I’ve had an emotional day. I’ve been on the verge of tears off and on, and when I got home I proceeded to cry on Firefly’s shoulder. She was very confused. I’ve been on a bit of a roller coaster, worrying about her uncle, Badger, school, working on the house, wondering if we’re pregnant and then finding out that no, we are in fact not. And then last night my ex called to tell me about our kitty. She discovered her in convulsions when she got home last night, so she and her husband rushed Emma to the emergency vet. There wasn’t anything they could do and she had to be put to sleep. I really, really appreciate that she called me (thank you again for that), and Emma had a good long life. She will be missed.
Archive for November, 2008
I forgot to mention that we passed the inspection yesterday. Go us. Now we can get to work putting the bathroom back together.
I’m not feeling very well. I thought about going to darts with Firefly, but decided to stay home and rest. I may make an early night of it.
This is not our month. Her levels from the blood test were good, so we’re keeping with the same dosage of Clo.mid. They think they may be bringing her in too late, so we’re going in earlier for the US this time. We’re scheduled for next Wednesday.
My teacher called today. She said I need to stop stressing out. Firefly called me at work to tell me. And to second the opinion.
On the home front, the insulation is done in the bathroom and the inspection is scheduled for tomorrow. This is our last inspection before the final, so once it’s done we’ll be able to start putting everything back together. Firefly has been working hard on it, and I’ve been helping when I can–which lately hasn’t been much.
We went this morning and got her driving privileges reinstated, so she’s able to drive to work and back now. The judge signed off on an extra half hour each way since we live so far from where she works, which is good news. With winter coming she’ll have to leave a lot earlier to get there on time when the weather is bad.
I’m tired. I haven’t been sleeping well.
We had a nice lunch with Firefly’s parents, along with Bennder and girlfriend-who-still-does-not-have-a-nickname. It was the first time she’s met the parents, or any family for that matter. After lunch we all headed over to the hospital to meet up with the rest of the family and take turns visiting with Firefly’s uncle. He’s still in the SI.CU so you have to be buzzed back, then wash your hands in a special room before going in to visit. Firefly went back with her mom, then Bennder and their dad, and I ended up going back by myself. It was good to see him awake, but he’s still a little agitated and they did do the trach. The staples are gone now, though, which was good to see. It’s the first time Firefly’s mom has made it down to visit, and she was understandably pretty shaken up seeing her big brother like that.
After the visit a lot of the family came back to our house. The cousins came with their three boys, as well as Firefly’s parents, Bennder and girlfriend-who-still-does-not-have-a-nickname, and of course us. It was really great to see everyone and spend time with them, although it’s been a pretty exhausting day all around, I think. Firefly got a ride home from work from a coworker this morning so I didn’t end up having to get up early, but of course I slept restlessly because I was afraid I would oversleep and leave her stranded in the cold wondering where I was. She also came home early. She was trying to be quiet so she didn’t wake me, but I heard her open the door and walk around and I freaked out a bit when I saw what time it was. At least that also meant that she got to go to bed earlier, but she still only got about 6 hours of sleep, or thereabouts, before she had to get up and get ready.
I don’t have to work in the morning because I have to pick her up from work and take her to get her license back, but that still means I have to get up early–earlier than normal, actually. I’m thinking a nap might be in order for the both of us…
Firefly’s uncle is now awake and alert. He’s mouthing words to his nurses and being cooperative, which is very good news, and they’ve apparently taken out his breathing and feeding tubes. We got the info in a text from Firefly’s cousin so we’re still not sure if he had the trach, but we’ll find out tomorrow afternoon. Firefly’s parents are coming into town, and we’ll be having lunch with them and then going to visit her uncle.
I just got home from taking Firefly to work. I’ll have to go back out early in the morning to pick her up, and I’m trying to decide what to do. I really should work on my big story for school, but if I stay up I’ll be really tired in the morning when I go to get her. Oh, who am I kidding? I’m not going to be able to sleep anyway. I’ve made a decent amount of progress, but I’m still really stressed about this whole quarter in general and have a lot of other work to do as well. I’m not a story writer. Or at least I don’t think I am. Why did I think these classes would be a good idea?
They decided to do the trach on Firefly’s uncle after all. They were supposed to do it yesterday, but we haven’t heard if it happened for sure. They were also trying to take him off the sed.atives, but when they did he got agitated so they haven’t really been able to. I’m pretty worried.
I went and did my school thing, and then got to listen to the first part of the second period of the hockey game on my way home. I watched the rest of the game with Firefly when I got home. We thoroughly trounced the other team in an away game, and they played an awesome game. Now Bennder and her girlfriend are over and we’re playing D.r Mar.io. I need to come up with a nickname other than Bennder’s girlfriend, and they’re not being very helpful.
I should be working on homework and I probably will later, but right now I’m just really enjoying hanging out and not having to think about anything else.
Five days until testing.
Firefly was falling asleep on the couch and has been in bed for an hour now. I don’t blame her, she only got about four hours of sleep last night and had a long day in class running about in full turn.out gear. I’m not tired yet, so I’m taking advantage of the time by working on homework. Can’t you tell? Okay, so really would rather be in there cuddling and I did decide to take a little break to post, but I really was working, I promise.
I’ve got a big story due by noon on Monday, and although I’ve made a bit of progress I’m also stressed and not sure exactly where I’m going with it. I’ve got some idea and it’s one I’ve been kicking around for a while, but I’ve changed tactics on it a bit. It’s kind of odd and I’m telling it backwards–or trying to. We’ll see how that goes. If I can just get it done and get it in on time I’ll be happy.
Just one more day of work this week, and it’ll be a slow one. I’ll be spending most of it catching up on filing, separating triplicate forms, and updating documents. Doesn’t that sound exciting? Don’t you wish you could come spend the day with me?
We don’t have any big plans for the weekend. I have to attend something for school tomorrow night that will probably be about an hour long but that’s about it, and of course I’ll be doing homework. Firefly is working overtime on Saturday, so I’ll be driving her out and picking her up in the morning. I usually like to work on things at night, mostly because I have such a hard time getting up in the mornings, but I’m thinking I’ll drop her off and then go right to bed. That way I can stay up and work after we get home since she’ll be going to bed, and I’ll probably be pretty awake anyway after being up for an hour already. I really should get back to it now, though.
Okay, here I go.
Well my hockey team lost today, but I had a great time with OM and really that’s the most important thing. She’s got a boyfriend now, which is great. This is her first real boyfriend since her husband passed away a few years ago from col.on can.cer. He seems like a really nice guy, although as she says he’s a bit square. Her ring.tone even says it.
Firefly’s dart team won which is awesome. It was back and forth the whole night, but they pulled it out in the end and walked away with a 4-3 victory. They played the team of some friends of our who…well, they haven’t been very nice when it comes to darts. There was a bit of a falling out last year because of it, although outside of darts everyone is still relatively friendly. When they play against each other it’s another story entirely, so I’m doubly happy that Firefly won.
I took Firefly to the diagnostics place after work today to have her blood drawn. If this go doesn’t work they’ll look at that to see if they need to increase her Clo.mid dosage. We’ll see. Hopefully we won’t need it. I’m trying to stay optimistic about this month. Only a week left and we’ll be able to test, unless we are thwarted before that.
And that’s about it for today. I’m headed to bed with my lovely wife. She’s only on first shift for two more days and then it’s back to third. Some co-workers of hers have been taking turns giving her rides to help out and make things easier on me this week, so she leaves an hour or so before I get up. When she works first shift she always gets ready and then comes back in right before she goes to kiss my forehead and tell me she loves me. I miss that when she’s on third.
Oh, and today is our 1 1/2 year wedding anniversary. How about that.
Well, I’m getting closer to being caught up on my homework. I turned in two assignments that were slightly late yesterday. I have two more due this week, and while I’m not sure about one of them I should be able to get the other in. Hopefully on time.
The good thing about having so much to do, and having Firefly here at night all week, is that I’ve barely had time to think about the fact that we’re just about one week into the TWW. I can’t speak for her, but it seems like this time it’s moving a lot faster. Or maybe I’m just obsessing less, which is entirely possible. I’m also not feeling as optimistic this time around. Tomorrow afternoon I’m taking her in for a blood test to see if the doctor will need to up her Clo.mid dosage if this cycle doesn’t work.
I’m also going to a hockey game tomorrow night with OM, since Firefly has darts and can’t go with me herself. I’m looking forward to it. We’ve been doing really well recently, and I hope they keep it up. It’s always fun, but it’s even more fun when your team is winning.
