T.G.I.A.

Well, the month of April has finally arrived, the dreaded month of March is OVER!!

Friday saw mom go through her surgery in a shorter amount of time than ever before. Curtis, Sharyl, and Cindy were doing hospital duty at Kaiser, since I was getting RJ home and settled, at the same time that Michael was getting Karen home and settled. Three hospital stays in this month - can you even believe it - and all three home the exact same day. Hooray for our side!

We spent Saturday with one of us counting pills; the other one taking pills; one of us sleeping like a log like he was in his hospital bed all by himself still; the other one of us half asleep listening to the sound of breathing all night just like we had a newborn baby in bed next to us; one of us drinking water; one of us drinking wine; one of us with low blood pressure; the other one of us worrying to death about hypertension.

We spent Sunday with one of us shopping garden centers; the other one snoozing; one of us weeding and digging and running fingers through soil for therapy; the other one watching from a chair in the shade.

One kid had his mission project already done and turned in on Friday; one kid finished his alligator report Sunday morning; one kid had his English paper written and in the backpack by Sunday afternoon; and one kid turned the page at 8:30pm Sunday night and started the second half of his science project. One parent is in bed snoozing; one parent is printing the science project and missing Desperate Housewives. But that's OK, cause the gardening has wiped that parent out enough to put the bp down a few notches and conk them out for the night.

Welcome, April - oh, and happy birthday, dad.