May 18, 2008

  • This Week is History... almost

    What began as a glorious week last Sunday is ending on a bit of a sour note today.

    Thursday was our oldest daughter's college graduation, which was wonderful and we're very proud of her accomplishment.  Then Friday, I got an early morning phone call from her saying she'd broken her foot and could I take her to the doctor.  So we go to the emergency room and sit there for 6 hours and end up with her foot in a fiberglass splint, but no definitive answer about whether the foot is actually broken or not.  Then yesterday, the day was entirely given over to the picnic/bbq that the graduate had requested, with family, friends, and in-law-family in attendance.

    Which was actually nice.  I'm not really one for having people over, or really being with people much at all, but it was a nice gathering, the food was good (thanks to my husband, the bbq king, who did all of the cooking), and the weather was warm and sunny.

    But my week doesn't end there.  Despite our many requests that she get her dorm room packed and moved home in pieces over the month prior to... well, today.... so that we wouldn't be trying to get it all done at the last minute in one big awful move (as it has usually happened).... between her procrastination and her broken foot, almost nothing in her dorm room has been packed and nothing has been moved home yet. 

    She is supposed to be checked out of the dorm by noon today.  And there's an 80% chance of it raining cats and dogs living together.

    And I woke up too early this morning and couldn't go back to sleep.  I have stress.  I have missed exercise most of the last week and haven't done any writing, art, or birding.  The house is a mess.  Everything is askew.  My world is akilter. 

    I expect to end today with a hot bubble bath and an Ambien.  But that's at least 15 hours from now and there are miles to go before I can soak and sleep.  Wish me luck.