Countdown

We are counting down here at our house . . .

Dad has four more days to work, and then he's done. For a while he's going to be Mr. Mom, or Nurse Dad, or my House Husband. It will be interesting to see what he does when he no longer needs to check voicemail or email for work.

Ten days to Kimmie's next surgery . . . and still a number of things to get done. Two doctor appointments. Pre-op testing. Disciple Now weekend. Cleaning up the flowerbeds and leaves. Finishing the Christmas shopping (I'm making good progress.) Cleaning the house. Stocking the kitchen with food so the boy doesn't starve while we're at the hospital. Packing for a hospital stay of 5-10 days. Making sure sister gets packed for Grandma's house.

And, coming up with a better meal plan than we had during the last hospital stay. When Kimmie had surgery in October, she was suppose to be in the hospital for 2-3 days. No problem, we can get by eating in the hospital restaurant. Well, 2-3 days turned into six days. Six days was way too long to eat at the hospital restaurant. The children's hospital restaurant is McDonalds. Six days of McDonalds, yuck! By the time we left, we never wanted to see or eat at another McDonalds. I'm taking my own food this time. Dad will probably roll his eyes and complain about taking so much stuff, but it beats facing McDonalds every day.

--Mom