Ethan’s Journey

  One of the things I enjoy about being short is that I don’t ever feel too cramped in the leg room department on an airplane. I arrived at the airport compliments of my Aunt and Uncle, safely and even a few minutes early. I met up with my nephew and visited for about an hour and a half. It was a great visit and I totally enjoyed it. I headed to my flight and sat next to a delightful, elderly couple. The lady was worried that my bag was too heavy for me. She was so cute. My flight to Boston was delayed by a few minutes and was relatively uneventful. There were no bad smells, no chronic cougher’s, no one trimmed their toe nails. Even the people on the plan were courteous getting off the plane. The guy I sat next to was perfect. He had headphones on and we didn’t speak a word to one another.  Perfect! I got to the hotel and finished working around 9 pm. It was a long day but I was happy that I was able to get so much accomplished.

 After work today I did my final selections for my trip. I was pleased that I had enough room for my comfy boots. I was just going to bring one pair of shoes (with arch support) but now I can bring a second pair. Yay! I made sure I brought enough layers to support the menopause hot flash in the event on happens on the plane, I can strip down. But also stay warm because planes can be chilly. I have my compression socks for the long flight on Friday night, the aspirin to avoid blood clots. I have all my medications and supplements plus the medications in the event I eat something that doesn’t agree with me. Allergy pills in case they have some wonky pollen. Traveling as a middle aged lady is hard! Tomorrow I will be working from the airport and the hotel and scurrying to finish up work things so I can relax and pass the torch to my co-worker while I am away. I think he was a bit overwhelmed when I was in Grand Bahama. I am also trying to make sure the house is in some sort of order f...

 My bright side today is that I made an appointment for Ferguson to get his cataract looked at and see if he is a candidate for surgery. He is a crusty old dog but I love him and expect him to have a few years left. If she could see better it would make his life easier. Why does he have a cataract you ask? From Trauma to the eye. He started a fight with our 3.5 pound rabbit twice and got his butt handed to him TWICE. It has not shaken his confidence in the least. I haves learned so much from him. He has taught me how to understand chihuahua’s. They are small and mighty. They arrive with fists swinging and asking questions later just to survive. Part of this bright side was that the veterinary ophthalmologist that he is going to see, I met when she was in 9 th grade. I got to watch her grow within the veterinary profession. She watched my kids for me when they were young. We visited her family farm many times when the kids were little.  She was there when Ferguson was just a ba...

 This morning I woke up with a migraine. It made my stomach feel nauseous. This happens when I don’t drink enough but could also be a combination of allergies too.. So I pushed the fluids, added electrolytes and began dreading SSA meeting. Ethan and I had a conversation about him feeling like he is being kicked down. He is frustrated. I don’t blame him. He went off to work with his head hung low. When he got to work, he started venting via text. He said he is tired of dealing with disappointment after disappointment and feels like he has lost his ability to feel joy. Ugh! I hated reading that. I reassured him that we weren’t going to let him fall and would be close by in the event he needed help. We were trying to set him up for success. I vented to Sarah that I wasn’t feeling well, Ethan was down in the dumps and it was a crappy way to start a Monday. Bah humbug! She then shared her Monday started with catching herself on FIRE! As a good friend would do, I laughed out loud. Geez! ...

 Yesterday we were on the run all day long. We had Ethan helping as well, lifting, carrying, going up and down the stairs, just going all day long. He looks healthy. But on the inside his body is working extra hard to keep some form of homeostasis. Today he and Paul were working on moving things around. He was back at it again. He crashed hard. Took a very long nap this afternoon. I left him alone and let him sleep. I can’t imagine having to deal with that nonsense at 23 years old. We had our Mother’s Day celebration. It was fun and we had yummy food. After we were done eating, I had Avery hand out the Mother’s Day cards. Everyone put their cards on one table. She grabbed all the cards except OURS! I found the cards hours later. Ugh! Well, we will hand them out another day! Avery will be mortified when she finds out. I probably won’t even tell her because no good will come of it. She was a great help today! Tomorrow is our stupid phone call about Ethan paying back the overpayment f...

 Today was a work day. We are celebrating Mother’s Day tomorrow since I will be globe trotting on Mother’s Day. My brother came to town again to help my Mom and Gene move. We have been carting stuff from one spot to the next. Ethan is taking some shelving for his barndominium. He is excited about the shelving. He is still bummed it isn’t dry out. We spent the majority of the day carting thins here and there. It was great exercise and I was thankful for that. I do like the added benefit of exercise when I am focused on a different task. Ethan got his bloodwork done again today. He was excited that his GFR (the rate he filters his blood) has improved by a few points. We finally received communication that Ethan has to pay back the $12,000 the government mistakenly paid him over the course of several months. We received a letter today saying we have a phone call meeting on Monday at 9:30. Nothing like a decent heads up. It was after hours so Ethan couldn’t call his work and report. I ...