My baby's becoming a man

So tomorrow Nate starts his internship at Consumer Energy. I don't think blue jeans and skull t-shirts are appropriate clothing for the work place.

Nathan has never asked for money, so I was very open to helping him get a starter wardrobe that is presentable in the "big people" world. We went to Kohls to get Nate some pants and dress shirts. I remember when I got my first job at NBD when I was 18. Like Nate I did not have an appropriate wardrobe and my mom took me shopping to get started. After 30 years I remember that kind gesture, so it's nice that I am now in a position to do the same for him.

This outing was quite stressful for Nate. He had a hard time wrapping his head around dressing like his dad or Papa. After some time he was able to purchase 4 pants 6 shirts, t-shirts, dark socks, underwear, and a belt. So he has enough variety in his attire to wear a different pair of pants every day of the week! Pretty good for someone who wears Hillsdale College shorts and some sort of Hillsdale College t-shirt every day.

The best part of the shopping trip was when the cashier let me use my 30% off coupon 2 days early. Nate said the reason we got this was as a payback for enduring my second surgery.

Send Nate good thoughts tomorrow!

Thoughts on a Tuesday

Here are some random thoughts as I sit drinking my coffee on Tuesday morning:

I'm happy that Nathan is FINALLY starting his internship this Thursday. He will soon have money in his pocket

I'm glad I no longer have staples in my stomach-got those out on Friday.

Had the flu this weekend - quite painful to throw up with stomach issues.

Feeling for Matt - he has only had two days off in 3 weeks. While he's making a lot of money he hasn't had any time to enjoy his last weeks before leaving for R.I.

We have another bird's nest in a hanging basket-this time 5 baby birds. Nate is the only one tall enough to reach the basket, it's sweet; he has named all the babies and takes great care when watering the flowers every day.

Going to the Dr. tomorrow. This appointment is with the dermatologist-hopefully no skin cancer to deal with. I'm sick of dealing with health issues.

medical update

Well it's Friday; I've been in the hospital 5 days. I am doing extremely well. The reversal surgery was on Monday-it lasted about 2 1/2 hours. Everything went great. I was out of it for about 24 hours; on Tuesday afternoon I got up and began my road to recovery. I have walked the halls continually trying to regain my strength.

I was finally allowed to eat a liquid diet yesterday. Canned soup never tasted so good (it was 5 days since I had anything to eat). This morning they brought me a "soft" diet. As soon as they dropped off the tray my dr came in to check on me. He was so pleased with my progress he has them take the soft food and bring me a tray of real food. Eggs never tasted so good.

My dr. will be back around dinner time. If all goes well with the eating today I should be going home tonight. While I have enjoyed being the test subject on a new hospital bed-I miss my own bed.

Everyone at the hospital has been wonderful. The nurses, nurses aides, shift administrators, food service workers, and janitorial staff have been so nice to me. They were so excited to have me back to get put back together. Again I have been quite humbled by the support I have gotten from complete strangers. I would recommend Hillsdale hospital to anybody!!

Now that this chapter is hopefully behind me - what will I blog about?