I'm in blogging withdrawl! My decrepit laptop is on its way out. I hate blogging from my phone. I'm hiding in my parent's house blogging from their computer.
Since I last blogged things have been insane. The troops are out of school!!! Which I love and not-love. I don't have to be up at 5:50 to take S1 to seminary, and haul everyone else to school by 8-something. On the other hand I get almost no time to myself, or a nice block of time to clean without interruption. They are so much fun though when they aren't trying to kill each other. Things will really change this Fall. I will have all 5 in school including myself.
An update on S1... She broke her arm!!!! This is her fourth broken bone in her short 15 years. Of course she broke it playing soccer. She looks ridiculous in a sling and a heart monitor. Speaking of heart, we are going back to the cardiologist in July. Doing the cardiac MRI and possibly an EP Study. She got her new heart monitor in the mail yesterday. It's pretty sweet. It's like a cell phone. It keeps track of her rhythms 24 hours a day. If she experiences symptoms, she punches them in like a text message and sends them. If S1 shows something abnormal the cardiologist is immediately notified and shown the abnormality. Technology is amazing.
I'm trying to keep the summer sort of structured for the kids. We made chore charts with cards they decorated themselves. We have a baking day (S2's fave), an activity day,craft day, and garage sale-ing day. Every Monday I take one daughter to lunch to get a little "alone with Mom time". I know I sound pretty organized, but don't be fooled. It's day to day, and I'm not anal about it. But, It helps keep a flow going, boredom at bay, and my house from exploding into total choas.
So, I got to go to my therapist after almost two months of scheduling and rescheduling appts. Yes, I see one. I'm not ashamed. Her name is Wendy. She is like the friend who listens to all my problems, but can't tell me to quit whining because I'm paying her. She's really great. I went in this week totally focused on something... resolved... set, and she totally flipped it around on me. Made me see it in a completely different way. Turns out I'm just a big fat chicken who avoids conflict at all costs. I knew that, but I'm paying her to actually say it outloud so I can't deny it. Even though I came away from the session a little confused.. I still felt relief. I realized how I really do look at the world through my own skewed perspective of personal experiences and thoughts. It is quite shocking to have your eyes opened sometimes! New and different perspectives are always good to consider. So, I'm going to chew on that for awhile....
Regina, I just read your response on Modern Mormon Men about gay marriage, and I was touched by your story about the guy you were set up on a blind date with when you were at BYU. I think that may have been my cousin. The story seems much like his. He dated tons of girls, worked at the MTC, and finally ended up living in SLC with his partner. His partner just passed away after fighting ALS for nearly 3 years. It was very sad.
ReplyDeleteVickey thank you so much for taking the time to share that with me. I'm so sorry he lost his partner to such a horrible disease. He probably wouldn't even remember me if you asked him. I'll keep a prayer for him in my heart. There is just too much heart ache in the world.
ReplyDeleteThanks again.... hugs :)