Tonight's picture was taken in April of 2008. Mattie was celebrating his 6th birthday and the theme was Scooby Doo. Mattie absolutely LOVED Scooby! He must have seen every episode and movie! That year we had his birthday party at a bowling alley! Literally his entire kindergarten class and many preschool friends were invited. Mattie started out strong, but as the party was coming to an end, he developed a fever and was quite ill. Ironically three months later, he was diagnosed with cancer.
Quote of the day: You are not the darkness you endured. You are the light that refused to surrender. ~ John Mark Green
It was a three rings circus today. My dad had two physical therapy sessions and I also had multiple people over trying to repair the leak in the pool. My pool company told me today that I may eventually have to resurface the entire pool! I told her, this was NOT what I wanted to hear, as I just resurfaced a portion, and I can't tell you how ridiculous this was from a cost stand point. I told her if she has to resurface the whole pool, I will have to sell a kidney! Managing this house would be hard enough even if I were married, but alone, the stress I deal with daily, along with caregiving and the Foundation is beyond believable. I am quite sure that what I juggle would send a few people cowering in a corner on any given day. At one point today, I heard an alarm going off in the house! Seriously I thought I was going to jump out the window. I went room to room, and then realized the issue was the water sensor in the house. It was going off and shut all the water off to the house. By all intensive purposes it detected a leak! Where was the leak? It was at the pool. The pool company was running water from a garden house to refill it, and so much water was being used that this water sensor in the house decided.... NOPE there is a problem, SHUT OFF THE WATER! Thankfully my plumber taught me how to manage this issue months ago if it should arise. I am sick of everything being in an app! Too many logins and passwords, they rule and have taken over my life.
When I tell you that I could write a how to manual for women on home ownership, I am not kidding, because I have had to figure out so much on my own! The next issue today is that my house lost its Wi-Fi guest passcode. My dad's physical therapist was trying to get on Wi-Fi today and no matter what we did, it was impossible to access. This of course sent me into another panic. But I contacted the Verizon field supervisor (yes I have gotten to know him, because I have that many issues!) and they will be coming back to my home potentially tomorrow or next week.
If you have been following along, then you know I have been struggling with a wild migraine. I have taken every medication possible to enable me to function. But today, I had to also focus on paying many, many bills and taxes. I was so overwhelmed by all of this, but instead of flipping out, I took a deep breath, and just told myself..... you will figure it out!
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