What's Up With This?

I found myself missing my dad today--not that I usually don't, but it's usually not like this. I can't really explain why. I believe everybody has their days--some have meaning to them like a birthday or holiday, but why today? Mom goes through days like this too--I guess we all do. I can't think of anything significant on September 28th. Maybe it's just the time of the month and I'm a little bluesy. Maybe I'm tired. I really don't know. . . I hate days like this. I tried to put it away--went shopping with my friend and her mom at the new Kohl's store--that was fun. But it was just a temporary fix to deal with my blues. I stripped the caulking off my bathtub and re-did it, watched tv, washed my car, played with Zoe, went for a drive. . . still there.

Tomorrow Morgan goes in for her first round of allergy testing. I am not looking forward to it, but she's usually pretty tough for the doctors and nurses--I hope she will be tomorrow. It's just little scratches, so hopefully she'll do okay. Kory gets to take her on Tuesday.

I guess I'll just let the sadness be there, and eventually it will subside--it always does.

It's over. . .

Mom's radiation treatments are all done. She is pretty burned but very very happy to be done with that. We had a little surprise party for her on Friday. She started to cry when her one neighbor and really good friend showed up. She was truly surprised. We toasted with iced tea. I told her it was just one more hurdle that she overcame. The staff at the cancer center all gave her hugs on her last day, and that meant a lot to her.

What I Cannot Change

My new favorite song. . . I can so relate to this in so many ways. . .

Baby Deer

There was a baby deer in our yard today (still small but the spots were gone). . . we spotted it while cleaning out the girls' closet, so Sydney said, "Mom, take a picture!" so I found the camera and got a couple quick shots of it. It was a baby and couldn't figure out how to get out of our yard. I finally went outside (made Zoe stay in!) and tried to tiptoe over to the gate to let it out, and then it figured out how to jump and get out the way it came in.

Morgan and Sydney wanted to keep it. Syd named it "Shirley" and Morgan named it "Jennifer".

Hunting Season

Hunting season is once again upon us. It doesn't suck like it used to. In fact, this year I was ready for it to come. . . ready for a break. I think Kory needed it too. After camping and summer and being so danged tired of being tired and busy, it was time. Kory hasn't been feeling the best for about a month now, and the house is a mess, and I am cranky-ish, so it is a good thing. I got to spend time with my sister and her family last night--what fun. No Kory around wanting to go home--it was just us--and we got to visit and just be. That is a luxury I think. Although I didn't sleep well last night. . . I was a little bit nervous--didn't even turn my fan on so I could hear if the girls were scared or sad or if some crazy intruder might bust into the house during the night (sucks to get home after dark with no lights on in the house!). Zoe laid at the top of the stairs for about 2 hours waiting for Kory to come home. She didn't like it. It was kinda sweet.

So I had all these plans for today--mainly clean out the girls' closet. Do you think I got it done? Heck no!! We went shopping and picked up a new toy for each of the girls and then picked up lunch and came home. Then I proceeded to sit on my hind end until about 6:00 when I decided we needed to go to the store to get cream for our new ice cream maker. Our friends got one and take it camping with us--it's soooo yummy! So, we bought one today, and I am sitting here listening to it (it's really loud!) and typing away. Actually it's drowning out the sound of the tv which would make my ADHD kick into high gear and then I wouldn't be able to type anything that made any sense (oh yeah--I do really think I am telling a better story right now-ha!).

It's been raining off and on today. In fact, at one point Zoe was still outside and it was really coming down. She had to come to the window downstairs and give me the most pathetic look and shake the water off of her so I would let her in. Whoops!

Mom is now half-way through her treatment. 16 more to go. She's doing fine, but really tired. I can tell it's wearing on her. The stitch on her one incision that was bothering her so bad finally disappeared, so that's good. She asked the nurse about it again, and the nurse looked and it was gone. She is a little burned, but the doctor said that's typical. She's been putting on the special lotion and aloe vera everyday, so she's very careful to follow everything she's been told.

Time to log on to the camping forums and chat it up with my online friends. They rock. They make me laugh and help me keep my sanity sometimes when I need it.

Maybe I'll do the closet tomorrow. . .

Labor Day Camping Trip

I am sad. Actually kinda depressed. We had our last camping trip of the season this last weekend. We went to the KOA at Livingston, and we really had a great time. Nothing too exciting, but just nice to get away and yet be at a campground with running water and electricity. That's the best. I love our camper, and we had a good time with our friends. The campground was fun--drawings for little prizes every 1/2 hour (all my family won something except for me!) and then a fun 'almost midnight madness' sale at the little store. That actually ended up being on Monday morning because the storm on Sunday night knocked out the power. I felt really bad for the people in the camping cabins--no power, no candles, no heat--and so rainy. They probably all just ended up going to bed with lots of blankets to stay warm! And I can't even imagine staying in a tent in that weather--yuck! Luckily the power came back on at a little after midnight. The store held the sale on Monday morning with more prizes, and Morgan won --again--this year. The little lucky duck won last year too! And they give out some pretty cool prizes. My friend Jane and I got some really cool pictures of the snow clouds hanging over the mountains on Sunday night. I'll post some pictures hopefully tomorrow night.

We did go up into the mountains to a few of the remote campgrounds--we were going to take a hike, but changed our mind when we saw the bear signs everywhere. No thanks.

I hope everyone had a great labor day weekend as well.