Wow!

I haven't posted in decades.

I can't remember everything that has happened since my last post, but the most important thing is that my sweet niece, Lorelai, arrived on Friday. She is soooo cute! Karen had a rough delivery via C-section - I won't go into detail. She can do that on her own blog. Lorelai Ann Blackwood was born on 8/21 at 2:40pm weighing 6lbs, 9oz and 19 inches long. She is totally adorable. So far, she doesn't cry much. She makes this sweet little whimper sound when she is hungry. I'm sure she will find her voice soon enough. I am anxious to see how my canine nephews, Jake and Copper, react to her. Copper is pretty chill and probably won't even notice. Jake, on the other hand, is pretty high-strung. He will probably flip out. Caleb just loves her. He said, "I'm an uncle!" I said, "no, babe, you're a cousin." He was a little disappointed but that quickly faded when he met her. He wanted to hold her forever. He didn't want to leave the hospital. So sweet.

I am back at work today after a long weekend. It's always hard to come back. Today has gone by quickly so far. Have a great day!!

Back From Vacation

Mom and I had fun in Winston-Salem. Caleb went to the National Young Scholars Program at Wake Forest. He had fun, but says that he won't go back. He had never been away from home with people he doesn't know and he got a little homesick on the second night. Thanks for all the prayers - he did much better the last few nights.

While Caleb was at WFU, Mom and I went to Biltmore House in Asheville. If you have never been there, it's worth the drive to go. The house and gardens are beautiful. I had been there years ago and I could go again and again. I love how the people who work there call it "the house" like it's no big deal. It's actually the largest private residence in the US. It's huge. The tour of the house itself takes more than an hour and you don't even tour half of it. The other half is either on the "rooftop tour," which costs extra, or it's part of the house that has not yet been restored. It's unreal. Then you walk through the gardens and conservatory and that can take more than an hour to do as well. We spent most of the day there. We also went to Old Salem adn toured the old buildings and looked at antiques.

We picked Caleb up on Friday evening and drove back to the Boro. He told us all about the CSI stuff he learned. He knows more about fingerprint and handwriting analysis than I ever will. He also did a presentation on chromatography. Seriously. He said that he had fun, but the kids there were "nerds" and they didn't want to play ball with him at recreation time, they just wanted to read. Ha!!

I am back at work today and exhausted. I should know better than to go back to work on a Monday. I am not back in the swing of things just yet, but it will get better.

Have a great day!

Catching Up

Let's see...

This past weekend was Karen's shower. There were so many people there and she got a lot of really nice things. It was really, really hot. Thank goodness for the industrial fan, or we would have roasted! We ate chicken wings and socialized. The kids played on the playground. I think everyone had a good time.

Sunday was church, good as usual.

I have a short work-week because I am off on Friday for the July 4th holiday and I am off the whole next week. I don't think I've taken that much time off before. We are leaving on the 4th to take Caleb to Wake Forest for his CSI camp. He is really excited. Mom and I are going to wander around North Carolina while he is at camp. It should be fun. I hope it's cooler there than it is here! I still have so much packing and cleaning to do. I want to get the house clean before I leave. I can't stand to come home to a dirty house.

I don't think I will get to post again before I leave, so happy 4th and everyone have a great weekend!

Big Prayer Request

I have a friend at work, her name is Ashley. Please lift Ashley in prayer. I believe that the Lord can heal her completely! Thank you, Lord, for your healing, and thank you all for your prayers.

I Really Need to Pee...

...but I can't leave my desk right now. So I'm blogging, trying to take my mind off the fact that I have not peed since 8am.

Today has been crazy. Seriously. We have been overbooked and slammed since this morning. I have been running around and I am starting to sweat and I feel gross. Also, I have to pee, but I am waiting for a phone call, so I can't leave my desk.

This weekend I am going to clean out my closet. Caleb has a birthday party tomorrow night.

Phone is ringing. Yes!!!! Holla!

Uneventful, Really.

This past week was really boring. Caleb went to Jacksonville with Mom so it was really quiet around my house. I went to a party at Jenny's house on Friday night. Karen and I went shopping on Saturday. I needed new sneakers because my old ones were hurting my feet. I had a coupon at Dick's for $10 off and I found some really cute and comfy shoes there. We did some baby shopping, too. We found this really cute baby store at the Avenue and we bought some lullaby versions of ACDC, The Eagles, and Johnny Cash. We also hit a huge sale at Carter's. Sunday was church, which was great, then I went home and took a nap. Caleb will be home today. I have missed him so much! I can't wait to see him! I called mom earlier and they were just outside of Atlanta and they had stopped at the speedway to buy souvenirs.

See? Uneventful, just as I promised.

The Evil Swingset

On the day before Good Friday, Caleb fell of the swingset at Jenny's house and sustained a buckle fracture (broken wrist). Jenny calls me yesterday and tells me that David (her not-quite-two-year-old) fell off the swingset and also has a buckle fracture of the wrist. Same swingset, same injury. Coincidence? I don't think so ;)

It suddenly got all dark and rainy out here in Franklin. Yuck. When I got here this morning I had 4 patients checked in already. This is the first time I've been able to sit since 8:00, so I thought I'd take a minute to check in with y'all.

Have a great day!