I just took a sabbatical I guess because I am so far behind on my firsts posts. So I will use this one to give a brief overview of my firsts between these days--didn't have one every day unfortunately.
Day 294 Feb. 16 My sweet Tyler, youngest of all grandchildren I will ever have, turned six! Can't believe he is already so big. I miss babies, but enjoy them at every age they achieve!
Day 295 Feb. 17 Gattiland
Heavenly day--only the NASCAR race I once attended was louder than Gattiland! Several firsts in this day--drove 19 miles an hour from Georgetown and then dropped to 9 miles an hour in Round Rock. Got off the Interstate and re-routed finally but still took two and a half hours to get to the party. Enjoyed watching Tyler, Max and Clay play games but especially thought it was fun to watch them in the bumper cars!
Day 296 Feb. 18 Mandi and the two younger boys spent the night at our house after the party and this morning we got up and went to church at Max's insistence because he brought church clothes and expected to go and I didn't want him to be disappointed. The heart-wrenching first of this day was our preacher Gary Desalvo opening his heart to us to tell us all that he faces with this cancer in his liver. It was a very emotional talk, but also encouraging as he shows us how to face these moments in life with total trust in God no matter the outcome. This may be the very purpose of his illness is to be the example of how to finish well.
Day 298 Feb. 20 Today I had a massage with a new person who Bill has gone to and really liked. My back is so tight and she really worked me over. The new thing about this massage is that she used these suction cups things to pull blood up to the surface of the muscles and warm them up better. Never had that done--and as it turned out that left really big bruises on my back which she warned me it might. But it loosened me up some.
Day 299 Feb. 21 While at my trainer, I discovered that the other massage I booked with a new person at her studio is actually not in March, but is coming up on this Friday--hope I can take two massages that rough in one week--I'm pretty sore!
Day 300-302 Feb. 22-24 Went to Haskell to help mom out with her stuff she is having done to the house. Got her curtains hung in the living room and den--a first--and a reminder why I don't really have curtains/drapes in my house--that is hard work! On Friday, Mom, Danny and I went to Abilene to Home Depot to pick out backsplash tile, look for a sink and get faucets for the kitchen and bath. Picked out a great tile for the backsplash that I know is going to look great. Couldn't get a sink although we also checked sat Lowe's and another store. On Saturday, I had to leave earlier than I normally do because of my 3:00 massage that I didn't realize I had until Tuesday. But after I got back to Temple, I was able to buy the kind of sink she wanted at our Home Depot.
Day 303 Feb. 25 A bit of a drama has played out over the last week when I tried to go see my CASA boy and found out he was not living where I thought he was and CPS had not bothered to let me know that he was moved on Feb. 6. This was seriously bad and lots of hard feelings and phone calls, etc. were made trying to find out where he was. Finally, I did find out and today I went to see him at his new foster home where he was placed on Feb. 7. His original foster mom had to have surgery and so he was moved, but the communication fell apart on that. Anyway, I met with the new foster parents at their home, and they were so nice and AJ was just himself--I was very afraid that a move would put him in some kind of tail spin. Luckily, he isn't seeming to be set back by any of it and he is in a good place.
Day 304 Feb. 26 This was a big day--the final placement hearing for my two CASA boys--the one who is living with his dad and the one I visited yesterday. The grandparents from Maryland that I wanted to get custody of the older boy were at the hearing. We all arrived at the courthouse at 8:45 or so because court begins at 9:00. By 10:30, the judge had not shown up and we finally found out he had a doctor's appointment. Then because our case involved 3 lawyers and was going to be contested by the state, the judge knew it would take longer than others in the queue, we were the second to last case called that day--at about 3:45. I had been told I would have to testify, but as it turned out I didn't because after both grandparents testified, the judge awarded them custody of the older autistic boy, and gave the other boy permanently to his dad. It was quite a victory in my mind. The grandparents will actually get the boy this evening and then will be on their way back to Maryland. I know in my heart with is the best for both boys, and I'm glad the judge finally saw that as well.
Day 306 Feb. 28 Today I had a yearly doctor's appointment with my primary physician whom I've been seeing for about 3 years. This was absolutely the biggest joke of a doctor's visit I've every experienced. She came in and showed me my lab results, ask me some questions and I filled her in on what I was doing as far as taking supplements for my stomach and going on the elimination diet to try to figure out what foods are troubling me. Also told her I was not going to take the statins for my cholesterol anymore because of the serious side effects they historically have. My good cholesterol and triclycerides were very good and I was at 205 overall. So she wanted me to come back in 4 months so we set that. When I looked at the printout they gave me when I left that had her notes on it, she had put me down as having some depression. The entire conversation where depression was mentions was when she said she was sick of the drizzly weather and I said I understood because rainy days with no sun for a number of days in a row always got me down. Another thing about the exam is I never got out of the chair sitting next to her at the desk. Never got on the exam table, nothing. What a joke. Later in the day we met up with Avis and Harry and began driving to Santa Fe. Drove as far as Clovis and spent the night--let the fun begin!
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