I just have to write and tell you about our highly spiritual dog. She so loves God's Word that she proceeded to devour it in just over nine hours while I was gone at work. Growing up in a Christian home, I learned never to treat a Bible disrespectfully. I never sat a water glass on top of one or put it in a place it could be damaged. Today, as I picked up peices of Job's flesh and what I believe may have been the thorn in Paul's side, I begged God's forgiveness at my lack of respect. Of course, I had little idea when I put my well-loved chronological Bible in a Year on the arm of the chair this morning that Cindy was a Christian, let alone a hungry, Bible-eating one. Oh, well. Life goes on, and I think I can still read September through November. There's a large chunk out of November (Paul's thorn, you see), so I may have to purchase a new one then. Alas... God still loves me, and Cindy may make it to Heaven yet.
As for other ventures in life, I adore my new job. I hate orientation, simply because it's humbling to know so little, but that is good for me. The people I work with are fantastic, welcoming, and good at their jobs, and the population here is wonderful. There are so many Spanish-speaking only women, so I'm trying to catch on as I go. I did say, "Ten minutes, more or less" today without any help, and the poor prego senora actually understood me! These women are so gracious and never seem to be frustrated by my lack of ability to understand them. I just adore their sweet natures. For now, I'm working Monday through Friday 7-3:30. I'm really looking forward to getting back to my three 12s, but I'm not sure when that will happen in the orientation process. It's really hard to get up at 5:30 every morning after my fairly lazy summer off.
Kate seems to be blending in here really well. She's making lots of friends at school and still likes her teacher most days. She's started daycare in the mornings since I'm going to work so early. (Thanks for getting up at the butt crack of dawn for us, Deena!) Kate has also started getting to sleep easier, which I attribute to getting her up so early every morning.
Den will be here in TWO WEEKS!!!! We are so excited. It's gone a lot faster than I thought it would so far, so I hope these last couple of weeks don't drag on and on. Plus, I learned there are a few things I can handle around the house, which honestly, I never thought possible. For those of you who don't know, my mom has NEVER pumped her own gasoline, so I come by my spoiled nature honestly. Men are just supposed to do those things, and I'm supposed to clean the house and make babies. The National Feminist Association is currently plotting my assasination.
Alright, I'm off to bed, which currently has clean sheets. YEA!!
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Our Interesting Weekend
I'm too tired for wit tonight, so you'll just have to put up with my normal, boring self. Sorry!
I flew to Boise on Thursday... it was a long day, since I had to hop three planes to do it! That's the last time I'll wait until the last minute to buy tickets, I tell ya. It was wonderful to see Den, though, and I also got to have a few minutes with a few of my friends for lunch on Friday. Thanks to Grammy Nygaard for staying with Kate so she could stay in Yakima and go to school! Dennis and I got home late Friday, and Kate sat on her daddy's lap with her arms around him and cried for about 10 minutes. It was precious.
Saturday was supposed to be about lounging around together as a family, but then life happened. Rusty had not been feeling very well while I was gone, so Grandma Shirley took him to the vet. They thought he had an infection and gave him some antibiotics. When he wasn't feeling tons better early Saturday afternoon, I spent a few minutes on the floor with him and discovered a nasty abscess underneath his right armpit. So, we ended up spending the afternoon at the emergency vet spending a lot of money we don't have to learn that he'd most likely been bitten by a black widow or a brown recluse. He's doing a bit better now after some sub q fluids and a day of strong antibiotics and anti-inflammatories. We're also dressing his ouchie regularly and making him wear Kate's t-shirts to protect it. He's still not himself, really lazy and not moving very well. I'm pretty sure he still has a high fever. But, he is eating and drinking and peeing today, so we're hopeful!
We had an amazing BBQ last night at Mom's. Jim and Trishelle and the kids were there too. It is so nice to all be together again!
Kate even went to sleep really easy last night (YEA), but the she woke up throwing up at 10 and puked for the rest of the night. It was a blast... washer and dryer running all night and pretty much no sleep. The poor kid was so miserable. Den and I tag-teamed and both slept on and off. Kate didn't get much at all. We had a little lunch planned for Dad's 60th today, but that got nixed, obviously! Kate was feeling well enough this evening that we went to dinner with Uncle Denny and Aunt Judy. She didn't eat much and still doesn't feel perfect, but at least none of the rest of us are puking!
So, that is the extent of our special weekend together as a family. Not exactly as planned, but there was a lot of "togetherness." Den will head back to Boise tomorrow, and we'll plan one more weekend like this before he comes home in early October.
I hope your long weekend is going a little more smoothly! Happy Labor Day!
I flew to Boise on Thursday... it was a long day, since I had to hop three planes to do it! That's the last time I'll wait until the last minute to buy tickets, I tell ya. It was wonderful to see Den, though, and I also got to have a few minutes with a few of my friends for lunch on Friday. Thanks to Grammy Nygaard for staying with Kate so she could stay in Yakima and go to school! Dennis and I got home late Friday, and Kate sat on her daddy's lap with her arms around him and cried for about 10 minutes. It was precious.
Saturday was supposed to be about lounging around together as a family, but then life happened. Rusty had not been feeling very well while I was gone, so Grandma Shirley took him to the vet. They thought he had an infection and gave him some antibiotics. When he wasn't feeling tons better early Saturday afternoon, I spent a few minutes on the floor with him and discovered a nasty abscess underneath his right armpit. So, we ended up spending the afternoon at the emergency vet spending a lot of money we don't have to learn that he'd most likely been bitten by a black widow or a brown recluse. He's doing a bit better now after some sub q fluids and a day of strong antibiotics and anti-inflammatories. We're also dressing his ouchie regularly and making him wear Kate's t-shirts to protect it. He's still not himself, really lazy and not moving very well. I'm pretty sure he still has a high fever. But, he is eating and drinking and peeing today, so we're hopeful!
We had an amazing BBQ last night at Mom's. Jim and Trishelle and the kids were there too. It is so nice to all be together again!
Kate even went to sleep really easy last night (YEA), but the she woke up throwing up at 10 and puked for the rest of the night. It was a blast... washer and dryer running all night and pretty much no sleep. The poor kid was so miserable. Den and I tag-teamed and both slept on and off. Kate didn't get much at all. We had a little lunch planned for Dad's 60th today, but that got nixed, obviously! Kate was feeling well enough this evening that we went to dinner with Uncle Denny and Aunt Judy. She didn't eat much and still doesn't feel perfect, but at least none of the rest of us are puking!
So, that is the extent of our special weekend together as a family. Not exactly as planned, but there was a lot of "togetherness." Den will head back to Boise tomorrow, and we'll plan one more weekend like this before he comes home in early October.
I hope your long weekend is going a little more smoothly! Happy Labor Day!
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