Foster Care

Wow!

Emailing

Since Davin has been out of town he and Alea have been emailing each other. Last night Alea sent him an email before bed from her Nexus. A few minutes later she came into my room very concerned. She said she wanted to read something to me. She said she had emailed her daddy and that someone else she didn't know had emailed her back. She wanted to read me the email. In her most freaked out voice she read this email, "I am out of the office all week. If you need assistance please contact Dean @ ____." I smiled and told her this was an out of office reply from her daddy and explained to her what that meant. She was relieved. She told me she was going to write back and say, "Who is this!!" but then she remembered Mrs. Emerson had told her if someone you don't know emails you that you should never email them back and that you should tell an adult so that is what she did.

I was so proud of her for talking to me about this and for not responding to a "stranger" on line. (I also thought it was pretty funny and cute.)

 

South Carolina/Sick/and Hoarders

Davin is back in South Carolina this week. Of course I've developed sore throat. Today I saw a white spot in the back of my throat. The school nurse said she thought it was strep so I left work and went to Urgent Care. The doctor did a strep test and it came back negative and he thought it was allergies. He gave me a double shot in the hip. The first part of the shot was suppose to help me start feeling better in 3 hours and the other half of the shot to help me feel better slowly, kicking in fully in 3 days.

The shot seems to have helped because I feel much better tonight. I came home after the doctor (in case he was wrong about the strep and because my throat still hurt). I was very tired and wanted to take a nap, but I don't sleep well when Davin isn't home so I didn't want another night of not sleeping well so I stayed up and watched a "Hoarders" marathon.

Alea is usually a blubbering, crying mess when Davin is out of town. I told her tonight I was so proud of her for holding it together this week. She has been loving on a stuffed puppy dog and calling it Daddy. I think that has helped her a lot. She did have a blubbering cry fest on Sunday night but has been much better since then. No tears!

Last Week

Last week Sunday Joe, Danica, and their family came down to visit with Tim and Jo (and us I guess:). Most of the afternoon Tim was in pain. After a while of this he said he needed to go to the hospital. Davin took his parents to the Veterans hospital and they admitted him for a bowel obstruction. He ended up staying at the VA until Thursday. I felt much better about him coming home when he came home on Thursday than I did the week before when he left Washington Regional on Wednesday. Tim and Jo stayed at our house Thursday night and then stayed home Friday with Alea because she wasn't feeling well. They went to their home on Friday afternoon when Davin got off of work. 

Tim has lost 10 more pounds so he has lost 20 pounds so far. I think he is getting better. He still has his drain   in but it is draining a lot less now. They are hoping to be able to make a trip back down soon to get the drain out. It was a crazy two weeks!

Volleyball Tournament

The girls lost their first two games at the tournament today. Since the tournament was double elimination they were done pretty quickly. The are such a sweet group of girls! I am proud of their hard work this season!

Way to go Huskies!

2013 Cookie Booth

We had a great booth sale today. The store manager let us sell cookies inside the store since it was only 30 degrees outside. We even sold out an hour early! 

The girls did a great job and every girl in our troop participated. 

The girls worked two hour shifts. 

Alea and Nat worked the entire time (5 hours). Way to go girls.

Daddy/Daughter time at cookie booth.

Tim Update

Tim was dismissed from the hospital on Wednesday. He is still in a lot of pain and has a lot of issues going on still but he is at our house resting. I went to work on Thursday and am home today with Tim and Jo. Tim had a follow up appointment today at the VA so I drove them to Fayetteville for the appointment. He is still draining a lot so they are going to leave the drain in until at least Tuesday so Tim and Jo are going to stay with us until Tuesday. Davin is suppose to be home in an hour or so from his South Carolina trip.

Tomorrow Alea has a volleyball tournament and I have our Girl Scout cookie booth from 12-6 so we will be busy tomorrow. Tim and Jo will hang out at our house and rest all day. Danica and her family might come down on Sunday for a visit. I have gotten some cleaning done today around the house so that is nice.