My mom had surgery on Monday and it was like she said breast reduction.

We went to St. Elizabeth hospital. I was born there and haven’t been there since the nineties. It’s huge now! It’s a bit confusing trying to figure out where to go in the parking lot and there is even a parking ramp inside the parking lot. Crazy! It’s a bit of a maze inside too. This is dumb though. You have to check in, in the front main part of the hospital but my mom’s surgery was done on the other side of the hospital. So they have people walk you to where you need to go. That is nice but when you have to leave and come back it can be confusing.

Funny story:

When we were waiting for the first nurse to come in the room there is a TV in the room. It had the wildlife channel on.

Me: What are those?

Mom: Hmmm not sure.

Me: Are those deer? Maybe their moose.

Mom: No I don’t think so.

The second nurse is now in the room and she is putting in mom’s IV. While the nurse is talking.

Nurse: Does that feel….

Mom points at me and says: They are caribou!

Nurse looks at me then mom and continues.

Oh it was so funny just mid sentence she did that to the nurse I couldn’t help myself I burst out laughing.

We met with the doctor and he drew all over her. He was a character himself. In this hospital the person waits in the room not the waiting room which is different. I did leave because dad took me to lunch, that was nice. I also had to move the car to the emergency room parking lot it took two minutes to get back to the room instead of walking forever to find the room again.

I was thinking since Mom had to be there at 8:45 in the morning that she would be done around one. Wrong! They didn’t come and get her till about eleven. After she left dad and I went to lunch. Dad couldn’t take mom in the morning because of work that is why I took her. It’s not a big deal. Anyway when I got back, she didn’t come back till about 2:30. Even after that every time they gave her a pain pill she had to add thirty minutes so we were there to 4:30.

Bonus! Mom said I was her favorite that day. I will take that!

When the doctor came down around one thirty he told me she was being cute. Meaning she was being silly. So I thought when mom came down she would be silly. She was NOT silly she was mad! She looked mad anyway. I could tell she was in pain but still not totally aware about her surroundings. The nurse kept asking her questions and she was not answering them. Good thing I was there to help out.

Then I took her home and since it was late they fed me dinner. That was nice of them. I didn’t get home till around seven. Also I got up at 5:30 in the morning because I wasn’t sure about the roads it had snowed the night before. On top of that mom’s time changed so I wanted to make sure I got there on time. I ended up getting to Appleton at seven which is way too early. When I got there mom just got up and so to past time I wrapped some Christmas presents for them.

I am glad I could help parents.

I forgot to add to my vacation. Dawn had to feed these horses for this older lady and we got to go with her. They were so cool!

There also were these three black labs that roam around and they were super friendly! Awe and super cute. The horses didn’t mind them either. The black horse liked Jeff because it wouldn’t let me pet him. The other horse let me pet them.  They were cute.

Changes!

I don’t know what happened but I noticed a change in Jeff. Who knew vacation could change someone that much. Anyway an example of a change of mind which I find strange. For years we send our nieces and nephew money for their birthday. I don’t remember who came up with the idea of giving them money based on their age for example Allie turned eleven so we sent her eleven dollars. So the other night we are sitting and talking and Jeff says We should send our nieces and nephew twenty dollars instead for birthdays. In my brain I am saying: WHAT! Did you get punched in the head? Who are you? Because Jeff would never say that. So I thought that was strange.

Jeff is changing.

Here is the real reason. I don’t like that there will be less time for us. Jeff is starting a new business venture that could lead to great big things. Him and a guy from work are going into business together as a side project. Which is awesome! But that also means less time for me. Also he is so focused on his family ever since vacation which is great too. But he spends a lot of his time focus on them. I don’t even focus on my family that much.

I know I am being selfish but I get to be since it’s just me here. Jeff and me. Has been for a long time.

Drama!

There was an incident that happened in NC after Allie’s birthday party between Jamie and Corey. It ended badly and now they are either not going to get back together, not sure on this. However Jamie video chatted with Jeff yesterday. I thought that was strange. She is a cool person and I was sad to hear what happened. But I am worried about Jeff. He hasn’t ever had to deal with this sort of thing before. I have. There was one girlfriend that Adam had that I really liked and was sad when they broke up. I hope that Jeff knows what he is doing.

In my opinion it’s best to stay with family and let it be as it is. It’s fine if you want to be friends but have to be careful on what is said because it WILL come back. And it WILL be used against you. I know been there done that.

We will see what happens.

Life.

I am worried about my mom. She is having breast reduction surgery and she asked me to drive her to surgery which is next Monday. I am. What I am worried about is early this year she found a lump on her breast. Turned out to be nothing which is awesome. What I am worried about is what she is not telling me. She didn’t even tell me she found a lump till way later. She said it’s because her back and shoulder are in a lot of pain and the doctors suggest this. I am hoping that is the case.

See you later. Time for vacation! Dawn is super excited to see us. Every day for weeks now she has been asking us what we want or what we want to do. I think it’s funny how excited she is. I think it will be fun and it’s a vacation. Jeff and I haven’t been on vacation for a while. Jeff promised that he won’t do work on vacation unless his work is going down in flames. So we will see if this happens. I can’t wait to see pretty landscapes. I am hoping see some weird too. Maybe a really big statue of something.

You know there will be some crazy story because Jeff and I traveling. Always something strange happens to us. Ha ha!

The hardest part of leaving is I will miss my fur babies.  I see them everyday and all day too. So that is the worst part of leaving. They will be staying at Jeff’s dad house. It’s funny because Koko is a big boy and their house is smaller than ours. He takes up a whole room by himself. So that will interesting to hear how Koko did since he likes to be a shadow. I think they will be fine. Scotty will have Koko and that makes it better. Scotty won’t be too scared even though Scotty was Ken’s dog but I know he will miss us. You know how dogs are very routine animals.

Later…

Yesterday I was recovering from female problems. It was a bad one this time. Being a female sucks but only sometimes.

This has been the bane of my existence for three weekends! Since we own two lots that means twice the work. This time I had to do it by myself and it was so boring! Last time Jeff helped but he was doing inside projects which less for me to do inside the house. So it worked out.  I hate raking leaves because boring and long. Also the town we live in we can’t rake them in the street. Sometimes you can and the city comes by and picks them up. No we have to take them to a place. Only thing between the two is this way it’s more work but less taxes. The other way less work more taxes. Still  it’s a lot of work. I complain about mowing the lawn. I forget about fall and all the leaves we have to pick up. Makes me want to mow the lawn instead.

However look how neat our lawn looks now. I like the end result only. Ha ha!

In other news cute Koko picture to enjoy. I do like looking at Koko pictures.

Wish Jeff’s laptop wasn’t in the way. But if I moved it he wouldn’t let me take a picture.

I am just going to put this out there. I feel a little hurt by my cousin. As you know we have been paling (I don’t if that is a word) anyway I got her letter the other day. Okay I understand that she works full time and have two babies. However if we are going to write each other I rather wait a long time for a meaningful letter then just a letter about nothing. I wrote in my last letter how I was worried about April and that Jeff and I had our ninth anniversary. Usually she says Wow that is awesome happy anniversary. I was hoping she would say something else about April. Nope. This is what I got this time was blah blah kids blah blah husband blah blah work. Don’t get me wrong I do like hearing of her life but I respond on the things she says yet she hasn’t been to me lately.

I understand how life can be busy. I think she thinks since I don’t have job even though homemaker is twenty four seven. And I don’t have kids that I do nothing all day every day. I really do believe this. So my solution I will not write her for some time. Because apparently my life isn’t full like hers. I hate feeling of hurt. Damn being human!

If you didn’t know we have a new President, President Trump. What I am going to say about it is….that is life. FB is a rampage of emotions and yes I have to admit I used to be like that. But I don’t dwell on those feelings of negativity anymore. Not going to say if this is good nor bad. It is what it is.

Today is Veteran’s Day. Jeff has the day off and we are going to be working on the house. It’s never ending. Anyway I want to say thank you to all the veterans. I do believe our military is the best and they deserve the best of the best. My dad is a veteran of the Vietnam war. Last year I sent him a card. This year I send him a card with a DQ gift card. Thank you dad for your service. I love you!

One more week and Jeff and I are on vacation. Or as my friend Helen calls it holiday. I am excited to get away for some time. I can’t wait to meet people I just see on FB or hear about. What I am not looking forward too is driving a bunch. I will make sure to take a ton of pictures. It will be fun along the way too, to see different things and landscapes.

I have to say this week is like ugh life. It’s not like I am bored or anything the weather though is so gloomy. I want to lay in bed, I feel so sluggish this week.

Anyway on a good note I have a mother in law again. Ken and Elena got married last weekend. They wanted us to keep it a secret. Isn’t that dumb? Why? They never answered why it had to be secret. Anyway it was so beautiful and I had happy tears. Jeff and I are happy for them.

They got married at the Appleton court house. It was funny because we looked way out of place there. The judge she was so cheerful and happy about it too.

Tomorrow Elena, Ken, my mom, April and I are going to see the lead singer of the Herman Hermits. The Herman Hermits is one of my mom’s favorite bands. Yesterday I couldn’t stop singing “I am Henry the eighth I am, Henry the eighth I am, I am.” Even got Jeff singing it. Funny! I can’t wait to see them tomorrow it will be fun. All their songs are great and simple. Also it will be fun hanging out with April as well.

Blog I really meant to write you yesterday.

Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday was a long blur of sickness. I had scary asthma on Friday. I had to take my machine. I hate taking my machine makes me feel shaky and weak. When I take my nebulizer I have to lay down, I hate that. I had to take it Friday twice and twice on Saturday. I couldn’t breathe! I know I always have that option to go to the ER. However they do nothing that I can’t do at home. All they do at the ER is the nebulizer which I have at home. That is the reason why I have one to use at home.

When I get asthma troubles it comes with a cough. I was lucky this time it did go down in my lungs a little but it came back up to my throat. Good that is really good. My asthma cough can sound horrible like I am hacking up my lungs. But this time it doesn’t sound that awful. Cure for asthma cough, cough syrup always have to keep some on hand. Also my breathing exercises helps a lot!

Unfortunately I got a sinus infection. Ugh! I just want to roll my head of my shoulders it feels that bad. I hate sinus headache it affects my eyes. Hard to type or really do anything. I have been sleeping so much! I think I slept enough for five years. Funny. Last night I am happy my fever broke. I got really too hot I could have slept outside. It’s fall now so gets about 40F at night. I was that hot but in the middle of the night it my fever broke because I got really, really cold. So today I am starting to feel better. Yay!

Since it’s fall we get to rake the yard this weekend of leaves. So not fun but I rather rake leaves then be sick any day.