Where to Begin...

Several times over the course of the last couple months I have tried to blog about what's been going on. It seems life is happening far faster than I can type these days. I have at least 6 drafts going right now, and I'm going to try not to make this one a seventh, lol - This is going to be my attempt to catch up on my blog. I don't know how successful I'm going to be, but we're going to give it a shot just the same.

It's Saturday night, and I am at work right now. My usual shift is 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., but this weekend I'm working the swing shift of 4 p.m. to midnight, because I was supposed to take a trip to Oklahoma & Texas last week, and this shift was going to buy me some time for my trip. As luck would have it, I had to cancel my trip. I've been bummed out about it all week. I really need a trip home. The stress factors I've been dealing with the last few months has me in "emotional wreck" status.

I know I still owe you a post or two to finish telling you about "The Yum Factor", but right after I posted part 3, I received a phone call from my family telling me that my Grandma was in the hospital, and she wasn't going to make it. With that news, I got on the next available flight and made it to my Grandma's side the day before she died.


I am still dealing emotionally with my Grandma's passing. As of yet I don't feel like I have really had the opportunity to mourn her death. When she died it was a very surreal moment for me, because I was with her when she passed, holding her hand as she took her very last breath. I can't begin to describe what this felt like, or how it has affected me. I really miss my Grandma.


After Grandma's funeral, I flew home. That was on a Thursday. Given my mood and emotional state, I didn't go out at all that week. I stayed home, tried to cope with Grandma's death, worked through the weekend, and took it easy on Monday and Tuesday of the next week. Then Ladies night rolls around, and I decided I would go out, because I really needed something to cheer me up. It ended up doing just that, with an unexpected, but delicious outcome! However, I need to get through the emotional garbage in this post, so I will fill you in on my ladies night escapades in my next few posts.


Moving forward a week later...


It's another Thursday night. I had gone out to ladies night the night before, and I spent Thursday chillin' out at home. That night, around 8:00 p.m., I get a phone call from Son. He says, "Mom, I just wanted to let you know I'm in the emergency room right now." This is the last thing you want to hear from your child who is 1,400 miles away! So I ask him, as calmly as I can muster, "What's going on, Sweets??" He tells me he was experiencing chest pains that morning, but they went away, but that night he started feeling them again, only this time it was radiating into his shoulder. He says, "I'm feeling fine now, but I'm still waiting to see the doctor." For the next few hours I am on the phone with my son, as he gives me updates about his emergency room visit.

It turns out, my 20 year old son had a heart attack. Another surreal moment for me, as well Hubby. 20 year olds' are not supposed to have heart attacks! Our son got some kind of virus in his heart, something we are still trying to understand. This virus caused his heart to swell, which caused him to have the heart attack. We were told by his cardiologist that any normal 20 year old would not have survived this, because they eat so much garbage, and are generally not very health conscious, which is understandable, because they are "young and invincible". But, Goddess Bless my Son, because he does take good care of himself, and is a vegetarian to boot. The doctor said the fact that he is a vegetarian saved his life.

Son is doing much better now. He is back to school, living his life as a college student, and even made the Dean's List this past semester. The heart attack caused him 50% damage to his heart, but the doctor says, "because his heart was in such pristine condition prior to the heart attack, there's a good chance his heart may heal itself." Only time will tell, and we will remain positive about it.

In addition to my Grandma passing away, and Son's heart attack, we have also been coping with the fact that Hubby's mom has lung cancer. This is actually her 6th round of cancer, and 3rd round of chemo and radiation. She has experienced 2 bouts with breast cancer, skin cancer, ovarian cancer, cervical cancer, and cancer of the uterus. Needless to say, she is getting to a point where quality of life is becoming more important than her chemo treatments, because the chemo treatments are so difficult on the body. Given her state of health, Hubby and I made a trip to see his parents. She seems to be doing well, under the circumstances, and we have hopes that this round of treatments will give her more time, but we also know the eventual reality of this, and we are preparing ourselves for it. Hubby seems to be handling it as well as can be expected.

After we visited with Hubby's parents, we headed to see our Son and my parents. Don't you know, the day we left my mom & dad's house to head home, my mom ended up in the hospital with pneumonia. She is also doing much better now, and got out of the hospital last week.

Did I mention, through the course of all this stuff, my cell phone got run over by a car?!?! Yeah, I can laugh about it now, but at the time it was not very funny. And, of course, I didn't have cell phone insurance, so I had to pay full price for my new phone. Just what I needed. Between all the traveling I've had to do over the last two months, and having to buy a new cell phone, I'm pretty sure you can understand why I had to cancel my trip this past week. *sighs*

Then... in addition to everything else, the week after we got back from traveling, Hubby had to have surgery on his hand. He is healing, but we will both be relieved when he finally gets the stitches out!

But wait! There's more! And you'll just have to read about the rest of it in my next few posts. ;) I will fill you in on the drama that's been surrounding Ladies Night the last several weeks. *sighs, again*

I desperately need a vacation!

xoxo