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Monday, May 22, 2006
a week in my life
T is still couch-bound. Poor guy has never had it this bad with his back, and that's saying a lot. We've all been sleeping in the living room: T because the couch is much better on his back than our bed since it keeps him from flopping around and changing positions in his sleep, I in case he needs help getting up during the night (he has a walker now, borrowed from a friend, so it's actually just the getting-back-down that he needs my help with now), and the kids because if Mom and Dad get to have a slumber party in the front room then by golly they get to too.
Yesterday I woke up at 9, looked at the clock, and thought, ooh, I am totally getting on the ball with those pain-management people (he was referred to pain management on Friday, and the insurance-referrals person at the local medical clinic messed around all day and missed faxing out his information, just in time for a weekend of lying on the couch taking Vicodin and having sciatica spasms), and I called the office in Fresno and left a polite and concise and clear message on their answering machine, and when I hung up T asked me why I'd done that. When it was Sunday. Which I had totally forgotten, I thought it was Monday and continued to have to remind myself that it wasn't, all day long. My internal clock gets totally out of whack without the rhythm of work days to keep it straight.
Honestly we love having him home. He and LT spent an evening making some really awesome Lego creations; now they have a car-model project going. And so far we've played three different games of Trivial Pursuit (Star Wars, Book Lovers', and regular Genus IV), caught up on reading, and watched a handful of movies we'd never seen. We keep saying we should do this more often, only without the excruciating pain part.
Comments
What a pain (no pun intended) that you finally get a chance to spend so much quality time together and it is because someone is hurt. I hope he feels better soon :)
I must thank you again, and again, and again - for helping me with Jason's headshot last night. I know I kept you up late and I was so nitpicky but it is beautiful and you are awesome!
Posted by: jenn at May 22, 2006 11:19 AM
I am glad you guys are able to do fun stuff too. Praying for T!! and you! Do you need some corn salad to keep up your stregnth???
Posted by: debi at May 22, 2006 12:23 PM
forgot to mention that I have salsa and am not afraid to use it! LOL
Posted by: debi at May 22, 2006 12:24 PM
Now, Debi. I am fully able to cook (cough unfortunately cough). That said, if you are going to OFFER me corn salad I am certainly not going to REFUSE it. I will try not to jump all over you going YES PLEASE YUM YES, but I will not REFUSE corn salad. :-D
Posted by: Rachel at May 23, 2006 10:01 AM
LOL! Oh I know you can cook!! HOWEVER! You, my dear need to keep up your stregnth to help your husband! Yes? I cannot make it right now though. Jonathan woke up yesterday with a 103 fever and is VERY sick right now. I cant get the fever to go away!! =(
How is T? HOw are you??? I miss chatting with you online!
Posted by: debi at May 23, 2006 01:27 PM
Hope T gets better soon. And this just goes to show that their are upsides to the downsides, at least sometimes.
Posted by: Muley at May 26, 2006 12:26 PM
