The Week In Review

Waking up on Monday morning I thought to myself "This is going to be a good week." I mean after all, I am on the backside of my audits since the big huge legal scandal settled week before last, and there were only a few open items. And in the personal life, My Little Girl has been My Little Girl again. Since the OT requirement has ended she has stopped acting out. Thank goodness. The very fine thread that was holding me together was about to snap.

However, of course, had some serious ups and downs.

Monday: busy, busy with acclimating the team post Tax Season and the Partner. Not too mention the client themselves were preoccupied with closing their own March financials. But in addition to a not so productive day at work, Granny was not feeling well again and Mom had to take her back to the doctor for the third time in a week.

Tuesday: more productive at work; Granny hanging in there; Dad has one month left in Houston and will hopefully get a job in Corpus Christi for a 3 - 4 month project.

Wednesday: not productive at work since key contact is out ill and the firm treated us to a Style Show! Granny also went to the ER in the afternoon. This was a very stressful visit. Mostly because she checked in at 3:30pm, was classified as "URGENT," but we went back at 7:30p.m. She went home at 11ish. Luckily they did not detect a blood clot in her leg. But lots of other stuff going on. (Wait for Friday).

Thursday: Was able to request items needed from key contact at client, but did not receive any useful answers. Cannot do my part if I have to wait on them. UGH! Granny feeling a little better after her steroid shot.

Friday morning: Granny had two doctor appts in the morning. One was just a follow up with her primary physician and the other was with a urologist. Apparently Granny's uterus has fallen/detached itself from the wall it should be attached to and is on her bladder. Her bladder is falling out her...va-gay-gay. Yes, that is what I said. It took me a while to understand all this. My mom had to administer a cream down there for her and she could see it. I cannot imagine this. Let alone understand how my Granny shows no sign of pain. AT ALL! I just don't get it. She has an appt with an obgyn on Monday. Currently they are saying there are two options of treatment. 1. Surgery. 2 - 3 hours of an 87 year old women also with atrial fibrillation under. Or 2. inserting a metal ring in the va-gay-gay to hold up the bladder. However, it will need to be removed periodically to be cleaned. Granny can't put cream there, how the crap will she be able to do this??? So we do not know what we are going to do. Hopefully some better news on Monday.

Friday evening: Went to see Noises Off with a friend. Freaking hilarious! Plus it was opening night and little things went wrong that should not have gone wrong, but the actors did a flawless job of covering it all up. Especially when the bottle of whisky (a key prop through out the entire play) was knocked out of a hand and shattered on the floor. Ooops?

Saturday morning: woke up; threw on soccer clothes for game at 9:30. Won the game, flew home at 10:45 to do hair and make-up for dance pictures at the studio at 12! Whew...did it all on time and therefore treated My Little Girl to a movie. We saw Hannah Montana-The Movie. It was actually....good.

Now, off to go Granny sit.

Sunday: Make sure Granny is okay in the morning since that time is the worst; chill for a bit, and then run off to a play date with the friends I previously wrote about at Christmas time. The ones I said we should get together with the kids more often. Yippie!

Thank God I'm A Country Girl

Sunday afternoon the My Little Girl and I went out and visited The Parents and their deer. While out there in the fields she had to go to the bathroom and there was no getting to a real potty in time.

So what did she do? Drop the drawers and squat! Luckily I had a tissue or two in my pocket.

It was hilarious. She has peed out in the sticks before so that was no problem. Well except that it flowed in to her flip flop. I just laughed. I couldn't help it. I know terrible.

But then she said, "Momma, I gotta poop!"

"So go," I tell her and she questions, "In the grass?"

I guess I made her nervous because she told me she couldn't poop while I was watching. I turned my back, she backed up her hiney in the tall grass, did her thing, then like a cat covered it up with grass she pulled up.

She was laughing and I was laughing. I know, we are odd, but she made me promise not to tell any of her friends. She even said "please."

heehee, blackmail!!!

April 15th

Busy Season is OVER!!!! ROCK ON!!!

No more required 10 hour days, and 8 hour saturdays. No more stressfulness at the office. Well, for the next couple of days!!!!

A Little Family History

With everything going on with Dad's heart, he and I have talked about family health history. I found out a little piece of interesting information to add to the knowledge that I already had. I have also been meaning to write about it, but keep forgetting. So here is the second post of the day.

My great-grandma on Dad's grandfather's side had a pace maker. That is the piece of the story I knew. What I did not know is this...

In the 60's Grandpa (who lived next door) found Great-Grandma in the garden. She was not breathing. He performed CPR, and brought her back. She received a pacemaker. I had no idea that they had these little devices way back then. She lived to be 92! Most would say, well with technology these days, who knows what can happen. But she died June 7, 1988! Nearly 21 years ago!!!

If they can do that then, then maybe my Daddy will be okay. :)

And way to go Grandpa!!!

Young Love

Today My Little Girl has a runny, yucky, green nose. And the hoarse voice to go along with it that she loves to make squeak. Luckily, my Mom took her to Dr. D. for me and ran her back to school.

When she got there mom took her to the playground and told her to stay with her until the teachers saw that she was back. Of course she does not listen because her boyfriend Grayson is running towards her. She takes off. In my head I see the two running in slow motion towards each other until they meet and embrace. Yes, Mom said they hugged and then ran off to play together.

On one hand it is, "aww, how cute!" On the other I am reminded that at the Easter party at school while eating together on the bleachers, My Little Girl tells my Mom, "Nan, you can go now; we want to be alone."

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKK!

Of course Nana says, nope; not going to happen. You see they have been in trouble for giving little innocent kisses. And of course MLG's response is, "But we are not going to do anything."

DOUBLE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKKK!

Both say they are going to marry each other. What a great story that would be, but man, we got some time for all that!!!!

This, That, and the Other

Lots of stuff has been going on lately. Stuff that is actually unrelated to work. Although I must say that that the Partner I am currently working under was nice enough to tell me that the job is in a good position right now; don't worry about coming in this weekend!!! WooHOOOOOOOOOO!

So the last few weeks have given to me my child acting incredibly insane. It happens at this time every year. I think she is seeking attention from me since I am gone so much. She acts out. She disobeys. She won't leave the room I am in. She won't go to another room without me. She whines endlessly. She pouts when she does not get her way. It is becoming quite annoying. What to do?

Last week, my Dad went in for a routine physical with a new doctor since his old one is retiring. New Doc went through my Dad's medical history very thoroughly and asked lots of questions. When my Dad told him that he cannot pass an EKG, New Doc called BS, and ordered an echo cardiogram. Dad had the echo on Tuesday, and got the call Wednesday to come back in immediately. Thursday he received the news that he has some damaged heart muscles and his heart is not pumping enough blood out. The area that is damaged should pump 55% and he is in a range of 20-35%. The techs feel that he is on the lower end. He had a stress test on Friday. Monday he found out he passed that! YIPPIE! There were some other things that Dad had wrong that Old Doc new about, but did nothing. As a doctor friend so nicely put it, my Dad's health was neglected. So if anyone has had Dr. Bruce Wheeler in Victoria, TX, go get a second opinion. See a new internist. Do something. Yes, I said his name. Yes, I am not a fan of his. New Doc said this problem has probably gone on for around 7 years. 7 years of annual physicals that were done wrong. My Dad should have been treated. Dr. Wheeler should have not accepted his border line high blood pressure knowing he has an irregular heart beat. He should have not said there is no medicine for low testosterone when my Dad asked him if there is any meds to treat that, because there IS! He is a suck ASS doc!

Dad is now on 3 meds for his heart, testosterone medication, and will come back in 2 months to do another echo to see if there has been any improvement. New Doc, who has also been consulting with a local cardiologist, has mentioned things like an ICD (a device that shocks your heart when it beats erratically) and a catheter. I personally would like to have to avoid all this, but we shall see what is needed in a few months. Lets hope that there is improvement with medication alone.

Now, on a brighter note, I have a dress for cjh's wedding and My Little Girl has her flower dress. Pretty, pretty. They will be Harvest Gold and each of us bridesmaids have different dresses. At first, I thought cjh was crazy. But it is going to look good. My Little Girl's flower dress is ivory with champaign like the lovely bride. And she will have little heals with some bling bling butterflies on them to go along with the venue. It is going to ROCK!

A very close friend of mine, Tammy Gendke, is running for the Industrial School Board. So if anyone is reading this in the Industrial School District, VOTE FOR HER! It needs some good people!!! I help put out signs yesterday. You go Girl!

Today was the annual family renunion on my Dad's side. Lots of people came out, the food was good, the chit-chat was fantastic, and the Easter Egg Hunt was awesome. My Little Girl came in third, which was really good since she was in the "Big" Kids category. Translation of "Little" kids was 2 and under. So my 5 year old hung with 8 year olds. Pretty groovy. I don't know how many they hid this year, but we brought 48 and took 41 home. She did good.

I also found out today that my cousin is doing some open mic stuff in Austin. Here he is on youtube performing a song he wrote. He has just started doing this and I think he sounds pretty good. And I am typically not a Texas Music fan so that should mean something.

Tomorrow is Easter and I cannot wait. I have the video camera ready. My Little Girl is going to be getting a couple of special presents from the Easter Bunny. Two girl bunnies. I bought them Thursday before dance class. When I went to pick her up one of the mothers was holding a baby cottontail that their cat was about to eat for lunch. When MLG saw it, she fell in love. She told me she wanted one for Easter. Then she said she wanted two. And they both had to be girls. Oh the irony. So I told her she needed to be really good and pray that the Easter Bunny brings her two little girl bunny rabbits. She said, "I am!"

This is what they look like. They are what apparently are called "meat rabbits." The sales lady said in 1 month they will be good eatin'. EEEKK!!! No, not at my house! These little guys were lucky once already. They are left over from the stock show. Maybe I should have gotten a boy and a girl and we could have raised our own rabbits for the fair! Uuummm-No.

Easter pics and video to come soon. Everyone have a fantastic Easter!!!