Ethan’s Journey

 Sundays are always busy. All 4 dogs get their nails clipped and dremmeled…well only 3 get dremmeled because Moe is afraid. I compromised that he is tolerating nail trims. When I first got him, he was trying to bite me (with intent). I was not able to trim his nails by myself.  We have worked hard to get to the point that I can do it by myself with no attempts to bite. I can skip the dremel for him. I am choosing my battles on this one. A girl I went to high school with has been going through a lot with her husband and child’s medical issues. They are pretty significant medical issues. Her friends have rallied around her and started a go fund me page for her. Go fund me saved us during Ethan’s medical crisis. It helped in so many ways. Bill’s, food, a coffee here and there or even a canned margarita here and there delivered, multiple uber rides, did I mention bills? Life moves on when your world stops! The electric company wants to get paid, the gas company wants to get paid. ...

 I loaded up my van with donations for Goodwill and grabbed some of my Mom’s donations too! I will make a run tomorrow to drop everything off before I pick up my groceries.   I took clothing items to our local clothing closet to help people in the community. I hope it helps someone. I did have a bit of fun today after more organizing and cleaning today. I went to my Cousin’s to chat about our trip to Grand Bahama. We found some fun things to do but don’t have a set schedule so we can go where the day takes us. We will have options of things to do and see. Then we watched a documentary on octopuses. Or is it octopi? Or octopodes? I believe all are acceptable…but the documentary was on more than one octopus is my point. They are such cool creatures. They look and move like what I would expect from aliens. They change color so fast, they change textures. Their skin is made up of these little sacs that expand and contract. Their muscles control these sacs and the way they change c...

 I started my day today with a three way before 8am. I know that doesn’t sound good (get your mind out of the gutter). I was talking to Sarah and her sister called. The three of us chatted and laughed for a while. I got off the phone still giggling about the silly conversations. I really enjoyed the three way.  I made a list of tasks to accomplish this weekend. I have already started to check them off. Man that is satisfying. Mid day, I took Moe for a run (I didn’t run, he did) around the field. He seemed to really enjoy this. I got some exercise and the stink blown off of me. It was a nice break in the day. Tomorrow I have plans to do fun things.  Yay! I had restless leg tonight and was super annoyed by it! Luckily no one saw how fidgety I was.

 Happy New Year!  I consider this New Year as an extra day off from work. I used my day wisely. My resolution was to go through my house and get rid of extra “stuff” that I don’t want, don’t use or is expired. Why do I have so many mason jars when I don’t can anything? Bedding! Why so much bedding?  We don’t frequently have guests. Sarah has her own room at our house and I leave her bed alone so it is ready for her when she comes. I down sized the Christmas decorations and gifted some ornaments to Avery. Technically they were hers from when she was a baby. Avery and Kendall spent the night. We “partied” until ball dropped. The driving conditions weren’t great. Kendall had to work at noon. Avery stuck around and visited.  She helped me go through my drawers and cupboards. I got rid of utensils that were hanging on by a thread. The spoon that sort of melted. Why do I have 17 spatulas? I took the best of the extra’s and set them aside for Ethan when he moves. Why do I h...

 Happy New Year! We rang in the new year with the kids and Kendall with my Aunt and Uncle. We had enough food to fill our bellies, and we played cards. The banter of the kids was fun. Ethan participated and I dare say, had fun this year. Last year he secluded himself, that shows growth. The evening was full of dad jokes and laughing. We of course picked on Paul, but he is a good sport and handles it well. He also dishes it out. I heard a lot of good advice. “Don’t forget to poop on New Year’s Eve.  You don’t want to carry your old shit into the new year!” Ha ha! That one made me laugh. The last 45 minutes we watched/judged the entertainers on TV. These are people that are far more successful than I am. They also are more talented and braver. Somehow we find something to point out to laugh at “is that drummer high?” “Why can’t that guy keep his mouth closed? He isn’t even singing?”  “What a bold choice to wear head to toe denim!” We are all going to hell. Avery and Kendall...

 Today is Paul’s birthday. I let him sleep in. When he got up I made him breakfast and coffee while singing Happy Birthday. I think I have the voice of an angel. (I am the ONLY one in the house that thinks that, just for reference). I continued working after breakfast and Paul was off doing Paul things. He took Avery’s car and fixed or enhanced it in some way. He got it inspected for her.  I offered to get take out for dinner but Paul declined. He is going to take a rain check. I made a build your own salad station instead. He is working on his bikini body for summer, so I avoided cake. Ice cream and Paul’s stomach are NOT friends. He will not be having that. Paul didn’t care for his birthday card. Ha! It actually made him laugh and say a swear word at me. I thought I was being clever. Ha! I tried to muster up some umf to work on some chores this evening and it just didn’t pan out. I did online grocery shopping instead. Last day of the year tomorrow. 

I woke up only a little sore from the fall yesterday. Stupid dog! I was thinking it would be worse. Physical therapy has been such a wonderful gift.  Paul has this week off and was home today. He puttered around the house while I SLAVED away. Not fair at all! He reached out to Avery to see if she could drop her car off for some maintenance work. While she was at the house we did our workout routine together. It was more strengthening than “workout”. I showed Avery my routine and what muscles it was targeting. It was fun and we laughed as we complained about how horrible it is to exercise. But….we begrudgingly did it. The deal was that we would drop Avery off at her apartment afterward. Paul needs a couple days with her car. On the way to her apartment, we stopped at Autozone. This store is full of so much testosterone. Paul went in to grab break fluid while Avery and I sat in the car. We watched as man after man went into and came out of the store. “They must have a discount on Mon...