Happy 29

Today the girls who first called me mom are turning 29!  The fact that they are 29 when I am only 31 is so weird.  

Truthfully, I couldn’t be prouder of these girls. They are everything you could ever want in a daughter.  I love them both more than they will ever know.  

They let me crash their girl’s craft day, and then we went to dinner at the bar.  It was fun!  Unfortunately; grandma got sick and was not able to join us!  

Today was a weird day.  Jim had a steroid shot in his spine yesterday- he drove himself up the appointment but was not supposed to drive home, so I picked him up and we left his truck in town, to pick up today.  This morning, I had an appointment to donate blood. We did some grocery pick ups and as we were waiting, I had a text from Mallory saying that she had texted grandma and not heard anything from her at all. Also grandma hadn’t wished her a happy birthday, which is completely out of character.  The birthday part sent some alarms off in my brain.  I called mom and got no answer.  I called the house phone.  Nothing.  Intrusive thoughts invaded.  I called my brother who said that dad was with him feeding cows.  I asked them to go check on her. Finally, she texted to say she was really sick. She had taken medicine and gone back to bed.  I’m sorry she is sick, but I was glad to hear she was not laying someplace and couldn’t get up - or worse.  Thankful she was able to give us all our daily text messages, but sad she didn’t get to come to craft time. 

Jim and the girls helped me unload the errand running fiasco, and then I was headed to Mallory’s.  Right as I was leaving, Madison texted to say she caught her finger in the meat slicer blade and Andrew was taking her to the express care for stitches. Both Mallory and I offered to come get the girls, but Andrew said the express care wasn’t busy and the girls were ok.  Madison got stitched up and was still able to make it to the craft party. We got our craft made and enjoyed dinner at the bar.  It is definitely never boring around here.  

Thankfully, everything is ok.  

Anyway, happy 29tb birthday to Mallory and Madison. I hope this year is amazing for you both.  Love you!