KG's Hideaway

Last Wednesday when the big storm blew in, I guess we had some type of power surge. I had turned off the computer but I didn't unplug it We just bought this new one back in November and we bought a big power surge protector with it... all to no avail. I guess the surge kicked the crap out of my hard drive. I didn't notice it at the time because I was sound alseep when Craig went to turn in back on, but it took almost 20 minutes for it to come up. He left it on after that (we never turn this one off) and I didn't notice anything until the next evening when I was shutting it down because we would be gone all weekend. Then, I realized I needed something out of my email so when I re-booted it took almost 20 minutes again.

I spent an hour and a half on the phone with some chic from India (candy corn is NOT a sprinkle!!! LOL) only to have her finally tell me that my hard drive crapped the bed. Everything is under warranty so the tech called me yesterday morning to tell me he's picking up my new hard drive today and could fix it this morning. I actually had to tell them I'd rather do it tomorrow. Can you BELIEVE that? I've never had an issue where I needed someone else to slow down!!! Luckily, the computer still runs but I don't dare shut it off. That would SUCK.

I was going to clean today but I think I'm going to just blow today off instead. I'm very tired and haven't slept well lately (I did in Lake Tahoe) and I want a nap.

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Posted by at 9:37 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

We're baaaaaaaaaaaaack!! This was, without a doubt, one of my favorite weekends in the last few years. Everything just fell into place. My husband didn't miss a beat and planned for every detail that would make the weekend easier, including valet parking AT THE AIRPORT!!! and first class seats. He's pretty amazing, really!

I want to start by saying that I felt TERRIBLY guilty for planning this trip before I knew when Ryan's Regional Trackmeet was. I don't like missing her events if I can help it. Saturday morning she was supposed to start jumping at 11am (her time) and we were on the boat so I wasn't sure that the phone call would come through. FINALLY, she called and I answered the phone by just asking, "So how'd you do?" She sort of sighed deeply and I felt horrible in that moment. Horrible. Then, she said, "I won!" She tied her record of 5' 10" and no one else cleared over 5' 4" except the 2nd place girl, but she still only got 5' 6" This is significant to me because Ryan has yet to set a new record during the year, then come back to jump that high again. This time, she did AND she had absolutely NO misses until she attempted 6ft. The college championships that also went on this weekend only had their girls champ jumping 5' 10" as well. So, now we have the State (4A) track meet in two weeks. Yay!

We left on Friday morning... quite early and landed in Reno about 11am (1pm our time). The first thing we did after getting the rental car was... In-N-Out. OMG how I've missed them! I ordered a double-double even though I could only eat about half of it, but if I could have found a way to cram it all in, I would have.

Then, we were off on the scenic route to Tahoe. It was only about 40 miles to our hotel, but we just took our time and stopped all along the way. We found "our spot" and sat out there on the rocks where we sat on the way back to the airport when I flew in the first time. I knew that day that I was in trouble because the feelings I had for Craig were so strong, yet that day I was leaving to go back home and I had no clue how we'd manage while living 2000 miles apart.
These massive rocks are down from the road a little ways and right on the water. Perfect.

Then we continued on around the lake, arriving in Heavenly about 2:45 to check into our hotel. We stayed at Emb@ssy Suites. Our room opened up to a view of the mountain and was perfect. We hung out for a couple of hours getting our things put away then headed out to gamble. The weather was amazing (lows of 35 and highs about 65) so we left the car and walked to the casinos about two blocks away. We actually found a non-smoking casino and decided that's where we'd stay. (I'd forgotten how cigarette smoke is) We had a really nice dinner at Cecil's Steak House, gambled a little more then headed back to the hotel.

Saturday morning we got up around 7. We had decided the night before that we'd take a boat cruise out on the lake so we headed to Zephyr Cove for that. I can NOT tell you how amazing this trip was! The water in the lake is crystal clear and you could see down about 100ft. The water was the bluest I've ever seen, except for Emerald Bay where the water is green.

Saturday night we had dinner at Fire & Ice. It's sort of a take on Mongolian BBQ, but with a pacific twist to it. Fantastic! They have one in Providence so we'll be eating there in June for sure. Anyway, we gambled Saturday night and ended up crashing hard, falling fast asleep by about midnight. God, we're old!!!!

Sunday morning we packed up and headed back to Reno. We took the long way around the lake, seeing the opposite side from our drive in. It has a totally different feel to it but it was still a lovely drive.

Of course, just before hitting the airport we had to have another one of these!

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In the Ft. Worth St@r-Telegram this morning they said the Crowley (Ft Worth) area had been hit really hard by last night's bad weather. Then, there is http://www.star-telegram.com/804/story/600580.html">this.

A couple of years ago, some students at Burleson (2 miles from us) High School brought purses to school that had the Confederate Flag on them. According to this certain teacher (who is now Ryan's assistant basketball coach in Crowley) they students brought these purses to school as a personal statement to HER (she's white, married to a black man). I have no reason not to believe her, but I also don't know that this is fact (just so we're clear). Burleson is one of those towns that people think most southerners are like. It has been rumored for YEARS that the KKK still meets at one of the local restaurants every month. This coach said that she and the student were very close and something happened that she had to write this student up and it went downhill from there. Allegedly, once the coach complained to the school district and they suspended that student, the student's mother threatened the coaches small child and they actually had to lock down the daycare. (Again, this is just what the coach told me)

I'm a born and bred southerner, and I think the Confederate flag is more about heritage than hate but I certainly understand that it is offensive to some people and therefor I would never display it (if I owned one) out of respect for those feelings.

What a mess, and what a waste that school district funds are being spent on a legal battle that shouldn't have been started at all.

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Last night was spent trying to help Ryan get all of her stuff packed for her regional track meet (they leave @ 9am today and won't be back til midnight on Saturday) and trying to get all my own stuff set so I can pack for our trip tomorrow. Then a pretty big storm blew in and power was in and out through the evening. We got so much rain that the water was about halfway through the garage. My mom had brought a big gift bag full of books and they were sitting in the garage so there were some on the bottom that got ruined.

Because of the storm our satellite was out so I was shocked when I got online this morning and saw that Carly Smithson had been eliminated from Americ@n Idol. Wow... I thought she was amazing.

Craig was so sweet last night when he came home. He was in such a good mood! He came in talking about what he was doing "about that time 10 years ago" and it was so cute to see him talk about how nervous he was and how convinced he was that he'd screwed up. They'd had a storm blow in and it was snowing in the mountains so at the last minute he had to try and find snow chains so that he could get to Tahoe. He knew what flight I was on but when I look back at all that happened I really can't believe we didn't prepare better. I was smack dab in the middle of my divorce and was BROKE so I sent the money that I had for the trip to Craig ahead of time and it never dawned on me what would happen if for some reason he backed out. It literally never crossed my mind. The hotel was in my name because it was all part of the package I bought but when I look back at all of this I am surpised that something didn't go wrong. I'd never do something like that... or at least I didn't THINK I would. But here I am, 10 years later pretty freakin' happy about the whole thing!

Happy Anniversary, Craig!!

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I had the rhyzotomy on the left side today. NO ANESTHESIA!! When they did it on my right side a couple of months ago, they gave me 2 of versed (for the epidural injections it takes 5 of versed and 10 prop) so I do sort of remember it, it's not all clear. I remember him starting and then I remember being in the recovery room. This procedure you have to be "awake" for because you have to be able to tell him when you feel things because they don't want to kill the wrong nerves.

So today he convinced me to do it with nothing. I knew it would hurt, but I don't think I expected it to be that bad. (They stick a needle in to several areas of your back and when its on the nerve they heat the needle up to kill the nerve. When it's done, they go a little deeper, then do it again a third time- in three different spots on my back) At one point I was shaking so bad they had to stop. Right now I'm in a fairly significant amount of pain. I still had alot of pain medicine from my surgery last month so I took some of that but all it did was knock me out for a couple of hours.

The last time I did this I hurt pretty bad for four or five days, but this time I don't have four or five days so I'm hoping that I'll just be focused on other things than hurting. I went to my pcp yesterday and he said the blood clot in my arm isn't such a big deail because its on a peripheral vein. Its pretty much what I thought but with all that's going on with Jamie I just wanted to make sure.

I feel so bad for Craig right now. When we come back from Tahoe on Sunday he has to repack and leave on a 6am flight Monday morning to Phoenix for two days, then to Baltimore for one. Then he comes home and we head to San Antonio and when we get back he'll be hitting the road again and it looks like he could be traveling most of May trying to get all of their offices set with the new guidelines. The upside in that he's a Platinum member now so he gets double miles.

Last night I decided to try and make fried rice with chicken. It's not that I thought it would be hard to make (its not) but I wasn't sure that I could get the actual flavors right. I looked up a couple of different recipes online and just sort of used those to come up with my own. If I do say so myself, it was pretty awesome. Craig had a golf thing last night so he didn't get home until after 7pm, but he scarffed it down. Now don't get me wrong, Craig would NEVER complain about something that anyone took the time to make. He's just not like that, but I felt really good that I made something new for him (and the kids) that they really liked. Sometimes it takes a couple of times making something to get the flavor right.

I really started missing cooking and I've been in overdrive for the last couple of months, making up for lost time. I don't remember why I stopped cooking every night, other than it seemed like we were never home. I used to LOVE cooking and making big meals so its been fairly easy to fall back into that pattern. Hopefully, it'll continue.

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Tomorrow (actually 12:05am on Thursday) is the 10 year anniversary of the day I met Craig face to face. 9 years since he proposed.

If I never, ever get another thing right in my life I know that this was perfect. Still is.

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We got the go-ahead for Rhode Island today. Yippeeeeeeeeeeee! AND we're going to the gala so that means SHOPPING for new clothes. Oh how I love my husband's job!

Last year when we went we stayed at a B&B. I'm totally over it. Bring on the Anatole or something. We stayed in New Port last year but everything (except the gala) was in Providence. This year the whole thing is in Providence so that means, you guessed it, MORE SHOPPING.

5 days, expenses paid, shopping and (for Craig) golf. It doesn't get better than that (except maybe Tahoe this weekend!)

I started a new book yesterday by Jodi Picoult and it is fantastic. Mindlessly heartbreaking but it's one of those books that makes you stop and think... about everything. It just tears you up inside reading the words but always feel like someone's talking to you. It's written so well that you clearly understand each person's point of view. This 13 y/o llittle girl was conceived for the sole purpose of providing bone marrow and organ transplants to help rid the sister of leukemia but it begines to look like she's had enough because she hires an attorney to help her make her parents stop forcing her to go through procedures for her sister's benefit. (Stop reading here if you don't want to know some things about the story- but even if you read this the book is good enough that it won't matter that you saw it coming) She finally wins the court case and leaves the couthouse with her attorney and they are involved in a car accident, during which.... Anna dies.

The true irony turns out to be that the sister (Kate) had asked Anna (main character) to make it all stop because she was miserable that every day of her life, even the good ones. she and her family were always waiting for the other shoe to drop. When Anna dies they go ahead and donate her kidneys to Kate, who then slips into remission and ends up doing well. I cried all through this book and if you have a chance I urge you to read it.

I've also read 19 Minutes and a Change of Heart. 19 minutes was soooooooooooooooo good and you can totally see where this kids starts messing up. Its just too much sadness. while you're silently thanking God that the bad stuff isn't happening to you.

I've also read The Secret Between Us. Good, but not as good as the other two.

You can find her books on Amazon and it's well worth every penny you spend and every single tear you will shed.

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hmmm, not sure what to make of this but I suspect its not good. Ryan is down at Baylor University in Waco today for a Regional Qualifier meet. (I don't know why they call them that since she's already qualified for regionals) We decided not to go because there's just too much crap going on today and I didn't want to drive an hour and a half each way for an event that takes 45 minutes. Lazy, I know.

Anyway, Ryan called when Craig and I were on our way home from the movies (more on that in a minute) saying that not only did she NOT win or even place, she couldn't clear 5ft. WTF? Ryan and her coach had changed up the steps in her approach on Tuesday so I'm really hoping that's all it is, but if not... well, we won't have to worry about going to state. (To be honest, that won't break my heart or hers at this point) She should be back any minute.

Craig took me to see 88 Minutes today and it was SOOOOO good! P@cino rocks. I can't get enough of the Movie T@vern! They bring your margarita right to your table during the movie, and that's pretty f'ing awesome if you ask me. The food isn't bad, either.

More on the blood clot in my arm: My doctor had given me a prescription diruetic at my last appointment because fluid is collecting in my feet and legs and causing alot of pain. They think its just from the steriods... not sure if I believe that, but ok. Anyway, I didn't want to start taking the L@six until after my surgery because I didn't want to have to get up every 20minutes to pee until about a week or so after my surgery. Then, I found the blood clot in my arm so I didn't daaaaaaaaaaaaaaare take it. Yesterday I noticed my right wrist had a very tender spot that felt just like the left one did when that first clot showed up. Sure as shit, there's another one. Great. I'm not missing my damn trip to Tahoe next week. They will just have to do something to work around it. If they want me in the hospital, it'll have to be before or afterwards cuz I really need this trip... and an In-N-Out burger (bring on the Double Double!!!)

So tomorrow is just a house cleaning day unless we get a call for Ryan to go play basketball. That may not pan out so I'm sort of looking forward to staying home. Yay!

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Last night Craig was online and spotted an article from the Ft Worth Star Telegram where they put the top players in the state on their "super teams." Ryan made the 2nd team, coming in 4th in the state in her position. Here is the article. There is another article on the area track and field leaders and they show Ryan leading with her 5' 10" jump here.

Well, after putting in Idontknowhowmany hours to get the stuff for the banquet ready, a storm blew in just after the senior stuff was being done and the athletic director came running in telling everyone to leave because a storm was RIGHT THERE and the tornado sirens were blaring.

They got all the girls out of there and we sent Ryan and Kyra home in Craig's car, but us and two other sets of parents stayed there to clean it all up. As we were trying to get out of there MASSIVE hail hit and just beat the shit out of my truck. Within minutes, the wayer was up over the curb on Main St. The tornado sirens stayed on for quite some time, but finally it all died down. Whatever. I haven't gone outside to see how much damage is on my truck, but truthfully I just can't believe the windows aren't broken out! The hail was hitting SO hard!

Kyra was called up and given an award for being a great manager. She looked so cute last night and seemed to be having fun. She was a little quiet, but not withdrawn like she normally is around most of the girls. I think she's going to be a manager again next year because she seemed to really like being a part of the team. I hope she does it... I think it helps her step out of her comfort zone and I think it's helping her learn to socialize better.

Anyway, here are the awards given to Ryan last night- Offensive MVP district 8-4A, All Region Team, All State Team, she got the awards for being leading scorer on her team, leading rebounder and highest free throw precentage. After every game, the coach has the girl with the most rebounds, the most assists and the highest free throw precentage sign a ball and at the end of the season the girls with the most signatures on each ball win it, so those two awards for her were the balls. May not sound like much but she's always just won the rebounding ball and she set her sights on winning two of them this year.

Then we came home. All I can really say about this is DRAMA. OMG she pissed me off. I don't know how the hell she can swing so rapdily between everything is fanfuckingtastic to raging lunatic. Good lord, medication is in order.

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God damnit, I can't take much more! I've only been up about 45 minutes and I've already taken two zyrte c and 4 benedryl. I guess after I take Ryan to school I'll take a little more, then sleep it off. Usually if I can get a bolus in sometimes pretty early in the morning and then take steady doses all day I can get it under control by dinner. Yesterday I didn't have much luck, though.

Every year Craig and I do the slide show for the basketball banquet. I pick through the hundreds of pictures that I take, plus from another parent and the ones from the paper. Then I pick out the songs I want for it, then pass it all to Craig to put together in a power p0int presentation. For some reason we didn't get the other parents' pictures and the ones from the paper until this past weekend, so Craig is having to hump it to get it all done. It all just makes me want to cry.

The banquet isn't until tomorrow night but there's just so much to do! There is really only one or two other sets of parents who help with anything. It's actually pretty sad. There was so little parent participation this year that the booster club actually just disbanded. I wasn't in the booster club (I did for Austin's football and baseball though) but we donated a total of almost $500 just this season so I don't really feel too bad about it. There is one parent that busts her ass and has every year so I feel bad for her.

Craig is in Northern California today and tomorrow and should just barely make it into town before the banquet. He's pretty happy about traveling this time because he gets to go see his best friend. Ryan's happy because she gets to sleep in my bed. Kyra seems happy these days, but who really knows? Austin is happy because he's got money in his pockets, but he's like his mama and loves to shop, so that probably won't last. The dogs are happy because the weather has been fan-fucking-tastic. I'd be happy if I could breathe. Doesn't sound like too much to ask for, does it?

Oh God, I just had the worst thought! We're leaving for Tahoe in a week... my allergies are always exponentially worse when we're up there. Sonofabitch.

UNT announced the new basketball coach for next year. We're really hoping they keep the assistant coach that Ryan likes so much. I don't know when she'll actually meet the new coach. She got several calls yesterday from girls already on the team this year and they seem happy about her. Ryan pretty much gets along with everyone so it shouldn't be a big deal. Of course, if this weekend pans out it's not gonna matter. I guess we shall see.

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God, I think I'm going to die today. My allergies are straight up kicking my ass. My whole face itches, but my nose and throat are driving me crazy. I've already taken two Zyrte@ and two bendryl but so far to no avail. If I do that again right after lunch I should be ok.

I've got an appointment today to get my highlights re-done and its wayyyyyyyy beyond the time I should have had it done. It looks horrible, but I wanted to wait as late as I could to get it done because we've got so much travel and whatnot coming up. I'm waiting until next week to get my nails done and my pedicure right before we leave for Tahoe.

I have a slight problem from my surgery two weeks ago. I have two blood clots in my arm (paging Jamie!!!) and one of them hurts like hell. I have one on the backside of my wrist and one on the inside. The one on the inside is the painful one. I go to to the doc tomorrow to figure out what to do about it, but hopefully he'll come up with something to just disolve it.

Craig leaves for California tomorrow and won't be back until Thursday = ( I hate when he travels but it pays the bills so I'll live with it. Thursday night is the basketball banquet, Friday is a track meet at B@ylor, Saturday is basketball tournament in Dallas (I think). Then next week Ryan leaves for San Angelo on Thursday for her regional track meet and Craig and I leave on Friday morning for Tahoe. The week after that we head to San Antonio for Ryan's All State-All Star basketball game.

God, I'm tired just thinking about it. Still sneezing, btw.

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Update: Forgot to brag on my niece. She is not quite 20mos old and knows her ABC's, says (in the cutest voice EVER) Auntie, Ryan (which sounds like WYYYYYYYYYan) sometimes she just says Ry-Ry, princess, uncle craig (which sounds like unnnnnng keg) dog (bog) shooooo-weeeeeeeee, pa-pa, I knowwwwwwwwwwwww. I seriously adore this kid and I am amazed at the absolute adoration between her and Craig. He treats her like gold and she just eats it up! Love it!

Also, bought a new digital video camera and it's almost as small as my littlest digital camera. I can't believe it. THe quality isn't fantastic, but its good and the camera wasn't expensive at all. Will post video once I figure out how.
Well yesterday proved to be an interesting day. We were bored out of our MINDS so we went to watch a couple of Ryan's friends play in a basketball tournament. (We had the baby, too). Craig met us out there and right as we walked into the gym one of her old coaches from Team Texas asked if she was going to be around for the next 30mins-1hr. Sure, whenever. We assumed he was going to ask her to play for him during the spring and part of the summer. Most of the girls who have already signed will only play a few tournaments here and there to stay in basketball shape before heading off to school in the fall so we thought she'd agree to some tournaments and be done with it. I couldn't have been more wrong.

This coach works for a VERY prestigious private university in our area. VERY. (I'm not going to spill the name yet, gonna wait and see) and they've been talking about Ryan in their staff meetings for a couple of months now. The timing of this leads me to believe that the coach of this school saw Ryan when her school team played his daughter's school team this year because Ryan went OFF on them during both games. Anyway, they know the story with UNT and explained what they want. This coach wants Ryan to come play in the NCAA showcase tournament this weekend (after her trackmeet) because the big coach is coming to watch her and see how he thinks she'd fit in with his team. It's a little scary because Ryan hasn't even touched a ball in 5 weeks. 5weeks!?!?!?!?! Jeez, she's gotta get going because she's got the All State Game in less than 3 weeks.

So anyway, all the work that went into the UNT thing may totally go out the window but for this school, just to say your degree is from THIS COOL UNIVERSITY (get it?) is HUGE and she'd gladly accept it. Funny thing is, she got her final acceptance letter from UNT yesterday.

In other news, I feel like shit. I'm going to soak in the tub and go to bed. Hair appointment tomorrow, thank GOD.

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This article was in today's paper about Ryan.

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I woke up with a really bad headache today. Not a migraine, but a headache. Come to find out, I had quite a busy night and I have no memory of it.

I had to change medicines yesterday and I guess that caused some problems. I had started taking Re@uip for restless Ieg syndrome but it was making me seriously sick. Non stop vomiting within about 15 minutes of taking it. But it worked SO much better than the Neurontin. So anyway, he changed me over to Mir@pex. It gave me a little headache but I'll take that over puking any day.

So this morning when I woke up my headache was much worse and I was exhausted. Then things started getting wierd. I noticed that my kitchen was SPOTLESS and I'd bought some new things but didn't remember having them. Come to find out I left the house in the middle of the night and went to W@lMart and bought a bunch of shit. Then I came home and cleaned out my cabinets. Ryan evidently went with me so when I asked her about it today she said I came in her room several times last night asking who else was in there with her. Craig tried several times to get me to come to bed but I was on a mission.

So this is what I figure happened... I take Amb!en CR and I've done wierd things like eating after I've got to bed but I've never left my house in the middle of the night. So I guess I'm going to have to hand my keys to Craig until I make sure that this won't be a regular thing.

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Update: Ryan called and said that she had been voted Most Athletic Girl. Also, there is a boy in her class who was diagnosed with Autism at an extremely young age. Ryan was dead set that he should be voted Most Unique boy. She really lobbied for everyone to vote for him and he won!! I can only imagine how excited his parents are. Ryan said he was shocked and almost cried. That makes me want to bawl!!!
Well, Ryan just left for prom... and I didn't cry!!! I think she looked beautiful. My little girl is all grown up!

This is Ryan and Courtney getting ready to leave!

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Ryan competed in Texas Relays today winning 4th place out of 24 girls. The girl who eventually won it ended up clearing 5' 11" She actually tied for 3rd place but when they broke the tie by virtue of misses it meant she got 4th. I'm VERY pleased with it but she's not. I think that she's not paying attention to the fact that the girls that took gold, silver, bronze and 4th place all jumped as high as the college girls did.

She has competed in 6 track meets since March 8. (btw that's alot!!) winning 4 gold medals, 2 silver and one 4th place finish. I'll take that any day! The district track meet that began yesterday was finished tonight while Ryan was in Austin. Not only did Ryan take the district championship in her individual event, but the team won the District Championship again for the 6th year in a row!!!

We've got a weekend off next week, then a regional qualifier at Baylor the next week. Then its Regionals at San Angelo and if she takes 1st or 2nd in that she'll go to state.

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Ryan just called a little bit ago with news that she won the District Championship in the high jump and that the team was well on its way to winning the team championship. If they do, that means they have won it all four years of high school.

I decided at the last minute this morning not to try and go watch her because I was so nauseous and was worried that I'd end up on the side on the freeway puking my guts up and just the thought of that made my incision HURT. Plus, we leave for Austin first thing in the morning for Texas Relays at UT and will drive back tomorrow night. The saturday is prom.

I'm tired already!!

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I'm three days post surgery and feel pretty frickin' good. I mean, I have plenty of pain but its not intolerable even when I don't take my pain meds. My incision is like 8 inches long though!! It's kind of a weird deal because they went through the old incision from my stomach surgery so its not like I have ANOTHER scar... its just that I was expecting it to be smaller.

It felt so good to wake up (at 3:45am!!!! WTF?) and take a damn shower! I haven't been able to get wet since my surgery so I was trying to make due with a sponge bath. I am rather obsessive when it comes to showering so this was torture. I HAVE to shower before going to bed each night or I can't sleep. It drives me up the wall. Blech.

Craig stayed home with me until today but he had to be in Phoenix for a meeting and then is turning around and flying right back home so I won't even be alone for one night. He takes good care of me. He has not been happy when I'm up out of bed doing ANYthing other than a trip to the ladies' room.

I'm going to try and make it through Ryan's event at the track meet today but I'm not making any promises. I woke up feeling pretty nauseous but I think that's from the Requlp (for restless leg syndrome). I don't want to push it too much today because of having to drive to Austin in the morning. If it rains enough today that they cancel the high jump in the district meet, that will mean that Ryan would have to jump tomorrow so she wouldn't be able to compete in Texas Relays. I'm not so sure that would be a bad thing right now.

It looks like Craig will be taking Ryan down to A&M on the 15th. He'll ask all the right questions and cover everything that needs to be covered and I can stay home and get stuff done around here. I don't know how I feel about A&M offering a full ride. I just don't know how all of that will work for her, but I guess we'll know soon enough.

I guess this is all I've got today. Pathetic, eh?

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