Mid-Week Ramblings

WOW, I feel like I've been in a whirl wind for the past week!  I've been busy in the evenings trying to get some cleaning done that I have let go for way too long.  I've finally got all my carpets cleaned except for the bedroom.  I am planning on finishing that up on Saturday if not before.  I love it when the house is clean, and I need my butt kicked for getting behind on my housework!

I've been whining with my hand hurting ever since I got home from Hawaii.  I lost my balance on the shuttle in the Atlanta airport and hit my hand  and  arm REALLY hard and fell.  My hand and arm have been several shades of blue since then.  Most of the bruising is starting to fade (since it's been almost 3 weeks I guess it's about time), but my hand is so sore!  Actually, I think it may be more sore now than when I first did it.  I don't know if my hand is getting worse, or my arm is getting better and I'm just realizing that my hand hurts too.  Either way, I guess since I refused to get it checked at the time I hurt it....it would be silly to go see someone 3 weeks later!  Using the carpet shampooer probably hasn't helped matters much.

Ken has been having some health problems and we have made several visits with different doctors and still have several left to make.  He had a small stroke last week.  The only residual problem is some visual loss.  We are in hopes it may improve with time, but at the same time thankful that it's no worse than what it was.  The main thing now is to get him healthy so he doesn't have another one.  In the past week he's been to his medical doctor twice, to the eye doctor, and had a CT scan.  Tomorrow he has an echo and carotid duplex.  We see the dietitian and the neurologist next week. I'm about tired of doctor's offices.  He's doing good though.  He's already lost 5 pounds in the past week!  He really has a good attitude about everything and seems really motivated to make the changes necessary to get healthy.  I think it's going to prove to be a wake up call for both of us.

Aron, Ken's son, is coming in town tonight.  He lives in Lynchburg.  It will be good for them to get to spend some time together.  I'm not sure what the two of them will get in to!  They talked about going to the Marshall game, but  I think that depends a lot on the weather.

I've had enough excitement this past week.....I'm ready for a few boring weeks now to just vegetate!  Praying for good results from Ken's tests tomorrow.  We don't want any additional problems to deal with.