I'm still around
My God it's been so long since I've posted on here. I neglect my own journal, but I promise I'm constantly checking my friends page. A lot has happened in 7 weeks. Mom had a mastectomy in mid-December. She had reconstruction done where they take tissue from your abdomen and make that your new breast. All that went fine, the next day the doctor checked it and things weren't looking right. The blood vessels didn't survive the transport so the tissue had to be removed. She was rushed into surgery that second morning. This is all while my step grandmother's funeral and wake were happening, so my sisters and I were pulling some double duty shifts. That Saturday morning for emergency surgery I went up to the hospital alone. She was under by the time I got there - thats how fast they wanted the tissue you out. So she's been without a breast since then and has come to grips with it. Now she's going through her chemo treatments. Wednesday she had her second treatment and had a bad day today (technically Friday). She was so worn out and slept most of the day. I took the day off to come to Oswego and be at her "beck and call". She didn't have me do much but what I did definitely helped her out. Her hair is also starting to fall out so now thats a test to her strength. We're trying to get her to join a support group around here. It's one thing to be strong and have people around that want to help, its another thing to talk to people that have gone through the same thing. We'll see how that goes.
In other news, my third year of teaching is flying by. I can't believe we're already in the second semester. I'm currently working on the 4th-6th grade musical "The Emperor's New Clothes". The kids that are sticking with it are great. I have a rule of 3 unexcused absences and you're out. Most kids are really good about bringing in a note or having parents call me, but a lot of kids had their parents sign their permission slip, were put in the play, and then showed up to one or NO rehearsals. It's frustrating, but the core group that we have is great.
I'm still working at the dance studio, still singing with Sweet Adelines, and now I'm the choir director and hand bell director at St. John's Episcopalian Church. Making an extra $500 a month is great. I'm finally to a point where I can pay all my bills in a timely manner, my rent pretty much the first of the month, and have a little extra to start saving. It's quite wonderful actually. But it means I am keeping busy. I have Fridays off, I sing at the Cathedral on Saturday nights now to make sure I'm doing the Catholic thing, and then my job on Sunday mornings with the rest of the day free. Weekends are my down time. It's great.
Well I should be off to bed - I've already been asleep for like 3 hours tonight but that was on the couch. A bed sounds good right about now. Hopefully it won't be another 7 weeks before I post again.
~ A busy Gemini ~
In other news, my third year of teaching is flying by. I can't believe we're already in the second semester. I'm currently working on the 4th-6th grade musical "The Emperor's New Clothes". The kids that are sticking with it are great. I have a rule of 3 unexcused absences and you're out. Most kids are really good about bringing in a note or having parents call me, but a lot of kids had their parents sign their permission slip, were put in the play, and then showed up to one or NO rehearsals. It's frustrating, but the core group that we have is great.
I'm still working at the dance studio, still singing with Sweet Adelines, and now I'm the choir director and hand bell director at St. John's Episcopalian Church. Making an extra $500 a month is great. I'm finally to a point where I can pay all my bills in a timely manner, my rent pretty much the first of the month, and have a little extra to start saving. It's quite wonderful actually. But it means I am keeping busy. I have Fridays off, I sing at the Cathedral on Saturday nights now to make sure I'm doing the Catholic thing, and then my job on Sunday mornings with the rest of the day free. Weekends are my down time. It's great.
Well I should be off to bed - I've already been asleep for like 3 hours tonight but that was on the couch. A bed sounds good right about now. Hopefully it won't be another 7 weeks before I post again.
~ A busy Gemini ~