We Carried the Stupid Torch

So I show up to class this morning and everybody is outside of the classroom. Sometimes the teacher takes a bit to come from her office to unlock the door for us, nothing abnormal. So we talk amongst ourselves as usual.

So it's getting fairly late (for her) and someone went into the offices and found out that she called in sick today. Not only did she call in sick, but there is a note on the door saying that class was cancelled. So at the same time everyone looks at the door and wouldn't you know, there was a sign saying class was cancelled! Nobody actually looked at the door, we all just stood there waiting!

It was so funny!

Valentine's Day

For Valentine's Day this year, I decided to do something special for my grandparents. Since my Grandpa was still in the hospital (and complaining about the food), I made dinner and brought Grandma up to the hospital so they could have a 'romantic' dinner.

I made pork chops, mashed potatoes, gravy, broccoli, an apple crisp for dessert and even brought plastic champagne flutes for sparkling cider. Pair all of this with the heart shaped plates and the battery operated candle and I thought it was a very 'romantic' dinner.

Unfortunately, I Grandpa said he wasn't hungry, Grandma ate two bites and shortly after this picture was taken Grandpa decided he wanted to go home and I spent 15 minutes trying to keep him in bed while Grandma was getting frustrated.

A for effort right?

Avatar (in 3D of course)

Jeremy and I saw Avatar last Thursday. We got a gift certificate from my brother and sis-in-law for Regal Cinemas and since we had been trying to see a movie for the last 3 weeks (long story), we went to a 10:30 pm showing at the Supermall. I didn't think the movie was the best movie of all time, but it was entertaining. After some thinking, I've decided that Avatar is Ferngully for adults.

Fetus Jacobson

Here is the first 'picture' of my niece/nephew.

I still can't see the "baby."

My Poor Tobby

So Tobby's lump has been getting bigger and bigger and the day before my birthday it stretched the skin so much that it started oozing out blood. My dad and I have been bandaging it everyday and this past Monday, we took Tobby to the vet because it started looking really gross. Needless to say, I had been crying all weekend because my dad mentioned the fact that she is getting old and mom told me what the quotes were if we chose to "take her to a farm."

The vet gave us another option that we hadn't even thought of, amputation. We knew it would be hard on her because we have lots of stairs and she is arthritic. They were going to send us a quote anyway. They did say that our bandaging was good and we could keep doing that and keep her comfortable.

I just looked at the quote for the first time a few minutes ago and I'm certain we are back to square one. The absolute minimum price is $1,974.75 and it could go up to around $2,686.38. If we struggled for the $600 for her other surgery, two thousand is way out of the question.

This sucks.

Like A Compliment Sandwich...

My grandpa had his hip replaced on February 2 and we have had a rough time. I'm going to put the "bad news" portion in between the good news like the compliment sandwich does...but there are no compliments.



He did great in surgery and when he woke up from anesthesia, the first thing he said was "now when can I get up?"

His dementia has been acting up most likely due to the anesthesia and the shock on his system from the surgery.

He fell in the nursing home because he got up by himself and ended up shattering the top portion of his femur.

He can't put any weight on his leg for at least 3 months and that leg is two inches shorter.

The only two options for what to do is hope it heals naturally and doesn't get worse or do an even bigger, more complicated surgery. The family agrees surgery is not an option.

When he's "with it" he makes everybody laugh. Yesterday he was "fiddling" with his catheter because it is uncomfortable and the nurse asked him "Thor, why are you fiddling around down there?" Without missing a beat, grandpa said "Because it's fun." Everybody in the room almost died laughing and the nurse couldn't get out of the room fast enough to tell everyone at the nurses station.



Well, that was a large sandwich that, unfortunately, had a lot of bad filling. I suppose the toothpick that holds the sandwich together is the fact that he is alive. I just hope these next few months go by quickly and easily.

Holy Stress Batman!

These last two weeks have been fairly stressful for me.

• The day before my birthday, I woke up to mom yelling for me at 7 am because Tobby's skin around her lump had stretched so far that she was bleeding and had wandered around the upstairs in panic. After we got Tobby bandaged up, mom and I spent 2 hours cleaning the blood spots off of the carpet (they looked like chicken pox all the way down the hallway). Jeremy and I opted not to go to Ocean Shores overnight for my birthday so I could stay near Tobby.
  
• I had a midterm in my networking class on Feb 1, which I was worried about. Although I did manage to get a 101% on the test...I guess I know more than I give myself credit for.


• On Feb 2, grandpa went in for a hip replacement. I guess he sailed through surgery and when I visited him later that evening, he was the most coherent I have seen in a while. It was like I had my old grandpa back. We were a little worried because after his first hip replacement his memory started to go.


• I went to visit grandpa yesterday and I spent 2 hours trying to tell him that I couldn't get his clothes for him so he could leave, we couldn't stay at a hotel that night and we weren't at the "nurses house," but at the hospital. He was getting frustrated a little with me because I wouldn't get him his pants, but he realized he was confused and would get frustrated with himself.


• Sometime between 6:50 pm when I left home and 7:50 pm when mom got home, Tobby had gone outside and her bandage had fallen off. She proceeded to go into EVERY room in our house, I assume looking for us. So mom had to put a new bandage on her. Now mom and I have a large job ahead of us of cleaning carpet. She even went into the laundry room, my room and my bathroom! Side note: Mr. Clean Magic Eraser works really well to remove blood spots from tile.


• I have another midterm on Monday. I'm worried about that one because I understand all of the concepts, but I haven't read any of the book (maybe I should). It is a super easy class, but the books terms things very specifically and I think that will be my downfall.


• I also haven't been getting my naps in lately and I've been staying up later than I should be so I'm super tired!


• Then add in the typical life drama of my foot has been hurting really bad lately and the new pants I bought don't fit, even though they are the exact same size/brand as I had before.

Ah That's Nasty!

So I'm Hwy 99 today near the Crossings in Federal Way waiting to turn right and I look at the guy in the car behind me. He's driving a Dodge Neon that appears to have been lowered and has some sort of non stock grill. It looks stupid. A man in his early to mid thirties is driving (he probably is trying to be 'young and hip' but isn't succeeding).

I look in my rear view mirror and see his hand go up near his face and then near his mouth. I questioned what I just saw and paid more attention. I watched him explicitly pick his nose with his index finger (he twisted once inside) and then put said finger in his mouth.

He ate his booger! I laughed and was horribly disgusted all at the same time.