Personal Post: Update on Aunt Mary, the House, and Class
Things have been really busy here. If you're waiting on some kind of correspondence from me (as several of you are!) I apologize for delaying and promise I will get to it tomorrow.
My great-aunt died on Friday morning. I wanted to go to the funeral, but there was just no way to pull it off. It would have cost over $700, and given that we've shelled out about $500 for Savannah in the last two weeks (and we'll make another $200 tomorrow) for her treatments, we don't have it. My dad also couldn't pull it off, because he's currently in New Orleans and he'll be heading this way at the end of the week. It was upsetting, because Aunt Mary was the best of us and I feel like I owe her. It's out of my hands, obviously.
The house has been a disaster. Mostly because I gave B a recycled SNES for Christmas, which required purchasing an old TV and stand and having to re-arrange the living room. I really don't like it, but I can live with it until I have the time to make it more aesthetically appealing. We've also purchased about two dozen SNES games in the last week, as well as a Retreon, a console that allows you to play Nintendo, Super Nintendo and Genesis games.
Sephie had a rough period between my last post and yesterday. She seemed to have forgotten how to sleep through the night, and be an awesomely behaved baby. After days of being convinced it was her teeth, in a moment of weak, sleep-deprived hysteria, I called my stepmother who reassured me it was just gas. She told me to pump Sephie's legs and give her drops if necessary. I didn't go for drops, but I did pump Sephie's legs up to her stomach and was amazed--she was back to sleeping through the night!
She's developing well. I need to do another Sephie stats post, and will in the next few days.
My class is going...I don't know. It stresses anonymity, but I said one too many vital pieces of information, and another participant instantly recognized that I was M's daughter-in-law. Not good for me, since they know each other through church. I could tell she was angry to hear about what I had to share. And I don't know, it's just really difficult to swallow. I need the end goal, but I really don't agree with their means. I need a session with my therapist very soon to discuss these conflicts.
My great-aunt died on Friday morning. I wanted to go to the funeral, but there was just no way to pull it off. It would have cost over $700, and given that we've shelled out about $500 for Savannah in the last two weeks (and we'll make another $200 tomorrow) for her treatments, we don't have it. My dad also couldn't pull it off, because he's currently in New Orleans and he'll be heading this way at the end of the week. It was upsetting, because Aunt Mary was the best of us and I feel like I owe her. It's out of my hands, obviously.
The house has been a disaster. Mostly because I gave B a recycled SNES for Christmas, which required purchasing an old TV and stand and having to re-arrange the living room. I really don't like it, but I can live with it until I have the time to make it more aesthetically appealing. We've also purchased about two dozen SNES games in the last week, as well as a Retreon, a console that allows you to play Nintendo, Super Nintendo and Genesis games.
Sephie had a rough period between my last post and yesterday. She seemed to have forgotten how to sleep through the night, and be an awesomely behaved baby. After days of being convinced it was her teeth, in a moment of weak, sleep-deprived hysteria, I called my stepmother who reassured me it was just gas. She told me to pump Sephie's legs and give her drops if necessary. I didn't go for drops, but I did pump Sephie's legs up to her stomach and was amazed--she was back to sleeping through the night!
She's developing well. I need to do another Sephie stats post, and will in the next few days.
My class is going...I don't know. It stresses anonymity, but I said one too many vital pieces of information, and another participant instantly recognized that I was M's daughter-in-law. Not good for me, since they know each other through church. I could tell she was angry to hear about what I had to share. And I don't know, it's just really difficult to swallow. I need the end goal, but I really don't agree with their means. I need a session with my therapist very soon to discuss these conflicts.