Paul is healing very well and getting antsy to get back to work. He is grounded until Dec 20th and he can go back part time until January and then he goes full time. He gets his wheels back next Wednesday. Keeping him down has been difficult but that is a good thing. He is tired, but feeling great. He should be getting on the kidney list in January and then he will be good as new and around for another 50 years or so : )
I am healed from my fall but now I have to have gall bladder surgery soon. I see the surgeon next Wednesday and I will know more then. They should be able to do it laparoscopically and I will be good in 7-10 days. I may try to do it when I am off for the holidays and just relax. I'm all for that. I'm telling you - getting old sucks!
On a more positive note, all the kids are doing wonderful. Jon was here for his dad's surgery and both Jon and Paul will be here for Christmas. Cheri is coming home today for a month and I am thrilled about that. Clint and Amanda came in last night for a couple of days and will be back for Christmas. This was an unexpected surprise that I really needed. Charlie will be home this weekend to see all the family since he is off. Hopefully he will bring Kortnie but she has been working and going to school so I haven't seen much of her. Anna has been a Godsend in the chaos going on in our house. She is my comic relief.
Cheri's choir is going to Austria June 2012 and I am going with her! Anna will have been home a year and I can go visit her and her family. I am looking forward to that trip!!! Cheri is also going to Oxford, England this May. It is a personalized study program and is worth 8 credits. She will be gone a little over a month. She is most excited about the fact that she can take the train to Paris for about $90 while she is there. Paris is her dream trip. I am not crazy about her leaving as soon as she is out of school but Clint and Amanda will be moving back in May and I will have Anna until June. About the time Anna leaves, Cheri will get back. That will be an emotional roller coaster for me. I always miss my kids and now I will have to give Anna back. That will be difficult. She has become part of our family.
Amanda is going into her last semester of her teaching program. Last semester was rough and she is glad to be done. I am praying she finds a job when she graduates. It seems like schools are laying off and not doing much hiring. I am sure things will work out. They have to because she needs a job so I can get a grandbaby. Clint has been working a ton of hours at Best Buy. He is hoping to transfer to Toledo until he find a job in his field.
Kortnie is almost done with her phlebotomy program. After that she has to do clinicals and then she can find a job in a hospital, for the Red Cross, or in a doctor's office. She has been so busy that I never get to see her. Between her school, job, and Charlie's job, it is hard to find time to spend with them; it is impossible to see them together anymore.
The pictures are some of the fun we have had the past couple of months. I wish I had gotten a picture of Anna taking the neck out of the turkey, it scared the crap out of her! Too funny. I ran my first race on Thanksgiving, it was a 5K and I really didn't train for it so my time sucked but I finished and that is all that mattered. Now I have to get going on training for my 1/2 marathon in April. It will have to wait for the surgery now though.
My favorite pictures are the dogs dressed up. That was Anna's idea. I also took Jimmy to a horse chiropractor last weekend. I wish I had gotten pictures of that. I have never seen anything like it. Jimmy's back was sensitive to the touch and now he doesn't care if you touch him. He kicked when he got adjusted and then turned to the guy and rubbed his head on him to thank him. It was a sight to see. The guy's name is Kit and his business is called Animal Krackers. I thought that was so funny. We will see how Jimmy does when I get on him this weekend. I haven't ridden him since the treatment. I'm telling you, my critters are one of the most interesting parts of my life.
Love Ya,
Cindy
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- Cindy
- I am a mother and a grandmother (how did that happen?)I am a teacher. I teach English, Yearbook, Speech and Theater, and Zumba. I have taught many other things over the years. I love teaching.