I've been married 16 years today, that is. Wow. That seems like a really long time. And how are we spending this 16th anniversary? DH is getting a colonoscopy. Fun! He's only 36 (50 is usually when they recommend that you start getting colonoscopies), but he is now only 10 years younger than his mom was when she was first diagnosed. She was stage IV at her initial diagnosis--and the doctors waited too long to do that first colonoscopy because of her age. She had to push to have it done, but she knew something wasn't right with her body. So, we aren't messing around with DH. I demanded that he have this procedure done, even though it's about the last thing in the world he wants to do. Happy anniversary, baby!
In other news, my four days of bliss were indeed blissful but Tuesday was back to the grind. Work was steady and then my brother decided to make a last-minute trip here to visit our mother, and then they finally discharged her from the hospital to a new rehab facility at 7:00 Tuesday night. Unfortunately, this new facility is not at all convenient for me to get to--in the opposite direction of my home and office and requiring a trek through multiple highways and heavy traffic. I've already warned her that my visits will be much fewer.
And at work I somehow managed to get roped into preparing an annual survey of my state's law in my practice area for a national survey put together the relevant ABA section forum. When I agreed to this, I was told the deadline was in the spring. It's actually the end of this year. Oh boy. I started gathering materials yesterday. My state generates a huge body of case law, so there is a lot to sort through. We've also got several substantial legislative updates, but my firm helped draft most of them so at least I'm up to speed on those. And my biggest challenge will be tailoring this down. It's only supposed to be a couple of pages with a few short paragraphs. What I've drafted so far is more like a law review article.
Meanwhile, we're heading to Hometown either this afternoon or tomorrow (depending on how DH feels after being Roto-Rooted). We made reservations to kennel Bob, but we completely forgot about Stefanie, the guinea pig. The kennel doesn't take rodents. We could throw her in the car, but she stresses easily and I don't think she will handle it well. We could ask a neighbor to check in on her, but I feel like they are always helping us out and we never reciprocate (not because we aren't willing, but because they never ask). I guess I better figure this out.
1 comments:
Hope he got lots of good drugs for his anniversary colonoscopy! (Been there, and it's actually not as terrible as it, well, is. My GM died of colon cancer in her early 50's, diagnosed in late 40's, and other family members have also had "issues," so I'm in the same boat of periodic mandatory diagnostic testing.)
Whew, your project sounds exhausting, but pretty cool to be the one putting it together for the ABA section.
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