The past two months have been absolute madness. It's as though life has been shoved into a catapult and someone has triggered the release mechanism. I've been hurtling through a blur of emergencies, work, long hours, pain and on and on and on. Since this is a blog about, well, whatever I've got going on, here's what's been going on. It's legit, y'all.
-Had to have the tooth I had root canal-ed two years ago retreated. The endodontist missed a root and I had to (pay to) have the whole joyful process repeated. That's after a few weeks of a supposed sinus infection culminating with excruciating pain and a 103-degree fever.
-My sister went into premature labor and had an emergency c-section with her twins at 28 weeks. Sister: Medicate, rest, visit the babies daily, repeat. Me: fill-in, help out, run back and forth between home, babysitting nephew Q, work and the hospital. Repeat.
(Baby update, for those interested: Both babies are doing amazingly well. They're both out of Isolettes, in cribs in the NICU. Rhys just hit 5 pounds and Avery is trailing closely behind. Hopefully they'll get to go home in the next couple of weeks!)
-Work: Busy season. This past Wednesday and Thursday alone I worked 32.5 hours. That's in a 48-hour period. I'm still having nightmares about getting work email in the middle of the night. Sick.
-The same sister that had the c-section 6 weeks ago moved. Yesterday. That's right. We packed up a truck, unpacked the truck and got them settled in enough to be able to sleep on their mattresses on the floor last night. LONG Day.
I'd assumed that the move kind of book ended all the mayhem and would bring it to a close, giving me some much needed time to sleep.
Wrong.
This afternoon my Dad called with bad news, his brother, my uncle, passed away from a heart attack this morning.
We weren't extremely close, but Uncle Ray holds a special corner of my heart. He was a kind, soft-spoken, loving man. You'll be missed Uncle Ray.
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So, that's what's going on in my corner of the universe. How's yours holding up?
-Had to have the tooth I had root canal-ed two years ago retreated. The endodontist missed a root and I had to (pay to) have the whole joyful process repeated. That's after a few weeks of a supposed sinus infection culminating with excruciating pain and a 103-degree fever.
-My sister went into premature labor and had an emergency c-section with her twins at 28 weeks. Sister: Medicate, rest, visit the babies daily, repeat. Me: fill-in, help out, run back and forth between home, babysitting nephew Q, work and the hospital. Repeat.
(Baby update, for those interested: Both babies are doing amazingly well. They're both out of Isolettes, in cribs in the NICU. Rhys just hit 5 pounds and Avery is trailing closely behind. Hopefully they'll get to go home in the next couple of weeks!)
-Work: Busy season. This past Wednesday and Thursday alone I worked 32.5 hours. That's in a 48-hour period. I'm still having nightmares about getting work email in the middle of the night. Sick.
-The same sister that had the c-section 6 weeks ago moved. Yesterday. That's right. We packed up a truck, unpacked the truck and got them settled in enough to be able to sleep on their mattresses on the floor last night. LONG Day.
I'd assumed that the move kind of book ended all the mayhem and would bring it to a close, giving me some much needed time to sleep.
Wrong.
This afternoon my Dad called with bad news, his brother, my uncle, passed away from a heart attack this morning.
We weren't extremely close, but Uncle Ray holds a special corner of my heart. He was a kind, soft-spoken, loving man. You'll be missed Uncle Ray.
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So, that's what's going on in my corner of the universe. How's yours holding up?
Oh my!!! You've had a rough couple of months. When is your next vacation? Scratch that...when is your day off!? You need some rest for sure. Everything always happens all at once with you. Hope things lighten up soon.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about your Uncle.I hope your dad isn't having too rough of a time.
Not much going on here. We're boring.
Wow. Intense. Sometimes I think, "that's it, right, Lord?" and then he piles something else on that has to be dealt with or managed or taken to the ER. I'm sure it just so He can prove to me that I can do it
ReplyDeleteMan....craziness!! So sorry about your Uncle. I hope you are getting some sleep with all you have going on. You are one amazing person for God to trust you to hand you all this. He's shining you!! But I do hope life slows down for you soon! When is the upcoming vacation again?!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the kind words, girls. And the great perspective.
ReplyDeleteThe next vacation isn't until November. UGH. I scaled this year waaaaay back on the holidays to prep for next year. I think I'm going to take a long weekend (after the funeral), like a four-day weekend and get lost along the northern coast somewhere to clear my head. And sleep.