Ethan’s Journey

 Another windy day but sunny. We could find spots with less wind. The sun kept things warm and cheerful. Same agenda, different day. The dogs went on multiple walks, we ate well listened to foot tunes and shared laughs. We went looking for some corn today and fell short. Boo. Paul made a fire for everyone to sit around. We did sit around it and chat. We admired how twinkly the stars were. We can see them very will with little ambient light around. After a while we decided to call it a night. Paul and I actually went to bed at the same time. This is a rarity. We laid in bed and chatted…it was quiet for a few minutes and the Paul begins to giggle like a school girl. He had remembered something that someone had said earlier and it tickled his funny bone in just the right way.  The line he was giggling at? When our good friend walked up to us with an old chair, Andy said “The 1950’s called and they want their chair back.” Remembering this, Paul was laughing to the point of it bein...

 Today was windy and rainy. Luckily, we were able to enjoy being outside for a while. That was nice. Ethan went to the Olcott Beach Car Show. It’s the 34 th year this show has taken place. A good friend of ours bumped in to Ethan while at the car show. She got this picture for us. Avery stayed at her dorm and just spent time with her suite mates. There are 6 of them total. I like that she has a nice safety net of people to take care of one another. Paul was making me laugh today. He had silly jokes and his delivery was top notch. We laughed. I also enjoyed taking the dogs for several walks today. On one of my walks I found another monarch caterpillar. This leaves us with 4 caterpillars right now. One disappeared and we suspect it will turn up at some point. The other two Ethan was taking care of and the biggest one escaped. We can’t find it. We suspect it is close by in its chrysalis.  Nothing like having a monarch butterfly somewhere if your house in a few days ha ha.

 Ethan had a sore wrist and sore spot on his neck where they accesses his artery and vein respectively from yesterday. He said it wasn’t too uncomfortable and proceeded to work today. Tough kid! Paul and I worked remotely. Jiminy was my lazy coworker today. I worked a half day today and that was glorious. I need a couple days away. I am always more ambitious when I have been away. By the way, it wasn’t cold when this picture was taken. Jiminy really enjoys being very warm! This evening, we enjoyed a camp fire. There was a bit of a breeze, but it was a nice breeze. After dark, I really enjoyed the deafening bugs and breeze combine. It is so quiet, but so loud. Loud in an enjoyable way. The stars were bright and twinkly tonight. There wasn’t a lot of light around. It made all the sky’s stars sparkle even brighter. These are the gifts we sometimes miss or don’t appreciate, from Mother Nature. Gifts hand picked for us, but life distracts us from them. Watch the bee pollinating the flow...

This morning was long just waiting to leave. I immersed myself in work. That helped. I wasn’t as aware of each agonizing minute tick by…one by one. Ethan and I made our way to the hospital and it seemed like everyone else on the road was driving like a maniac. Cars were turning out in front of us, cutting us off, tailgating….it was kind of a survival of the fittest situation. There may or may not have been some choice words. For some reason, when I am driving, I feel like I am the best driver on the road. Which I know is ridiculous, but I know I am not the only one who thinks this way. We arrived and always take the stairs from the parking garage. We had to take the green elevators to the ground floor. We arrived at 12:30 and Ethan was taken to the back room. He got his IV and fluids to help support his kidney with the contrast they had to give him. He has to have his kidney function tested in a week or so to make sure it didn’t do any damage. This seems like an act first, ask for forg...

 Today was uneventful. I mailed in Moe’s Invisible Fence collar to be adjusted. How did it get to be the end of August already? Ethan and I went over the pre-appointment directions about when you can and cannot drink, eat etc. for tomorrows procedure. Ethan was pretty bummed that his procedure would be at 1:45 pm. It will be a long day for him. He was thinking out loud and said that he is frustrated because this is NEVER going to go away. Nope! It sure isn’t. Sure it is much better and we are so thankful for that. At least we don’t have to drive 6 hours for these appointments. That was difficult. Those were long and lonely days. We find out results next Wednesday afternoon. I am preparing to try and have fun this weekend “just in case” we get unpleasant news. I am going to try and keep my two cents to myself so that Ethan can really take the reins on his care.

I woke up so exhausted, that I was suffering from mental dullness and the inability to think. I am not sure what went wrong but my brain checked out last night. Once I had some coffee I was able to get it together and do some work.  At one point, I felt chilly from our air conditioner. I let the dogs out and gave them a scavenger hunt. I was in a meeting and when it ended, I only had three dogs instead of 4. Moe had vacated the property and was no where to be seen. He had his collar on with his tag, his invisible fence collar and his microchip. I looked around for a while but 45 minutes later, I had to jump on another call in a few minutes. I used those minutes to order an air tag for Moe’s collar so I can at least find him. My doorbell rang and to my surprise, it was my good friend and my dog! Of course she was going to find him.she is an animal magnet! She said he had traveled 3 doors down (probably at least a 1/4 mile) and was running in the road.  As soon as she asked him ...

 Back to reality today. I slept on the couch. Mostly to squeeze in a few more minutes of sleep so Paul’s alarm wouldn’t wake me up. I heard Ethan and Jiminy come down the stairs. Ethan was very quiet. He was tip toeing around, didn’t turn on any lights and was as quiet as possible with doors and drawers. I let him know I was up. He said he was being extra careful so I could sleep and worried he was being too loud. I thanked him for being so thoughtful. Those were acts of kindness. I was so appreciative of him trying so hard. I told him the fact that he was trying so hard was evident. Even though it was such a small thing, it meant a LOT to me! My interviews started at 7:00 am. I had solid back to back interviews for the majority of the day. I had an hour of time in the afternoon where I could use the time as catch up.  I was having trouble keeping my eyes open. I decided to succumb to my body’s wishes and take a quick nap. All the dogs gathered around me and snuggled and I fel...