I have everything and nothing to say, so I thought I’d lay it all out here in one giant ramble for all two of you who care. My life is not normally so bustling with activity, so I feel all, “Call my secretary and make an appointment to speak to me”-ish. Only, I’d never actually tell someone that.

1. I have a bridesmaid dress to pick up and pray it fits. Next weekend is my cousin’s big day! We are all so excited AND my E.B. will be wearing a tux for his debut as ring bearer. I’ll probably just eat him up right then and there because I can only imagine the cuteness will be too much to stand.

2. I also volunteered to help teach the Pre-K class for VBS at church. Why yes, I am a little insane, thankyouverymuch.

3. E.B. will be getting one of his immunizations tomorrow that he needs before school starts. If you hear screaming clear across the Mason-Dixon, that would be my kid. I’m armed and prepared with Dove chocolate and a trip to the Dollar Store to buy some consolation cheap plastic crap to make it all better.

4. It’s freakin’ hot here.

5. I can’t remember #5, but I’m sure it had something to do with the fact that school uniforms still need to be ordered and holy cow, my kid has totally grown out of everything this summer.

And that’s about all, folks. It may be several days between posts from here until the first of August, or I may post like a madwoman out of sheer adrenaline and nervous energy because I have a trillion things to do and procrastination is my specialty. *ahem*

Oh, you didn’t think I was going to NOT blog about this, did you?

I don’t have a whole lot to say on the subject, except that the video below is how I want to remember him. Before the cosmetic surgeries, the legal battles, and the weirdness that made him headline news. Just the music, the glove, and the moonwalk. Because at 10 years old, that’s all I cared about.

After almost losing sight in my right eye when I was 13 as the result of a corneal ulcer that wasn’t responding to treatment, I always vowed to stay on top of my child’s visual health right from birth. Are you aware that:

An estimated 200,000 children are born each year with visual deficits.
According to the American Optometric Association (AOA), vision disorders are the number one childhood handicap.
Only 21 percent of children in the United States have their vision screened before kindergarten.
72 percent of children with vision deficits go undetected until after the window for effective treatment expires.
More than one in 50 children have amblyopia, a serious vision disorder, which can lead to blindness in one eye.
Amblyopia is poor vision in an eye that otherwise appears normal. It occurs when the brain does not recognize the sight from that eye. It is very difficult to detect Amblyopia.
3.8 million adults are legally blind in one eye or visually incapacitated due to amblyopia.

Thanks to the Enfant™ Pediatric VEP Vision Testing System, detecting vision problems in small children is now easier than ever. The test is non-invasive and recommended for children ages 6 months and up in order to detect visual deficits such as strabismus, optic nerve disorders, and severe refractive errors, which could lead to amblyopia.

If you are concerned about your child’s vision, start here by taking a free online assessment and then visit Enfantvision.com to learn more.