Home Again...

My roomie made it home around 4:30 yesterday.  Apparently everything went well with her pre-op appointment.   Now, at least she knows how to get where she needs to be for her surgery.  

She'll have some appointments locally on Tuesday.   On Wednesday, she'll head & spend the night in Tulsa.  The surgery is early & some other things need to happen, so driving up early Thusday really isn't an option.   Her surgery is on Thursday.  After that, we'll know how things went & how long her stay will be.  If all goes well, she should be heading home Friday some time.  Past that is a followup appointment & healing.  

It all sounds so 1-2-3, I just hope it goes that way.   There have been enough issues for the both of us this year.  Here's to the best for the following week.

Cya...

Waiting, Round 1...

My roomie left this morning a little after 8.  We thought she'd be heading out about 9, but her father was running early.  While I appreciate someone else driving this trip, I'm not happy about being out of the loop.   The waiting part sucks.

I'm irritated the arrangements got switched fairly late in the game.   At least it wasn't this morning, but don't offer to do something you can't do.  My roomie has family close to here,  Her brother & his family live in town, her father lives about 45 minutes away,  She has some other relative about that distance in Arkansas as well.  

But when I think of her family, I think of her uncle in Colorado.   He's been the person most apt to help with things.   He's the 1 who stays calm.  He'll be coming in to take her to Tulsa next week.  Since her grandmother passed, he's been the person she can actually depend on most.  Half the time she can barely get a call back from the others.  Other than some friends in the area, there's very little holding her here.  Maybe someday, Poteau will be in the rear view mirror for good.

Cya...

Trying...

This weather is seriously taking it's toll on me.  It's been humid & dreary for quite a bit & I feel in deep lull.  I'm thankful that it's not blazing hot already, but I'd like to ditch the drear for a bit.    This wet is making the allergens grow & mold spread.  I've been sneezing like crazy.  I feel like I'm never quite awake.

Tomorrow starts the formal count down to my roomie's surgery.  She'll leave for her pre-op appointment around 9 tomorrow morning.  It'll take her 2 hours to drive up.  The appointment could be any where from 1 - 3 hours, then another 2 hours home.  They'll have to gas up & eat so there's probably another hour.  I'm not expecting her home until at least 4 & probably closer to 6.  She'll be glad to out of the car.

This 1st half of the year has been very trying.  I'm hoping the latter half is less so.  We don't need this level of stress.  

Cya...

So Far...

Today we've been dry.  Not a drop from above.  We needed the rain, but it was getting tiresome.  

My roomie will be heading to Tulsa on Friday for a pre-op appointment.  I'll be handling shopping on my own that day.  That'll be easier than driving another round trip to Tulsa. 

It's a bit tense around here & understandably so.   She's gearing up for a major operation.  There are always a lot of thing up in the air when that happens.   The surgery is common enough, but still, it's surgery. 

Her brother will take her Friday.  Her uncle will accompany her the following week for the actual operation.  That leaves me to tend to the house & cats.   It looks like her sister in law will be driving her up for her follow up 2 weeks after the surgery.  Hopefully, that will about wrap up this matter.

Will know more as it happens.  She's done all she can do on her end of the matter.  Now we wait.  

Cya...

Tuesday Noonish...

Not much going on today.  It still looks a bit stormy out, but so far no rain today.   Our routine is somewhat normal today.  My roomie has an appointment today.  

We're gearing up for her medical jaunts over the next month.   This Friday she goes to Tulsa for a pre-appointment thing.   The following Tuesday she sees her regular doctor catch up on things.   The Thursday after she'll be in Tulsa for an overnight stay for the major point of the matter.  2 weeks past that she'll return for a follow-up.

Maybe by late July, we'll be back to our normal life.  That's be nice.  She's been dealing with this mess since January.  Getting past it would be good for everyone.

Until later.

Cya...

Bring Out The Ark...

It's been raining a lot.  We've got somewhere over 3" since late Saturday night.   There are flash flood warnings around us.

The net is acting a bit wonky & the power has flickered.  Hopefully, they'll hold.  We'll see.

I'm feeling a bit better.  I got some decent sleep last night.  I've got to go out in a bit to pick up my roomie from Fort Smith.  If I'm lucky the rain will let up for a bit. The van hates being driven in hard rain.

It looks like my roomie's trip to Tulsa on Friday will be handled by her brother.    That's at least 1 less drive I won't have to make.  It looks as if I might not have to drive any of the remaining trips.  That means we don't have to worry about finding someone to handle the cats.   It's also less wear on the van.   About a month from now, this could be mostly behind her.  That'd be nice.

Cya...

Stormy Night...

We had some fairly severe storms last night & there apt to continue throughout the day.  Usually, storms make for good sleeping weather for me.  Not last night.

The storms were erratic & 1 of the cats was a pain in the ass.  Between the 2 I didn't sleep well last night.  Then about 5 in the morning the birds started their noise.  My sleep was ruined.

I don't fair well without good sleep.  I feel like crap & my mood is somewhere south of sour.   I'm envisioning a house free of the 1 pain the ass kitty.

We had to go shopping this morning.  Our regular schedule is getting bumped up a day.  The storm was annoying.   Getting home wasn't too pleasant either.   We had to take another route home, due to a low water ridge & the rain.

We're home.  I'm tired.  That's about it.

Cya...