Tuesday-Thursday

Much has transpired since my last post. The little lady I was supposed to interview on Tuesday was taken to the hospital about an hour and half before I was to meet her and her daughter. Suffice it to say, our ladies' newsletter did not have an interview this month. However, I did finish getting it formatted, printed, copied, and mailed out. The ladies of 14th & Main should receive their own copy tomorrow.

Yesterday, I subbed at Big Spring High for the first time. When I quit my job last year, I told the teacher I worked with that I would sub for her and her aide (my old job) whenever they needed me since I knew their system. Well, when one of my friends found out that I was on the sub list, he asked me to sub for him, too. I agreed, because I know a lot of his students and therefore I know that most of them do what they are supposed to do when they are told. So, yesterday was my first time to sub for his class. It was fairly easy; he left me pretty detailed instructions and several of his classes ran themselves, but it was definitely a new experience for me! Next time will be easier.

On Tuesday night, I went and played Bunko with some of the young ladies from church. I had never played before, but it was quite easy to learn and very fun. I wanted to play longer...I was kind of sad when the game ended. I can see how people can get addicted to it. Anyway, that afternoon, I put Will down for a nap around 3:45 and then left my house that at 4:20 to help my friend, Harmony, cook. I didn't return until after Will had been put to bed and the next morning I left the house to sub at about 7:35. I picked Will up that afternoon at 3:45. That meant I didn't see Will for 24 hours! It was strange. I guess I kind of prepared myself, though, because this weekend I will be gone for about 3 days total. I am leaving on Friday afternoon and won't return until Monday afternoon. I am going for a girls' weekend while Scott and Will have their own little boys' weekend at home. As much as I hate leaving them for such a long amount of time, I am really looking forward to my trip. I plan to have lots of fun :)

And finally, I have dyed my hair yet again. I know you guys must think I am a hair-dying fool, but I am really not. I decided to go back to my natural color since my red had faded out so much. It will be good because I won't have to go to the salon every few weeks to get it touched up. Actually, it still looks kind of auburn-y, so I might have to go back and get her to do it over. We'll see. I really like it, though :)

I'm not sure if I will have time to post again before I leave tomorrow, so everyone have an excellent Labor Day weekend! God bless~~

ARGH!

I have been trying for the past two days to show you pictures of our little boy right before surgery and right after and stinkin' blogger won't let me! I am starting to get pretty fed up with it. I guess you get what you pay for, though, right?

Anyway, I do have a couple of things to share. In about an hour, I am going to interview our congregation's oldest member for our ladies' newsletter. I believe she is 96. Her daughter will be there too to help fill in any holes; it should be quite interesting. The last time I interviewed one of our elder ladies, I found out that she is the grandmother of the secretary in LCU's Bible department. What a small world we live in!

Our ladies' newsletter is in desperate need of a name. So if anyone has any suggestions, bring 'em on. The other night I was brainstorming and came up with a few contenders. I asked Scott for his input and he gave me one suggestion that I thought was quite funny: The Monthly Visitor. Any thoughts?

The Aftermath

Well, I am finally back. After a very long week of travelling, pictures, first day of "school," computer malfunctions, surgery, and company, I have returned to the Blog-dom.

Let us begin with the trip to Lubbock on Monday. It went well. Chapel was good...I think we were the only ones there with a child, but it was good. Will decided it would be great fun to jabber all through the prayers, etc., but we survived. We got to visit with some old friends and teachers at the reception afterward. The only bad thing about all of this is that Will was extremely tried and ready for his nap.

We also got to visit our good friend Carrie and she was gracious enough to let Will take a nap in her son's bed. We had a good visit and would have liked it to last longer, but unfortunately our appointment to get pictures made came up. Will had only slept for a little over an hour, so he was not too happy about being woken up to have pictures taken. He wasn't in the best of moods during the shoot, but we still managed to get some great shots of him and ordered lots of pictures. As soon as our proofs were ready and we had ordered the pictures we wanted, we headed home. It had been a long (but good) day.

Wednesday was Will's first day of "school" (aka Children's Day Out). The actual first day was last week, but he was a little sick, so we didn't want to risk getting the other kids sick too. He moved to a different class this year--a new room, new teachers, etc. He was not very pleased when I first dropped him off. In fact, he screamed quite a bit. But, he ended up being fine and having a fairly good day. He is only going on Wednesdays this year, so we'll see this week if it'll go any better.

Our computer started to act up last week, too. It would randomly shut down completely while we were in the middle of doing something. It would give no warning--the screen just went black. It was very frustrating. Scott brought his computer from work home for the weekend and that is what I am currently using. It looks like we will be getting a new computer fairly soon.

Thursday morning came very early. Will's surgery was scheduled first on the docket and we had to be there to check in at 6:00. That meant I had to get up at 5:00. Ugh. Not fun! Will did really well and didn't seem phased that he wasn't able to eat. I think he was so tired that it didn't even cross his mind that he was hungry. We had also tried to give him a lot of food the night before so his stomach might seem full for a longer amount of time. He actually went into surgery (well, when they made us leave) at 7:45. At 8:45 it was over and the doctor came out to tell us that it went well and he was doing fine. It was about 9:15 when we actually got to go back and see him. He was very dopey and whimpering. We both felt so bad for him! But we were able to go home by 12:15 and he has been doing great ever since then.

My parents dropped my brother off at college on Friday and made their way to come and see us. It was nice to have them here for a few days. We mainly just stayed in and enjoyed spending time together. My dad and I had a mini Scene It tournament which he evetually won (barely!) and I cooked all of our meals so we didn't have to eat out at all. I think they were slightly impressed with my culinary skills. Anyway...they left this morning at about 10:30. They are going to stop back by my brother's apartment on their way home...one last goodbye for their baby boy.

Scott is in Abilene today getting officially registered and buying books. He was supposed to have a class but after he had already made it about halfway there, the grad deptartment secretary called him and told him that the class was cancelled for the day! Oh well, at least he can get that other stuff done.

I have another busy week ahead of me. Tomorrow I am going to be (hopefully) interviewing a lady for our church's ladies' newsletter that I will then have to finish and mail out. Tomorrow evening we are also having our first young women's bunko night. I am really looking forward to that--it should be fun. I have never played Bunko, but Harmony assures me it is easy. On Wednesday, I am substitute teaching for Leland at BSHS, and on Friday I will be leaving for Amarillo (by way of Lubbock) to have the 5th or 6th (I can't remember!) Labor Day Reunion with Jen and Chelsey. Yea! I can't wait.

Until next time, folks. Hopefully it won't be so long :)

It's a Go!

Will is going to be able to have his surgery next week. Yea! He is going to continue on antibiotics for the next 6 days, and should be all set for surgery next Thursday. His bloodwork came back all normal.

Next Monday, we are going to Lubbock for LCU's 50th opening chapel. I am looking forward to spending the day there. We are going to see some friends and have Will's pciture made at Family Photo. Hopefully, he will cooperate and I'll have some lovely pictures to share with you.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

No News

Well, I lied. I didn't mean to, but I did. I don't have any news. What I can tell you is this: next week Will is scheduled to have a little procedure/same-day surgery on Thursday. I am not going to give any details because it is a type of surgery that if I did give details, I would be hearing, "Mom!! I can't believe you put that on the Internet!!" in about 11 years. So, let's just leave it at that.

We went for the pre-surgery consult today (no idea why they must do it a week ahead of time), and of course, Will has been feverish and irritable the past couple of days. So, after the consult, we had to take him to his pediatrician to make sure that he was okay for the surgery. She looked in his ears, and sure enough, one was pretty red. She ordered a shot of anitbiotics and labwork just to make sure the infection isn't so bad that his white blood cell count is high. All that said, we won't find out if we are actually able to have the surgery until tomorrow mid-morning when the bloodwork comes back from the lab. Please pray that Will is alright and we can get this surgery over and done with soon. It is frustrating to have it looming over our heads! I am praying that his bloodwork will come back all good and the shot of antibiotics will nip that infection in the bud. (The reason all this is such a big deal is that Will will have to be put under general anesthesia for the procedure and they can't risk any sickness, etc. when they do that--a good reason!)

Well, that is all I have for now. I hope everyone has had a great day. Love and blessings~~

Short and Sweet

Scott has updated our family blog...click here to read all about it.

That's really all I have for now...be sure to stop back by later on Thursday...I might have some new information for you! Thanks to you all who keep up with what's happening in our little world.

Love and blessings~~

How Appropriate

Here it is...the picture I have been waiting for days to show you all. We saw this sign as we were driving into Farmington on Friday afternoon. Look very closely (enlarge the photo by clicking on it if you can) to read the billboard next to the video store... ...we got quite a kick out of it.

Too Tired to Title

We are back from our last summer adventure! Yesterday we pulled in to our carport at about 11:30 AM. It takes right at about 3 hours and 15 minutes to get from Amarillo to Big Spring. Not bad. Will slept almost the entire way--from right around Canyon to just outside the B.S. city limits. It was a good little drive. We are so thankful that our friend Chelsey let us stay the night on our way to Farmington and on our way back. It was great to visit with her again.

We are SO glad to be home. We have been gone so much this summer--just about every other week--so we are very much looking forward to getting back into normal routines and all that jazz. Also, we are glad not to have to pack and ride in a car for long periods of time. Scott was excited last night when he unpacked his shaving kit because he was acutallly going to get to put it away this time!

Anywho, the reason for this last jaunt was Scott's 10 year high school reunion. We actually had a really good time. It was fun meeting all of Scott's old friends and seeing where he used to go to school. The reunion committee had planned 3 events over the course of two days--a "meet and greet" on Friday night at the high school, a family picnic lunch at a park on Saturday, and a dinner and dance on Saturday night. We went to all three events and really enjoyed it. One problem we ran into was the fact that Scott no longer has family in the Farmington area, so we didn't know what we were going to do with Will on Saturday night. Our good friend Kara's parents live not too far away in Aztec, however, so we called them to see if they could help us out. They were very glad to help and said that Will was a joy to be around, so that was really fantastic. We were so thankful!

Now that we are home, we have lots to do. Will had a doctor appointment on Monday, hence the early departure from Amarillo on Monday morning; and I have one tomorrow. Then, on Friday I am going to a substitute training at the high school on Friday morning. I am going to help our my old co-workers by subbing for them and their new secretary when they are out. The system in that department of the school is sort of complicated, so I am going to sub when I can since I know what's going on. Maybe that will bring in a few extra dollars every now and then.

Well, I am super-mad because blogger won't let me show you pictures from our trip. Tune in again soon and hopefully they will be available for your viewing pleasure!

Butterflies

Apparently it is butterfly migration season around here. There are butterflies EVERYWHERE! One day I was driving in our neighborhood and they looked like leaves falling from the trees. It is amazing. I took Will on a walk this morning to get a few pictures of them before they go. Sad to say, these pictures were all taken in neighbors' yards...I don't have a green thumb to keep up with flowers like these ladies do. Also, my photography skills are less than stellar and the sun was shining on my picture display, so they're not the best pictures, but you get the idea. Enjoy!

This one is a tad blurry, but there are several butterflies in the shot.

This bush was absolutely covered in monarch butterflies.

As we strolled by, they were startled and started to fly around. I kept hoping one would land on Will, but they never did.