Happy birthday to my handsome husband! This will be a tough day for Doug as Lois always called him at 8:45 a.m. which is the time he was born. We will try to make it a fun day!
Thanks honey, just so you all know, that little bit of looking down to write the above sentences set her neck off, ugh. Anyhow on to the day…
Yesterday Jag was at the hospital by 8:45 and scrubbed up and in the OR soon after. He watched two surgeries and afterwards Dr. Phillipon said how smart Jag was and what a great job he did. He even commented, “he didn’t even sit down”! I guess some Fellows (surgeons in training) sometimes sit down during surgeries. In the first surgery, there was a Fellow from Japan in with them and in the second, one from Brazil. Doctors come from all over to train under the doctors at the Steadman Phillipon Clinic. Jagger described the surgeries to us using words and terms we’ve never heard of. He studied up a bit on the procedure so he had some background before he went in. I guess he enjoyed it as he could have left after the first case. We might end up with a surgeon in the family! Dr. Phillipon said Jagger might end up taking over his job and then Lori replied, “yes he and Mark Jr. (Dr. P’s son who is in school with Jag and headed to Notre Dame next year) might end up as the future of the clinic. We’re proud of him as it would have been much easier to go skating and hang out with his buddies who were all doing fun stuff around town instead of learning about orthopedic surgery.
Meanwhile Ty was purging his room. He did a really good job and could teach his brother a thing or two about cleaning.
Around 10 in the morning when I came out from my morning workout at the gym, I noticed a few missed calls from Tom. When I reached him he was hyped up and I asked what’s wrong and he told me, “Mom’s house is flooded”! Apparently there was water everywhere on both sides of the house. He got off the phone with me and called a disaster relief company right away. They said they could be there within an hour. I guess Mom’s bedroom, living room, the basement and more was flooded. We both couldn’t figure out what happened. It wasn’t until later in the day when Bob, our plumber, showed up, that we found out it was a faulty pilot light switch that just gave out. This meant the heater kicked on but the pilot light didn’t light the furnace, and with the freezing temperatures, the pipes froze and burst. The disaster company had to move stuff out of some rooms and then rip the carpet out as it was soaked. I guess by the afternoon they were pretty much done. I’ll be down today to see the damage. What fun, ugh. As Robin said, thankfully whoever buys the place probably isn’t buying it for the house, but for the land.
Around 3, Ty and I went to get him his new snowboard boots as he needed new ones. After talking with Jason (my buddy from Australia at the shop) I learned Ty needed a new board too as he’d grown out of his old one. So about an hour later we walked out with a new snowboard and boots, with the board being an early birthday present. Ty was really thankful and happy. It was good to have a “Ty Day” as he deserved it. When we took his old board to the consignment shop (where all the boys old stuff goes) we also bought him some new snow pants which he also needed. Today we’ll get both boys their ski passes as we haven’t done that yet either. It’s a wonder we have any money at all, ha.
At 5 I headed into town to get Lori and Jag. We made it home about 5:30 and hang out trying to decompress from the day. I’m making our Hawaii reservations today as I finally found out when Jag returns from China. We’re paying about $1000 extra to get Jag aisle seats up front on that trip as he needs the leg room.
This morning the boys and I are headed down to Denver as I need to go to the distributor and then stop by Mom’s. We also have a ton of dry cleaning to drop off. Yes, we still use the dry cleaner in Denver as the ones up here are 3 times as expensive!
I told Lori maybe we’d buy a house today for my birthday! Wouldn’t that be nice. You see, we live basically in a large closet. 1541 square feet with 2 tall boys and a large dog is just not enough space. I’m sure we won’t buy a house today but we need to figure something out soon as it’s driving us nuts.
Dixie made it home just fine. Glad she came out as it was nice to have her here.
As Lori said up top, Mom would call me every birthday at 8:45 am which is when I was born. Today is probably the toughest day so far form me as far as missing her. Even though you know death is part of life, it doesn’t make it much easier. One thing from all this though is that I now recognize how precious life is and am trying to cherish every moment and day. Oh well, you do what you have to do, and that means keep on moving on!
Take care and God Bless.