Week 39

Welcome back and happy Tuesday.  Here we are starting October already which means it's time to watch scary movies and bust out the pumpkins.  We're ready for all things fall and Halloween but before we start that . . .

Let's look at how we ended September:

Day 267- Monday, 9/24/18 

We were just sprung from Justin's MRI appointment.  That took forever but good news so far is that both scans are unremarkable so there is no obvious reason for the bump on his head and the swelling on his face that won't go away.  We'll have a follow up soon with the doctor and think about looking for other possible reasons.  He has that funny looking smile because he's trying to hide a mouth full of food.  The poor kid is starving.  Thank goodness I had an extra granola bar in my bag.

Day 268- Tuesday, 9/25/18

The longer high school days compared to middle school plus basketball practice either before or after really wipe this kid out.  At least he's got his dog to chill with after. 

Day 269- Wednesday, 9/26.18

Justin and the rest of the cross country team had a meet today in the hills.  He's standing in the back on the far right and had a good run.

Day 270- Thursday, 9/27/18

I was cleaning the sheets on Tyler's bed and found his baby blanket tucked under his pillow.  This sad 20 yr old thing is well loved, extremely tattered, torn in two and practically see-through, but I love that he still keeps it and seeing it makes me miss him even more.  Justin on the other hand is happy the room is free again and has taken over the desk for studying by moving his high school books in.

Day 271- Friday, 9/28/18

It must be my turn to walk the dog because she is giving me the stare-down and has already eaten so I know it's not that.  OK Bella, let's go so we can get back soon to relax and enjoy a Friday night movie.

Day 272- Saturday, 9/29/18

It's a beautiful cooler day and perfect out for doing some fall pruning.  It was a chore kind of weekend.  Not a lot of fun but had to be done.

Day 273- Sunday, 9/30/18

Finally this kid gets his coconut.  He had one earlier in the month but when he opened it there was mold inside so John took him to picked up another one which is so much better.  Now he needs to work on getting the meat out and putting it to good use.  He's has plans. I'm not exactly sure what, but he's all over it.  See the dark bruise like mark on the left near his temple?  That is actually a shadow the bump on his head makes and then see the swelling from just below his eye to the top of his cheekbone on the right?  Those are the the issues we are looking into that are not going away.  At least they cause no pain but it worries me that there must be some underlying reason why they are there.

That's all for now.  See you next week and in the meantime enjoy the start of fall.