Even if it isn't pretty, we still survive....

This isn't the most happy post: You've been warned.
Since I blogged last, so much has happened and I haven't been sure I wanted to say it all. I caught up on my obsession that is Grey's Anatomy. Fall TV is boring except for Grey's on Thursdays and House on Mondays. My skin has turned on me during this pregnancy. This happened the last time, but I had high hopes it wouldn't happen again. I had to put on my post baby/fat jeans that stretch this morning. I told my self that if they didn't fit I wasn't going to work. They fit so I went to school.

Judy, the lady that I job share with had a stroke and hasn't been at work. This took away my teaching companion and a good friend. Her deficits aren't physical, meaning she can talk and walk. She has lost some part of her vision and her ability to read. She is working hard, but we don't know yet when or if she can come back to work. This adds a lot of stress to my work load with extra lesson plans and everything that Judy used to do.

Parent Teacher Conferences were last week. YUCK! I survived and I would say they were even successful. Let me just put this out there. The conferences are scheduled for 15 minutes for a reason. When you go to conferences for your children, keep this in mind. If you feel the need to hash over every single assignment, make another appointment. Oh, and go at your given time. Not before it and not after it. I made it through those long days and so that was a plus.

Worse than all of that, my brother Scott's cancer came back or rather it spread to a lymph node. This isn't shock to most of the 5 people reading this, but it was still a shock to our family. The first set of scans showed that the cancer has not spread to his lungs so that was great news. He was given two choices: surgery or chemo. Scott has since met with an Oncologist (Dr. Hansen) to discuss chemo and I think that is the way he may go. Scott is a fighter and he is ready to beat this. Thank you to those that have known about all of this and have sent messages or called. Scott will now be unable to serve a mission and that is very sad. Nathan however, has turned in his papers. He is now waiting for his call.

Today we lost the beloved pumpkin binkie. This is a sad day at the Wallis house. We have looked everywhere and even though we weren't able to find it, Abby took a nap and went to bed for the night without it. She cried for her daddy, probably thinking that he would miraculously give her a pumpkin binkie. Poor 2 1/2 year old little girl without her binkie. She will be fine.

We are going to Disneyland at the first of November and that is at least something to look forward to. Abby is very excited to go there and Ned and I are excited for her. She will just love it!

When I originally thought about this post, I thought of funny and witty things to write. When I sat down to write it, all that came out was this sad and woe is me saga. I think that tomorrow when Ned comes home I will be much happier. I also think that a Costco sized bucket of Red Vines and a mega bucket of movie popcorn smothered in butter would help too.