Feelings........

Nothing more than feelings, right? Ha! I have a myriad of feelings battling it out right now and none of my feelings are wrong but then some of them don't feel right given the circumstances.

I am happy to share that my letter on hemochromatosis has been published in two papers so far. I received a call from a woman in Zanesville over the weekend who wanted to share her husband's story with me. I found out a bit ago from a co-worker that his Dad mentioned that he read my letter in the Delaware newspaper over the weekend. I'm working on collecting copies of the letters so that I can put together a scrapbook. I know it sounds weird to do a scrapbook but I see this part of our lives and we can use the book to educate Jonnie when he needs to deal with this disorder.

At the same time that I'm happy, I also feel frustrated. Jon's butt has totally been kicked by hemochromatosis. Jon went spent the morning going through piles of mail that had accumulated and something that seems so simple wore him out. Jon fell asleep around 3 yesterday afternoon and finally woke up around 5:30. He slept so soundly that he did not realize that I had cut the grass until he looked outside and saw it was mowed. Jon was so tired that he could not even sit at his computer to work on a newsletter that should have been done last week. I dug through his email and went between his computer and mine trying to find emails with articles for the newsletter. I dug around the server trying to find birthday lists to gather birthdays. I completed the newsletter for Jon but instead of being thankful, he went off on me for totally messing up the calendar on the back page. I wanted to scream, yell, cry, cuss but I did none of that. I should back up; it was the newsletter incident that ticked me off to the point where I desperately needed to blow off some steam so I decided to mow the lawn. Mowing did work out my agressions and when I came in and saw both of my guys were asleep, the nice bubble bath afterward also helped.

I cannot hold Jon's illness against him which is why I feel guilty for being frustrated. Jon is so tired that he cannot do anything around the house anymore. I've unloaded and loaded the dishwasher more times than I can count and I still have dishes that need washed stacked on the counter. The next time I make a meal, boom, more dishes. Normally when I buy a melon at the store, Jon cuts it up for me because he's much better with a knife than me. I bought an enormous cantaloupe at the farmer's market on Saturday and wanted it cut up. Since Jon did not have the strength to do it, I did it. Thankfully, it was ripe so I cut it in half and used the melon baller on it.

I also feel angry. Why did this happen to us? I feel like we have already battled enough adversity in the past 10 years of marriage from various illnesses with Jonnie, several job losses for Jon, a house we haven't been able to sell just to name a few. Now my husband is afflicted with a blood disorder? The phrase that comes to mind immediately for me is "My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?". I don't recall what book in the Bible it's from but I know I've heard in Gospel readings at mass. I am completely overwhelmed by trying to work full-time, clean house, cook meals, do laundry all while being a loving mother and wife. Oh, I should also add in there loving daughter trying to remotely care for aging parents one of which is an emotional timebomb waiting to go off.

I am thankful that I have Adoration at church tonight because I feel I need the time to sit down, reflect, and pray. I have a long road ahead of me as I stand by my man who is battling hemochromatosis.

Date night!

Jon and I had our date night tonight. We went to Tria Greek Kuzina in Powell for dinner which was really good with leftovers! Jon had a dinner gyro and I had the gyro platter which had feta cheese, the cucumber sauce, and pita on the side instead of rolled into the sandwich. We had Baklava for dessert. We went shooting up at the Powder Room. I tried Jon's XD pistols but spent most of my time shooting the Beretta. The guy in the lane to our left was shooting a 45 caliber and he had brass flying everywhere. When I was at the line getting ready to fire a piece of his brass hit me in the neck. It really burned and I still have a welt to prove it! I've been hit with brass before but nothing like this one. It's one of the dangers of shooting. After shooting, we went over to Toys R Us and looked around. We bought Jonnie 24 puzzles from the movie Cars.

We ended the evening at Kroger doing our grocery shopping. It was kind of nice because the store was not crowded and we didn't have one of those silly car carts! The funniest part of the night was in the frozen food aisle when Jon was picking out pot pies. Kroger's were on sale for 50 cents each and Banquet pies are 52 cents every day. Jon said he wanted to get the Banquet ones. He starts putting the Banquet pot pies in the cart when he starts cussing up a storm. The chicken pot pies had Tony Stewart on the package. Jon said he could not buy Banquet pot pies if Tony Stewart was on the package. He used a few other words which I will not repeat. I was laughing hysterically as I watched Jon take all of the Banquet pot pies out of the cart and he replaced them all with the Kroger pot pies. Jon muttered that he refused to buy the pies with Tony Stewart on them and quickly added that he saved 2 cents a package anyhow. Maybe you had to be there to see how funny it was!

Jonnie is watching a Thomas movie on the big screen. Jon turned the NASCAR race on in our room so I think I'll head up there to watch that before I turn in for the night.

Take care and have a wonderful rest of the weekend!

Home with ill child

Well, I am home today with an ill child. Jonnie was sent home with a fever late yesterday afternoon. Jon left work early to pick him up while I made phone calls and sent emails to arrange for my absence from work today.

I made it to the calling hours for our cousin Judy. Her mouth was positioned really weird and I told Mom that she looked like she was scowling at everyone. I talked to my other cousins Steve & David whom I had not seen since their Dad passed about 10 years ago. I told Mom that just as when we were kids, Steve is the chattier of the two. I also talked to their Dad's widow for a while. Although I don't like funeral homes and such, I am glad that I went. I know Mom really appreciated that I went for the family. The flowers she sent were really nice; it was a small fall color bouquet because Judy liked fall colors.

Jonnie is eating some pop tarts, drinking juice, and watching movies right now. I'd better get a few other things done. Take care.

Jon is home!

My husband Jon is home and I'm very happy. While in New York, he found this wine I like by Sokol Blosser called Evolution. He bought a case of it and carried 3 bottles home on the plane while he sent the rest of it with his Dad for us to pick up in a week.

Jon was running errands including getting his hair done after his plane landed. I have a staff meeting to attend and then I'll pick up Jonnie, stop at Shell and fill up my car with gas, and finally head home. With Jon cooking, I'm sure Jonnie will get a better dinner that Froot Loops, Goldfish crackers, or Yogos fruit snacks!

I'd better sign off and get ready for the meeting. Have a great night!

Jon gets home tomorrow!

I'm very excited because Jon gets home from New York tomorrow. It will be so good to see him. As a treat to welcome him home, I have some steaks marinating in the frig. The recipe is from my new cookbook called Cooking with Less Iron. I paged through it last night while Jonnie was watching TV and there are some tasty recipes. I found a pasta salad recipe that is similiar to a recipe I'd already chosen to make for the Italian Fest hosted by my FIL on August 4th. I'm going to make the reduced iron recipe. The secret ingredients in many of the recipes in this book are coffee or tea. The marinade I made for the steaks has a coffee base. Coffee and tea help to reduce iron absorption.

Since my post yesterday, I have emailed out 10 more letters to newspapers around the state. I hit the Cleveland, Toledo, Cincinnati, and Dayton areas today or I should say I started because each of these cities has more than one newspaper.

I talked to my Mom last night and found out our cousin Judy Sutton-Gall passed away over the weekend. Her death was very unexpected because she had not been ill. She was found by a neighbor who had a key to her house after Judy had not been outside for a few days. My Mom isn't going to try and drive down for the calling hours on Thursday afternoon so I took a few hours off work so I can attend for her. I'm not sure any of my other cousins are going to recognize me as it's been almost 10 years since I've seen them when cousin Johnny passed away.

Tonight's movie presentation has been a $1 Wal-Mart special Betty Boop DVD. The episodes are primarily black and white but they're being shown in HD on a 61-inch TV. Go figure. I enjoy them; my favorite one has a catchy little tune called "You Gotta Have Pep". Ha.....Betty never mentions getting pep from Starbucks in her song!

Signing off for now.....have a good night!

I'm a woman on a mission!

Thanks to a post by a woman in the Families Helping Hemochromatosis Families group, I was inspired to embark on a mission. The American Hemochromatosis Society encourages us members to "get the word out". When I saw the post by the woman who had written to her local newspaper, I thought "I can do that". I wrote and emailed a letter to the Madison Press. Hmmm....I thought, you know I should send a letter to the Columbus Dispatch. Let's just say that I did not stop there. I emailed letters to (the) Ashland Times Gazette, Salem News, Youngstown Vindicator, This Week Newspapers, Mansfield News Journal, and Marysville Journal Tribune.

I started with newspapers near where we live and also included those near where each Jon and I grew up. My goal is to email my "letter to the editor" on hemochromatosis to every newspaper in Ohio. I found a listing of Ohio newspapers so I'm checking them off as a I go. I don't think I could do this project without the power of the Internet and computers. If I had to use a pen and paper to write each letter, I am not sure I could do it.

Last night, Jon and I were talking about his treatments or the phlebotomies he'll begin next month. Jon said he'd like to arrange to whereever he needs to go during his lunch hour and eat his lunch while his blood is drawn. I told him that if it can be arranged, I'd go with him in case he needs help afterward. Jon laughed because I'm the same woman who darn near passed out several years ago when I had to have blood tests done and I saw the vials of blood sitting on the table next to my chair. I told Jon that it would be hard but that I want to be there for him even if I need to turn my back while the blood is being drawn. Somehow, the joke came out that we put a different spin on having lunch over a pint since Jon would likely have a pint of blood drawn at each treatment.

We're getting ready to start showing #3 of Bob the Builder tonight. I fell asleep in my recliner last night during the 2nd round of Spongebob episodes on DVD. I woke up at 12:15 AM and found Jonnie had finally gone to sleep. I'd better go finish reading my postal mail so I can work on sending out more letters a little later tonight. Good night!

An attempt at intellectual insight

I took a few minutes earlier today to read my friend Sarah's personal blog. She made a couple of posts earlier this morning which were so insightful. I could identify with her post about the sacrifice of mass. After reading her blog, I thought to myself about attempting to post something more insightful instead of my Howard Cosell "play by play" posts.

After reading Sarah's blog, I've been reflecting on my feelings during the time that Jon has been away. I have to admit that Tuesday through Friday were easy because I was at work while Jonnie was at school. The biggest challenges I faced on these days were getting Jonnie to go to sleep which was later than I liked which lead to my second challege of dragging myself out of bed for work.

The weekend has been most difficult for me. Even with Jonnie and the cats, I've felt a tremendous loneliness. The only thing I can figure is it's related to the lack of interaction with other adults which has me longing to return to work so I can interact with my co-workers. I have not been able to talk with Jon on the phone with weekend because his Dad and Elaine are in New York visiting him. In fact, Jon told me on the phone today, "Why would I want to talk to you when I have people here to visit with?". Ouch; that one hurt. My parents keep calling but instead of being relaxing interactions, they're more like interrogations on how I'm doing. Am I eating? What am I eating? Am I getting enough sleep. Needless to say the answer to them today of "I fell asleep on the couch while Jonnie watched movies and we shared popcorn chicken & fries" was real winner of an answer topped off by guzzling a myriad of caffiene to keep myself going.

The challenge of publicly caring for my toddler has been overwhelming. I still feel enormous tension in my upper body from wrestling with Jonnie at church this morning. My stress level escalated walking around the zoo trying to squeeze the stroller in so that my son could see the animals while rude individuals hogged the window space having a photo shoot with their baby and an urangatang. I probably butchered the spelling but I think you know that I mean. I feel more stress now than I have at work in weeks and I've written several action plans and RFP responses that I had never done before and I was nervous about whether I'd done them right. It appears my strength is in technical writing and not in child rearing.

Jon's illness is still very much on my mind although he is not here. I think that makes it harder. I cannot make sure he's taking his blood pressure day and night. I cannot make sure he's laying down and getting the rest he needs. I cannot make sure he's not eating beef behind my back. I cannot be sure he's taking his medication. I can't take care of him. I've tried to take care of him from here but I feel like I'm failing. I have tried contacting his friends in the Knights who also happen to be officers with him regarding his diagnosis. I realize that hemochromatosis is treatable and if treated properly that Jon's internal organs will not be compromised and that his health with be fine. I feel like the Knights have somewhat blown me off except for the two that replied to me; no one else has responded. I was hoping to help get his workload reduced but I have a gut feeling that is not going to happen. There are not enough hours in the day for Jon to keep producing newsletters. Of course, if someone else took this over, the guy who hand writes his column and drops it off at our house when he's at the Der Dutchman would be SOL. The fact that Jon has to receive everyone's mail at our house and then try to track people down to distribute it. Last fraternal year, Jon refused to file reports like he'd done in the past so absolutely no paperwork was filed. Can no one else use a pen and fill out a report? Can no one else write an an address on an envelope, affix a stamp, and place said parcel in a mailbox? It's simply frustrating to me.

My insightful blogging time is done. My son is calling for me.

Our Day at the Zoo

We had a big day today. Jonnie and I went to church. He didn't want to go at first but when I told him we had to go to church in order for him to see the animals, we finally agreed. The poor little guy was running up to see Father Pat when he tripped and fell right there in front of him! Father helped by picking up Jonnie's duck and some Thomas cards he'd been carrying. I was knelt down trying to console my crying son. Father blessed Jonnie and then we headed into church. For the most part mass went well until collection time. Jonnie did not drop the envelope in the basket right way so I pulled it from him and placed it in the basket. Woah boy! I managed to get him up and we went to the back of the church (ready to walk out the door) and Jonnie calmed down so we went back to our pew for the rest of mass.

After church we went to the zoo. We had a good time but I have gripes about what I consider a place for families not being very family-friendly. The food court is closed off to strollers. Since I was alone and I'm horribly uncoordinated I knew carrying a tray of food and Jonnie at the same time was not happening. I went back over toward the Asia Quest area to a standalone food stand where you can get some basic Asian food but also simple things like popcorn chicken & fries which is what we got. Jonnie and I shared the adult meal and I'm still full. There are a lot of areas with doors that you have to open and close in certain areas which is very hard to do while trying to maneuver a stroller so we skipped those places today. The bathroom was a challenge but "when you gotta go, you gotta go". It didn't help that I selected the bathroom near the carousel which Jonnie wanted to go on but since I was alone, I told him he could go there another time when Daddy is with us. The whole drinks without lids frustrates me, too, but I know that people were throwing straws where they shouldn't and some animals were choking. Not having a lid on my Starbucks resulted in my splashing a lot of coffee about and burning the inside of my mouth trying to guzzle coffee so that it wouldn't splash so much. The stroller smells of Starbucks and iced tea. I splashed some iced tea when I got our lunch and was trying to maneuver to a shaded table for us to eat at. I poured the iced tea into my empty water bottle so not much of it went to waste. I did manage to find my car when we were leaving. There are no signs up right now marking rows so I went solely on knowing I was closer to the front because we'd gotten there early. I was only a couple rows off so I was happy.

I'm exhausted. Jonnie took a short snooze on our drive home from the zoo. I hoped he'd fall back asleep but that didn't happen. He wanted to watch Polar Express so he's doing that as I blog. Acutally, he just walked into the office to hand me one of his Thomas cards saying it's a ticket. I'm going to sign off now.

Silly Saturday

Jonnie and I have had a pretty good day today. I finally got him to watch something other than Shark Tale. Between last night and today, we watched it 5 or 6 times. I was beginning to memorize the story line. We've played trains, built puzzles, and read books today. Jonnie napped for a couple of hours. I folded some laundry, made & ate dinner, and read more of Elder Rage. Jonnie asked for a bath after his nap. His appetite's weird today. He barely ate earlier and now he's eating everything. His on his second batch of 2 hot dogs, apple chunks plus he's eating some animal crackers & fruit loops that he'd been picking on before his nap. We're on our second Thomas movie of the evening. Thomas is such a refreshing change from Shark Tale!

My husband Jon is doing well today. He had a nice long sleep but still sounds weak to me when I have talked to him. His Dad and Elaine drove to Rochester and they'll be staying until tomorrow. They went out shopping and Jon found some wine that I've been looking for called Sokol Blosser Evolution. I tried this at Stoney River a month ago and loved it but have not been able to find it in the Dublin wine shops. Jon's Dad is taking the case of wine home and we'll pick it up when we go to his house next month for the Italian Festival.

I've been working on planning a date night for Jon & I next Saturday. I have a sitter lined up for Jonnie. I put out an email at the office asking about an Italian place in Powell to see if it's any good or not. After dinner, I think we're going to do some pistol shooting at the Powder Room. I haven't fired a gun in so long, I'm not even sure I can load a mag anymore! Jon seems to be pretty excited about the evening I have planned for next week.

I looked over and saw Tiger sitting on the perch looking possessed. I got up and found there are bunnies eating grass in the back yard and that's why Tiger is acting the way he is. We think we have a family of bunnies living in our old Christmas trees we put in our back wooded area. We found this after I sprayed the area with chemicals trying to kill off poison ivy and poison oak. The bunnies don't have 3 ears or anything so the chemicals did not seem to affect them if they do have a nest where I had been spraying the weed killer.

I should go see what Jonnie is up to. He's got one of his Thomas trains running; it has probably come off the track and is laying on its side using up battery power. Have a good evening. I'm not sure when I will post tomorrow as I have a busy morning with us going to mass and possibly the zoo. I have my bag packed and the stroller in my car so I'm ready for the zoo if God is willing.

Good Morning

It's Saturday morning. We were actually in bed around 10:30 PM last night. Jonnie fell fast asleep watching TV. He's still asleep currently. I was up a little after 7 because Midnight and Tiger were both up on the bed and they started fighting. Tiger came back later and started licking me to make sure I got up. I weighed in for Weight Watchers and I lost 3.1 pounds. This isn't really big news; I simply dropped back to the weight I was 2 weeks ago. The Weight Watchers site also yelled at me for losing weight too fast because it's unhealthy. I know that and I really haven't lost anything in 2 weeks so leave me alone! I did treat myself to 2 eggs and 2 pieces of toast this morning. It was the first meal I cooked on the stove since last week.

The weather is still questionable for today. I woke up during the night to use the bathroom and it was pouring down rain. We had light rain when I got up and I think it's stopped for now. We're supposed to have rain and thunderstorms until late this afternoon. I might delay our zoo visit until tomorrow if we survive mass.

I have not talked to my husband yet this morning so no new updates on how he's feeling. I talked to him after 7 last night and he had not eaten any dinner yet because he was tired and hadn't made himself anything.

Have a great day!

Friday Evening update.

I planned not to be in here typing on the blog tonight but Jonnie wanted to watch movies. We did spend some time together when we got home tonight. I made catapillers for dinner using chicken pieces, green pepper, carrots, tomato, cheese cubes, and cucumbers. Jonnie seemed to like it. He finished off the cantaloupe tonight so I finally made up for the junky meals I gave him the past two nights.

After his bath, Jonnie wanted to watch Chicken Little. That ended and now he's watching Shark Tale. I cannot stand that movie so I came in the office. I don't know what it is but that movie just drives me crazy.

I'll have to see what the weather decides to do tonight and tomorrow. We're supposed to get strong storms tonight and we're supposed to have heavy rain during the day tomorrow. If it's pouring, that shoots the trip to the zoo.

Believe it or not, I don't have anything else to say right now. I'll post this and find some more on-line resources on hemochromatosis. Please take a couple of minutes and click on the Google items on the right hand side of the page. Your clicks will help me earn money to cover Jon's medical expenses not covered by our insurance. Thank You.

Clarification

I want to make a clarification. I emailed several of my husband's friends regarding his recent diagnosis. In cleaning spam out of his email today, I found an email from a fellow Knight saying that he was sorry to hear about our son being ill.

I want to clarify that Jonnie is fine! My husband Jon (aka Jon Jr) is the one who has been diagnosed with hemochromatosis and is the one that will need to begin treatments in August.

Thank you!

Friday Update

TGIF! I am looking forward to being able to sleep in a little bit tomorrow morning. I fell asleep in my recliner last night while Jonnie laid on the couch watching Shrek II for the 2nd time. I woke up and saw he fell asleep so I took him to bed and then went to bed.

Jonnie was in a good mood this morning when I got him to school. He wanted to play with the toy tools. He was hammering away on the work bench when I left.

Jon called me and we talked for a few minutes this morning before his class started. Even though he went to bed early last night, he is still very tired today. It sounds weird to say that I could hear his tiredness in his voice but I could. He had left a message with the doctor to call him on his cell so that he could get more information on the tests results from the blood drawn earlier this week.

There isn't much else to report right now. I just thought I'd take a few minutes of my lunch break to update the blog. I am not sure if I'll get online to do another post this evening or not. If I'm feeling up to it, I'd like to engage Jonnie in building some puzzles or reading books instead of eating cheese balls and fruit loops in front of the big screen.

Have a great weekend!

Thursday evening update.

Tonight's movie is Shrek and so far we're into a double-header. The good news is that Jonnie agreed to a bath between showings. He was so dirty that you could see the dirt on his skin so he was getting bathed whether he liked it or not. The dinner menu for tonight has been cheese balls & fruit loops for young Jon while I had a salad with chicken and some water. I've been so busy when I get home after work that I'm not sitting down to eat until almost 7 PM.

My dear husband is really tired today. I talked with him and I could almost feel his exhaustion through the phone. The hotel had burgers & hot dogs for happy hour so he got something to eat without needing to fuss too much. I had to forward some email to him since he accidentally left his personal email open at home. He's got a laundry list of Knights things to do but I don't know if he'll be able to do any of them because he's not at home and because he's so tired right now. The upside is that his blood pressure has been stable. Jon's doctor called and left a message saying they did not find anything abnormal in the recent blood sample they took on Monday. Jon needs to call and follow-up tomorrow. Since finding out that Jon has hemochromatosis, I've informed several of his friends in the Knights so they could get the word out to other members. I've gotten some encouraging responses from people who have friends with this same disease who are coping and doing quite well. These friends are leading happy, healthy, and active lives. That makes me feel a bit better although we're not at that point yet with Jon. Jon is still miserable and not able to do much because he gets so tired.

Jon always tells me he loves me when we're on the phone and I delayed in responding to him earlier. It certainly isn't because I don't love him! I told him that I feel so overwhelmed right now and that life is spinning out of control. If it weren't for emails I get during the day and the time spent at work, I think I would go crazy. I am really lonely even though I have Jonnie and the cats. I'm somewhat dreading the weekend since I won't have people around me during the day like I do at work. I might take Jonnie to the zoo on Saturday so we get out of the house for a bit and, of course, we have to go to church on Sunday. I feel like I want to break down and cry but I'm not able to cry. Maybe it's because I feel I need to be strong for Jonnie who keeps asking where Daddy is. Maybe it's because I'm so tired. Maybe it's because I feel like I'm on autopilot getting to bed at 11:30 PM, getting up at 5:30 AM, getting young Jon to school at 7 AM, getting to work at 7:30 AM, working all the live long day, getting off work at 4:30 PM, picking Jon up at 5 PM, and getting home at 5:30 PM. Get the picture?

That's about all there is to write about for now. I should probably catch up on my postal mail. Thanks to all of you who have sent encouraging emails or made encouraging posts. I truly, truly appreciate it. I also appreciate all of your prayers. I am grateful to be blessed with people like you in my life.

Rough morning.

It was a a rough morning this morning. After the 2nd night of not getting to bed until 11:30, I was really dragging when my alarm went off this morning. The atmosphere was not the only thing that was foggy this morning! I dressed Jonnie for school and he was still half asleep. We had to put gas in the car before I dropped him off for school. Jonnie seemed excited to be at the gas station; I'm glad someone was because at $2.99 a gallon, I wasn't! We didn't have to wait for the school to open and Jonnie was really upset. I had to yank him out of the car and carry him in. I set him down on the floor in his room and he clung to my legs. I dragged him around trying to empty his cup in the sink. The teacher and I tried to interest him in playing with his friends but he didn't want any of that. The teacher wanted a hug and picked him up so I could go and Jonnie started wailing. Whew. By the grace of God, I still managed to get to work by 7:30 so I could cover the time need to run to the bank for Jon. I think it too longer for me to park my car at Starbucks and walk to the building than it took me at the bank. I have a nice and strong double-shot iced espresso to last me a couple of hours. It was really strong when I first got it so I added a pack of Splenda and some ice to it when I got back to the office.

I found out from a co-worker this morning that Plain City is under a boil alert until Friday. This is after Jonnie and I were drinking water last night after the water came back up. The water was clear and there wasn't anything floating in it so I think we're okay. Apparently crews building the 42-bypass broke the water main and it flooded the bank and McDonalds. The water couldn't be contained so the Village had to shut the water off. I think it only affected us for about an hour and at the time, we just drank bottled water.

If you look at the right hand side of the page, you'll see some more "Google" items. If you click on the ads and if you perform a search from the blog, I earn a little money. Again, the money earned from this blog will go toward Jon's hemochromatosis treatments. I have to have $100 in my account before I can get a check so please, click away!

I should get back to work. I'm trying to work on a report so I can finish it and move to another project. I have so many other things I'd rather be doing right now other than this! Have a great day!

Tonight's feature film is......

The Incredibles! We are currently on the second viewing for tonight.

I attended a enlightening seminar for work this afternoon called Public Universities, Private Lives. Boy, do I need to clean up some of my records at the office and get things in order. I kicked around hiring a sitter for Saturday morning so I could go into work for a few hours and work on that but I decided not to do that. The weather is supposed to be nice so I'm still thinking about taking Jonnie to the zoo for a few hours.

When I arrived to pick Jonnie up, he looked like a mime! I'm not sure if it was the sunscreen they used or if he was not cooperative but the sunscreen looked like mime paint on his face and arms. I planned to give him a bath when we got home but I realized we had no water. I called Jon to make sure he paid the water bill and to find out where to look in the house to find out what was wrong. We decided the problem was not the house. When the going gets tough, the tough read email and my friend Sarah mentioned that there was a water main break in town today which left the Village without water. The Der Dutchman and McDonalds had to close down because of it! Water was finally restored going on 7 PM but Jonnie told me he didn't want a bath so I tried to wipe him off with a baby wipe at one point. I'll try again before he goes to bed because I need to get the residue from his 3 bowls of cheese balls off him.

I have some postal mail I want to finish reading plus I should get back in the family room before Jonnie fusses. Several times tonight, he came in the office and dragged me out saying he wanted his Mommy. At one point he wanted to sit on my lap to watch his movie but that only lasted until he finished off his sippy cup.

Thanks to everyone for their thoughts and prayers. I really appreciate it. We'll get through this.

Morning update for Wednesday, June 19th

Good Morning!

While Jonnie watched "Piglet's Big Movie" about 5 times last night, I took a little time to work on the blog. I changed the template several times and I think I'm finally happy with the one I have now. I also signed up for Google AdSense so you will notice the the Google Ads on the Blog. I receive money for clicks on these ads but the agreement is that I cannot click on these ads myself as the blog owner and AdSense account holder. This is another one of my pitiful attempts to earn extra money so if you don't mind giving a few clicks, I would appreciate it. The extra money will help to cover the additional expenses we'll be incurring for Jon's hemochromatosis treatments whether it's medication, office visit co-pays, or fees for the pleblotomies or blood lettings.

I think my son is going to kill me before Jon gets home! I'm used to being in bed by 10 PM and I didn't get to sleep until 11:30 PM last night. I managed to get Jonnie from the family room to his bed but not without whapping his head into the banister on the second set of stairs. Luckily, he pretty much stayed asleep.

Jon and I probably find this more exciting than anyone else but Jonnie used the potty when he got to school this morning! Normally, he will not use the potty when one of us asks him to but he'll use the potty during the day with the teachers. I was completely thrilled when I asked him to use the potty this morning and he actually did it. I wanted to start jumping up and down! I did express my glee by calling Jon on his cell while I was driving to work to let him know. He seemed happy.

Jon arrived safe and sound in Rochester last night but about 2 hours late. His flight out of LaGuardia was delayed. He had to sit in the plane on the runway for a couple of hours and he said it was hotter than "you know where". The flight finally got in at 10 PM last night.

I need to get back to work. A co-worker and I are going to a seminar over on OSU's main campus later today so I have time out of the office this afternoon. This is the last class I need to finally complete the STEP supervisor's excellence program that I started over two years ago.

Have a great day! Long live coffee; I'm going to need more later today.

Thanks to my friend Sarah, I have added an email feature to the blog so that you can request to receive emails whenever the blog is updated. She also gave me the tip that I should be doing new posts intead of comments. I realized that I needed to find my dashboard on blogspot in order to do that! How pathetic!

Jon called about an hour ago and he was at the airport waiting for his flight to leave Columbus. When he stopped in earlier we were teasing him about needing to have the blood drained from his system before he could get through security because of all the iron in his system. The good news is that he didn't have to get rid of any blood at all; he only had to take off his belt and his cell phones!

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