Archived Posts from: January, 2008

A Morning to Review

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At home this morning. Today is Rachel’s day home from school, and Phyllis is having car problems. At the beginning of the school year, we made the decision to keep Rachel home one day a week. This came about because she had been so exhausted on Thursday and Friday that therapy had become a wasted [...]

Thanks

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I appreciate hearing from everyone who’s asked about my mom as well as other parts of my life. You are awesome.
My mom is still improving, if not yet back to baseline. I tried to call her yesterday, but she’d gone to the mailbox. While this is not a big chore to most of us, last [...]

Mom Update

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At Mother’s now, and she’s headed for bed. She’s still weak, but she looks healthier than she has since she went on the meds that have made her so sick. All tests, including the bloodwork, were negative, so it’s pretty clear it was just the meds.
Tomorrow I’m going to do some shopping and cleaning for [...]

Quick Update

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Just talked to my mom. She’s home and sounding a lot better. The tests were negative, so apparently her problems were a result of these intense drugs she’s been on. She just needed sedated rest, food, and lots of fluids, which she got via IV. More later when I get there. Looks like my weekend [...]

Just a Quick One

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Thanks to everyone who’s noticed I’m back – and I truly appreciate all the prayers for my mom. I haven’t been able to get in touch with my mom or my brother, so I don’t know how the tests turned out. I’ll try to post when I do.
I’m going down to Alabama to spend the [...]

Best Laid Plans…

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I truly meant to blog yesterday, mostly because of the irony in the day for me. It would have been my grandmother’s 106th birthday, and my mom went into the hospital for tests. It’s also the birthday of a dear friend. The major test for my mom (an endoscopy) will be this morning at 11. [...]

Priorities

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Sometimes I can’t believe how lazy I can be about the simplest of things. (House cleaning notwithstanding.) Take my MySpace page, for instance. I know it could be a great promotional tool for the books, but I find myself loathing the time I’d need to spend to learn how. The same thing with redecorating anything [...]

Lazy Day, almost

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When I look outside, the brilliant sunshine and cloudless day make me think that it should be balmy, even tropical, outside. It was, in fact, 14 degrees when I got up this morning. My flannel jammies STILL feel like just the thing to wear all day, although I have changed the top…well, there are just [...]

187 Pennies

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The past three months have been pretty rough for me. On the surface, everything was cooking along fine, just the usual stresses. Underneath, I was clinging with my fingernails. I said Yes to way too much. I did a show, a contata, and the major revision on my novel, as well as shopping for Christmas. [...]