Not so bad after all

This morning I had my first Mammogram. I wasn't looking forward to it after all the horror stories I've heard but really it wasn't bad at all. It was akward but not painful. The technician showed me the images and said that there wasn't anything that jumped out at her but with my family history the radiologist will be scrutinizing every little thing. I may be called back in for an ultrasound image just so that they have a good baseline to base future tests against. I'm glad it's over I was starting to worry too much about the whole thing.

Weekend overview

Saturday I worked the stocking shift so Matt could go to his sisters wedding. That means that I went into work from 4am-12:30. I didn't sleep well the night before so I came home and took a shower and a nap. Bryan woke me up to say that we'd been invited share some free passes that the Kokkelers had to the Cottage Grove speedway. I'd never been out there before so I wasn't too excited but it turned out to be realy cool. It was just the adults and we had a great time.

Sunday I tried to sleep in a bit with Bryan but Ethan wasn't having it. Instead we got up and made a big breakfast burritto brunch. We all ate too much but it was so good. That afternoon Bryan got his Pumpkins planted and did a few things around the house before the race started. We both napped for a bit while the race was on then I started in of Fathers day dinner. I made a potato salad, BBQ ribs, green salad, garlic bread, rice a roni, and watermellon. Again we ate way too much but it was great. At about 9 we sent Ethan up to bed and the rest of us played Harry Potter Clue. I think we forgot how long that game lasts. It was allmost midnight before I won the game and we all went to bed.

stress overload

I forgot to mention earlier that one of the reasons I'm so very tired is because I'm on mental and emotional overload. I found out on Saturday morning that my Mom has breast cancer. She allready had a lupmectomy but they want to proceed with a double masectomy and radiation to get the rest of the cancer. I'm scared for my Mom but really my mind won't let me go to a place where I can believe that she won't beat this. I just know how long and painfull the path to recovery will be for her. Also I feel like my whole world has been turned upside down. I now have to start looking at my health and the health of my daughter in a whole new way. I've allready called my Dr. and I'll be having my first mamogram soon.

On top of that news my friend Jennifer K called me on Sunday morning as we were packing up to leave the hotel and told me her son, Jordan's good friend, Johnny had been in the hospital since Friday when he ruptured his spleen in a bike accident. He'll be ok but his summer is going to be spent on bed rest and he won't be able to play sports unitl 2010. Jordan and Johnny were a dangerous duo on the football field it's going to be rough watching him sit on the sidelines this season. Jordan and I visited him in the hospital yesterday. His blood counts are stablizing and they think he may go home sooner than expected but he'll be stuck on bed rest for 6 weeks. Can you imagine a 13 year old active boy confined to a bed? I just feel so bad for him but so increadibly greatfull at the same time that it didn't turn out a whole lot worse.

So very tired

I went into work today expecting it to be busy, Monday and Tuesday allways are, but it was so far beyond busy there isn't even a word for it. We were slamed from the beginning and then we had two sick calls. I wound up working almost 10 hours today. Yea for overtime or something I guess. Tomorrow I work from 10-6:30 then I have the OCF food meeting that starts at 7. It's gonna be another long day.

The kids are getting into the groove of summer break. I must admit that it was so nice to not have to get them all out the door this morning. Jordan and Julia have both allready had sleepovers with friends. I love that they both have friends in the neighboorhood they can hang out with.

Ok I'm fading fast. Good night to you all.

Happy Birthday Girl

Julia is 12 years old. How has it flown by so quickly? As I type this she's sitting here next to me coloring in the birthday invitations that she drew by hand. She's as tall as I am, taller with the shoes she has on today. The birthday outfit she picked is so cute. I'll have to get a picture with Bryans camera and post it later. I was laughing out loud in the store last night looking at some of the styles they have. It's like walking into a time warp. The first outfit she looked at was a Cindy Lauper-ish looking thing with tooling sticking out all over it. Crazy stuff! She did end up with some neon green peace sign jewlery but loves it and thats what counts.

work stuff

Working as a pharmacy tech I hear some crazy things through out my day. Some of them are just funny like the woman who told me yesterday that she started taking calcium suplments two weeks ago and now she can't poop. Some are disturbing to the point of making me want to bathe in sanitizer, for example the woman who kept touching me and them told me she has Mersa... on her who-ha... arrrgghhh! Seriously what is it about a blue smock that makes people feel they can just tell you anything?! Realy though I do enjoy my job and I get to meet some great people too like the little old man who just came back from Safari in Africa and brought us about a dozen pictures he had taken. Oh and the sweetest old couple you'll ever meet, allways smiling and holding hands. While I was helping them one day the husband said to me, "Will you do me a favor? You go and have the Best day ever." He makes me smile.

Look at Me I'm Bloggin!

Well I'm going to give this a try. I don't have a great history of keeping up with any of the other sites I've tried... myspace, facebook, etc. My goal will be to post at least once a week with the details of whats happening in my family. I'm hoping that this will help me stay more connected to the people I love.

This is the last week of school for my kids. Julia is thrilled and Jordan is prety bummed. Ethan is excited to be home for the summer with his brother and sister. They are all getting so big and grown up.

Next year Jodan will be in the 8th grade. He's been shaving since January and looks more like a young man every day. He just finished his best baseball season ever. We saw a lot less of the famous Quesenberry temper flair up on the field this year and a lot more pride in his sucesses.

Julia will start 7th grade next year. She applied for leadership and was accepted again. It's great to see her involved in that. She works so hard and does whatever she can to help out. She'll be going to girls camp this summer and is really excited. They allready had the Beehive brunch so she met a lot of the other girls and is even inviting some of them to her birthday party. I can't belive she'll be 12 on Thursday.

Ethan is counting the days until he turns 5. He seems to think it's a magic number. You see.. Christmas comes after he's 5, He can start T-ball next season when he's 5 and he'll go to kindergarten when he's 5, but that's not until the school year after next. He amazing me and makes me laugh every day. I'm sure we're spoiling him rotten but he just brings so much joy to our family it's hard not to.

That's about all I have for tonight. Realy my life is prety boring. Bryan and I work full time, do as much as we can as a family in our free time and try to count our blessing and enjoy every moment. This July will be our 14th wedding annivisary. To some that seems like an amazingly long time. To me it's just the result of taking it day by day and hoping that in the end it will all pay off.