Worst blog post title ever! I know. It is awful. I have no excuse. Read this post and see if you could have come up with anything better. May the force be with you.
Chip got all wired up for his EEG on Friday afternoon and was a champ through the whole annoying process. As always, the scrubbing of the skin and the smell of the glue are not a great way to spend an hour of your life, but he makes the best of it. He laid low on Saturday and woke up this morning ready to get them off. His head was starting to itch with the dried glue and toting around his little purse is a pain in the neck. Luckily, his doctor's office does removals on Sunday mornings so he was wire free by 10:00 a.m. today. A long hot shower ensued and he was ready to roll. Hopefully, we will hear from the doctor with the result some time this week. Fingers crossed this EEG shows Chip's brainwaves are headed toward something close to normal.
While Chip was laying low, I was reading this book my friend Karen brought me. Isn't that a lovely title? The author described herself as somewhere between 80 and a 100 years old. She was a bit cantankerous, and said things like "I don't know if my grandchildren can even write because I never get a thank you note from them." Old people. It was pretty basic purging information, with an emphasis on making it easier on your family to go through your things when you pass away. Everything well labeled and organized. Your final wishes well documented. Just some nice light Saturday morning reading.
Then I started sorting through drawers and papers and file folders and have been shredding paper ever since! I filled up my compost bin to the brim! There are strips of shredded paper all over the house. My poor shredder kept turning itself off to cool off. Maybe I should just rent a dumpster add gasoline and light the whole dang thing on fire.
This girl loves a good purge so a cranky old lady writing a book about sorting through your stuff is just enough to get me inspired. Stay tuned for more on the great Swedish Death Cleaning of 2018.
I did take a break from death cleaning to take TWDITW to the dog park and soak up some Vitamin D myself. The sun was out and it was glorious.
Cooper went hard at the dog park and for the first time in his life, he laid down. And not with a dog on top of him or wrestling him to the ground. I was stunned. Happy, but stunned.
Tonight, I wrapped up the weekend with the kick off of our 2018 Ten for Him meeting. Heard two great stories of where our money was shared at the end of 2017. So touching. Then my name was drawn as the first giver of 2018. I left that little gathering with a full, tender heart. So amazed by these beautiful, authentic, brave women that have such big giving hearts. I am so lucky that I get to walk through life with them. What a gift. They teach me so much about living.
Hope your week ahead is fantastic.
I have drawers that won't shut because there is so much junk in them. Maybe your little message will kick up some enthusiasm to clear it out.
ReplyDeleteWe are waiting anxiously to hear some good news from Drew's test. He is really a tough cookie to go through all this with minimal complaining.
Cooper laying down....maybe getting a little older has something to do with it. Enjoy it while you can.
Your group of friends are awesome. I was fortunate to meet some of them and they are a Special group. Everyone should be so lucky to have close friends like you.
Look forward to hearing the results of Drew's test.