I have so much that has happened/is happening. I need to head to bed, but thought I would drop a line here first.
I have been trying to stay off the computer more. Sometimes successfully, sometimes not so successfully. At one point I turned to hubby and said, "I just replace one computer addiction with another." He agreed.
Life personally has been crazy for us. Life really does go by faster the older you get. And there is nothing like children to remind you how quickly it is passing.
Our kids were in piano this year. That was was a first. My son loved it. My daughter quit. We let her because she is still young and we don't want her to hate it. Hubby was forced to play when he was younger, and still has nightmares. Of course, he also doesn't have a single bone with rhythm, either. He looks at the person in front of him to know when to clap.
Brendan is in baseball. Last year both kids were in soccer. This year we didn't get around to enrolling our daughter in anything. Hopefully she will recover and forgive us later. We promised her we will let her do an extra set of swimming lessons to make up for it.
Just with those things we keep hopping. I can’t believe how quickly May has sped by. For a while we were busy every single day. And the weekends were packed. One weekend I was in charge of the clothing drive at our church, it was my 20-year high school reunion, and our daughter was baptized. And somewhere in there I squeezed in pulling dandelions and planting some of my garden.
And to confirm we are crazy, our family is in the process of working with Social Services to become a Foster Family. Our worker keeps asking us when we are going to finish the classes because we only seem to be able to take one at a time. They book them in blocks to try to get people through them quickly. We are not going quickly! She even wrote us a letter to ask if we were still interested in becoming Foster Parents. Hubby talked with her and explained how busy we have been, and it all seems to be okay again. Our daughter is pumped about having a foster child at our house. She periodically asks when he or she is coming, and she drew a picture for “responsibility” at her school of her taking care of a foster child who was crying.
We have also been talking about doing an addition to our house. We have been house hunting for a while, and the houses we have found that we like have gone to other people. We looked at another house today, but are going to start taking the steps needed to see if we really can make an addition work on this house.
AND I’ve been accepted to University. I’m taking the first steps to becoming a lawyer. They are scary steps because, if you noticed, I graduated from high school 20 years ago. I’m not sure I’m ready for studying anymore! And I know this will be a lot of work (and money) and time away from family.
Bruce had a really rough Spring with his Bi-polar. He is still off meds, but it was a rocky ride, and we had done some consulting with medical professionals about going back on meds or taking natural remedies….. I’m afraid my stress will spill over and send him for a loop again.
The doctors have also been talking to me about putting a shunt in my arm (for dialysis). I know my kidney function is continuing to decrease. I also worry a little about all that we are intending to do and what will happen if my kidneys actually do fail. I’m the sole income-earner, and will continue to be even when I am in school. We can’t afford for me to be sick.
Like I said, we are crazy. Maybe I’m the craziest one of the bunch.
On a happy note, my best friend is expecting her first baby and I’m on call to help. So I need to get some sleep and hope that baby waits until I’m well-rested!
