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Yesterday I went in for my... ahem... yearly woman's exam. It was going rather swimmingly. Honestly, I love the nurse practioner at my dr.'s office. Best bedside manner ever, hands down. A very real woman and funny and we were joking about stretch marks while she was checking my ovaries. Suddenly there was a shot of pain in the right side of my abdomen. It startled us both, it was so unexpected. So... now I have to go in for an ultrasound tomorrow, which should reveal a cyst. We'll see what happens from there. The point I am attempting to make is that it's really bizarre that pain was just laying dormant in my body ready to inflict itself upon me with a mere pressing of the fingertips and I had no idea.

I am hoping that tomorrow I will have my ultra sound and they will say it is a small cyst that will go away and I will be on my merry way.

Other news- Sadie and Ellyn are still a bit worn down from being sick last week. Ellyn is sleeping alot. Another contributing factor is that Ellie's aide is assisting her in staying involved in everything and she's expending a great deal of energy.

Jane's friend Charlotte has decided they are not friends any more and is doing her best to make Jane's life miserable. Luckily Jane is handling it well and has a great group of friends at church that keep her very happy. Unfortunately she is learning the hard way that if you do everything with one friend and when that goes awry you might not have other friends to hang out with. I think she has enough to make her feel comfortable still.

Sawyer- once a month Sawyer and I and sometimes the girls go to a nursing home near our church to visit two sisters from our ward. Sawyer is a big hit and he's getting the hang of the place. He even reached up to have Sister Taylor hold him on her lap. She was absolutely thrilled. We took Sister Haven for a walk today and he obediently walked right beside her wheelchair all through the halls and on the outside path without ever running off. He was greeted with lots of smiles and waves and pretty much enjoyed celebrity status throughout his visit.

We enjoyed our stay and then raced to Costco for a marathon trip before heading home to meet Ellyn's bus. Ellie's teacher came for a home visit and then Sawyer, Ellyn, and I snuck in a little nap-40 minutes for me. Greatly needed. Then I helped Sadie with her homework, made dinner for Jane's "Dinner for Two" activity at the church tonight while Rebecca came and tried to keep Ellyn awake for a little while watching Bolt with Sadie. Mike took Jane to YW, Rebecca stayed for dinner, then it was baths and American Idol. My sister in law Marnie, has a friend on Idol. Adam Lambert is awesome and it has been really fun to watch him. I'm going to get to bed before 11 tonight so "Peace Out." Oh, by the by, I listened to a segment on NPR about all the different ways you can say goodbye in hiphop/rapper lingo and I am going to be using a few to sign out of my blogs. I can never just say- The End. It should be exciting- I have a few favorites.

Comments

Lisa said…
The situation with Jane makes me feel so sad. I hate this part of life: middle school girl issues. We've all been through it and all our girls will go through it. It so tough. Love to Jane.

Good luck with your cyst.

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