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Stress
Here is a bit of what is going on around here:
1. In the next handful of days, my uncle is going in for surgery on his very broken leg, my grandfather is having hernia surgery, and my grandmother is going in to have surgery on her colon and may or may not end up with an -ostomy bag. Since we are a very small family, that doesn't leave too many healthy people to help out.
2. My job just had representatives from the state Department of Public Health spend the last several days doing "focused monitoring" wherein they pored over charts, interviewed all staff, and called parents. They managed to reach and interview 6 parents. 3 of them are MY parents. I only have 7 cases. How is this possible? (Thankfully I am awesome.)
3. We are finally - FINALLY - swaddle-free in 2009. It's like a campaign slogan.
4. I am taking a bit of an internet hiatus, especially with respect to mama boards. I just don't have the energy or the drive right now. I'm trying to "unplug" a bit, and have been enjoying reading the Twilight books in bed.
5. One of my clients gave me some of her daughter's hand-me-downs. I'm sure I'm technically not supposed to take them, but she was going to toss them if I didn't, and umm, they're cute as heck. Even the CROCS.
6. Did I mention that 3 of my family members are having surgery over the next few days? Urg.
7. My house is a disaster, yet I will probably sit in bed and read more vampire trash.
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My grandfather's hernia surgery is Friday morning. He doesn't want my grandmother to be alone because she has been very weak ever since her stay in the hospital. (It's really frightening how quickly she declined.) So rather than get up at 5 to drive to Rhode Island, I will be sleeping over tomorrow night. So tomorrow's schedule is 1) work 10 hours, 2) play with kid, 3) put kid to bed, 4) pack, 5) drive to RI. I am tired already just thinking about it. I don't know how long I will be staying since I don't know how my grandfather will be feeling when he gets home. But I need to be back for Friday bedtime. Rush rush rush.
The only family I have in New England are my grandparents, who are both not well, my uncle, who has a majorly broken leg, my aunt, and my cousin, who has disappeared after stealing his father's credit card. It's going to get very hard to help everyone out, especially when we all live in different places. I love having a small family for the close-knit factor, but it's a real drag when something like this happens.
1. In the next handful of days, my uncle is going in for surgery on his very broken leg, my grandfather is having hernia surgery, and my grandmother is going in to have surgery on her colon and may or may not end up with an -ostomy bag. Since we are a very small family, that doesn't leave too many healthy people to help out.
2. My job just had representatives from the state Department of Public Health spend the last several days doing "focused monitoring" wherein they pored over charts, interviewed all staff, and called parents. They managed to reach and interview 6 parents. 3 of them are MY parents. I only have 7 cases. How is this possible? (Thankfully I am awesome.)
3. We are finally - FINALLY - swaddle-free in 2009. It's like a campaign slogan.
4. I am taking a bit of an internet hiatus, especially with respect to mama boards. I just don't have the energy or the drive right now. I'm trying to "unplug" a bit, and have been enjoying reading the Twilight books in bed.
5. One of my clients gave me some of her daughter's hand-me-downs. I'm sure I'm technically not supposed to take them, but she was going to toss them if I didn't, and umm, they're cute as heck. Even the CROCS.
6. Did I mention that 3 of my family members are having surgery over the next few days? Urg.
7. My house is a disaster, yet I will probably sit in bed and read more vampire trash.
~//~
My grandfather's hernia surgery is Friday morning. He doesn't want my grandmother to be alone because she has been very weak ever since her stay in the hospital. (It's really frightening how quickly she declined.) So rather than get up at 5 to drive to Rhode Island, I will be sleeping over tomorrow night. So tomorrow's schedule is 1) work 10 hours, 2) play with kid, 3) put kid to bed, 4) pack, 5) drive to RI. I am tired already just thinking about it. I don't know how long I will be staying since I don't know how my grandfather will be feeling when he gets home. But I need to be back for Friday bedtime. Rush rush rush.
The only family I have in New England are my grandparents, who are both not well, my uncle, who has a majorly broken leg, my aunt, and my cousin, who has disappeared after stealing his father's credit card. It's going to get very hard to help everyone out, especially when we all live in different places. I love having a small family for the close-knit factor, but it's a real drag when something like this happens.