I have many stories to tell, but not time to put them all down, so I will just give a brief rundown.
This past weekend was Riverfest. Britt and I are on the committee so we were busy from Thursday morning until MOnday morning at the festival. It was great fun. It's alway neat to see something so huge run so well. Riverfest will be my blog topic tomorrow (or the next time I blog)
I was able to sit down and visit with a homeless woman while we were working at Riverfest. Of all the years I have been working the festival, I have always come in contact with many homeless folks. This was the first time I felt compelled to visit (I mean really visit) with any of them. I really felt a connection with her and would love to share her story. Terri's story will come later this week as well.
I have baby birds living in my garage. Not sure how many there are, but they are just now learning to fly. Elijah has really enjoyed watching these babies grow. It makes me glad that I didn't move the nest out right after we found it. We just have to duck sometimes when we go out there!! At one point, a few of the birds fell out of the nest. Zach had to pick them up and put them back in there.
Duchess got out the other day and took off up the street in the rain. She came back, but not after Eli got good and upset. It was storming and she is petrified of storms. He wasn't so much worried that she wouldn't come back, but that she was really scared because of the thunder. Sweet boy.
I am going through all of this "I wish we could start from scratch" phase, I guess. I think it has something to do with my friend Susan moving away (:( I miss you!). I wish we could just sell this house, move to something smaller, get rid of both of our cars, and live more simply - but we are too far in the hole with all of it. yuck. If our house had a working AC upstairs, I think we could patch the rest of the stuff up enough to sell it - but not with a repair that major.
I am going to fix the tv for Eli and chill for a bit. We have been running errands all day.
Peace
So Much To Tell...
I need a new picture
I need to find a halfway decent picture of myself and put it on here, instead of the one that is on here. I don't know why I just thought of that. I just did. It's nearly 1am. I just got home from work and I am tired, but not ready to go to bed yet. I feel like I have really been working a lot lately. I had Monday off and I have Friday off. Thank goodness Friday is almost here.
A little girl really touched my heart at work tonight. They just found out today that she has diabetes. She is about 9. So sweet. I had to help hold her arm and keep her still while they started her iv. She had never been in a hospital before in her life and she was petrified. She was scared to death, but didn't move a bit and didn't make a sound. She was so good for everything. I wanted to hug her and tell her it would be okay. Her family had that overwhelmed look that I have seen so many times in newly diagnosed cancer families - a look that I remember us having. That look that tells you these people realize life will never be the same from this moment on.
I am doing okay. Working too much to work on my quiet reflection that I really want to work on. I have been in prayer a lot lately, which is good for me.
Mother's Day is coming up. I think that's a whole different blog topic though. I have been missing my mom something terrible over the past few months. I will blog on that maybe tomorrow. Now, I am going to bed.
Plans for the weekend
Work is going really well this weekend. I got to work with a doctor today that I really like. He had to suture this little boys thigh (big nasty cut) and I got to help. I like helping with stuff like that. It really makes me feel like I am doing something of value. That's important to me. I have been thinking a lot over the past few days. Just more about what kind of wife, mother, and friend I want to be. Trying to be a bit quieter and pay attention to everything going on around me.
Uh Oh!
I made a big mistake today! I thought I was doing really great, and added all my work shifts to the calendar on my gmail account. That way I could share it with Britt and keep up with extra shifts that I sign up for. I doubled checked them the other day and was so proud of myself for this small step in the long journey to organization. Today Britt called me and said there was a message from me on our home voice mail. (he gets email notifications) It was from work. They said it was after 12 and I was supposed to be there at 12. OH NO!!! I did not think I was supposed to work today! I thought I signed up for TOMORROW! They double checked the schedule and sure enough, I had it wrong! I got to work, but over an hour late. Thankfully John (my BFF) had taken a vacation day today. He abandoned his plans and came over to get Elijah so I could run to work. Elijah was really excited to get to spend the day with Uncle John. I felt confused and out of sorts for hours this afternoon! I guess just making such a mistake really threw me for a loop. They said it happens all the time, but still.