jublke
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I am warning you now, this is a whine-fest of a thread ...
My grandmother is back rehab after another stint in the hospital. I'll spare you the details, but she's in poor health and when she forgets to take her meds her mind goes too. She has one of three nieces and a grandniece that check in on her. My mom (her stepdaughter) and I both live out of state. So coordinating her care is a challenge, especially since there's no one clearly in charge.
So, I'm on the phone with the grandniece at length the other night when my daughter (she's 4) comes downstairs spitting up blood. Not a lot of blood, mind you, but any blood makes me want to pass out. Turned out she was running while holding a plastic pole from a pop up tent and fell and jammed it in the back of her throat. A trip to the ER confirmed that no real damage was done, although she refused to swallow for the first hour and didn't really eat for two days.
Concurrently with this, I was volunteering at my church's summer camp which was once a mighty camp but lately is suffering from a lack of volunteers. I was teaching 75 kids ages 3 to 11 - in groups of 12 to 15 - how to make churches out of graham crackers, frosting, licorice, candy, etc. It was insane, although the kids did a bang-up job and a surprising number of them had churches that actually stood. But I am exhausted.
Along with this - or maybe because of my frame of mind - I am freaked out that the fir trees are dying. I am an ecologist by trade and training and so many different kind of conifers dying is just mind-numbing to me and in my current overwhelmed state, leads me to lying awake at night wondering if my kids will still have the option of live Christmas trees.
And, my close friend and neighbor - along with my daughter's best friend - just moved to another state, so I am lonely. Obviously, as evidenced by this rather pathetic thread.
I could sure use a hug ...
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26-07-2013 00:33
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jublke
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Thanks, everyone. I'll be flying to see my grandma soon and while that won't exactly ease my worries, it will be nice to actually be able to *do* something for her for a change.
My daughter seems to have healed up just fine - yay! - but that does remind me that I need to set out her mini tent (with the evil impaling tent pole) for charity.
As for the gingerbread churches, the campers seemed to like them and we got nice feedback, which makes me happy.
I still miss my neighbor but I have planned a trip to take the kids up to see her and her girls later this month. 
Not much I can do about the trees, but I held my son's hermit crabs, admired the butterflies outside, and wrote some haiku. Oh, and we got some new fish.
I am trying to take things one step at a time, one day at a time, and I agree with you, Becky, that's a foreign concept where we live! It's so hustle-bustle here near DC.
Hugs again to all & thanks for listening.
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01-08-2013 02:52
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Good luck, Julie! I'll surely add you to my prayers! I can totally understand your situation ... this very day, I am just starting to try to rest after one of my dad's revisits to the hospital. This time it took four days, and to top it all up, my DH's dad has been admitted just today, too! With two difficult brothers and co, small kids whose world depends on me, my health limitations and hectic life, my greatest concern is how to give the most to my dad, which is never enough for me (and which is a trigger for my looking bad in front of my brothers' eyes, especially one of them ... yes ... it happened again, I think, as now he's talking to me the least possible without my knowing why! ... sigh  )! Well .. dad is a bit stubborn, too, since albeit his elderly age and state of health he doesn't want to know about not living on his own! So, I'm always worrying!
Again ... the best of luck, and I so hope that you could figure out a good solution to rest your mind asap!
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