Hospital tomorrow

Chance's grandfather has been in the hospital since last week. His health has not been so good the past few months but he is a tough old bird and is hanging in there. He's in need of some surgery's that they say he won't make it through. They have done some things to help those problems but they are not fully fixed. This time, they think he may need surgery on his bladder. He called late tonite and wants to see the kids. So I am going to take off tomorrow to spend time at the hospital. Luckily Chance doesn't have appointments until late in the day. We had plans to visit on the weekend but we have no idea if he will have surgery this week and we want to be sure the kids see him just in case something happens. Sometimes people know subconsciously when they are leaving this world, and we want to make sure he gets his wish just in case this is his situation.

Keep him in your prayers.

Stuff

Well I am glad it's getting close to the weekend. I had quite a day - not sure whether to classify it as good or bad. I had to co-present today to our office and the advising office. I was a bit nervous because my Dean was there but it went off OK I guess. At least for my part. In hindsite, there's always that, "Oh I wish I had said this." But the good thing was I didn't prepare anything. Of course I did the powerpoint but when I speak in public, I have to have tons of notes and really think hard about what points to make. I thought on my feet for the most part and that was something new. My Dean said I did well. I hope she was telling the truth and not trying to just make me feel better.

There was some interoffice turmoil with someone and she told me someone had told her I caused it. Well that really pissed me off. I did no such thing. So I stewed for the rest of the afternoon. And then, a part-time advisor that I don't really care for insinuated to my coworker that I screw things up. Um excuse me, I am the senior person and spend my day directing others in decision making. Hell my own boss asks me how things work. The advisor is one of those people who spends her day trying to find errors in other's work. I am not really sure why this was pick on Brandee day or Brandee does bad crap day, but I wasn't really amused. I am very easy going and am not really involved in riffs around there but guess today was my lucky day. Wee Hoo!

On a good note, I finally reserved our mini van for our trip. According to Mom's countdown there are 22 days to my vacation. We pick the van up on my birthday. And my good friend who works at Enterprise gave us a fabulous deal. She is wonderful. She knocked $100 off that is normally charged on the company discount. I so love Ivy! She makes me smile! Somehow reserving the car makes it feel more real.

One of my very good friends broke her ankle in two places Sunday nite. She had to have surgery on Tuesday. She now has a plate and 4 screws in her ankle and she is in a lot of pain. She is supposed to be in the hospital but since her "loving" husband decided he had to go back to work (they were on vacation last week) and she had no one to watch her kids, she opted out. Now she is at home, crying from the pain and puking from the medicine with a 12 year old and a 9 year old running around. I feel so sorry for her. She is one of our fantastic four I post on my myspace page. So me, and the other 2 of the 4, went to see her tonite. We took the family dinner and desert and tried to see if we could help out in any way. Being the person that she is, of course she could think of nothing. He didn't really seem very concerned about her. You just have to know him. We were not happy about it.

Anyway, when we left, I really thought how thankful I am to have a wonderful husband like Chance. Of course he makes me crazy at times, but he is so wonderful and loving. First he would've told work to bite his butt and he would've let me stay in the hospital for however long I was supposed to stay. He would help me bathe and wash my hair. (Heck he did that when I cut my hand open with the knife that time. He even put my hair in a pony tail every day so I could go to work and look half way decent.) And if he did have to desert me at times for work, I also have a wonderful family who would have come to help out. Unfortunately, my friend does not have much support - really only her dad. He has been coming over to help her out but it is not fun to ask your dad to help you bathe when you are a grown woman. I am really hurting for her but at the same time am thankful for my blessings. I have a wonderful husband who loves me and a large family who also do and would help out. I love each and every one of you.

Guess I don't have much else to say right now. I think I'm gonna turn in early as I never seem to do that. Adios dudes!

Time is flying

I can't believe it is already June. School is out and the year is almost half over. Time sure does fly. Why is that?? When you are a kid in school, summer is the longest time. Feels like half a year. And the school year itself feels like an eternity. Once you graduate the years get shorter and shorter. It's amazing how that works. I wish I could slow it down a bit just so I can take it all in. I don't wanna miss a thing. (Do you hear Steven Tyler??) I have this upcoming birthday...according to mom's myspace, there are only 31 days left. (Woo hoo cuz that is the start of my vacation!) But man, I can't believe there's gonna be a 4 in front now. I will probably have to move up a box on surveys...how I hate that! I won't be 30 something anymore. Wow...it went so fast! And kids. They grow so fast too! How does that happen??? I look at Taylor and find it hard to believe she was smaller than Tristan is when I got her. Now she's very womanly and turning 15 in November. Tristan is a little man, growing each and every day. Surprises me with something more grown up each day. One day they are a baby and the next, they have boobs. Tristan keeps asking when he will have a beard like daddy. I tell him mommy can't even think about that but he will have one someday. I dunno...I guess that's why I like photography. I can take pictures every day and when I look back I have a story. And it makes it so easy to remember the little things.

Yesterday when I got home I found a new patio table, chairs and umbrella on my patio. It is really nice but I'm not sure we really had the money for it. But we have it now. Too bad we didn't have it for Tristan's party. We have wanted one since we've moved into this house. So I guess it's about time. It's been almost 9 years. Can you believe that??? My 9 year wedding anniversary is in December. We will have been together for a decade overall in December.

Side note...George Clooney is on Jay Leno right now. Can you say hot???

Oh and today, I showed off my new cousin Sneezey Louisey to my friends at work. How cute is she??? Red hair! I just couldn't believe that new pic they posted. So now I think Laura and John need to work on some video clips for us.

We have a lot to do for our vacation still. Need to rent the rent-a-car. Guess we are going to get a van. Got our new portable DVD player in the mail today (free gift for signing up with the satellite TV). So now both kids will have one. Taylor will have the lap top and Tristan will have his PSP. Isn't technology great?? I have to get my hair cut and colored. Wish I could throw in a quick lyposuction job but guess that is out of the question. j/k Taylor got her hair colored today - it looks really nice. Got rid of that black finally. The boys need to spiff up too. Don't wanna scare Tina. Chance's new plan is to make a short detour to Gettysburg on the way. I've got my PA native friend checking on how feasible that is. And of course, I'll visit with Tina about it too. I still can't believe I will have 2 whole weeks off and get to see her. Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! I'm gonna be worse than the kids. Are we there yet???

We saw Stevie Nicks last week. AWESOME concert. She sounds so good live. It was an old geezer show...Chance and Taylor couldn't believe people sat down later in the show. But I had to remind them their stamina isn't as good as it used to be. Stevie was great whether you were sitting or standing. Taylor enjoyed it too.

Guess that's all that's rumbling around in my head right now. It's getting late and I need to rest. I work the late shift tomorrow so I can sleep in an extra 45 minutes. Woo hoo.

Catch ya later.