REPORTING IN AND LIGHTS OUT

Dad is heading back to the doctor (his regular one) for a check-up tomorrow. Nothing serious but it just seems like he's not moving as quickly as he was a few weeks after the surgery. We think it's time for a lube and oil and maybe a quick tire rotation! Lol! Seriously though, Mom talked to a physical therapist she is working with today and their thought was that maybe Dad should have kept on doing PT after the home care ended to keep his strength up. He's also off a ton of medications (which is a good thing in our book) so that could be changing things up a bit as well. It just seems he is wearing out a bit quicker than before so we need to see what's going on.

Next week Dad has a meeting with the surgeon who will be doing his shoulder surgery. That is scheduled for the end of August. Mom is going to see the same surgeon on the same day to have him look at the shoulder she has injured helping lift Dad. Hopefully, it isn't serious enough to need surgery but we are starting to think it's a rotator cuff tear. Yikes. She has been hurting for quite some time so it would be great to find out what is going on and get her out of pain.

I didn't get a lot accomplished today. (Do I say that a lot? It sure feels like it.) Although, I did have a fun day with the little ones. I went over to my friend Robin's with Carly and Jon. She was doing a craft day for the neighborhood toddlers--about 10 of them. So, I helped her with that and then the kids got to play outside and have fun. It was the first day this week nice enough to be outside. They all had a great time. Robin and I got to chat and just enjoy each other's company, too. I didn't take any pictures today but she has a little girl that is a month or so older than Jon. It's their first girl after 4 boys and Jon, of course, is our first (living) boy after 5 girls. So it's kind of fun for both of us to compare. Below is a picture I took last month of our two youngest together. They really adore each other. Her little girl's name is Ellie. She's a real cutie!

Well, not much else is happening here--that is except for the fact that Rob has tomorrow off so he is letting me go to bed EARLY tonight and he is getting Jonathon to sleep. So GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE! It's only 8:20 p.m. here and this tired Momma is going lights out! Yay!