Monday, March 18, 2024

March 18, 2024 Monday--5am

Good morning!

First of all--Dagan is home and doing well.  When they had him down there they really checked everything they could.  They've wanted to study him for some time, had their chance, and ran all kinds of tests on him for those three days.  He had a liver ultrasound, heart catherization, x-rays, pacemaker checks, lungs checked out, CT scan...I'm not sure what all else.  He had the two surgeries--the heart cath on Monday and the pacemaker replacement on Tuesday.  They kept him overnight on Tuesday and he got okayed to return home on Wednesday afternoon.  

Leah did both the school runs for the boys on Thursday and Friday so Dagan didn't have to drive and could just rest and recover.  (She usually drops them off and then Dagan picks them up.)  They are all feeling better, Leah said, and Dagan is doing well.

Tonight and Tuesday night Leah is picking me up about 4:30pm so I can stay with the boys while Mama and Daddy go to school conferences for Ian and Liam.  Will be so much more convenient when I am living there, eh? :)  In fact, Leah said she is contacting the drywall people this week.  Nice!  The sooner my place gets done the better.

Meanwhile...I lost my internet completely Monday night.  Tried everything.  Nothing worked.  Gave up and went to bed.  But it was back when I woke up Tuesday morning.  Found out later that it disconnected my cell phone from my internet, too, but didn't reconnect automatically when it came back on.  Now I know to check that if it ever happens again because they were charging me all day.  Luckily we're still on the unlimited family plan--whew!  But Leah has been planning to change that because we don't normally use much extra "away" phone time.  

Funny thing was when I lost only the laptop--as you may recall from my last post--it was over the daylight saving time change...so it never automatically changed my time on the laptop.  But when I lost the internet altogether...when it came back the laptop suddenly had the correct DST time.  Glad!  I thought it was going to be wrong till fall and then be worse wrong come the fall change--lol!  I have no clue how to change the time on my laptop.  But it fixed itself when it was dead the second time--ROFL!  

Anyways, it was an ordinary week for me doing all the usual household stuff...but stressful.  Even though I wasn't there, I was mostly focused on Dagan's surgeries, of course--plus the internet issues--and the usual blogger issues, lol!  Miss Allie was happily watching the birds on the patio.

Didn't look happy with me disturbing her by calling her name for a picture--lol!
It was 65 degrees on Monday.  Sunday we had a teeny bit of snow and it was 22 degrees for a high.  Can you see the little bit of snow gathered by the planters.
The crazy back and forth weather continues.  

Allie has decided she doesn't like sitting in the chair next to me at the table anymore.  Too noisy and bright light, I suppose.  Now she knows the new routine and what I am up to at the table.  (Which she discovered is quite boring.)  She moved to the living room chair for a couple of days...but then ended up right back in her favorite spot...
...in the darkened bedroom where she can really conk out all afternoon in peace.  LOL!

So, I am looking forward to spending some time with the boys.  Get to see Dagan with my own mom-eyes--lol!  Just to see all of them.  Keanna comes to clean already on Tuesday again.  Seems like the two weeks went by so fast!  I've just been glad to have ordinary days...not as totally exhausted and the pain level lower.  Well, I should say more ordinary fibro/arthritis days--lol!  It's heavenly!  Thank you for all the prayers and good wishes.  Till next week, my friends.  Life is good!  :)