As you, my faithful readers, are aware, vacation is long over. That makes me a trifle sad, as it was the most relaxing vacation I've had in a long time. But life moves on. And so must I (cough, sniff...I'm trying, really I am!) The good thing about going back to work was taking that sense of peace that filled me up while I was in Florida, back to work with me. Wow...what a long sentence. There seems to be something amiss with the structure, but I'm too bushed to linger on it :) Anyway, suffice it to say that God has really helped me at work the past few weeks. On August 8th, my favorite patient passed away. We have been expecting this for some time, but it was still hard. I was not working the day that he passed, but they called me, and I arrived shortly afterwards. I had taken care of this gentleman since January, and we had grown very close. As he lay slowly dying for all those months, I had numerous opportunities to pray with him. He told me on more than one occasion that he was ready to meet God, that he'd done everything he knew to do to make things right with Him. That made his passing easier, believe me, because that's not how things started out. I am so thankful for God's immense love, and His patience with us as we try to find our way to Him. When I returned from Florida, "D" gave me flowers. I have never had a patient do that before! But he was so happy to see me, that he sent his daughter for them while I was caring for him. I was so touched...The day before he died, after we had prayed together, he told me( in his drugged state) "Cindy, I love you very much...very, very, very...." before drifting to sleep. I could hardly see for the tears in my eyes as I left his bedside for the last time. (Actually, I'm a little teary right now, if you must know!) "D's" family had asked me to sing for his memorial service even before he passed away, so Sunday, August 12th found me at the local Christian church. It was an honor to sing for my buddy's memorial, and God really helped me. I also ended up playing prelude/postlude type music impromptu, as the family hadn't thought about it until time for the service. Again, I'm thankful for God's help through even the little surprises in life. Yeah, I still miss "D," it seems my car wants to just automatically drive up his street. But I know he's in Heaven, and I'll see him again one of these days.
Okay, moving on to some other things I've been up to. I went to Cincinnati one Saturday to check on a violin. We found it in my grandparent's home, under a bed, and it had a tag inside that said "Stradivarious,etc,etc." So I felt compelled to check on it, even though we thought it was probably not worth much. You guessed it: it's absolutely worthless. But if we hadn't checked, I would've always wondered if it was one of the ones worth millions :) The same day, I visited with some cherished friends, saw my little buddy Carson, and did some errands in the big city! It was a fun day.
Here he is...my little "nephew," lookin' ever so much like his daddy!
A wee little smile for his adoring audience :)
"C'mon, Aunt Cindy! You're boring me!" :)
Anyway, it was a really fun day! Have I mentioned that I love my friends? 'Cause I do! And I should probably mention that this all took place while my parents were vacationing in another state. I stayed home, worked, and tried to stay busy! I don't mind being home alone on weeknights so much. After all, I've worked all day, and can get home and just crash. Watch a video, hang out in my jammies, whatever. But the weekends are another story. My sweet brother and "sis" invited me over both Saturday and Sunday of the first weekend. We had a nice cookout, and some great games! We teamed up sibs against sibs(me and Dave, Bradley and Jilayne) for a game of Rook, which Dave and I lost BADLY! It was one of the worst games I've ever played, but we had a blast anyway :) Dave is still reeling from the loss...haha! One extremely funny Cindy thing that I did on Sunday, was that I took a 2nd piece of the delicious, melt-in-your-mouth ham that my sister-in-law prepared. I then proceeded to eat it with none other than the MEAT FORK! I was aghast when I realized what I'd done, but we all had a great laugh! In fact, it still makes me chuckle :) Fortunately, I do NOT have a pic to show you! So, the time passed quickly, and I didn't even burn the house down...haha. I even spent one day in a drug-induced coma after waking up ill, as in unable to keep anything down :) But one Phenergan put everything to rights, and I slept most of a day away...oh well.
My sweet Momma also had her 63rd birthday this month. I just hope I look as young as her when I'm her age! I am posting some pictures of her and the grandkids for your enjoyment. Please be aware that these kids were trying on their funny faces...that seems to happen alot in my family :)
The cake was scrumptious, the flowers were beautiful, and a good time was had by all!
Other happenings: I attended a great pitch-in dinner for our new principle and his family. I went to a cookout sponsered by my cousin Steve, and our friend, Mark. In both instances, the food and fellowship were great! I also hosted a really fun cousin's night at our house while my parents were gone :) I can still hear the echoes of laughter! We had such a great time, and played games until after 1am! Have I mentioned that I love my family? Well, now you know.
One quick sister update. For those of you who read of her accident, and subsequent terrible break of her arm, we have good and bad news. The good news is that the elbow area seems to be healing well, and they will remove the hardware next month. The bad news is that her wrist is now dislocated, not healing. They will have to do more surgery to insert a screw, in hopes that it will help it. Her doctor told her that she may never be able to work/lift again, and her boss is encouraging her to apply for disability. We are praying for God's will to be done, and she seems to be in decent spirits most of the time. But she and her family could use any extra prayers that you may have.
Okay, I am drawing to a close...sigh of relief on your part! There is more I could say...lots of changes just around the corner. But I'll write more about that later. If you're wondering why I'm home on a Friday night blogging instead of doing something cool, well, I'm on call this weekend. So I'm home alone, boring you to death :) Hey, don't blame me! You chose to read this... I turned my pager on at 8 this morning, and won't be able to turn it off until 8am Monday morning. I do have some patients to see both Saturday and Sunday, but it's not looking too bad so far. The last weekend I worked, I got 26-30 hours of overtime, can't remember. We're talking late nights, exhaustion, frustration, etc. So I'm hoping that this will be a little better.
So...that's it. The post you've been eagerly anticipating. Not sure it was worth all the excitement, but there you have it! I'll try not to stay gone so long next time!
Until we meet again....
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Please don't ask me why the latter part of this post is underlined! I'm pretty sure this computer is possessed! Or maybe the user just needs to possess more knowledge. Sorry, folks. I'm trying!
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