Yay, my computer is working

It has been quite a while since I have written anything in here so I hope I can remember everything.

Tom and Kelly are finally back home and hopefully getting some rest, they were running around like crazy and I think Kelly was sick most of the time that she was here. It was really great to be able to spend some time with them and I hope they come back.

Last weekend Robert, David and Corinne spent the weekend here so their mom and dad could have a weekend alone. They got here on Friday and it was raining most of the weekend so we didn't get to do much except for just visit. We did go see Santa Claus 3, that was a really cute movie.

It seems like time is going by so fast. I can't believe that Thanksgiving is next week and Christmas is right around the corner. It's just going to be my mom, Uncle Dick and Aunt Kathy, Bill and Chris and I. Instead of the traditional turkey we are going to have standing rib, baked potatoes and I'm not sure yet what else but I'm sure there will be enough food for an army.

The weekend after Thanksgiving a friend of mine that I met at Valley Medical Center is going to come and visit. We have been meeting to get together for a long time but because of one thing or another it hasn't happened.

My computer was down for a while, approximately two weeks. Everything is so wonderful when my computer works but when it's not working I get so frustrated and I cannot do anything.

Tom & Kelly

Tom and Kelly got here on Monday evening, it was really great to see Tom again and it's always great to see Kelly. They have been pretty busy catching up with old friends while they are here so they didn't really get much of a vacation but they look happy. Tonight they went to a wedding in Saratoga and tomorrow they're going to a brunch. I think that Tom is going to go home on Monday or Tuesday but I hope he decides to stay longer. Kelly is going to stay for a while. I'm not sure if she has any more catering jobs lined up but hopefully we will make it over to Santa Cruz to check out my new place and of course have sushi at Mobos.

I'm finally getting my house cleaned up and everything back in order from the party and the family visiting. It always seems to go by way too fast and I can't wait until the next time. We were going to have a Halloween party but that car postponed because Anna Maria is going to go into the hospital and have all or part of her thyroid remove, I hope everything turns out good.

JP's birthday party

David, Anna Maria, Deziree and JohnPatrick got here on Thursday. Andy, Aubrey and Stephen got here on Friday evening. Unfortunately they had a layover in Salt Lake City and when they went to board the plane they only had enough room four one so Andy had to stay and take the next flight so David drove to Oakland to get him a couple of hours later. It was really nice to meet Andy and he fit right in the family immediate, you could deal it out as well as take it. Our family is very close but we do love to tease each other.

On Saturday we had a Harry Potter birthday party for JohnPatrick. We had about twenty four people here and everybody had a great time. We decided to order pizza because that is JohnPatricks favorite. I have never been to a party where they had a pinata. The kids had a lot of fun busting it open and the adults had a lot fun watching it. Of course the baby was a big hit and everybody wanted to hold him.  As usual the time went by way to fast.

I went to the doctor on Thursday and because the incision on my arm was getting infected they put me on antibiotics. Before David left on the plane to go home I asked him to give me one of my antibiotics and it's a good thing that I was paying attention because he tried to give me one of Brodie's tranquilizers... he said it was an accident. Brodie has a sore leg so said she had some tranquilizers from her last operation they told me to give those to her and hopefully her leg will feel better and it looks like it's working.

Kelly called and said that Kevin party was a lot of fun but they were tired so they were going to rest and they will be back here tomorrow.

Anna Maria and JohnPatrick decided to stay for a couple of days longer.

Family

Kelly got here last night and she really looked tired. She started off in Florida and then drove to Las Vegas, took a plane to Wyoming and then to Colorado and then flew back to Las Vegas, drove to San Diego and then drove here. She said she was hoping to have a couple of days off before she starts her catering business but she is going to cater the San Francisco football game tomorrow so she took off early this morning to get everything ready. Hopefully she will be able to rest on Monday and Tuesday and then Wednesday she is driving to her brothers to help them with his party, his party sounds like a lot of fun.

I'm just relaxing this weekend, watching TV, listening to the stereo and talking to friends online.

Next week I will have a lot of family here and it sounds like we're going to Casa De Fruita for a Renaissance Fair. Both the Georgia and the Modesto Van Sant's are going to be here and we are going to celebrate JohnPatrick's birthday. At the end of the month they are going to come back to celebrate Halloween and have a Halloween party. I'm going to get the decorations out next week so they can all help me decorate, I'm so excited.

Cast

That is the shortest length of time I had never had a cast on my arm. They put it on last Friday and took it off yesterday. I still have two pins in the end of my finger and they are not going to be fun when it is time to pull them out.  I also still have stitches in my army but at least I got rid of that cast. They never did tell me when I get the pins out but they told me the next hand clinic was in November.

I got the keys for my new house today and I still can't believe it. I can't wait to go see it now that I know it is mine.

Kelly will be here tomorrow evening and it sounds like she's going to stay here for a couple of weeks. Her brother Kevin is having a huge party for Halloween and she is going to help them with it, it looks like it's going to be a lot of fun and I wish he lived closer.

Hand surgery

I had surgery on my left hand yesterday and it went pretty well. The part that always makes me nervous is transferring from chair to bed and from bed to chair. My mom and Aunt Kathy left on Wednesday for Wyoming and Colorado to bury my grandpa and his brother so Stanley came down to stay with me for a couple of days. I was supposed to get preop out of the way on Wednesday but it took so long that by the time I got out admitting and the anesthesiologist had already gone home so I had to come back on Wednesday, yesterday to finish preop. My surgery was going to be the first in the morning, 7:00 so I needed to be there by 6:00. We brought my portable lift it was a lot easier to transfer me back and forth. I don't remember how long the surgery took and I felt really bad when it was over, my stomach was very upset and I was dizzy. Stanley called Lulu and she met us back here at the house and put me to bed and I have been pretty much sleeping ever since. Madonna was supposed to be here the morning of the surgery at 4:00 but misunderstood so she didn't show up until 5:00, I was getting really nervous and afraid she was not going to show up because I had to leave my house at 5:30. Everything worked out and I made it there on time. While I was at preop I saw a guy that I went to school with and talked to him for a while. He was the nurse that took my pulse, temperature and everything like that.

My mom and Aunt Kathy came home today and Stanley left to go home, he should be home by now. I thought we were going to at least have one day to visit but it went by so fast and like I said I slept most of it but I was glad he was here.

The cast is almost up to my elbow but my fingers in some are exposed. I can see a pin in my left finger underneath my fingernail and whenever it touches something I get a shooting pain up my arm. They gave me some Vicodin but I'm not going to fill it unless it really gets bad, it's pretty bad so I'll probably get it filled hopefully tomorrow. I can still taste the anesthesia the matter what I eat, it tastes awful. I have to stay in bed for a couple of days with my arm elevated but after that I should be able to be up and out of here.

On October 2nd I close escrow on my house, it is finally mine. Kelly will be here around the 6th to stay for a couple of weeks and then we will see what happensfrom there.

Another weekend

Everything is going along better than expected. The plans that Charlie did for the House are a lot more than I expected, he is a genius. My aunt came over and helped me put myself on a budget, I wish she would have done this a long time ago and I could've had a lot more money saved for my new home. It's kind of a challenge but I'm going to do it.

David called tonight. He and his wife and family are going to come down this year for Halloween. They don't celebrate Halloween in Georgia so it will be the first time that the kids will be able to go trick-or-treating, it's going to be a lot of fun. They're going to be here around the middle of October along with Andy, Aubrey and baby Stephen for a family reunion and now will be a great time for them to help me decorate for Halloween.

Next Wednesday my mom and my aunt are going to Wyoming and Stanley is going to come and stay with me. Stanley definitely keeps me laughing and he is a great cook, I know we will have a great time.

Next Wednesday I go in for preop and then on Friday I'm having surgery on my left hand. The tendons on my middle finger are stiffening and making my finger bend and I'm not able to straighten my finger anymore, it will be nice to be able to straighten it because I can feel the tendons being stretched and it's pretty painful. Saturday I'm supposed to go to a urology seminar at the Cyprus Center. Cindy told me about it so I signed up to go and I will meet for their. I'm hoping since my surgery is outpatient I will still be able to go to the seminar. Lulu took off work yesterday and today to take her mom to Los Angeles to visit relatives so she's going to take me on Saturday.