angelawd

Thank you for all the encouragement. I did go to the book club on Friday and had a great time. Even though I had tears in my eyes when the ladies started talking about their kids:

 ”Buttercup came in first in the state gymnastics finals, and next week she’s competing at the kindergarten Spelling Bee.”

“Junior loves basketball even better than the national hockey team he was on last year.”

“Beauregard skipped two grades and is now doing fourth grade work. He’s going to play with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra this winter.”

I wanted to mess with these people and say, “First Born? Well she was really happy when she appeared on the Maury Povich show and he told her boyfriend, ‘You ARE the father.’ And Little One? Well thank God, she beat the crack addiction and her hair is starting to grow back. We think she’ll be all ready to marry her girlfriend next month. You’re all invited to the wedding.”

Then I thought, no, I like these people and I want to make friends. My sense of humor is not likely to be appreciated.

To close the loop on LO’s stomach problems, we learned that her gallbladder looks normal. So rather than gallbladder problems, we might be dealing with some stress-related stomach problems, or something within her stomach or intestines. The next step is to visit a gastroenterologist. And scope things out, if you know what I mean. LO has not been given details on the next procedure.

Like I said, the last week has been very stressful on my family, and I handle stress by not sleeping, or by picking up a cold if the stress goes on long enough. Yesterday I handled both by sleeping for approximately 22 hours. I woke up at ten this morning with clearer sinuses and a soothed throat. The sun is shining, the squirrels are raiding the bird feeder, and I feel more at peace.

Today I get to work on selling LO’s car. Did I mention she just got into another accident? Or to put it another way, her last accident. Man, just thinking about it makes my throat sore again.