I left Buffi the Kidney Slayer’s office today bewildered. Two years ago I was informed I had kidney stones in both kidneys. The ones on the left side were very small, and there were four in the right kidney. The largest was 11 mm. That’s too big to pass. Due to the “lack of meat” at the bottom of my right kidney caused by previous surgeries, my ( Read more... )

I think it is weird that as the oldest child I am the same age Dad was when his mother died, and the youngest, Noah, is the same age Max was then. I didn’t speak at Dad’s memorial. At the event I just didn’t think I could get through it, but I did think of things to say if I had had the composure. Some of the things I thought of were expressed by ( Read more... )

I went back to work today. I thought it would be hard waking up at 6 am, but I actually woke up like three times before my trusty alarm went off. I gave myself longer time to get to work since our school is at a different site. However, the traffic was light, so the commute was only a few minutes longer. I wonder if that will still be the case when ( Read more... )

After a few weeks of waiting I found out I passed the Educational Leadership test. That was a relief. I didn't want to dish out another $200 to retake it ( Read more... )

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Last night Lindsey's band had Large Group Performance Evaluation. They received a superior rating. The kids were on cloud nine, because this is the first time in the three years they have participated that they earned top marks. After the concert Lindsey found out she did not make it into the Governor's Honors Program.
Today Scott tried out his new ( Read more... )

It’s just me and the dog spending Valentine’s Day together, so I have some free time to update the journal. Scott has been in Spain since the 6th, the day after his 50th birthday. (Wasn’t that nice of me to send him to Spain for his birthday? LOL) He is doing something snow related today with his two best work comrades. He comes home tomorrow. ( Read more... )

Lindsey turned 16 today. Yesterday, she had her party with three of her best friends. They went skating and played laser tag. Scott scored 822 tickets for her on a game in the arcade. He started covering her in tickets, a' la Kiki syle, and her friends quickly joined in. For dinner we went to a Japanese hibachi and requested the same chef Lindsey ( Read more... )

Tonight we went to Tybee and were in the lighted bike parade. It is a fundraiser. This was our first year. We decorated our bikes with glow sticks. It was pretty time consuming attaching them with zip ties. Greg used rope lights with a inverter and battery jumper box, but the battery drained 1/2 way through the parade. We discovered that the way to ( Read more... )

Well I don't have to have surgery... for at least six months. Since the stone did not grow in four months and it's not causing pain or infection the doctor suggested just monitoring it. She still is recommending cutting the bottom third of the kidney off when the time comes. However, I asked about doing it laproscopically and she was agreeable to ( Read more... )