Today

In honor of my little girl who is no longer little I have changed the font to pay tribute to whimsical dreams and childhood wishes as they give way to grownup demands and high school issues :) 

Today she donned her pretty purple dress and her young lady air! She adjusted her attitude and curled her hair. She walked with grace and a smile upon her face, as she took her place amongst the other 8th graders moving on to Rampart today.

She will forge ahead to do great things, see strange places, work and play...the world is her playground as she grows up. 

I was so proud of her today.  Her dad and I smiled and waved as she walked past on her way to the dance - her very first dance with a boy named Jordan.  Wow, time has flown by.  Just a little while ago we were sending her off to kindergarten with a cry.

Then we moved to Colorado and she went to middle school.  She's been to California on a mission trip, to High Trails in sixth grade and across the country to visit family and friends, always with a cloak of cool!

My baby is no longer a baby!  She's a freshman in high school today.

My day from hell

Can I just say if there are any co-workers reading this right now please don't take offense (or just stop reading right now.)  I have had the f***** day from hell.  I am so emotionally unattached and that may come across as bitchy but I can't give people hugs w/o wanting to scratch my eyes out.  It's me - I don't ask for emotional support and I am really bad at giving it :(.  My day started w/ my office manager yelling at me for the collective F Up in our office - to which I yelled right back.  Maybe one of these days I should worry about keeping my job.  I just can't work up the energy for it right now.  As I so poignantly told Mike that I am so used to the Denver traffic I could work up there and not bat an eyelash at it right now.

Then Mike had multiple doctors appointments - yay me!  So while we are killing time at one Mike decides to call Mason to wish him a happy graduation since we weren't able to attend (and there is no way I'm spending more money on a losing relationship.)  Mason's witch of a mother answers and when she finds out it's me she says to never call that number again and hangs up on me.  So I promptly call back and Mark, Mason's stepdad, answers and I ask for Mason.  While I'm waiting Penny gets back on the line and disguises her voice and tells me to never call again.  Mason gets on the line and you can hear Penny yelling at him to hang up on me.  He says to text him b/c he's got to go.  WHATEVER!  If something happens to Mike I am certainly going to regret how I inform those selfish, ignorant, angry hateful white trash people in that family.  And then I'm going to inform Penny that I sold her guitar and Mason's crap can sit here until he comes to get it.

Mason never called his dad or even sent him an email/facebook tonight....

Then we get back from the dr appt and I find a mouse in my kitchen drawer which freaks me out.  I about pass out from a panic attack.  I hate mice as much as I hate snakes and dogs!  Then I find out a co-worker (who shall remain nameless if not faceless) de-friends me from Facebook which would not normally set me off but she didn't de-friend the other co-workers and this was after we were told to be grownups and not de-friend one another to bitch about work!  So much for being a grown up!

So this is the day I've had and it's now 11:54 and I don't want to go to work tomorrow.  I don't even think I want to get out of bed tomorrow.  I feel like crying...I hate my life! 

Bri is promoted to high school on Thursday and I have no money to get her a promotion gift (even though this is not required.)  I feel like a lousy mother!  I can't believe she's so big.  She is now dating a young man named Jordan so feel free to give her grief! :)  I will sign off for now. 

THIS IS MY DISCLAIMER:  If you are a co-worker or anybody in the loser's family please do not respond to this and bitch at me.  I will choose to ignore you!  Everybody else, I love you and miss you and will be back with more news tomorrow!  THIS IS MY FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND I AM ENTITLED TO IT.

Mike

Just in time for another update: We saw the kidney dr. today who is admitting Mike on Wed. to the hospital. He said we need to get the water weight off quick and it's been going on for 4 months so they're finally admitting him. His sugar levels have been high, his blood pressure is high, he can barely walk and his joints and muscles are locking up on him at random times. Hopefully this will be a short visit. They can't put him in until Wed. b/c he needs to come off his blood thinner medication.


In other news: Bri's drama production of high school musical opening night is tomorrow which is the other reason he can't go in until Wed. Continuation (promotion to high school) is the 27th and she found the perfect dress. She may even have a date (news at 11 on that front.)


Mason graduates this Saturday. No other news on that front.

Thank you all for the birthday wishes and cards. They reminded me that I'm loved around the country. And in church this past Sunday Kevin reminded me it's not all about me - which I was having a pity party and needed reminding.

Rantings

So Mike is at 7 months old on Monday.  He is still feeling crappy - been like this for 3 months - stomach aches, bruising easily, other abdomenal issues and he's retained so much water his feet look like balloons and it's working its way up his legs.  He had CMV and they fixed that; they changed his meds and it didn't work; now they're saying it could be lactose intolerance so he has had to cut his dairy intake.  His sugar levels are still insanely high for him so we're not sure what is going on.  He still has blurred vision too. 

In case I haven't updated in a little while Mike is 100% cancer free and 100% new blood.  He just has all these other side effects to deal with.

Brianna is gearing up for continuation which is May 27th and her drama production of high school musical on May 17 and 18.  She has a ton of stuff going on between now and summer so we are staying very busy.  I cannot believe she's going to be a freshman in August.  She is trying to work at the stables this summer along w/ all her other projects going on.  Whew, time flies when you're having fun. 

Mason is supposed to graduate on May 22 in Virginia.  As far as I know Mike is not cleared for travel yet so we will not be attending that event.  And as of yet Mason has not talked to us about coming out for the summer.  I'm not sure what his plans are except maybe spending time w/ his girlfriend in Pennsylvania.

I have turned his bedroom into my yoga studio so hopefully by this summer I'll be lean and mean (meaner than I already am.)  Work is going along.  Sharalee, the new crim paralegal, is helping so much I feel useless.  I am still out of the office a lot.  We get a bigger office in June on the 3rd floor.  Otherwise just living the dream!