I’m up.  We leave in 30 minutes to take Blaine to the hospital for his 6 am “report” time for his surgery. My word, how do you working people get up this early every day???? No.  Really.  How do you do it?  I see a serious nap in my future. Because its ALL ABOUT ME.

You know how you see those videos on America’s Funniest, of the dogs chasing their tails, and you laugh and laugh and laugh because clearly the dogs are goofy and silly and clueless, and its so funny to watch them chase their own tails?  Yeah, well, that’s a little like how we have felt the past few [...]

So, nineteen days.  Nineteen days away from the blog, waiting and watching for something worth sharing to post …… and pretty much, I’ve still got nothing.  Kendrie did make one funny comment yesterday ….. I don’t even remember what we were talking about, something about what makes a person a good parent, and she said [...]

I mentioned a few days ago that Kellen and Brayden had to manage the inaugural descent into our new storm shelter by themselves, also getting the animals in and out, because I wasn’t home … and in fact, I couldn’t even reach them by phone.  But I didn’t tell you why. Not that it’s hugely exciting [...]

You know *exactly* what I’m talking about, right? The opening to that Def Leppard song, that none of us knew what on earth it really meant, or what the hell they were actually saying, but we all liked it, and knew it made us feel good? Yeah, that’s sort of how I feel about this: In a nutshell:  [...]

So, Blaine had surgery yesterday (but remember, its all about me). To back up, as you all know, I don’t work.  At least not outside the home.  At least not at any place that pays me for it.  At least not any place that pays me MONETARILY.  (Usual gibberish about the warm glow of volunteerism [...]

Thanks for the well wishes for our trip ….. Blaine’s procedure went …. well ….. it sort of …. they sort of ….. the doctor ….. you know ….. well ….. it didn’t happen. Long, boring story, but bottom line is it’s Blaine, the person for whom nothing ever goes as planned, and really, what [...]

But thankfully, not bad crap. Just normal-life-crap, which is annoying and frustrating but not freak-out-worthy. As you read this, Blaine and I are on our way to San Antonio, Texas, for him to have an experimental (experimental to *him*, but not experimental in nature) outpatient procedure, which his pain management doctor hopes will provide him [...]

Neurosurgeon: It’s not that it’s “inoperable”, exactly. Just that the cavernous sinus cavity (located in the skull, behind and slightly below the eye, but not technically in the brain, just like everyone said) has lots going on with it. The internal carotid artery runs through it, cranial nerves, and the opthalmic vein. So unless its [...]

Well, apparently the doctor who said an MRI would be fine for Blaine was correct, as he had one yesterday morning, and no metal came out of his nose and his head didn’t shoot up and stick to the magnet like I worried it would. So I guess all is well. The doctor did say [...]