Things that are on my mind today:

1. My sister didn’t pass the Dental State Licensure Exam. The pass rate for students “out of state” is less then 5%, but my sister was in the top 10% of her class so she thought she would pass it. She’s so disappointed. She missed passing by 3/10ths of a point. She’s very upset. They are broke, her husband is out of work, and well… her life has been overwhelming for quite some time. And I just want to take away all her pain and make everything ok for her. But I can’t. She’ll take the exam again in December.

2. My mom is recovering from more foot surgery. My mom lost four toes to diabetes. Then she had my weight loss surgery and the diabetes is gone. But the peripheral neuropathy from years of being a diabetic doesn’t go away. The damage is done. And because she has poor microcirculation, she’s at risk of losing more of her foot. I’m scared for her. Because now that she’s a normal weight, she finally has her life back. But she could lose some of that freedom if she loses her foot.

3. My father is seriously ill. Besides the dementia, he’s now got something seriously wrong with him and they can’t figure out what it is. He’s lost 30 lbs in less then 3 months. He’s not eating. He’s sleeping all the time. He’s acting like he’s 85. Everyone is worried.

4. My father’s brother and my father are estranged. My father’s mom (Lillian) lives with my dad. She’s in her mid eighties and about the most difficult person in the world to live with. My parents, with their health issues, have finally decided to lay down the law and move her out. She is waiting for her “other son” to come get her. Problem is: 1) other son was diagnosed with cancer a few weeks ago and had surgery. 2) He’s not talking to anyone else and thus they don’t know when she’s moving out. 3) Her being there is causing TREMENDOUS stress on the whole family.

5. My good friend Kim finally got her headache under control. I’m so glad. I was so worried about her. She’s had a shitty month. Now she just needs to heal up her back. And let’s face it… doing any kind of bed rest with 4 young kids is about as close to impossible as you can get. So… everyone go visit her blog and give her some love. And tell her to put her feet up. Doctor’s orders.

6. I’m feeling like I should go back to work. Fear not, I go through these periods and they usually pass. It’s just I can go back to work and make more money then hubby can. And it’s easier to motivate myself then to motivate him. It just would be easier to send me back to work. Problem is, that would mean I would have to shift my priority from child raising to career and I just don’t want to do that yet.

7. I have to motivate myself to do today soon:

  • Make priority reservations at Disney.
  • Sign up for AAA
  • Start making calls to get health insurance quotes since Cobra is going to run out.
  • Start a list of all the crap I have to move for the new furniture.
  • Make Emma a dentist appointment.
  • Make me a dentist appointment
  • Make sure my weight loss surgery surgeon got my new blood work results.
  • Reorder and pick up prescriptions at Walgreens
  • Plan Noah’s 4th birthday party.

8. Figure out a way to handle child arguments over stupid shit in a much more constructive manner then: STOP SCREAMING AT EACH OTHER.

9. Today was Emma’s last day of school. It’s now officially summer in our house. The temperature is not even 65 degrees though. So it’s not feeling like summer today. (See? I’m never happy)

10. I want to try to read more new blogs. Maybe set a goal to read 3 new blogs a day?

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