March 31, 2013

Dear Mama,

So sorry I didn't write last week. Not having a good day , 
physically. Actually, I am doing worse today, but I figured you needed 
to know I am still alive.

Last Saturday there was a stake Relief Society Conference and 
Danielle and I were the only ones who attended because we were the only 
stupid ones. There were super high winds and it has been so dry, and 
the farmers have just plowed their fields...with the high winds it was 
the dust bowl all over again. It was really bad. There were collisions 
all along I-40W, luckily for us we were on I-40E. Visibility was maybe 
30 feet, and Danielle, the crazy person that she is, was driving 80 
mph. I just held on real tight. We made it safely, and by the time we 
arrived, it started snowing. It was still snowing when we left. It was 
dark, and the wind was still blowing like crazy. Somehow, by the grace 
of God, we made it home safely. Maybe because I was silently praying 
the whole way? Jay and the boys went to Lubbock for a youth temple 
trip, and it ended up that they were the only ones that went. So, they 
were gone during the first part of the day, and I was gone the last part 
of the day.

Sunday was a day of nausea...not good. Managed to get through 
church and feed the family once I got home, but was so grateful after 
that to go to bed. Did get up later while the family read from a book 
because I just had to sit there and not move too much.
Monday, I was feeling a bit better, and brought the boys to the bus 
stop. Got my errands run, but took it easy. I didn't want to push 
myself. Tuesday was the same.

Wednesday morning...well...I took my shower, and my C-section scar 
was tender in one spot, so after my shower I took a look at it, and 
there was this open sore there. It was deep, and seeping, and I knew 
there was infection there because it didn't exactly smell very pretty. 
I had to take Sam and Cale to Clovis because Sam was getting his braces 
on, and Cale had a broken bracket that needed fixing. After they were 
done, I went to pre-register at the hospital for my surgery. I had to 
fill out a bunch of forms and there was a question about having a rash 
or infection on or near the surgical sight. So, I checked the "yes" 
box, and that spelled disaster for me. They won't do the surgery until 
it is cleared up and I've taken a round of antibiotics. So, I got home 
and called my PCP and the quickest they could get me in was the next 
morning.

So, Thursday, I got the boys off to school, and went to my Dr. 
appointment, and she gave me the antibiotic and told me what to do. I 
feel like my scar is a nylon zipper that has broken and is ready to 
unzip both ways. It is quite painful when I have to move. I have to 
keep gauze on it to wick away the moisture. It went from seeping to 
bleeding, and back to seeping. Anyway, Jay took Brenna to Albuquerque 
for her last wisdom teeth check-up. Jay made her drive to Albuquerque 
and she was a total wreck driving in that big city. She is definitely a 
small town city girl. If she moves to a big city she will have to use 
public transportation. He was nice enough to drive her back. Thursday 
was also Matt's IEP and he is doing really good. However, the Library 
backed out of their agreement to have Matt work there. That is okay. 
Matt is still happy with what he's got on his plate right now.

Friday I managed to cut hair for the guys. When I dropped 
something, someone else would pick it up for me. Jay swept up all of 
the hair. We took it pretty easy after that.

Saturday, there was a Branch Relief Society activity. I went to it 
even though I am still feeling pain. But I can walk, and sit, it just 
hurts when I am actually moving. Danielle had a class to give in the 
activity, and it was the town's annual Easter Egg Hunt. There were 
15,000 eggs. It is only for 18 months through the 5th grade. Josh 
said, "I'm in the 5th grade...minus four years!" Anyway, the boys 
volunteered to take her kids to the hunt and watch them until she 
finished. The hunt was at the park near our house, a block away. I 
think there were 15,000 cars out there, too. It was crazy. By the time 
I got home, I still needed to pull together the last bits of my lesson, 
and Cale boiled eggs for me. He cooked them a little longer than I 
would have liked, but I was just grateful that he was willing to do it 
for me. They didn't get dyed or anything, but the kids didn't care. 
Half of them don't like boiled eggs anyway, and that is okay, too.

Today, Sunday, is Easter. We had a nice day at church focusing on 
the Savior's atonement and resurrection. Moroni was in town and the 
kids gathered a little bit from each of their baskets to make a small 
easter basket for him. Beck didn't come, she told Jay she was working 
on something else. It's is probably for the best, not that I didn't 
want her to come, but I think the twins are going through a growth 
spurt. They filled their plates and then went back and filled their 
plates again. I usually make a doggie bag for Moroni to take with him, 
but there was nothing left. I am sure if she had come, the twins just 
would have had to go without their seconds.

Tomorrow morning I have another Dr. appointment to see if this 
thing is healed up enough to be cleared for surgery. I am not holding 
my breath.

But enough of my gritching about my poor pitiful life at the 
moment, let me tell you something inspiring! Jay had that interview 
with Eastern New Mexico University, and they had asked him why they 
should hire him over all the other candidates (who more than likely have 
a Bachelors in IT), and Jay couldn't pull together a decent answer that 
he himself liked. So he decided to go back to school because NMSU 
offers 6 credit hours a semester for free. But after looking it over, 
he chose to not get his Bachelors, but instead is going to get his 
Masters in Information Technology with an emphasis in Network 
Management. He is going to do it with Western Governors University. He 
does not have to attend classes and can be given some credit for what 
he's already accomplished and the certificates he's already gotten. He 
can also pre-test on certain classes and just work on the things that he 
got wrong, making his time even shorter. It costs about 2900.00 a 
semester, but he can crank it out as fast as he is able. He is hoping 
to get it done in a year's time. Half the time, at work, he is so bored 
waiting for the phone to ring, that he sits around watching movies on 
his laptop. However, now he can be working on IT classes which he will 
feel better about, because his job is IT.

Well, that is pretty much what is going on in a nutshell. Hope 
things are better for you at the moment than they are for me. I send 
you all my love, your 4th, Lisa

P.S. Shayna has been accepted into the Peace Corps, she just has 
to finish up some paper work for them, and then they will assign her to 
her first post. We are all excited for her!