Today

Well, we are in Day 2 of recovery and so far it hasn't gone as smoothly as I expected. We had to call the surgeon last night and have him call in nausea medicine for Matthew because he couldn't keep water down. You have got to love a kid who knows that he is going to get sick and makes it to the toilet every time (knock on wood). God bless him!

Matthew has been very clingy and teary eyed which is polar opposite of how he usually is. This morning, he looked at me with tears in his eyes and said, "I am having a really bad day." He went to sleep several hours ago and I am about to wake him up because his teacher is coming by with ice cream. Seeing how Mrs. B____ is his main squeeze, I know it will brighten his day. Many kids call their teachers "Mom" but Matthew calls me "Mrs. B____!"

Other than taking care of Matthew, Bryon and I have been quite busy overhauling our house. He took the week off and we have been painting, doing yard work, repairing dry wall, cleaning windows, and taking down Christmas decorations. We repainted the boys room last night while they slept in our bed and put on new bedding. It turned out really cute and Phase 2 of big boy room is now complete!

In book news, I finished Memoirs of a Geisha on Tuesday. It was a wonderful book and I couldn't put it down. Those kind of books are priceless! I am now going back to finish the Rebus series by Ian Rankin. Rankin is rated the best crime novel author in the world and I have loved this series! It is about a policeman named John Rebus and they are set in Edinburgh, Scotland. I have been to Edinburgh twice and my ancestors are from there so the books are particularly interesting to me. This is my 12th one out of about 16 in the series and so far so good.

I am hopeful that by tomorrow, Matthew will start to feel better. I am pleased to report that his voice hasn't changed since the surgery. I have been told that it happens from time to time and I was sad thinking about that loud, hoarse being a memory!