Crutches....again

Sean is on crutches again! Long story short.

When it rains hard, we get water in our house by the front door. Not much, like a circle the size of a small bowl. For those who have seen it, the steps end at the front door. Thursday night, Sean tucked me in, I have been crazy tired lately, and had the laptop in his hands. I then hear him yelling, Ouch, help! I run down stairs, topless mind you, to see him on the ground at the end of the steps. I grab the computer and look at Sean. He is in great pain. His left ankle and knee are already swelling--I mean big time. We get him to the couch and start putting ice and frozen veggies on both his knee and ankle. After waiting 20 min, his ankle is huge and his knee looks bad.

Oh--did I mention he had to go to Tampa for work on Friday AM? We put an ankle brace on him and a knee brace he uses for working out. He goes to Tampa on Friday and gets through the day. What a trooper!

Sat AM he decides that he should get his leg checked out. We go to hospital (same one from my surgery--we will never go anywhere else in Miami!) The x-rays were negative of both--good news. We get referred to an orthpedic dr--not so great news. The ER doc actually told his he doesn't have a lot of experience with knees so he doesn't want to give us false information, so he would rather us see an expert--I was floored--I am so glad he told us the truth and didn't bullshit us. Anyway, the put a cast on Sean's ankle and give him a large knee brace. The ER doc thinks he injured one of his ligaments. This might mean surgery. SUPER!

So I spent the rest of the weekend doing housework, until I watched the Gators win (sorry Stile, had to mention it), and took care of Sean. He got some good drugs which is easing his pain. The knee actually hurts him the most. It really sucks seeing him in pain. I wish I could take it away!

One bright spot is that Sean has today off so he called the Ortho. He has an appointment on Thursday AM.

I am still going to see my parents this Wednesday for the long weekend. It would really upset them if I cancelled. Sean and I talked about it and our landlord, Jason, has offered to help shuttle him around, if necessary.

Tonight's mission is to get Sean showered with a cast on his foot.

I will sign it from all of you!! If you have any special requests let me know!

Now I'm going postal...

First off congrats to Katie, awesome news.

Turner, you still have time for a baby. Imagine if Sean were a girl and you wanted a baby, that's what Elena and I go through. :-) I'm just joking(well not really) but in no way comparing us to you guys having to wait for conception. It'll happen. Everything happens for a reason. Things happen in threes, right? So, Sean finds a new fantastic job, you guys maybe find a house(closer to us) and then POOF you're pregnant. That's usually how it works. If the Devil Rays can get this close to the World Series and LSU beats UF again tomorrow, you WILL have a baby. Keep us posted on the cyst.

In keeping with the great news, it seems my mother's lump is not malignant. They want to do an MRI just to be positively sure but my mom is of the opinion that is they can say it's probably not then it must not be. Because if they had to come back and tell her that it is well she could sue I guess. But anyway, that was MOST excellent news.

Then...unknowingly, my postmaster put in for me to have "dual appointment". What is dual appointment? I asked the same thing. It means I can be a carrier like I am now and also a clerk. That means that now each morning I'll go in at 6am (YESSSS, I love early morning jobs) and case the PO Box mail and be done between 8am-9am. So that's 2-3 hrs every morning and then I still have my whole day to do book stuff with Elena. It's a dream come true really and I didn't even ask for it.

So I've been getting called in a lot more too now, I've worked 3 days this week. I love it.

Anyway, not too much else going on. Time to go start dinner. Talk with everyone soon. Boy you really lose touch if you don't check this blog everyday.

Adios!!

It's over, but actually it's really just begining!

Here is the email I got about 20 minutes ago:

Hi Katie

We are all in agreement with the new offer. Please draw up the new letter of intent,

Have a good day!

Debi, Faith, and Valerie

So, I guess "it's on like donkey-kong"! I will stop by their studio tomorrow and give them the letter of intent and a deposit and we will be ready to rock and roll.

So, they countered

I'm not suprised, but I just wish they had sent me an email with their counter offer earlier in the day, so I could have talked to my people, crunched more numbers and sent them my final offer. Now, I have to wait till maybe tomorrow or Friday, which was my origional plan anyway. I emailed Elisa the new offer, which isn't much higher, but maybe they will take it or maybe they won't. I will continue to keep you posted. Basically, I either buy it, or I don't. I don't have anything to loose either way. The customers are already going to come to my studio if theirs is gone, so it's a win-win for me either way!

Off to Paradise! :o)

I am trying to finish up work projects before I scoot out of here and learn how to hula :o). I am here through Friday. While I am out of the office....I have delegated my job to two co-workers. I think that things will be fine. I am super excited and can't believe our trip is here already. We leave this saturday and return Thurs 10/23. I admit that we are very blessed and lucky to have this opportunity. I would NEVER imagined going to Hawaii until I was retired. It is a trip I have always wanted to take. I know my Mom was pleased and excited that I was going. So, I am going to go and ENJOY! Life is way to short not to enjoy every moment, right?

Things are good here. We have been busy busy with crafts and GM's bday dinner. Her dinner was Sunday night and it went really well. Dad, Kirk, Blain, Loretta, and I paid for everything for the dinner...that was our gift. Grandmom was overwhelmed. There were 11 dinner attendees total and it was sit down. Dad had the suggestion to wear white button up shirts and black pants to serve... I wore a black skirt. It was very cute that he suggested that...that is totally something my Mom would have suggested. Too Funny. Grandmom had a wonderful time and so did her friends...they seemed to enjoy being served. We had a full bar, Appetizers: Shrimp Cocktail and Bruschetta, Entree: Poppyseed Chicken over egg noodles with asparagus almondine. Cake: Carrot Cake from Publix but, it was done with the basket weave design and flowers...it looked very nice. The flower arrangements looked great and the table was set with formal everything. All her friends were very impressed and are still talking about it. Grandmom said that she doesnt think anyone can top her party. We are glad she enjoyed it and I know Mom and Aunt Jackie are too :o).

By the way, our team "Paula's Sous Chefs" have raised $3,325 so far! Wow, huh? I just know we will make it to our $3,500 goal...maybe even over :o).

Well, we need to get packing tonight and I also need to finish a few more things for crafts so Dad can keep it going while we are gone. It does feel strange to be gone for so long but, it will be FUN. I am also very excited to see my bro this weekend. I told him I really don't want to do too many things because we are only there for 1 night so I would rather just hang out together.

I promise to take lots of pictures on our trip (you know Kirk will). Kirk is home sick today so we are trying to get him well before our trip...he has a dr appt this am. He is determined to get well.

So, off to Hawaii we go...we are still in US so feel free to give me a ring on my cell and keep me posted. I will miss you guys! Keep Smiling buds!
Love and Hugs :o)

Update #745

So, today was interesting. I had a customer come into the studio and was complaining that they have gone to Achy Breaky twice and both times it has been closed and today she left them a not so nice note telling them that they will not be going there anymore. I quietly informed her that I am in the process of buying it and she just about kissed me. She said they had a note on the door saying that for Monday and Tuesday they will only be open from 5pm-8pm and closed as usual on Wednesday. Are you kidding me? No wonder they are going out of business. And, this customer said this is not the 1st time this has happened to her!

So, following this customer spending $142 in my studio (thank you very much), I get a call from Debi, the 3rd owner of ABC (Achy Breaky Ceramics) and she asks if we can move up our meeting from Friday to Wednesday (yes, tomorrow). So I inform her as long as she emails me an answer to the last few questions I sent over, that I didn't see a reason we couldn't, but I would need to meet her after 8pm because Reagan likes when I put her down to sleep. So, there we are.....I emailed her my letter of intent and proposal about 5 minutes ago, so we'll see. I am sure they will probably counter my offer, but I'll keep you posted.

Allen update

This blog is a great way to keep in touch but makes me realize how boring my life is! We have been just going about our business. We have been hanging out with a couple here in Miami, TJ and Christine. They are really good people. They just had a baby on Sept 24! Griffin Lee Kriss. We got to meet him when he was 10 days old. So cute. He looks like his dad. I got to hold him for hours on Saturday. It was great! Sean even held him! He was a little tense because Griffin was so delicate but Sean was a trooper! He pretty much sat on the couch and didn't move!

Sean is still looking for a new job. Well, he looks once in a while.

I am going to my parents next weekend. I am leaving wednesday and returning sunday. I am looking forward to it. My mom is already asking me what meals I want! Funny. We are going to just chill and hang out. Sean cannot go because he has a trial but I have to use my vacation before it expires!

Don't know if I mentioned it to everyone and sorry if I didn't but I got some not-so-great news from my OB/GYN. I have a different cyst on my other ovary. This means we have to wait to see what happens, if it grows or goes away, before we start fertility drugs. I am really scared I will have to have surgery again. 80% of these types of Cysts disappear on their own so that is good. I will have another ultrasound in November and go back to my Dr. first week in December to figure out the next steps. Oh, the Sean's sperm analysis was not all good either. Needless to say, I am very frustrated and upset, since lack of patience is one of my many faults. It has actually taken me 2 weeks to talk about it. My mom wants me to join a support group. We shall see--I already have you all!

Anyway, this is the latest. Please keep me updated on the happenings, GM's party, Michael's first b-day plans, the new store, remodeling tips and the latest personal assistant story.