Random thoughts {again}

~Our friend Tom is still in the hospital but has been moved from ICU to a regular room. Up until a day or so ago he wasn't able to eat or drink, but is now able to drink. The doctors really aren't sure of anything at this point. He was originally told the cancerous tumors were too big and too wrapped around his organs for them to surgically remove them, but now his regular oncologist (who was on vacation when all this started) told him there may be a possibility to try chemo but due to the size and amount of tumors they wouldn't know if it would be able to shrink the tumors enough so that they could go in to do surgery. Tom and his wife Katie are focusing now on what will give Tom the best quality and quantity of life. They still have more decisions to make and meetings with doctors, but are surrounded by friends and family all pitching in to help Katie with the house and kids.

~Speaking of that: My friend MC has been watching Tom and Katie's 5 kids. MC has 5 kids of her own. She said it sounds like the Walton's house at night "g'night Ella. g'night Decker. g'night Evan. g'night Kiera. etc." Right now MC has 10 kids ages, 17 down to 1 in her house. She is running Tom's kids back and forth from the hospital so they can see their mom and dad and then taking them back to her house for the night. She truly is what Tom and Katie need right now.

~My boss tripped and fell into my desk this week, dislocating his knee. It was a little bit freaky and a little funny all at the same time. He laid there and I asked what I could do and he said "Nothing. Just keep working."

Umm, ya I couldn't work while a 230 pound man was laying next to me writhing on the floor in pain. He finally popped it back into place and was able to limp back to his office. It was very strange.

~Lady Bug appears to have gotten over her insomnia. She was at the point of partying until 2 or 3 in the morning. She would clean her room, read books, go down to the kitchen for a drink, pick out her clothes for the next day and who knows what else. Thankfully she never decided she needed to take the car to the store for a snack! Yikes! She is now going to bed about 8:30 and is asleep by the time I go to bed at 9:30 or 10:00, so I am hoping she is falling asleep shortly after getting into bed.

~I have been missing my family a lot this week. And by family I mean my sisters and mom who live so far away. And can someone please tell me why every time I am with my family like I was a few weeks ago, why don't I get a picture of them? I hardly pulled out my camera the whole time they were here. UGH!

~I have a sweet niece who keeps popping in my mind and I am not sure why...must be time for me to contact her?!?

~My house needs cleaned. It is basically picked up and tidy that way, but the dust is gross and I need to clean my carpets something fierce!

~Lady Bug's school told us a few months ago that the building they rent has decided to sell to a charter school so wanted them out at the end of June. Last Thursday they sent home a letter telling us they have decided that after Preschool Graduation on May 26 they will no longer be open. Geez, thanks for the warning. So, we are scrambling to find summer daycare. Fortunately my boss has said I can work flexible hours this summer and the assistant director of Lady Bug's school has offered to help me out. But she can't do it everyday and would need me to pick them up early afternoon (normally I get off at 5). So we will get it figured out, it is just a headache in the meantime. Last summer Mr. Man worked his schedule so that he worked every weekend (which also meant he was "on-call" during the week) and then took 2 days off during the week and his sister watched them for the other 3 days during the week. It was an ok set up. I hated not having a family weekend.... ever. Since I work all week I felt like Mr. Man and I never saw each other. Plus, his sister lives 2 hours from us so we would drop off the kids Sunday night and pick them back up Wednesday night. It made for a long summer. The kids got to do all kinds of fun things like camping, fishing, boating, and on and on, but it sure made it hard on me.

~We have had cold and rainy weather this week and I am ready for some sunshine and warmth!

~Lefty is struggling with bedwetting still. He will be dry for 2 nights and then wet 5 nights straight. Us waking him up at 4 am has helped, but not every time. It is weird. My friend, who is a pediatrician, talked to her colleagues about Lefty and has given me the name of a doctor to call. It could be that he is just a hard sleeper with a small bladder, but this doctor deals with this sort of thing all the time and my poor baby is ready to try anything. He has told me that! Breaks my heart! I wish I could snap my fingers and fix it.

~Someone stole my bike. I had it in the back of our house where we keep the bikes (or used to) and someone just opened our gate, walked right in and rode off. I didn't even noticed right away but what caught my eye was that our back gate was open. Then a couple days later I went to get my bike to ride with the boys in the park and ummm, no bike. Makes me so mad. I got that bike for my birthday 2-3 years ago.

~My kids and the neighbor kids have been having a blast in the tree in our front yard. Mr. Man helped the boys build a ladder and so they get to climb the tree now. It has become the highlight!