Have you ever gotten one of those phone calls at work that so should have been answered while you were home? I got one of those yesterday.

My dad does contract work for a company in Kuwait. My mom and sister still live here, but they planned on moving over there the middle of May, after my sister finished school. Well I get this call yesterday at work from my mom all excited and energetic calling to say she got offered a job and they want her as soon as possible. They will only hold the job open for six weeks. I was shocked. I mean, I knew they were going to move, but it hadn’t really hit me until yesterday. I think what surprised me the most was that in a month my family would be gone. I was also upset because she kept saying, “We’ll you know I don’t want to miss your graduation, so I don’t know what I should do.” It was almost like she was asking for permission to not come or something. So I was just like, “That’s find,mom.” I mean, I was upset about it, but I didn’t want to say anything, especially at work. I got off the phone and lost it. I started tearing up and just unleashed everything to the lady I work with. She just listened and offered some good advice. I can’t even imagine the stress level of my family this next week. I mean my mom is going to have to pull my sister out of school and start her in a whole new school- a whole new culture!, the will have to pack- not to mention sell their house, all in 6 weeks. I just don’t handle drastic change well when it is thrust upon me, so while I was preparing to say goodbye to them in a few months, this news was a huge shock.

I’m trying to stay positive and keep it off my mind until tomorrow, when I’m going to see my mom. I have a “pre-op” appointment for my surgery tomorrow and she is going with me, so I’ll have some time to talk to her after that.

My surgery- that’s a whole other thing! My mom is going to take care of me next week while Will is still working, and then Willl is going to be off the week after next while my mom and sister go to Kuwait to visit my dad. I think I’m going to stay at my mom’s because the ease of getting around without stairs and everything. So I have a thousand things between now and Tuesday I need to do- like teach Will how to do delicates and remind him to do a thousand things , and thoroughly clean the house so it doesn’t look terrible when I come home… oh my!

We got our electric bill for the past two months- it skyrocketed- in a massive way! I don’t think we realized how nice and warm our house had been this winter. So, we had to turn the heater down a bit to compensate. I woke up this morning and thought I was in Alaska. I wouldn’t be surprised if you could see my breath. I think we’re going to have to turn it up a bit!