15 Things to Update

1.  I found a continuing education course on an Alaskan cruise ship.  It was so awesome!
2.  I have to take a mandatory recertification exam in August for anesthesiology.  My graduation year was the first to have mandatory recert every ten years.  Life is on hold until that is over, even knitting and spinning.
3.  KB Beta totaled a brand new car, but was able to walk away essentially unharmed.
4.  DD has her own apartment now, and for the summer is even paying its expenses.  She took our cat, and a bunny with her.
5.  DD and her roomie were able to acquire a third roomie for the year, which brings her rent to under $300/month - whoot! (including utilities)
6.  We've lost two more people at work, and a new hire is no longer coming.  More call.  Longer days.  Our locums only work until 3 p.m.
7.  Samson had a prophylactic laparoscopic gastropexy - securing his stomach so that it can't twist and cause bloat, which can rapidly lead to death in these giant breeds.  He weighs in at 140 lbs now, and eats 8-10 cups of food/day.
8.  I was able to get the really really good food Sam loves (and needs) for 43% off by buying in quantities of 250 lbs or more, on short-dated food.  The shipping, regardless of how much I buy is $4.95.  The food is rated the highest by a website I found that gives points for certain ingredients and deducts for undesireable ingredients...
9.  KB Beta only has one more semester of school, and a one year internship which can start any time now left to go.  The light at the end of the tunnel, after some scenic tour deviations in his life.
10.  KB Gamma will be starting his senior year of HS this fall.  His senior portrait appointment has been made for an outdoor shoot.
11.  DD has finished her first year of college, having changed her major from pre-vet to music.  She's in the marching band (tuba section leader), pep band, orchestra, and concert band.  Her primary instrument is violin, which she has played for ten years now, but she does tuba, trumpet and has three years of piano as well.
12.  The ex-husband is divorcing the very lovely lady he married two years ago.  She says he is angry about losing me and the kids still.  I am afraid I will be his target again, and the domestic violence/stalking will resume.  None of his kids are speaking with him anymore.
13.  My eldest son has been diagnosed with a major psych process.  He is unable to force himself to even get a minimum wage job, after graduating from college Phi Beta Kappa in the honors program.  Without doing that for at least two years, he doesn't qualify for a disability program wtih which he could survive without me.  I am worried about what will happen to him when my health fails completely.
14.  After my recert exam is over, I plan to take some private spinning lessons from the evervescent Amy King, whose new book Spin Control has me excited to do some funky stuff with my spinning while gaining more experience.
15.  Haven't really seen summer this year - our daytime highs rarely even hit 70, our nighttime lows are in the 50's, and it has rained almost everyday since May.

What are YOU doing?

Comments

[margene]

So many balls in the air and it sounds like you're keeping them all up. Sending good vibes and good thoughts your way.

[ambermoggie]

so glad to hear from you I was worried. Sending lots of good energy your way

[michelle]

So glad to get an update from you! Sounds like Life, Continued; ups and downs. I hope time speeds by until you pass that recert exam!

[Manise]

Sounds like you have a lot on your plate my dear. Glad you're treating yourself to some lessons with Amy. She's a wonderful teacher. I have her book too. I've been spinning more thanks to Tour de Fleece on Ravelry. Such fun.