor, and up/down the stairs. It's killing me!

It doesn't help that my toddlers are often needing to be picked up and carried. In and out of carseats! Damn those useless plastic law-mandated pieces of junk! I really hate it when we citizens in a free world are dictated to about safety issues and how they are to be carried out for my family at our expense of course. Why don't cars come with child seats as an option? Then we can sell the car to another family in need of a car with carseats, etc.

My parents are really trying to help me out too. But when they join me in an outing, it becomes what I had in NY when we visited with the in-laws. An outing with 2 toddlers and 2 senior citizens. I don't know whether it helps or not but it certainly makes them feel good to think they're helping in some way.

I love my new acupuncturist. He is a soft spoken Chinese herbalist who can sense all pain just from touching the area. He's done wonders already in terms of getting the inflammation down.

I've also been limited to not doing any sort of exercise while I have my knees repaired. Too bad. I really like Janice my personal trainer too. I miss her already. It was actually she who kept pushing me to see someone about my painful knees. Now I can't even see her anymore.