Finally, I have emerged from the swirling vortex of life and have some time to stop and reflect. It’s been over a month since I’ve have the time or inclination to write, which seems so odd when I used to write virtually every day. Sometime around the middle of April, it just seemed like my life had spun out of control and I didn’t have a spare minute to try to put down all that was going on. Now, at the end of May, I feel like I’m getting things back under some sort of control.
So what happened? Nothing spectacular – it wasn’t even particularly sudden. I just reached a point where any spare moment not spent working, eating, or sleeping was spent on homework and study. In fact, quite a few moments that were supposed to be used for working, eating, or sleeping were spent on homework and study. With four classes and none of them “fluff” classes that I could skate through, I found myself floundering frantically just to keep up with all of the assignments.
My sister accused me of procrastination, saying that I could have done more during the early part of the semester to save myself the end of semester crunch. There is a bit of validity to that – after all, I’m rather noted for putting things off. But mostly it wasn’t really my fault. The professors all just seemed to start piling it on toward the end of the semester and I was scrambling just to keep up. It all worked out okay, though. I managed to get three A’s and a B+.
In the few weeks that I’ve been out of school, I’ve basically been sick and/or goofing off. I’ve had this reoccurring sinus infection type thing that keeps coming back. I could probably write pages about all the aches and pains associated with it, not to mention the general feeling of blah-ness, but I don’t think I’ll dwell on it. I need to make an appointment with my primary care physician sometime anyway since I’ve never even met the man and am overdue for a check-up. That’s something to add to my list of things to do.
Despite lying in bed like a slug for a few weeks, life has still been busy. First there were a number of crises involving my sister in Georgia, some new and some on-going. To sum them up:
• My sister, Gracie, had to have a cancerous lump removed from her lip – went well and they appear to have gotten it all. She came down here to have the operation since my sister Andi knows every doctor in town and could hook her up with the best.
• Gracie’s eldest son is going through a marital crisis that seems to be headed for divorce and has everyone concerned miserable. Then to top it off, he somehow managed to wreck his brother’s car and get arrested for possession. I don’t know (nor want to know) the details – it’s all very confusing.
• The son that got his car wrecked had to have an emergency appendectomy. He is also embroiled in a custody battle where the judge rules in his favor (he wants at least joint if not full custody of his son), the mother keeps ignoring the judge’s orders and nothing gets done about it except more court dates.
• Her eldest daughter was having chest pains – since heart disease gallops through our family this was cause for significant concern. Fortunately it doesn’t appear to be anything serious at this point.
• Her youngest daughter is getting married this August. A happy stress, but stress nonetheless.
• Her youngest son… well, so far he has not been involved in any crisis and actually had enough in savings to bail his big brother out of jail.
Keep in mind that these are ALL adult children, so anyone who has small children and thinks that the pressure lets up when they turn 18 or 21 or some other magical number are in for a rude awakening.
Relatively speaking, the Florida branch of the family has been quiet – except for the weather down here. Said weather caused our only crisis thus far when a tree fell on the roof of our house and created an interesting skylight into our kitchen. What seemed like several tons of ceiling and insulation (wet insulation, I might add) filled the kitchen, rendering the use of the sink, stove, microwave, toaster, and coffee maker impossible. We’ve had to eat out every meal and no matter what anyone tells you this gets old fast.
On the upside, however, it looks like we’re getting a new kitchen out of the deal. The insurance company had a contractor out by the next day. The tree and debris were removed and the house weather proofed with tarps by the day after. Now we’re going through the painful process of trying to decide on the color and style of the cabinets and counters. We are people that take hours to decide where to have lunch – decisions of this import are arduous to say the least.
Well, that pretty much brings everyone up to date with me and my life. My job ended with the school year so I’m without structured activities until late August or so. I have one project building a web site for a musician friend that I’ve been working on over the past year – we’re going to knuckle down and get it up and running before the end of the summer. Besides that, though, I’m going to need to find ways to keep myself busy, so one can expect that I’ll probably go back to blogging every day. Don’t you all feel blessed?
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Really enjoy your blog! Hope your kitchen remodel is soon done. Focus on the way it will look - maybe that'll help. (And a trip to Hawaii wouldn't hurt 
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Thanks for dropping in, sweetness - it was great to see you! 
Take care of that arm, my friend, and talk to the doc if you need to... 
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