ONE DOWN, ONE TO GO!!

I am going to...

...have a stroke before the end of this week. Pray for me please!! Thursday & Friday are the big days!! Well, I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. We did. We did lots of shopping, which I'll have to talk about later since we are about to have class.

Are you brave enough...

...to shop on Black Friday? We are very much looking forward to shopping on Friday. We had a sneak peek at some of the ads, and we already have stuff lined up to buy for Christmas presents. We used to NEVER go out on Friday because it was so hectic. Also, Friday is our day to decorate for Christmas. Anyway, I went 2 yrs ago for the 1st time w/ my dad & we found some really good stuff. David & I said we weren't going to go last year, but we couldn't sleep, so we went out at 6 in the morning. Anyway, just a disclaimer - it's been 2 weeks since I posted, so this may get long. A lot has happened the past couple of weeks. My parents were out of town Veteran's Day weekend for their anniversary, so we house sat for them. When they got back, my mom informed me that the doctor told my Granny that she had cancer, which was indicated by a blood test, but they didn't know where. She said they thought it was colon cancer, because she's lost a good amount of weight that she didn't have to lose. So last Wednesday, the day of the tornados, we were in Montgomery with her. Well, she was supposed to have the colonoscopy at 10:00, but the weather was so bad there, that we were on lockdown from 10-12 (we were about 10 minutes from the daycare/Fun Zone that was destroyed). We finally got out of there around 3:30. The doctor said that she had some polyps & diverticulae, but there was no colon cancer, so it was probably somewhere else. My mom suspected liver, because she had a yellow tint to her (which personally I think she's kinda always had - that's just her skin tone). Anyway, they had done an MRI the day before I think, and we were supposed to get the results back today. Everything came back clean - THANK YOU LORD! God never ceases to amaze us. So they really don't know why she's been losing weight, so it's back to square one with that. She now weighs 83 pounds, and she's my height. She's always been small, but she's always stayed around 100-110. On to other news. There's still nothing new on the egg front, which means they probably will not hatch. I don't know if I mentioned before that we were down to 2. One cracked open, so we had to throw it away because the yolk was sticking to Bella and she was getting the other 2 eggs stuck to her. Be thinking about me next week - my comps are next Thursday and Friday (Nov 30, Dec 1). This is such a big deal & has been very stressful. I have tried to study as much as I could, but things have obviously been crazy here. I'm a little panicked that I haven't been able to study more. Anyway, I guess that's all for now - thanks if there is anyone still reading - sometimes I just need to ramble/vent/decompress/whatever you want to call it. Needless to say the past couple of weeks have been extremely physically, mentally, and emotionally draining. I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!!

Sickness, Part 2

Well, this time it hasn't been me at least. David came home sick Friday, and basically was pretty sick all weekend. He said he felt a lot better yesterday though. And no, I didn't give it to him. It was more like what I had the first time I was sick, which is must better than last time I was sick. Anyway, not much new news on the egg front. There are still 3. Something weird happened yesterday though. She didn't lay them in her cage, but one of them wound up back in her cage. We're not sure how it got there. Anyway, it must have fallen a little because it had a little crack in it. We did something that I read about on the internet called candling, which is supposed to tell you if there is anything in them or not. We think there is in one, but not the other two. You could see the air sac in it, and it is the largest and heaviest. We have 3 eggs, all different sizes and all different weights. Anyway, other than that, not much new is going on. I'm still busy with school and the comps studying. It's at the end of the month - I am panicking!! Thankfully, next week is my last week of therapy.

Well...

Not much has happened in the past week. The grand total of eggs is 3. We haven't seen any more since Saturday. They've gotten a little abused in the past week. One fell on the floor behind the dresser, another either Bella or Sunny accidentally kicked into the wall, and the one that was behind the dresser got on the floor again somehow & Daisy got it. It was already a little cracked, but now it's a little more. So we don't know if any of them except maybe the 3rd will survive. Other than that....I feel a lot better. I'm still on antibiotic, and occasionally cough syrup when needed. School is killing me right now. I have comps Nov 30th & Dec 1st, & really haven't had much time to study, so keep me in your thoughts & prayers.