Mike

This is just a short update since most everyone knows. Mike is cancer free as of right now - all reports came back clean. He is scheduled for admission to the hospital on Sept. 20th and be released on Sept. 25 - that is the current plan. He will be living in Denver for a minimum of 100 days which will put us through the New Year.

I am very excited about this but also very apprehensive because it's a huge procedure. It sounds like a walk in the park but it's not. When I get answers from the team I will post them to everyone. My plan (you all know how I love to plan) is to be the primary caregiver during the day and then have someone relieve me for a short time in the evening so I can work and take care of Bri and then go back to Denver for the overnight duties and daytime duties. I'm thinking I'm superwoman enough to do this through the fall and winter. I might need a serious vacation when this is all over but I'll worry about it later.

Bri started her support group and she's made a friend. i was a little concerned b/c all the kids there the first day had a parent who died so I wasn't sure she would be ok. She is settling into school and everyone at the school knows that it might be kind of rocky for her. She will be going on the church retreat in 2 weeks before Mike goes in. My baby is not a baby anymore. She will be 13 on the 25th.

Mason doesn't call very much so I'm not sure how he's handling it if at all. The last time he called was b/c he was out of phone minutes and xbox 360 live minutes. His grades seem to be ok so hopefully Mike will be able to see him graduate in May.

I am as always fine as a fiddle in the rain on Friday! Doing life as life does it. Work is ok - trying to stay ahead of the game so I don't get fired (even though I joke about it every day.) I'm back to running with the dog to lose weight. All is well right now in the Holliday home!