February 6, 2009
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Doing A Warm(er) Weather Dance !!!
Wonder of wonder, the weatherman was right. We really DID get much warmer weather today. It went all the way up to 63 degrees this afternoon. Even Baron spent more than his normal 30 seconds outside in the yard. Tomorrow the Princess gets off work early so she is taking Chewlee over to the boyfriend’s house to play in HIS yard and they might even take her to the park. It all depends on how awake and aware he is by the time she gets off work. HE works tonight from midnight to 8am. By the time he gets home, eats and takes his shower, it will probably be close to 10am. He will need to sleep because he works again at 9:30pm until 6am.
The Beast loved the warmer weather. I was shocked that he didn’t call his brother to rub his nose in it. But then I remembered that Chicago, too, is having warmer weather. If not today, then tomorrow. Not was warm as our but a wonderful break from what they have been having. There’s not much fun in it for the Beast unless there is a BIG difference in our temperature here. Me? I don’t rub anyone’s nose in it; I am just darn grateful for whatever break we get.
Our son was hoping that we would drive up to Nashville this weekend. I tried to tell him that his father wouldn’t want to go anywhere for a while. It always takes him a week or more to recuperate from his trips. At least this time, he actually stopped on his way home instead of pushing himself to get home the same day. It means he might actually recuperate in just a couple days.
Funny but he looked very old and pale this time. I think this trip really WAS hard on him. He now looks like a typical Northerner in the winter….pale, white skin, purple lips (although that has changed since he’s been home for over 24 hours). I checked and discovered that MY skin still retains some of my summer tan. Oh, not much, but it still gives me some color. I guess snow has a bleaching quality to it. Must be the reason. It’s all I can think of that would affect the Beast so quickly. The people that live in the North all the time just don’t go outside more than they have to so that would also affect their skin coloring. But, the Beast had a lot of skin color from taking care of his trees, cutting the lawn and walking (or running on the scooter) the dog. Today, I took a good look at him and he’s almost milky white. It’s awful.
I figure that I am definitely going to start working on my tan as early as our weather permits. I am also going to encourage the Beast to get the pontoon ready early so we can get it out on the lake. The only bad thing about that is the Beast must wear long sleeve shirts and lots of sunscreen because he is so very prone to skin cancers. He has already had several melanomas removed. It’s not the only kind of skin cancers he gets but those are the ones I worry about the most. They can be deadly. I have to make another appointment for him with the skin doctor because I can see he has more on his arms that need to be removed.
He also has to go back to see the urologist because he needs to give them more pee in a bottle to check for free cancer cells in his urine. I guess after his last *exam*, they asked him to pee in one but he wasn’t able to manage much. It came back from the lab marked as not enough to test. He had just left for his brother’s house when the lab called so I told them I would call the doctor’s office when he returned. That’s on a note on my computer for Monday.
The Princess just ran over to Johnnycakes to pick up her laptop and other stuff she left there yesterday after they had their regular group study on Thursday evenings. There are about 5 or 6 of them that have the same psychology class that live locally so they get together to study. A couple share other classes like math or English so they sometimes grapple other homework. I am not sure how many of them actually get together all the time or if it’s just to study for tests but I know that Johnnycakes mother is there so I don’t worry much about the Princess. I like his mother. She, like her son, is very down-to-earth and a genuinely good person.
Well, Chewlee is sleeping soundly now and the Princess will be home no later than 11:30 since Johnnycakes has to work. The baby just about wore me out today and I ended up having to put my back brace on me since I had actually forgotten to take my meds for it. Which is really stupid but….hey, I am sometimes forgetful when dealing with an active toddler.
We DID find out that there are no day care centers currently taking babies Chewlee’s age. The Princess had to put her name on a waiting list with the Coalition after attempting to find one on her own. She really hoped the one just off campus was taking them but they are currently full. I told her we might have to try to find someone to give me a break if this takes a while. I can use it and, in reality, I think it would be better for Chewlee to have some exposure to other people right now. It would also help if the Beast and I want to take a weekend and go somewhere (or even during the week).
I am tired now and going to just sit back and relax for a bit. Maybe make myself a drink or two….I haven’t decided. Love you all. Keep warm and I hope YOU get a break from the cold weather also.
