Ethan’s Journey

 Sarah came over this evening. I love that we have these frequent sleepovers. We are able to catch up and dream about sitting at the campfire at camp. She was sharing all the end of school year things her daughter is doing. All the wins of getting a first job and hopefully getting her driver’s license. All exciting things. She is going into her senior year. Tomorrow I am working at the vet hospital after work. I am excited to see my friends there. I want to catch up with them and hear the goings on at the clinic. We also share some laughs. My social time to touch other people’s pet’s and help them. But not touch them in a creepy way. I guess I should reword that. Someone may get the wrong idea. Ethan was out of sorts tonight. I am hoping whatever funk he is in, he can process and work through it.  For work, I have a lady on my team that I respect. She does a great job. She has been having a tough time with work the past couple of weeks. We made some plans to help ease her work...

​today was one solvable issue after another. But the kept coming. I finally shut my computer to just make it stop. I can deal with your issue tomorrow….leave a message. The dogs went for a couple walks. Ther was no pond jumping today. I kept Moe in a healed walk back to the front door.  Poison ivy is trying to win. I may need to call in the troops….medical intervention. Either way, I am going to win this battle. Screw you poison Ivy!!!!! -I knew what I was getting into!

​well I woke up with an itchy wrist. Blasted poison Ivey. I am not ready to lose! I am going to fight it! There is a small wound that was swollen that I likely sustained during my poison Ivey excavation. I wrapped it in gauze soaked in Domboro’s solution and secured it to my arm using dog bandage material that I had left over from Phineas. We will see how that turns out.  Domboro’s helps by removing the itch, reducing inflammation and DRYING rashes. Ewwwww. I have a rash. I am so attractive. 😩 as attractive as Typhoid Mary. Hopefully this halts things. If feels like I have 1000 single hairs lightly touching that area causing intense itching. The Domboro’s solution is helped immensely with the itch throughout the day. When Ethan got home from work, he worked on his fire works. My dining room table has some explosives on it. I looked around our house. There is clutter everywhere.  We have two Christmas trees in containers in our dining room for example. Once Ethan gets a floor ...

 Happy Father’s Day to all the dad’s, uncle’s, grandpa’s etc!  We spent the day at the in-laws. Mom and Gene were there as well as Paul’s sister. Avery went with Kendall and spent the day with Kendall’s family. I encourage Avery to spend time with both family’s. Mother’s Day she and Kendall spent with us. Father’s Day was with Kendall’s side. We are all adults and understand that Avery and Kendall won’t be around for every single family function.  We try to be thoughtful of where Avery is going. Avery thinks sometimes she can do both families in one day. As her mom, I know she drains her energy quick and becomes emotional. She is learning to protect her energy. I took the dogs for a walk today. Moe psyched me out and made like he was running around the house, he then snuck up the path where I couldn’t see him and he jumped in the pond. He was filthy. He then got another bath in the outside hose to get the smell and dirt off. Ethan was in good spirits today. He told me all...

 Today was the day of “getting things done!” I got so much accomplished. I decided to “take one for the team” and tackle the massive amounts of poison ivy in the flower beds.  I suited up in my long pants, long sleeved shirt and rubber gloves. There was a lot of squatting and pulling that was happening. I was hot in the sun. Sweat was dripping from my brow into my eyes. Super attractive. I got mad at it! I was annoyed it was there. I started pulling out roots like a mad woman. Paul can attest that I am not nice when mad. When I was finished I told Ethan to stay outside. “Give me 5 minutes in the house before you come in.” I said “I am stripping nude in the basement and washing everything and will be running naked to the shower.” I did what I said. I took a cold shower due to how hot I was. I pulled out so much poison ivy. I was tracking the roots and pulling those out as well.  I picked up all the leaves and tossed them in the woods. I washed everything I touched with dis...

 I received my transition plan for work. It seems the transition will take place the week we are at the islands. Awe man! I was going to take a few days off but this is going to put a wrench in that. Boo! I was able to pick up my groceries tonight so that tomorrow I can get cracking at preparing meats for our trip AND do a little meal prep too! I also need to do yard work tomorrow so it should be a busy day. Avery sent me the cutest audio message. Ever since the kids have been young, when I see something that is pretty I point it out. “Look at the beautiful sunset. It is almost as beautiful as I am.” Years this has been going on.maybe even 20 years or more.  Avery used that line on Kendall’s mom. Kendall’s mom got them some marigold’s for their porch. Avery took a picture of them thriving. She attached the note “these flowers are almost as pretty as you are.” She said. Kendall’s mom thought that was great. It made her day. Avery shared the news with me…..flattery will get you ...