No school for TWO whole days! We didn't get a whole lot of snow, but it did blow, and drifted here in the country. Our driveway drifted shut on me yesterday afternoon while I was out and about in town in the morning! I made it up, but Bill came home and scooped out the entire thing with the tractor and loader. I love that man! Cole spent the two days living in a makeshift fort I built for him in the dining room out of chairs and blankets. He played games in there and Brody joined him most of the time! They were pretty quiet and things were peaceful around here.
Yesterday I had to go to the hospital and have a bunch of testing done for my surgery. This is all pre op stuff that the Dr wants done before he will operate. I had 14 tubes of blood taken, a chest x-ray, and EKG and then an upper GI. It was awful! I couldn't eat or drink since midnight. My testing began at 9 am. The upper GI started at about 10. My belly hasn't been right since being sick, so it kinda was hard to drink the barium. It made me a bit sick to my stomach. It was so chalky and just plain nasty. It was really really cool to get to see my innards! That part was amazing. Seeing the scans of my esophagus, and stomach, and also my duodenum. It was pretty neat!
I can not believe my surgery will be 3 weeks from tomorrow! 21 more days! I have been trying to freeze a few meals here and there for the guys to eat. It's going to make me feel so much better knowing that they have food and aren't suffering because I am laid up. So far I have a chicken casserole and a tator tot casserole in the freezer. Every little bit will help, as long as we aren't depending on everyone else to cook and care for us for a month! I hope to be quick on the mend. I just know I will not feel like cooking, especially when I can't, nor will I want to eat, as I've been told. I have stuff set to make some lasagna too. That's the plan sometime over this weekend.
I have to take Brody back to the Dr tomorrow to get his lungs listened to. Make sure the antibiotics and breathing treatments finally did their jobs after weeks of treatments. He is also going to feel his spleen and make sure it isn't still enlarged. It's been quite enlarged since October when we discovered he had mono. It was pretty enlarged again last week when we were there for him being sick. Jeff's just wanting to make sure it's down. I sure hope so.
End of the year is now gone. I am working on getting all our tax documents in order to go to the accountant. I sure hope we can get this done as soon as possible before my surgery. W2's are starting to roll in as well as interest statements from the banks and stuff. Then I can get our appointment made. I hate this time of year. I wish I could just pay someone to handle it all for me, but I don't trust anyone to do that, so I deal with it on my own. It has to be done.
There's BIG things in our future. I just have to have the patience to let them all play out! I am not a patient kind when I know things are happening I just want them DONE! When the dust settles from this all, hopefully we can start out our New Year super fresh! New Year, New Me, New Life... well sort of! Same life, just lots of NEW beginnings in it! Our love and faith will have to hold us strong until everything gets settled and we can get on the road with the new chapter. I am hoping after I have recovered from surgery everything will begin!
In the mean time... my Christmas tree is coming down this weekend, laundry needs caught up, dishes need done... as always, and I'm sure there will be housecleaning and cooking involved. Bill's been hounding me for BBQ Ribs. We just got a hog butchered and he can't wait for some BBQ!!!
I am the luckiest girl in the whole world. I have the perfect family, the most perfect friends, and enough love to fill them all up! I sometimes don't think I let them know how much I appreciate each and every one of them. They all mean the world to me. My New Years Resolution this year is to not let a moment go by when you can tell someone you appreciate them. I have been trying to let everyone know how much I love and appreciate all they do. I've caught a few funny looks from some lately... I just smile and pretend I don't notice. Yesterday when Bill took out my trash before work I told him "thanks hunny, I love all you do for me" and he looked confused... like I was up to something. I just gave him a kiss and walked away! Ha... he probably still thinks I am wanting something!!!! He he he. My other resolution is to not let people walk all over me. I know the ones who do it. I am going to not stand for it anymore. I need to finally put me first. ME ME ME! Something I am also going to have to work very, very hard at. I will more than likely fail at this one, but hopefully my success at the other one will do?
Time to go cook supper... I am NOT really hungry, so I am NOT in the mood tonight!
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