monday

Yesterday was boyfriends birthday.
The kids stopped over to wish him a happy day
and then I took him to his favorite steak house for dinner.
He had ribs,and I had prime rib.
It was a nice.
After dinner we stopped over my dads house.
I listened to him and guy friend talk politics and to them talk about the Oscars controversy.
They get each other going. It's funny.

That's about it...........just not much going on................  Jerry if you ever still stop by here I wanted to tell you I still laugh when I think about the story you told about the mop that you borrowed......and I hope your kidney is doing well!

saturday

Boyfriend and I went to the movies yesterday.
We wanted to see a comedy....so we saw How To Be Single.
It was funny, and cute. I didn't think boyfriend would like it......it's kind of a chick flick. But the heavy set blond girl in the movie cracked him up.
We had a nice time.

So when dad came home from the hospital after he had his aortic aneurysm repair I stayed the night at his house.
They wanted him to stay another night at the hospital but he wanted to get home and get some rest. I wanted to be with him for just in case.
While there I looked through some of my moms books and and started a stack of the ones I want to read.
I just finished The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields. I won't give a report on the book other than say it was good but a little depressing for me.
I just like reading the books that I know mom has read. Makes me feel like I'm still able to share something with her.
I'm sitting on the couch. Mr Bojangles is on the back of the couch looking out the living room window.

I'm almost finished with the fairy house.

Little man!

This is Ty, middle sons cat. I babysat him while son was in Colorado. He's the sweetest, most loving cat I've ever met.

thursday

I love the birds of Florida. The Pelican is my favorite!

 A little place we went to in Florida for lunch. It sat right on the water. I loved sitting there to watch the birds and the boats! 

I love the sail boats.

A draw bridge that we cross on the way to Indian Rocks.. Dad said I used to get on the floor of the car when I was a little girl in Florida and we'd cross this bridge.  I didn't get on the car floor this time, but I was still afraid.

Wednesday

It was back to reality today.
 I had to sort through piles of mail, gather tax papers and take them to the tax person, go to the DMV, grocery shop, do a little house cleaning, unpack suitcases and do a little laundry.
 I feel relieved to have it all taken care of. When it's undone I get really anxious.
I didn't used to be that way.
 I don't know why I am that way now. I wish I wasn't.

I looked through the open shifts at work.
I picked up March 27th.
They have a bunch of 4 hour shifts (7p-11p) available. That's way better than 12 hour shifts. So I may take a few of them.

I have spaghetti and meatballs cooking for dinner, and I made a tossed salad. It's my favorite meal!

tuesday

We're home after 2 wonderful weeks in Indian Rocks Beach Florida.

Mostly we relaxed on the beach and soaked up the sun......and we took morning and evening walks.

Mentally I feel so much better............  boyfriend looks and feels so much better! It was the best trip ever!

I talked to my work today and told them I was not coming back full time for now. I told them I would work PRN. They send schedule needs to all the employees cell phones. Some of the time they will have 30 days that need to be filled. Some of the time none. I can work  any of those days that I want to work. I'll just have to return a text before anyone else does!  I"ll do it that way for awhile.....I will take over my insurance premiums in the mean time. I'm a little nervous about it, but I know going back to work right now is not what I want to do. It may end up being a mistake. For right now I'm willing to take that chance.

Kitties missed us while we were away. Mr. Bojangles is sitting on my lap purring.He's so cute.

I just finished reading The Glass Castle. I enjoyed it.......dont have it with me.....forget who wrote it.......I think J.Wells?

Toes - Zac Brown & Jimmy Buffett - YouTube     how i was feeling for a bit!

thursday

Dad had surgery for an aortic aneurysm yesterday. The doctors have been measuring/watching it for several years.This year the size increased beyond where it should be. So he had to have surgery.
The surgery went well. He is doing well and should be discharged today or tomorrow.
We had instructions from dad to not see him the morning before surgery. He said it would stress him. (he didn't want to cry in front of us. he was certain he was going to die)
So the five of us sat in the waiting room while he had his surgery. The nurses thought it was funny he wouldn't allow us to see him........they also thought it funny that he had 5 daughters and no sons. I told them that we are why he is having to have heart surgery!

After we left the hospital me and one of my sisters went to the grocery store to get some stuff for dad. He has no food at home except bread, tea, bottled water, and peanut butter. He eats most of his meals out. So we stocked his kitchen with food for a few days.

After we left dads we went to the cemetery.
Neither of us like to go there alone. Moms grave sits down in a little isolated area close to woods. It just doesn't feel safe. So we went together and cleaned up the Christmas stuff.

Oldest son replaced my sump pump. It's working just fine!

I picked middle son up from the airport last night at 1 AM. He went to Breckenridge Colorado to ski. It's something he has always dreamed of doing. He said it was amazing!