My brother has been serving our country in Afghanistan for about 14 months. He has been on his way home for nearly a week, but has hit every obstacle along the way. He was hunkered down for days awaiting a lull in the bombing, he made it out and was awaiting a plane when he was informed that some of his paperwork had not arrived. He then had to go back to get the discharge paperwork that they forgot to give him. Supposedly he will enter the states today. We are keeping our fingers crossed and as my sister-in-law put it, we are down on bended knee praying today! Feel free to join in. :) To top it off, it is my Sister-in-law's birthday! Who could ask for a better birthday present?!?!? Happy Birthday Kim! Hopefully she will not have to settle for that! :)
How does a family recover from being apart for so long? How does a daddy go back to being in charge of a 10 year old who has not had a daddy for the last year of her life? How does he start right back into work so as not to miss a paycheck? All questions that I am sure will be answered over the coming months. It is beyond my comprehension. I cannot handle my husband being gone a 3 days, let alone, a week, month, year! Praise be to our service men and women and their families who strive to keep our country and our freedoms such. Thank you to all of you, from all of us who take you for granted!
On the home front, my mom was taken to the hospital Sunday, and after 24 hours of massive tests and questions, she was finally diagnosed with spinal meningitis!! If we had not had her taken to the hospital when we did, I truly believe we would be planning her funeral right now. She went to urgent care Saturday morning and they checked her white blood count, said it was fine and ruled out the flu, they sent her home and told her to come back the next morning! They went back, there was an hour wait so they ran home to tend to my little sister and get her situated with someone else. They were back in 45 minutes and they had already called my moms name. Therefore they were going to have to wait again. SERIOUSLY?!?!?!? This is in AMERICA! WITH INSURANCE!?!?!?!? My mom was so delirious at this point she just demanded to go home. I called about an hour later and she was completely incoherent and even more delirious! I told my dad to call 911 so that an ambulance would take her and she would get taken care of right away, vs waiting in the waiting room for hours. Sure enough, they checked her right in and began work on her immediately. To think what would have happened had we not been proactive!!! They are saying she had a sinus infection that she just did not have time to deal with, and was under much stress at work, (SHE IS A MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH TEACHER AND IT IS TAKS SEASON!!!!) Therefore, her immune system plummeted to the point that the infection settled in her spine. Guess what?!?!?!? It is TAKS week and the teacher is not there and does not even know when she will be alowed to return! Is it really worth it to crash the good teachers?!?!? I mean afterall, if the kids are not ready yesterday, will they really be today? And when it is a test of tricks and trades, is it really a test of the mind or who is craftier than the other? Very strange. I think I may have to homeschool on the years of the TAKS test here in Texas. It is not worth the stress! :)
I think that about sums things up here for today. Give me you input on how great and awesome our soldiers and their families are! (NO WAR OR PRESIDENT BASHING OF ANY SORT PLEASE THISE A FAMILY SITE!) Show them we care right here! Give me your input on teaching to the test rather than teaching the knowledge base needed for passing tests! Also, give me your input on teachers and educators on all levels and the pressure that these test put upon them. Hmmmm, a whole lot to think about today, isn't there?
