I ended up taking Wednesday as a sick day. I really didn’t want to use any of my sick time before the baby comes, but I was just exhausted. I slept until 11:30. I guess I needed it. Then I went to Target with Jacob and my mom, and bought things for Thanksgiving and picked up prescriptions. I came home and made a cherry pie and a pumpkin pie. The baby really does not like making pie. I needed to lean against the counter to roll out the dough, and the baby would kick me where I was leaning. Not pleasant, but no bruises, that’s good.
Thanksgiving turned out to be uneventful. I chopped the veggies for the stuffing, but my mom did most of the rest. She really did refuse the help that was offered. Dinner was really nice. It was mom, John and I, and then my sisters ex-husband, and her two kids, Jacob and Julian. Julian is here from UC Santa Cruz, and he brought a friend. So there were 7 of us. The food was good, and there was a nice conversation. Happily, the pies were a hit. Unfortunately, Julian ate most of the cherry pie by himself. I’m going to have to make another.
Friday, John and I got up at 6 to go to the sales at the LYS. We went to Yarn Dogs first who had 25% off the entire store, and an extra 10% if you got there before 7am. I bought some more Heaven for the baby,
some Air
for I don’t know why, but it’s pretty and something for my Ravelry Pink Pal. I won’t discuss it, because I’d like it to be a surprise. Then we went to Knitting Arts who had 30% off the entire store before 8am. It was here I was really bad. I bought some Mongolian Cashmere Handspun,
Tilly Thomas RockStar,
ArtYarns Ultra Merino 8,
Habu Silk,
and Cascade Nikki.
I spent twice as much at Knitting Arts and got 1/2 as much yarn. Oh well, I splurged, just a bit.
We then went to Old Navy to get some new PJ’s because well, the old PJ’s won’t accommodate the new belly. By 9:30 am, John and I were hungry and we stopped in Los Altos to check out Full Thread Ahead and get something to eat. I called home to make sure Daisy was ok, because she was so exhausted on Thursday night.
Julian answered the phone and said, I think there is something wrong with Grandma. You guessed it. She dislocated her hip for the second time in a week. She was carted off in the ambulance, and John and I met her at Good Samaritan. I ended up spending most of the day in the hospital emergency room. The nurses were not helpful, she was in a TON of pain, and she ended up spending the night. She wasn’t happy about it, but I think maybe she will be more careful until she has that surgery to replace the lining of her hip a week from Tuesday. I think she did this because she secretly knew that I shouldn’t be spending money on yarn when I need to be purchasing Christmas gifts.
I spent yesterday ensuring that she wasn’t moving, and taking pictures of my stash for Ravelry. Now I just have to add what I took pictures of. I feel stupid that I didn’t take pictures of my current projects, but I did take some FO’s, just not all.
Last night, John took me to La Fondue for my birthday dinner. We almost didn’t go, because I couldn’t stop crying. John finally said, lets go, and we did. It really was a nice time, and the fondue was excellent. It was nice to get out of the house, I feel kind of trapped here right now. I was supposed to go shopping with Andrea today, and John was going to stay with my mom, but Andrea canceled. So, maybe I’ll get the yarn I’ve taken pictures of into Ravelry. Who knows.
So, that is the weekend thus far. I’m not sleeping a lot, and I’m really tired. We are “making it work” here at the house. On the dad front, the polyp is precancerous, so there won’t be radiation or chemo. It does have to be removed, the sooner the better. The doctor is afraid to do it right now because my dad is so frail from the bile ducts being blocked. I would imagine that his surgery will be the 2nd week in December at the earliest.
I think I’m going to talk to Dr. Jaki about 1/2 time. I just think this is all too much for me to handle. I cry all the time, and I don’t sleep. It’s not a good combo to say the least.
Look who’s talking…