Madness

Since returning from Michigan on Monday, I realized that I had lost my mind and it took me a while to find it. Well, I found somebody's, at any rate.

As nice as it was to be in Michigan, especially this time of year with all the beautiful Black & Red Oak, giant Elm and gorgeous Maple trees, it was equally as nice to get back to Bridgeport and back into a routine. Actually, our life is anything BUT routine, but that's the easiest way to define it.

The train ride back was a breeze, the kids were wonderful. My mom rode to Chicago with us and helped us off the commuter train and onto the Zephyr. We even managed to squeeze in a quick lunch and take a trip to the bathrooms. She then rode back to Lapeer while the four of us headed West.

Spent most of the week going through the mail, sorting laundry, running errands, paying bills, tossing the moldy food out of the fridge, and doling out Benadryl in six hour cycles to 2/3 of the kids, while the baby got her first taste of Amoxicillin three times daily. You know, the usual.

Friday, Lars and I went with Eden's Headstart class to the Pumpkin patch, which is really a local family's garden who lets the kids pick through the vines to find the big orange treasures. It was great fun, though Lars wandered off and was found near the bus in somebody's backyard, chasing feral cats and looking at the ducks.

Saturday was Pastor's birthday and since the made from scratch birthday cake fell apart into millions of fluffy yellow pieces, I mixed it with pudding and a cream cheese mixture and we enjoyed it that way. You'll be happy to know he received the full 11 seasons of M*A*S*H, complete with the blooper reel and several other special features, approximate running time is 6500 minutes. That should keep us busy all winter~

Today, we enjoyed the beautiful fall weather and started cleaning up the gardens. Lars helped me dig up the geraniums and put them in a box with a garbage liner and some soil. Hoping they last till next year, but we'll see. Nothing to lose, I guess.

Pastor cleaned out the garage a little bit more than he had before we got home. True, I was able to get my SUV in the garage when I got home, but unfortunately, I could not get in or out of the vehicle without stepping on metal, tripping over car panels, or opening the car door without spilling some interior part off the wall and having to balance it back in the same precarious position. It's about 90% cleaned up now and that's probably as good as it's going to get, so, Thanks, Honey.

Twelve hours from now, we'll be on our way to Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children at Presbyterian St. Luke's (say that Three times fast) in Denver, about 3.5 hrs away. Lars will be undergoing both a Colonoscopy w/biopsy as well as Endoscopy w/biopsy Monday afternoon to rule out or give definition to any medical condition in the gut that he may have. It's going to be a long day, but today's clear liquid diet, followed by the cleaning of the colon, went fairly well. For a sensitive boy, he's pretty amicable and probably stronger than his mother.

Blessings to you all on your week ahead.