DDA Chapter 24

[Disney Yooper]

Thanks, everyone. Laura just texted me to ask if I'd taken Blackberry to the vet yet, since he was sick last night. I don't know what to do. I guess just ignore the text and pretend my phone wasn't on? Of course, I'm in tears all over again.

I would just ignore it and wait until she gets home. You can explain to her when she gets home that since there was nothing that could be done, you waited to tell her. There is nothing to be gained on telling her now. It would be different if Blackberry was sick and you didn't think she was going to make it. You have to do what you feel is right and you thought waiting was best.

 

[tmfranlk]

I woke up in my own bed today! Woo Hoo!. I'm getting ready to make a pot of Starbucks coffee. I'm going out to my driveway to retrieve my newspaper. I'm going to shower and come out of the bathroom naked and get dressed in my own bedroom, sitting down, not standing behind a privacy screen. I am watching the Today show. I am going to look through my closet and see if I can locate my Christmas cards to send.

See I need to be happy about this because Terry is still sleeping in the pirate beds, drinking Disney coffee, has no newspaper and couldn't care less, is showering and standing behind the very cool pirate privacy screen, eating Dole whips, is going to EPCOT today and eating at Chef de France and going to an Illuminations party with Deb Wills. <where is the dis green with envy smilie?>

Off to church....

Way to look on the positive side, Stephanie! (Just wish it would work, never works for me anyway. ) Welcome home!

I go to WDW THIS WEEK!

Woohoo!! (I need Stephanie's little green smilie too, I think!)

getting ready to go sing Christmas carols with a bunch of Daisy Girl Scouts at a nursing home.

Hope you guys had a great time! Terra's troop did that last week too. My Brownies are caroling in the neighborhood tonight.

We got home around 12:30. Hunter was able to have a long hot bath and wash his hair. We had lunch then he took a nap on the couch. It's funny because all he wanted was his bed, yet he chose to nap on the couch. I think he may still be leary about being alone. He hasn't been alone at all in almost 4 weeks. He is doing extremely well, the neurosurgeon was thoroughly impressed. The school nurse stopped by (she went to the hospital first and couldn't believe that he'd been released). I am a total emotional wreck. I've experienced so many emotions over the last month that now I can't seem to keep things in check. His friend (girl, but not girlfriend) came over and she had bought him a Winnie the Pooh at the Disney store yesterday. I started crying when she gave it to him. I think it will take a while for us to decompress. His incision is much larger than I had expected. It is shaped a bit like a question mark and I bet it is about a foot in length. Thankfully most of it will be covered by his hair, only a tiny bit in front of his ear might be visable.

When we heard that the entire tumor was gone yesterday Hunter made the comment "I wasn't worried, I knew she was an awesome surgeon"

Colby looked at the incision today and proclaimed it "cool" He told Hunter that girls "like a guy with a scar"


I'm pretty much exhausted, but I think I'm better off waiting to sleep until tonight. I'm not sure that my body could handle another short nap at this point.

That is great news, Deb! I'm so glad that you all are home and that Hunter is doing wonderfully. What a blessing! If you fall apart, you fall apart. You've been through more than enough to warrant it and no one would fault you in the least! We're all just so happy for you guys though our prayers will continue throughout the recovery process. I'll bet you're happy to have Christmas up and going for you now.

Tammi's Alyssa was terrific this afternoon in "The Nutcracker!"

Yeah, Alyssa!! I'll bet it was great.

Morning, DDA!

Deb, I am so glad that Hunter is doing so well. It will take time for all the emotions and fears to settle down.

One of my kitties, Blackberry, died during the night. I know that it's nothing near what so many are dealing with right now, but my heart is breaking none the less. Laura has a big chemistry test today, so I sent her off to school without telling her. I'm trying to get myself together again so that Miles can go off to school without knowing, too. We'll tell them both this afternoon. I guess I'm going to wait to tell Matthew until he comes home Thursday. Finals start tomorrow

I'm so sorry, Beth. Lots of for you this afternoon when it's time to talk to the kids.

 

[my3princes]

Morning, DDA!

Deb, I am so glad that Hunter is doing so well. It will take time for all the emotions and fears to settle down.

One of my kitties, Blackberry, died during the night. I know that it's nothing near what so many are dealing with right now, but my heart is breaking none the less. Laura has a big chemistry test today, so I sent her off to school without telling her. I'm trying to get myself together again so that Miles can go off to school without knowing, too. We'll tell them both this afternoon. I guess I'm going to wait to tell Matthew until he comes home Thursday. Finals start tomorrow

The loss of a family member is always difficult

 

[lovesdumbo]

Beth-I'm so sorry for your loss.

 

[lovesdumbo]

I'm home sick today. My chest is very tight from this cold I got while at WDW and now I've got some stomach thing that I would blame on stress but the kids have had it too so just some other bug going around.

I didn't get much done yesterday but I did get the luggage put away-not an easy task in a house with no attic, a wet basement and few closets. I never put it away in August. I used to have some of it under Joe's bed but his new bed has storage drawers. I used to have some of it under Lizzy's bed but now her bed is on top of Emma's. I got it all squeezed into a tiny closet that runs behind the staircase-I hope I can get it out when I need it in January.

We also managed to get the tree decorated.

I still need to get that package together to mail. I best go work on that now.

DH is going to bring the box spring we bought for Joe's new bed but doesn't fit on his bed to his Mom's attic today. Joe slept on it on the floor for the 2 months we had to wait for the bed so they won't take it back and I hate to just throw it away. It will nice to have that out of his room so we can get in his closet!

Here's the write up on my brother:
http://www.roberts-mitchell.com/guestBook.php?oID=100377

 

[bear74]

Morning, DDA!

Deb, I am so glad that Hunter is doing so well. It will take time for all the emotions and fears to settle down.

One of my kitties, Blackberry, died during the night. I know that it's nothing near what so many are dealing with right now, but my heart is breaking none the less. Laura has a big chemistry test today, so I sent her off to school without telling her. I'm trying to get myself together again so that Miles can go off to school without knowing, too. We'll tell them both this afternoon. I guess I'm going to wait to tell Matthew until he comes home Thursday. Finals start tomorrow

Beth sorry about the kitty

 

[PNO4TE]

Beth - I am so sorry to hear you lost one of your kitties!

 

[Pooh67_68]

Debbie and Tammi, thank you for the Christmas cards.

 

[mommykds]

Beth,
I am sorry to hear about your kitty.

 

[Tammi67]

Morning, DDA!

Deb, I am so glad that Hunter is doing so well. It will take time for all the emotions and fears to settle down.

One of my kitties, Blackberry, died during the night. I know that it's nothing near what so many are dealing with right now, but my heart is breaking none the less. Laura has a big chemistry test today, so I sent her off to school without telling her. I'm trying to get myself together again so that Miles can go off to school without knowing, too. We'll tell them both this afternoon. I guess I'm going to wait to tell Matthew until he comes home Thursday. Finals start tomorrow

I'm so sorry Beth. Losing a pet is just as sad as losing a family member.

 

[Tammi67]

I think I have decided what to get Garrett for his Birthday & I think this is something Theresa has done???

I am going to get him 16 different presents & the big one will be tickets to a concert that he really wants to see.

Now I just need to think of some presents I already have 3, 13 more to go

Gary asked me if I was going to wrap them all seperatly, not sure about that one yet. I was thinking about getting a big box with lots of Styrofoam peanuts or something

That's a fun idea, Janet!

 

[Tammi67]

Bernadette - I hope you are feeling better soon.

I just got home to dump off some Christmas presents and now I need to run and get the kids from school. I took pictures of them this morning in their 50s get-up. Maybe I'll post it tonight. I'm getting my swine flu shot tonight, and the kids will get their booster. Hopefully with having this and the seasonal flu shot, we'll be well protected.

 

[Blueeyes101817]

Beth-im sorry to hear about Blackberry

 

[bethbuchall]

Thanks for the hugs, everyone. Miles actually handled it better than I thought. Poor Laura has been crying since she came home and found out. I am feeling pretty wiped out. I know that it will eventually hurt less, but Laura hasn't really been through this before.

 

[Disney Yooper]

My flights are now purchased. We fly out at 6:00am on 2/24 and arrive at Disney by 11:41am. We are hoping to have time to get to Welcome Home Wednesday. We will stay in a DVC studio for Wednesday & Thursday night. We are probably pipe dreaming but I'm hoping to get AKL Concierage and then do the Sunrise Safari.

We'll drive to my brothers in Tampa on Friday and stay until Sunday afternoon. We'll do some exploring in Orlando and Tampa since we'll have a rental. It will give us a chance to get to the Gulf as well. Chuck has never gotten to see anthing other than the airport to WDW in Florida.

We'll then stay at Saratoga Springs until Sunday 3/7. Our flight leaves at 11:30 or so. We'll get back into Green Bay around 2:30 which will get us back to Iron Mountain by 5pm.

 

[my3princes]

Beth
Bernadette

Tammi thank you for the Christmas card (great picture) and Hunter thanks your for his card too. He did give me a big hug too

Kristine we love and thank you for your card too

 

[babytrees]

I think I have decided what to get Garrett for his Birthday & I think this is something Theresa has done???

I am going to get him 16 different presents & the big one will be tickets to a concert that he really wants to see.

Now I just need to think of some presents I already have 3, 13 more to go

Gary asked me if I was going to wrap them all seperatly, not sure about that one yet. I was thinking about getting a big box with lots of Styrofoam peanuts or something

Yup...my mom did it for my 16th birthday...I've done it for the girls 13th

I wrapped all individually....but I like wrapping presents.

 

[Tammi67]

Vicki - I'm so happy that you and Chuck are able to take a little getaway. for AKL concierge so that you can do the Sunrise Safari. I was lucky to get it in January, so hopefully you can too!

 

[Blueeyes101817]

Tammi and Debbie-thansk for the cards! Tammi, what a wonderful picture of you and the kids

 

[Tammi67]

Debbie and Tammi, thank you for the Christmas cards.

Tammi thank you for the Christmas card (great picture) and Hunter thanks your for his card too. He did give me a big hug too

Tammi and Debbie-thansk for the cards! Tammi, what a wonderful picture of you and the kids

You're welcome. Tks.

I'm enjoying all the Christmas cards everyone is sending!