So much stuff
So much to talk about. I'll start with the fact that I gave up looking for the vellum after looking in every possible place it could be and every place it couldn't be (thanks for the suggestion Erin!). After multiple futile searches I gave up and went out and bought new. Meh. At least I have it now.
The bad news is that hubby's co-worker is in the ICU in a medically induced coma, with pneumonia, and going through alcohol withdrawal. On Wednesday hubby got a call from his co-worker (we'll call him Ed) who is house/dog sitting for another co-worker of theirs. He says his back is really hurting him to the point where he can't move. So hubby leaves work and goes to help Ed and find out what's wrong. Ed is terribly ill. Ed says he took some medication. Hubby calls the ambulance. Ed is taken into the ambulance and the EMT's and hubby find all of Ed's medication so they can take it in to the hospital. Right before they leave hubby finds one of Ed's medication bottles that was just filled about 2 days prior and it's completely empty. Hubby gives this to the EMT and they realize he took the whole bottle. This is a good thing as now they know what Ed did. He tried to kill himself. In the house of the people he was house/dog sitting for. They take him in and hubby goes with. While in the hospital Ed has a seizure. They figure he probably had one at the house before anyone got there and that's why his back was hurting. Hubby was a little freaked out b/c he'd never seen anyone have a seizure before. Ed's parents finally arrive and hubby comes home b/c it's way past the end of the work day and he had to go take the dogs out since nobody was there to do it now that Ed's in the hospital.
The next day the discover Ed now has pneumonia. The next day after that (Friday) the pneumonia had gotten worse. Today they put Ed in a medically induced coma to hopefully help clear up the pneumonia but they aren't very optimistic and they don't think Ed will make it through the weekend. Ed's whole family is here, flown in from FL and other areas to be with him. It's horrible and sad and I'm trying to continually pray for him and his family. Thursday or Friday Ed finally admitted to his father that yes, he had tried to kill himself. Sadly it looks like he may have been successful in the end and I'm very sad for that. I didn't know Ed personally or very well at all but I feel terribly that this has happened to him and I feel so badly for his family to be going through this. I really hope he pulls through and gets more help than what he was getting previously.
On to other topics.
I often wonder how I will get through the rest of my life with an overbearing MIL and a husband who has no balls. The 2 are related I promise! Here's how: See, hubby told MIL yesterday that we finally picked a time, date and place for Monkey's first birthday party. MIL says "Oh great! I'll have to let my friends know." To which hubby says.....nothing. *headdesk* Today he tells me this and I'm like "And tell me why the hell you didn't say something along the lines of 'No you're not Mom.'?" And he's says "I seem to have a hard time saying 'No' to my Mom..." No shit. Really? You're just figuring this out NOW!? I've known about this for 11 years! *deep breath* So he says he'll call her and tell her that we talked about it and we won't have the room for extra people who we didn't invite. I tell him that's great that he's going to talk to her and stand up to her (for once) but the problem with that plan is that it's going to sound like he talked to me and I made a stink and he's "agreeing" with me and then she'll be pissed and think I hate her. Well she already thinks I hate her but it's really that I'm uncomfortable around her b/c she's very "my way or nothing" and I have a hard time dealing with that. So he agrees that it would make me look bad and he decides to tell her that HE realized that we won't have the room (which we WON'T) for extra people that WE didn't put on the guest list ourselves. I don't understand why she thinks it's ok to invite people to a party WE are putting together and throwing. THIS is why I refused to have the party at her house. Because I knew she would invite all her friends. I know she's excited because it's her grandson and everything but it's MY KID and MY PARTY that I'M THROWING and I'M PAYING FOR. I want MY friends there and not hers. Does her selfishness never end!? I swear. I don't know how I'm going to make it through this life dealing with her selfishness.
I've been working on the invitations for Monkey's party for the past like 3 days. After 3 or 4 trips to Michaels, a trip to Ben Franklin Crafts and 2 trips to the scrapbook store I'm ALMOST done making them. I'll take pics when they're finished and post for y'all to see. :) I'm very proud of them as I'm making them and so they're each a little different. :) They're so freakin' cute too!!! :) Although at this point I can't wait to get them done b/c they're taking for-ev-er! But when they're all finished I'll be so excited to send them out b/c I'll know they're so freakin cute. :) So that's happy news. :) Hope everyone is having a good weekend with good weather and enjoying it!
The bad news is that hubby's co-worker is in the ICU in a medically induced coma, with pneumonia, and going through alcohol withdrawal. On Wednesday hubby got a call from his co-worker (we'll call him Ed) who is house/dog sitting for another co-worker of theirs. He says his back is really hurting him to the point where he can't move. So hubby leaves work and goes to help Ed and find out what's wrong. Ed is terribly ill. Ed says he took some medication. Hubby calls the ambulance. Ed is taken into the ambulance and the EMT's and hubby find all of Ed's medication so they can take it in to the hospital. Right before they leave hubby finds one of Ed's medication bottles that was just filled about 2 days prior and it's completely empty. Hubby gives this to the EMT and they realize he took the whole bottle. This is a good thing as now they know what Ed did. He tried to kill himself. In the house of the people he was house/dog sitting for. They take him in and hubby goes with. While in the hospital Ed has a seizure. They figure he probably had one at the house before anyone got there and that's why his back was hurting. Hubby was a little freaked out b/c he'd never seen anyone have a seizure before. Ed's parents finally arrive and hubby comes home b/c it's way past the end of the work day and he had to go take the dogs out since nobody was there to do it now that Ed's in the hospital.
The next day the discover Ed now has pneumonia. The next day after that (Friday) the pneumonia had gotten worse. Today they put Ed in a medically induced coma to hopefully help clear up the pneumonia but they aren't very optimistic and they don't think Ed will make it through the weekend. Ed's whole family is here, flown in from FL and other areas to be with him. It's horrible and sad and I'm trying to continually pray for him and his family. Thursday or Friday Ed finally admitted to his father that yes, he had tried to kill himself. Sadly it looks like he may have been successful in the end and I'm very sad for that. I didn't know Ed personally or very well at all but I feel terribly that this has happened to him and I feel so badly for his family to be going through this. I really hope he pulls through and gets more help than what he was getting previously.
On to other topics.
I often wonder how I will get through the rest of my life with an overbearing MIL and a husband who has no balls. The 2 are related I promise! Here's how: See, hubby told MIL yesterday that we finally picked a time, date and place for Monkey's first birthday party. MIL says "Oh great! I'll have to let my friends know." To which hubby says.....nothing. *headdesk* Today he tells me this and I'm like "And tell me why the hell you didn't say something along the lines of 'No you're not Mom.'?" And he's says "I seem to have a hard time saying 'No' to my Mom..." No shit. Really? You're just figuring this out NOW!? I've known about this for 11 years! *deep breath* So he says he'll call her and tell her that we talked about it and we won't have the room for extra people who we didn't invite. I tell him that's great that he's going to talk to her and stand up to her (for once) but the problem with that plan is that it's going to sound like he talked to me and I made a stink and he's "agreeing" with me and then she'll be pissed and think I hate her. Well she already thinks I hate her but it's really that I'm uncomfortable around her b/c she's very "my way or nothing" and I have a hard time dealing with that. So he agrees that it would make me look bad and he decides to tell her that HE realized that we won't have the room (which we WON'T) for extra people that WE didn't put on the guest list ourselves. I don't understand why she thinks it's ok to invite people to a party WE are putting together and throwing. THIS is why I refused to have the party at her house. Because I knew she would invite all her friends. I know she's excited because it's her grandson and everything but it's MY KID and MY PARTY that I'M THROWING and I'M PAYING FOR. I want MY friends there and not hers. Does her selfishness never end!? I swear. I don't know how I'm going to make it through this life dealing with her selfishness.
I've been working on the invitations for Monkey's party for the past like 3 days. After 3 or 4 trips to Michaels, a trip to Ben Franklin Crafts and 2 trips to the scrapbook store I'm ALMOST done making them. I'll take pics when they're finished and post for y'all to see. :) I'm very proud of them as I'm making them and so they're each a little different. :) They're so freakin' cute too!!! :) Although at this point I can't wait to get them done b/c they're taking for-ev-er! But when they're all finished I'll be so excited to send them out b/c I'll know they're so freakin cute. :) So that's happy news. :) Hope everyone is having a good weekend with good weather and enjoying it!