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About 40 minutes ago I helped Henry get on his bus and head off for his last day of school. I'm not sure how we got here so quickly. Didn't he just get on for his first day? Today is a half day, so in a few short hours Holly and I will be heading back to the bus stop to bring him home for the summer.

We spent Saturday afternoon picking strawberries for strawberry jam and, unbeknownst to us at the time, amazing strawberry muffins made by Dave. Saying they were good would be an understatement. The man has a knack. I told him I'm hanging up my muffin-baking apron.

Henry brought in a jar of strawberry jam for his teacher. He loves her. She seems to really understand him and his Henry-ness. We're so thankful she was his teacher this year.

I have spent the last 24 hours Tylenol free. The first four days post-tonsillectomy were all right. I was in pain, but I had pain killers and chicken noodle soup and oatmeal to carry me through. Day five hit and I started getting bummed out. By that point I had been on a regular regimen of over-the-counter Tylenol for a few days , but some of the scabs starting coming off and I found myself needing the heavier stuff again. It was disheartening. But! Things are looking up again. There is a light at the end of the tunnel. Thank goodness for a winter spent nursing three or four truly awful sore throats. They prepared me for the pain of recovery, but also helped remind me that the post-op pain is finite and hopefully the last of the worst I'll ever experience.