Life has been so crazy the past 6 weeks. Between Abby’s issue then my own issue, Christmas, a broken car, and then all three of us getting colds, it felt like life was never going settle down. And it hasn’t. My van is having issues. When I try to turn the wipers one, either nothing happens or the radio volume goes down. This is now fixed but it cost us $350.
Thankfully, my scary medical issue has been diagnosed but it is going to involve surgery the first week of February to remove a (benign) cyst. Simple, outpatient surgery but it’s still surgery. I’m to be on “light duty” for eight to ten weeks. That first week is going to be rough as the surgery is a bit more involved than originally made to seem. I have my mom coming down to help me and my in-laws taking Abby for the week. I’m excited to be able to sleep in, hang out on the sofa and have someone else do my chores. 😉 Not looking forward to the post-operation pain and soreness but am looking forward to being allowed to rest.
I am also thankful that Abby’s issue has been healing. Soon we will be able to start re-introducing more foods to her diet! My hope is that this is all a distance memory by her birthday in March. Her third birthday, I might add. How in the world is that possible? She is still into Curious George but also now loves Daniel Tiger, Doc McStuffins, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (Minnie Mouse specifically), and anything princess-related. I’m thinking her party this year will have a princess theme.
We’re still down a car. Matt has been able to borrow a vehicle from his father but it does need to go back soon. I’m hoping one of the dealers we have looking for us finds a vehicle soon. Car shopping and buying is not one of my favorite things. Neither is a car payment. The fact that I am trying to so hard to get us out of debt to then have a car payment again makes me frustrated. Life happens. This is what needs to happen right now. I don’t even want to think about all the medical bills on the horizon.
Before all the medical stuff happened, I purchased Alan Jackson tickets and two nights in a hotel for my husband for a combination Christmas/anniversary gift. Since the medical stuff happened, I’ve been working like crazy to save up the money we need for eating, shopping, etc. It seems crazy that we are going to another concert after we went to George Strait in May. We go to concerts every few years. Alan Jackson is Matt’s second favorite, right after George. He came to NH two days before Matt’s 30th birthday and we couldn’t go. So when I saw he was coming even closer, I knew I had to get tickets. I’m pretty sure a surprise 30th birthday with a video of his friends sharing their memories of him followed by tickets to one of his favorite singers totally wins me Wife of the Year. 😉 I purposely scheduled my surgery for after the concert so that I could still go and enjoy it.
Hopefully life will settle out again soon. I fully plan on not planning anything the month of February while I go through the bulk of recovery. I know that life is crazy most the time for most people but I am looking forward to a season of rest. It’s a bummer that it has to come from having surgery, but we all need seasons of rest in our lives.
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