Tuesday Tempest in a Teapot

Well, it is Tuesday, and we are counting down to G-Day, graduation of my first born on Friday. O.k., it is getting scary now. I guess that for some people, these things are not very big deals. I think that for me, it is because he is the first to go.

Someone told me about 20 years ago that first babies are special, and she was so right. It is not that babies 2, 3 , 4 and 5 are NOT special. They are all special! It is just that with the first one, you get the maiden voyage on everything.

So, this week, everything is winding slowly down. We are full of half-days and holidays this week, just enough to keep an already-mentally-challenged-mother hopping to try and figure out who needs to be picked up when.

Last week and the weekend was a total washout in trying to get anything done. We have passed this cold around and just about worn the thing out. It has thoroughly spanked us---that is for sure. This weekend, both the adults in the house had to run for urgent care and get the obligatory Z-pack, superdy-dooper antihistamine/decongestant/expectorant pill, and cough syrup. Then, there is the run to the next city because your own stupid little town is not progressive enough to have a pharmacy that is open when you are sick. There, you get to pay full price for the drugs, because your insurance card does not cover drugs bought at THAT pharmacy. Arghhhhhh. I am so sick of being sick that I am just going to ignore the sickness, and maybe it will go away. Does that sound like a plan? Nothing else has worked, so why not......??????

I've sat in the floor (not recommended for long periods of time for people over 40) for the past two nights making Daniel's backdrop for his senior table. It is a board about 4 feet wide and 3 feet tall just covered in memories. I had a great time pulling photos out of books and boxes and working on the thing. I will try to post a picture here soon, probably after graduation. I don't want to spoil the surprise!!!!

We have just a few more things to do. There are the framed pictures that have to be selected, medals and trophies to gather, and other odds and ends that will be part of his "senior table." He is busily polishing his speech, which I can't wait to hear, even though I will probably be blubbering all the way through it. Then, I have to load the video camera, the digital camera, and the regular camera, so that hopefully one of them will work and capture some precious images.

It just astounds me how much work there is to something as low-key as our graduation ceremonies at this little private school are!!! Hopefully, it will all come together, though, and be a night that Daniel can have fond memories of for a lifetime.

Birthday greetings and love go out today to great-grandmother Nina in Arkansas! She's a pretty young great-grandma, though, and she is a great family cheerleader!

A few more ticks of the clock....and it will be JUNE! Can you believe it? Better start getting out those Christmas decorations. It will be upon us sooner than we think!