1. Jon's blood pressure, the EVD and his cranial pressure, and his feeding tube (when he can come off it.) especially the feeding tube. That totally blows having it in, since he has chewing and swallowing down just fine.
2. Corey's AP Chem test on Monday. He seems pretty cool and confident about it, and seriously seems to have his act together on several fronts. I would be a hot mess in his shoes, but he's brighter than me, fortunately.
3. All the rigamarole I'll have to sort through on the accounts that I don't have logins for--utilities, personal cards, car insurance, etc.--I wonder if companies run into this situation often? My guess is yes. We probably aren't the only couple in America that divides up responsibilities and doesn't sit down to exchange passwords and account information. Luckily we have each other's phone lock codes, otherwise I'd really be screwed. Off to the bank on Monday to get some things in motion.
4. Casey's newfound freedom. Now that he has a tap card, and he's got more "unsupervised" time, especially in the weekend, he's traveling around a bit more. Watch out world! He's actually pretty responsible. Actually, I'm mainly concerned he gets mugged on the train, or eats nothing but junk food instead of the dinner grandma makes for him. A great kid, but still a teenager!!!
5. Summer plans: I'm totally behind on deposits for summer programs for the boys. Jon was in the middle of some investigations, but darn it! We hadn't finalized things. School ends in 6 weeks, so if anyone needs minimally skilled teen labor, let me know.
6. I must have forgotten things. Work emails have an out of office, personal friends have been notified that things are as fluxy as possible right now, family too. Every once in a while I get a "ping" of something that I totally forgot about--dentist appt for me in Monday--nope! Can't make it. Maybe in a few months. Gotta cancel or might get charged a fee. Yikes!
7. On the positive side, I'm way too preoccupied to obsess over political news. Kind of a relief to not care about that right now, although I have a helluva lot to say about the importance of health coverage, and I'm sending that to Washington, darn it. Not everyone is fortunate to have amazing work colleagues and bosses AND work for a university with a world-class health system. No one should have to be pained additionally by lack of access to good care, either because of cost or lack of services. No one. Every person is somebody's everything.
2. Corey's AP Chem test on Monday. He seems pretty cool and confident about it, and seriously seems to have his act together on several fronts. I would be a hot mess in his shoes, but he's brighter than me, fortunately.
3. All the rigamarole I'll have to sort through on the accounts that I don't have logins for--utilities, personal cards, car insurance, etc.--I wonder if companies run into this situation often? My guess is yes. We probably aren't the only couple in America that divides up responsibilities and doesn't sit down to exchange passwords and account information. Luckily we have each other's phone lock codes, otherwise I'd really be screwed. Off to the bank on Monday to get some things in motion.
4. Casey's newfound freedom. Now that he has a tap card, and he's got more "unsupervised" time, especially in the weekend, he's traveling around a bit more. Watch out world! He's actually pretty responsible. Actually, I'm mainly concerned he gets mugged on the train, or eats nothing but junk food instead of the dinner grandma makes for him. A great kid, but still a teenager!!!
5. Summer plans: I'm totally behind on deposits for summer programs for the boys. Jon was in the middle of some investigations, but darn it! We hadn't finalized things. School ends in 6 weeks, so if anyone needs minimally skilled teen labor, let me know.
6. I must have forgotten things. Work emails have an out of office, personal friends have been notified that things are as fluxy as possible right now, family too. Every once in a while I get a "ping" of something that I totally forgot about--dentist appt for me in Monday--nope! Can't make it. Maybe in a few months. Gotta cancel or might get charged a fee. Yikes!
7. On the positive side, I'm way too preoccupied to obsess over political news. Kind of a relief to not care about that right now, although I have a helluva lot to say about the importance of health coverage, and I'm sending that to Washington, darn it. Not everyone is fortunate to have amazing work colleagues and bosses AND work for a university with a world-class health system. No one should have to be pained additionally by lack of access to good care, either because of cost or lack of services. No one. Every person is somebody's everything.
Hi Minne! Shailja here, eagerly following the blog and happy to hear that he's chewing and swallowing fine.
ReplyDeleteFeel free to forward and speech evaluations and I can look them over.
I can help out with the rehab hopefully!
Hi Minnie
ReplyDeleteYou are doing a fantastic job. Please take good care of yourself and have solid rest time. It's most important. xoxo Elizabeth