THE STAPLES CAME OUT!

Mom went to see Dr Price today and they removed the staples, of course after waiting for 2 hours! I guess when you have an appointment with a surgeon you should call before and ask if he is tied up in surgery. But this is with a lot of doctors, you have to wait and wait and then wait some more. The bad news is thanks to BO ( that is what I call him ) we will have to wait even longer!

Dr Price said her incision looks good and I believe she has some relief with them being taken out and it is much more comfortable. She asked if she could swim and he said give it 48 hours, then she asked if she could put on lotion he said hmmm give it 48 hours, so all will be good in 48 hours I guess.

Mom had kind of a bad start to the day with nauseau and then of course they had to wait for the Dr, then pick up meds which the pharmacy hassled her about because the Dr did not have something written on them correctly. Then she came home and became obsessed with the chicken we are having for dinner tomorrow and these cherries that were given to her from our neighbors cherry tree. Dad spent most of the day pitting the cherries and she prepped some for cherry pie and made cherry jelly with the rest. While cooking the cherries she thought she had the burner on for the pan and laid a pot holder on the other. Well needless to say it was the "other" burner that was on and the pot hold caught on fire. She grabbed it and went outside and yelled for me (as I was out in the back yard) as she bolted around the corner to grab the hose and put the flame out. Ok enough said, I think you understand at that point the stress level that was in the house!

On top of all this Alan was due any minute. Plus some friends from work Dana and Meagan had come over to swim and sun with me for the afternoon and Danielle was here dropping off the chicken. Danielle left, Alan showed up and I just stayed out of the line of fire in the backyard with my friends.

But there is a good ending to all of this! They had picked up Chinese so she ate and I am guessing that helped her because when I came in she was alot more calm. Plus Danielle texted me that sometimes its just the little things "like eating something" that can calm a person down. Dana and Meg left and it was just the original 4 - Mom Dad Me and Alan. We ended up talking about some stuff good and bad and old memories and to our surprise she wanted to stay up and finally went up to bed around midnight. Now, that is late very late for mom! Also, there is something about Alan that puts mom at ease and I think its because he is not as stressed as Dad and I and when he is here they always go get some scratchies and she won some money tonight LOL.

Like I said we talked about lots of things and we were talking about one memory and mom was literally holding her stomach laughing. Now that is a BIG first in a LONG time and well over due! This house does get depressing so it was good for all of us to laugh. As I am writing about this I am thinking that we are so obsessed with what is going on that we are NOT taking the time to enjoy. How funny that I am saying that because yesterday was a bad ANGRY day for me. I was really upset and when Paige got home from work we talked and she said this to me "instead of being sad mom we need to enjoy the time we have left with Grandma"! Can someone explain how my 17 year old got smarter/wiser than me? So I guess my revelation for the week is to enjoy mom instead of being sad and angry and everything else. I can do that later! Pray that I can do this because its going to be harder to do than say.

I want to say thanks to a few people. First and foremost to my wonderful daughter. Thanks for your words of wisdom and thanks for putting up with me and my ups and downs. And I am sorry for anything that I have taken out on you and probably will do again :)

Meg Dana, what can I say thanks so much for coming over today, even though I tried to almost cancel. It was nice to get my mind off things, talk about other things and relax. The 3 Amigos! Its so funny because all of us are so different from each other but we do have something in common.....WGS lol. You guys are great and thank you so much for your support. And Dana I really apreciated all the "good" pictures, you know which ones I mean! Also I appreciate all the other people who are there for me for whatever. The one thing I can say thru all this is that are lots of people who are there for me and my family and it is fantastic to have that kind of support. Thank you all so much!

As I said Alan is here and Tracy, Justin and Brooke will be up early tomorrow. I look forward to a nice family day. Danielle is bringing macaroni salad, Paige made potatoe salad and we will do chicken on the grill, both barbeque and white sauce. Since Paige's manager sent her home with this message "stay positive", I am going to say that tomorrow will be a GREAT day!