News and No News

A couple of definitions to begin:

Things I wanted to tell everyone and might have, or forgotten to tell, or forgotten I told= News

Things that are pending, awaiting a follow up, etc. = No News

Ok....here we go.

Background Info for News:

Dwayne had a seizure on May 2.
Before that our 15 month old computer died.
Before that I got a summer job working for the Census doing payroll and junk.
And even before all of that I was going to school full-time.

News!

Dwayne got out of the hospital on May 4th. Has had a follow up EEG and sleep study. Good news- no brain tumor. Has been resting and getting better every day. Memory loss has faded and he is almost back to normal. So normal in fact that we have argued (well, really, me yelling at him) because I think he is doing too much too fast. We have a follow up visit with the neurologist and a dentist appointment this Thursday. Then go back to his new PCP on the 27th. So far, so good.

I called Dell and placed a ticket in to fix our computer. Surprisingly, this Dell experience was amazing. They were very nice and said they'd have someone come and fix it. I guess it was the fact that I was still under warranty? Anyway, the guy came out, fixed it up, yay. It is alive again. I managed to get most of our stuff (including 2200 songs- thank god!) off of our external hard drive. I haven't tackled itunes or loading the printer stuff yet- that is another battle for another day.

Still working at the Census. It is kind of crazy because some days I'll go in and it will be all hands on deck and then they will say no overtime. They will call me in early and I will go and sit and wait with nothing to do. But I will not complain because they have been extremely helpful and flexible when dealing with Dwayne being sick, the crazy weather, and me being sick for about 3 days recently. I am grateful and it is enjoyable work.

School finally ended and not a moment too soon. The flooding caused finals to be canceled and rescheduled and Dwayne's hospital stay caused me to miss one completely. But I talked to all the professors and got everyone squared away and it is over and grades are out. I got "A"s in all my classes and made the Dean's List! My rusty old GPA is now a 3.48. I hope to celebrate one day when things calm down. Probably sometime in July after we move from this medical hurricane to the kids hurricane.

Flooding. Yeah. That was insane. KB had some crazy flooding but other than that I don't think I know anyone who was directly hit...so yay. I am glad everyone came out unscathed- for the most part. That was super crazy but I will say this is a moment where I am actually proud of Nashville and the Volunteer state for rising to the call of people in need. I am sad that Serpas is leaving- I liked him.

Kids. Got the dates and flights nailed down early this year. June 19 the first one will land. Then on June 24th the second, and finally all 3 will be here June 28. They will all return to TX on July 10th. Not sure how much vacation time Dwayne will have left when they get here but we will make it work.

No News!

Dwayne had an EEG what feels like forever ago- no call, no nothing. So, that is good right?

We still don't have a release/return to work date for him yet....might get one this Thursday.

That is all I can really remember right now.... I hope everyone is well and I'm sorry I haven't been in touch. I will do my best to do better when things get settled again. Thanks to everyone for the texting and checking in and help- it means a lot to me and is keeping me sane. Again, once things settle down a bit I am going to try and plan a get together to celebrate multiple things and events and friends. Hang in there with me!