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My son had minor surgery today and since his fiance had to work, I volunteered to drive him there and back home.

We had to arrive at the hospital at 9 as the surgery was scheduled for 11. Now, since it wasn't the first appointment of the day, I figured we'd have to wait a bit...but they did not take him up until 11:30 and the surgery didn't start until more than an hour later. I got the word from the surgeon at around 2:30 that all was well. We didn't get out of the hospital until after 3:30.

Then I took him home and hung out there while his fiance went to get his prescriptions filled. Which took more time...after which I had to pick my hubby up from work...then finally get home.

I'm exhausted...

But, my son is doing okay (if a bit sore) and should be just fine.

Seriously, the past few days were the worst I've spent in recent memory. The pain was awful. Luckily, the dentist's office called me on Thursday afternoon to check on me and when they discovered how much pain I was still in, the dentist called in stronger pain meds and antibiotics for me. Hubby went and picked them up and, although the pain was still bad, I didn't care as much.

The next day the dentist called my manager to explain why I was still out which was fantastic, because my manager then called me and left a message that my being out wasn't going to cause me any problems at work.

I feel so much better now, thankfully.

Yesterday I went and got my hair cut (it's been looking really scraggily for ages) and the stylist said it was really damaged on the ends. She cut off about five inches and now it is just below my shoulders and is layered. It is shorter than I expected, but I have to say it looks much better. I also treated myself to a pedicure. My toes look so pretty now!

My hubby is a ham radio operator and went to a thing called "Field Day" yesterday. The hams set up and try to contact as many other hams from around the world as they can. He stayed late and didn't realize until he got home at like 2:30am that he'd forgotten his apartment key. His knocking didn't wake me up (the bedroom is in the back of the apartment and the door was closed), so he called and left a message on the answering machine (I didn't hear it because the phone is in the living room). So when I got up and didn't see him I figured he had spent the night over there..I was grumbling to the cats that I had asked him to call if he was going to spend the night...then I noticed the message light blinking. I played the message which said he couldn't get in and was out in the car. I threw on a tee shirt and went outside and sure enough, there he was in the car. I got him up and brought him in and he collapsed in the bed. He is only going to sleep until about one because otherwise he won't be able to sleep tonight.

My sister has been is Las Vegas this past week, I can't wait to hear all about her trip.

Guess that's all for now.

Well, it's been a very long week of the highest highs and the lowest lows.

It started out well with the phone call from Doug the salesguy. The very next morning, hubby's car blew a head gasket and the repair shop said it would be 800.00 to 1000.00 to fix. Since the car has over 220,000 miles on it, we decided to see if we can find something newer instead.

Then hubby talked to his folks about the whole deeding over 5-10 acres of property thing. This conversation did not go as smoothly as he thought it would. There is some thing about the way his grandfather's will was written and his folks did not think that any acreage could be deeded over. So, Tuesday was not a good day all the way around.

Not to mention the fact that hubby had been walking around with an ear infection that he hadn't been able to get to the doctor for, and then his car went and he couldn't get to the doctor for it even more. (If that makes any sense.)

So, we were, needless to say, just a bit bummed out.

We went through the week, sharing a car. We finagled things so that we could drive to see the doctor on Thursday night--(that was a cute story. His mother had told us the doctor's office is open until 7pm. We arrived at like 6:15 or so and the door was locked. We were thinking 'great, another bad thing for the week' when a car pulled up and the window rolled down. A voice said 'can I help you?' and Hubby explained why we were there. The voice belonged to the doctor we had come to see. He asked Hubby what his symptoms were, and then got out of his car and examined Hubby right there in the parking lot! He said, 'yep, looks like an infection there.' Then he whipped out his prescription pad and wrote a script for ear drops on the spot. I asked him how much for the parking lot consult and he said it was on the house. That was the first thing that went right all week. And now we have found our doctor in Tennessee.)

We went to Lady Godiva's Pub for supper http://ladygodivapub.com/ and then we headed home. When we arrived, there was a message on our answering machine from his mother. She said they had made an appointment with their lawyer and they were going to have her look at the will again.

So, Friday, we're home and his mother calls. The family had apparently misinterperated the will all those years ago. It turns out that Hubby's dad, Hubby and Hubby's brother are all co-owners of the property right now. In order for part of it to be deeded to Hubby, everyone has to basically just sign a paper to the effect. We are going to see the lawyer about getting a survey done, and have her draw up whatever paperwork is needed.

Not to mention the fact that his manager has a Dodge Stratus he wants to sell for a couple of thousand which will work out well for us, too.

So, things are looking up again. It's been a rough week, emotionally. But we've made it through and it looks like we will be getting our house after all.

Whew.

Happy Father's Day to everyone!!

Home today, not feeling so hot. I'm really trying to fend off a cold which is threatening me. I can feel it starting in my clogged head and my upper respiratory area. And my throat. But it's not full-blown yet, and I'm hoping to keep it that way since I CAN'T GET A FLU SHOT THIS YEAR.

Fuck you flu shot makers.

On a completely different note, it's about 45 degrees outside right now, not expected to get above 59 today and I'm still enough of a Floridian to find it amazing that it actually gets cold in November rather than January. It's expected to get into the 30s tonight and DAMN. I do love the crispness of the air, but I'm not looking forward to actual winter. People around these parts are predicting snow.

GAH!

Just sent off birthday cards to my mom and my nephew...my daughter's card will go out as soon as I find her new address.

Too many November birthdays in this family!

My kittens are already driving me nuts, tearing around the house at warp speed.

Guess that's all for now, I've got to go get some OJ, and some breakfast...mmmmmm breakfast.