Moving Day Part 2

Today is a very subdued second day in the moving process. My aunt called this morning to say that my second cousin passed away last night after being in a car accident. He was only 19 and I can remember bathing him and my other second cousin when I spent summers at my Aunt's house when I was younger. These things hit me so much harder now that I have Moo. You really never know what true fear is until you have children.

Tears to my eyes

I'm blogging from work. Yes the time stamp on this is after hours, but that's because I composed this post at work and emailed it to myself :) For the past couple weeks I've been following a different sort of blog. This one is at Caring Bridge.org and details my co-worker's granddaughter's fight with an acute form of leukemia. As I've said in their guestbook, it's like they've become my extended family because this morning when I read that Abigail's preliminary biopsy results came back cancer free I had to hold back tears.

I think her case has touched me so deeply because Abigail had just started learning how to crawl when she was diagnosed with AML. And I can't help but think that it could have been Moo. J and I have been truly blessed to have such a healthy baby, and so in my mind I have lots of extra prayers that I can offer up for Abigail's recovery.

If you'd like to visit the Caring Bridge site — and you should, if only because as baby's go she's terribly cute :) — then click below:

http://www.caringbridge.org/cb/inputSiteName.do?method=search&siteName=abigailmorgan

Hotness

Okay we're homeowners now. We closed on our first home today. But in more important news, the new Maroon 5 album is out and is Adam just hotter than 10 fire sides or WHAT? LOL Just kidding, but seriously, this is my new jam of the week...

FINALLY!

On Saturday I had the time of my life. I FINALLY went to a motorsports event and drove just as - if not more - aggressively than I do on the road. J treated me to an autocross in Pensacola for Mother's Day and I managed to eek by and beat him by 0.3 seconds... mind you only on a technicality because he hit a cone on his last run. (We may have even won a trophy but no official results yet. I guess they won't be as quick about it because it was put on by a shop and not the SCCA.)

As you can see, the blogging everyday hasn't quite been working. Last week the girl took down really sick, had to pick her up at day care on two days. J got her on Monday and brought her home and she had to have an antibiotic injection Tuesday because her temp was 104. Scariest moments of my life.

I love that little girl with all my heart.

The power of the 'Net

Have you ever stopped and thought about how much the Internet has permeated our lives? I know I'm not the only one who's depressed when the Internet connection drops. Or feels like their life has ended when the computer is on the fritz. This point has been hit home before, and quite forcefully, but sometimes subtlety works best.

Yesterday I burnt my thumb on the rack in the oven while making my dinner. I didn't even hesitate. I walked over to the computer, pulled up a Google window, typed 'first aid burns' and hit the link for a page at About.com. Hey, presto! Instant information. And it's a good thing I did that too. Apparently it would've been a very bad idea to put oil on the burned area, which is what I'd originally been planning to do.

Just a thought to leave you with so you can ponder how the Internet has permeated your life too :)

The best laid plans

So much for blogging daily huh? Since Monday everything has just been going at breakneck pace. Tuesday was a bust at the DMV because I left all my paperwork at home. This at least gave me the ooportunity to reschedule and be able to take the driving exam right after the written test. I decided on Wednesday morning instead of during my lunch break so I wouldn't have too much time to turn myself into a nervous wreck. I only had three incorrect answers on the general knowledge section and I got all the signs right. Had a couple stop sign and 3-point turn issues but not enough to fail me, so I'm the proud owner of a new driver's license.

The masters program is going okay so far. I keep having to resist the urge to buy a home laser printer, but let's just say after the charge UOP levelled at my AMEX card yesterday, I won't be buying a blessed thing anytime soon. I can't wait until tomorrow to ask my advisors what's going on.

Other than that the little miss is through the worst of her teething for now and has two brand spanking new bottom teeth to show for her efforts. I didn't know she could possibly look any cuter but she sure does!