LenaGardner
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I don't know if you've noticed I've been gone...I'm really going through a lot right now and I'll just take this time to publicly apologize to the wonderful ladies I CT for.
So this is what's going on:
What has been dividing my attention the most...I've moved from Tabatha's house! To Tabatha's basement
(yes, I live in my sister's basement 
) I've been living with Tab and of course that got a little snug once David came home, but we were making do.
Then the 81 year old man who had been renting the basement apartment for the last 10+ years decided he was going to move in with his daughter, so it became free. At first we didn't think it was inhabitable for a family (he was a bachelor and he didn't keep it up) but we have spent all week working on it. David, me, my stepmom and my brother have busted tail while Tab was watching all five kids last week. We painted the walls, laid new carpet, steam cleaned area rugs and one room of existing carpet, had a fridge delivered (Robert used a mini fridge), put new locks and deadbolts in, painted the washer and dryer, painted cabinets, drywalled, unboarded windows, repaired subflooring, fixed leaks, put in a new toilet, drove to Ohio and got all of our things from storage, and moved in. It took nine 14-hour days but we did it. We have our own space, we're out of Tab's hair, but we can still be close (really close!), the kids can still grow up together, we can still live with an extremely low overhead and everyone is happy
Tab and I have have an intercom feature on our phone so we can chat on the phone when we need something
We've been working on stuff behind the scenes for David too. Looks like he leaves on Sunday for truck driving school. There's a school in Wisconsin that gives CDL's for free to Veterans...he's been accepted and we just have to pay for his hotel for 3 weeks and the testing fees themselves, all the tuition is free. So he'll be doing that as his new career. So I'm preparing for him to leave again, it will all be a big adjustment. After training he'll be out 10 days at a time, which is a long time, but it's better than him never being here like when he was in the Army
We just got settled in down here and Naomi got the flu. Gabriel tested positive for it yesterday so we know where she got it from, but she was up vomiting all night, poor thing.
Anyway, my biggest, most unsettling news is from the medical front. My last pap smear came back with HGSIL ( the worst form of an abnormal papsmear--there is ascus, lgsil, and hgsil). I wasn't surprised as I generally have abnormal paps. So they scheduled a biopsy for the 6th of March and I called this morning because they hadn't called me with the results. I was told I needed to speak with the pathology nurse and that I would need another biopsy in 4 months. Now I'm all worried, because I know they wouldn't be ordering another one if everything had been fine. I'm so sick to my stomach over this. Just a lot going on, a lot of changes and things to adjust to. I don't really have much time or attention for the computer. And I could really use a hug!
So this is what's going on:
What has been dividing my attention the most...I've moved from Tabatha's house! To Tabatha's basement
(yes, I live in my sister's basement ) I've been living with Tab and of course that got a little snug once David came home, but we were making do. Then the 81 year old man who had been renting the basement apartment for the last 10+ years decided he was going to move in with his daughter, so it became free. At first we didn't think it was inhabitable for a family (he was a bachelor and he didn't keep it up) but we have spent all week working on it. David, me, my stepmom and my brother have busted tail while Tab was watching all five kids last week. We painted the walls, laid new carpet, steam cleaned area rugs and one room of existing carpet, had a fridge delivered (Robert used a mini fridge), put new locks and deadbolts in, painted the washer and dryer, painted cabinets, drywalled, unboarded windows, repaired subflooring, fixed leaks, put in a new toilet, drove to Ohio and got all of our things from storage, and moved in. It took nine 14-hour days but we did it. We have our own space, we're out of Tab's hair, but we can still be close (really close!), the kids can still grow up together, we can still live with an extremely low overhead and everyone is happy
Tab and I have have an intercom feature on our phone so we can chat on the phone when we need something We've been working on stuff behind the scenes for David too. Looks like he leaves on Sunday for truck driving school. There's a school in Wisconsin that gives CDL's for free to Veterans...he's been accepted and we just have to pay for his hotel for 3 weeks and the testing fees themselves, all the tuition is free. So he'll be doing that as his new career. So I'm preparing for him to leave again, it will all be a big adjustment. After training he'll be out 10 days at a time, which is a long time, but it's better than him never being here like when he was in the Army
We just got settled in down here and Naomi got the flu. Gabriel tested positive for it yesterday so we know where she got it from, but she was up vomiting all night, poor thing.
Anyway, my biggest, most unsettling news is from the medical front. My last pap smear came back with HGSIL ( the worst form of an abnormal papsmear--there is ascus, lgsil, and hgsil). I wasn't surprised as I generally have abnormal paps. So they scheduled a biopsy for the 6th of March and I called this morning because they hadn't called me with the results. I was told I needed to speak with the pathology nurse and that I would need another biopsy in 4 months. Now I'm all worried, because I know they wouldn't be ordering another one if everything had been fine. I'm so sick to my stomach over this. Just a lot going on, a lot of changes and things to adjust to. I don't really have much time or attention for the computer. And I could really use a hug!
sorry you've been through the ringer lately!!! i'll be praying that your test in 4 months looks good!! HUUUUUUUGS!!!!
