I have been very consumed lately with either physically helping or mentally (worrying about) Ellie's sister (Marilyn) and her cancer. Marilyn is very ill and nearing the end of her journey. Her husband is a doctor and has been providing care for her, but at a visit yesterday he agreed that they needed skilled help. My Mom (an RN) is now going out to assist in her care. She has hospice support, but they only come for an hour every other day. Marilyn is Ellen's only close relative, so when she passes I will become Ellie's guardian (also a source of worry). If I had one thing I would like to improve is to decrease the amount of time I spend worrying about things in which I have no control. I think I have said that before!
Ryan is home alone with Mike & I right now. The girls are having a visit with Gram and Bump. Sarah came home with a note today stating there is head lice in her class. Yippee. Her teacher called tonight and would like Sarah to return to 2nd grade (the teacher she had last year) to get the extra help she needs in reading. When I spoke to Sarah about it today she understood and has no hangups about going to 2nd grade in the mornings. She will start tomorrow.
Emma still hasn't heard from the doctor with her surgery date. At 10pm last night she brought me a note inquiring if the doctor would call today and if not was I going to call him. It is obviously on her mind, so when she came home today I told her that I called but she isn't on the schedule yet. She said "well come on, I wanna get this over with". It was quite cute but heartbraking at the same time. Since she requies two surgeons they are trying to arrange the schedule and will call us when they have it figured out. The bummer is they only have to give us 24 hours notice. It is fairly difficult to make it to Detroit in less than 24 hours notice, especially when we may end up spending a night or two. Obviously they don't have triplets, Ellie, and a dying "family" member to deal with. (Let's not forget dogs, chickens, and work!)
We got the Christmas decorations up over the weekend. We still have to put away all the totes that they stuff is in, so the house is a shambles. The tree is up for the first time at this house (remember we moved 5 days before Christmas last year!?) We only put up the small 3 footer last year with lights and no ornaments. We had nothing our front and bare bones inside. This house looks really neat with all the decorations outdoors, and very festive with the interior done.
I have a large cupcake order to finish for tomorrow. Have two frostings made, but need to make 2 more flavors and tint several batches prior to decorating. I will psot some pictures of my work when I get them done.
Mike has open enrollment for health insurance at work. It gets mixed reviews. The monthly out of pocket is less but the copays went up and the amount of coverage went down. I am thankful we have it, but these changes are a bitter pill. I am greatful we have vision and dental as well which remain unchanged.
Off to cupcake land! Thanks for reading. :-)
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