Things I missed

Continued progress on my game shelf. I touched up paint inside, found studs, and measured out how far apart I wanted all the shelves. 

Poor Adi was sick all week and it took me till Friday to clock that it was probable the pneumonia that’s been running rampant. She started feeling sick the Sunday I was in NY. I came home late Monday night and she was sick’ish but still functioning. All week she went to bed around 7:00 and slept all night. Finally on Friday she asked to stay home and go to the Dr but Matt thought she should go to school. I know that Adi is not a complainer, so as soon as he told me that I knew she was really sick. The next day after Delaney’s 3 hour dance rehearsal I took Adi for a 3+hour wait at urgent care. 

They did an xray and she’s got a pretty good little infection. The urgent care doctor said cases of pneumonia have risen 800% in the last few months. That’s bananas. They also said they’ve been seeing that this type needs strong antibiotics, so they gave her 2 different ones, cough medicine, and an inhaler. My poor Adi. 😞 I felt terrible that she was sick all week and I didn’t realize it. 

Grandpa Ray knows I love a good advent calendar because it’s the gift I always send him. My dad even sent us a cute Taylor Swift advent calendar too. This has been fun to open everyday.

That last Sunday in November I went to stake council, then to Calvert and Bayside’s RS and we had separate ward temple and family history trainings for each of them. It was a long and good day. I got nice long hugs from my presidency and felt so buoyed up. 

That day Delaney started to feel sick. I let her sleep in Monday, then she woke up and wanted to go to school so she went late. She came home from school completely wiped out, so we made an urgent care appointment for her for the next day. We were trying to figure out if we should still go to NY as planned for thanksgiving and knew we couldn’t go with a little sickie, so we wanted to know as soon as possible. That visit also took 3+ hours even with an appointment, partly because the nurse didn’t listen to me, so that was frustrating. Thankfully all her tests came back negative. So she just had the garbage everyone else has. Knock on all the wood, i haven’t been sick at all. So. Thankful. 

Matt and I worked on the egress window and then I recruited him to help me finish my closet. I could do it myself, and part of me really wanted to, but it goes so much faster with 2 and I really wanted it done. Isn’t it pretty?! I’m happy with it and know I know how to build closet shelves. Mostly/Sort of. I made several mistakes, including making the boards to long so that the pretty face plate finishing touch didn’t fit. Whomp whomp.  

We were back and forth on NY. Part of me really wanted to stay and bust out some projects, but the other part of me wanted to go be a fun mom. Fun mom won out and I’m glad it did. We packed in about 30 minutes and as soon as Frankie finished cheer at 5 we hit the road. 

When I pulled up my maps I somehow switched to people and that “last seen last week” took my breath away. Ouch. 

We’re all seeing little tender mercy signs all around us, like this random text Lexi received about a train ticket. My dad talked a ton about catching a train the few days before he passed and he loved rail travel. He sent Lexi a little love. They had such a sweet relationship. ❤️

This is a weird picture, but the sentiment feels very accurate for me. I noticed these angry feelings almost immediately and it really startled me. I didn’t experience this after my mom passed away and anger is not my go to emotion, and I don’t like it at all. I’m noticing it clinically and apologizing and seeking grace when I need too. Grief is weird. 

Also this has touched my heart. So grateful for the friends that reached out, brought dinner, invited me to talk, prayed, and loved me even when I couldn’t respond.