Hi Everyone. Sorry I have been gone for a bit. Things here got super crazy a little over a week ago. On the 23rd the kids had homecoming and Jeff picked up his grandmother so she could see the kids and get some pictures. She loves this kind of stuff. She has been a bit more unsteady lately, she is 82, and lost her balance and fell at the end of August. We have been working with the doctor on this but haven't found the cause yet. Well anyways, Jeff took her up to the park where Nick was at and dropped her off at the curb where there was the wheelchair spot so she didn't need to step up on the curb and asked if she needed help to get to the benches so she could sit and wait while he parked the car. She said no and as soon as she shut the door she fell.
I was at home with Elizabeth and her friend getting ready to leave for where they were going to get pictures and I get a frantic call from Jeff that I needed to head to him. Thankfully Elizabeth heard what was going on (I had Jeff on speaker since I was putting Elizabeth's earrings in. She handled this extremally well and said she would find a friend to pick them up. Very out of the norm for her. After a few more frantic calls from Jeff, I finally made it to where he was. There was no doubting that she broke her wrist. I took his grandmother to the ER and then stayed the night with her at her apartment until Jeff's move arrived. She lives about 1 to 1.5 away.
Jeff made it back to Elizabeth in time to take her to get pictures and take the girls to the dance. I am a bit sad that I missed everything with her but I was where I needed to be and she understood. I did get to see her dressed up and I was able to see Nick and his date for a quick few pictures before everything happened.
Last week we took her to the ortho where his grandmother had the choice of a cast or surgery. She choose surgery so that was on Friday. She is doing pretty good but is scarred to death to walk and can't really get herself up from a sitting position because she doesn't have use of her dominate hand. We are looking into options now for her. She is refusing to go to Jeff's mom and they are already fighting. His doesn't work so that would be the best option in theory but it is not going to work. She can't be home alone right now either. Jeff and I both work full time and have at least Elizabeth to get places and our house is too small to have her here. We just can't be with her 24 hours but doing what we can to help.
On top of all of this both kids were sick last week. Elizabeth was at a school camp all week as a councilor and I got a call that she needed meds. I was the best mom in the world as I drove 1.5 hours to her to give her medicine (it was just a cold) and then drove and hour to the office for work on Thursday. Nick was home for about a day and a half sick. I tested him for covid. Thankfully it was negative. They both had the same thing. Thankfully Jeff and I seem to have missed getting it. But with all the craziness we ate out a lot and did get out to walk as we wanted too. We were just exhausted.
So this is why I have been absent for awhile (or what feels like a long time). While we figure out how to care for Jeff's grandmother, I may not be on much but I will try and update how I am doing with losing weight and such when I can.
I will leave you with these too pictures from Homecoming. One of the parents in Elizabeth's is a professional photographer and took all the pictures for that group. And yes the cowboy boots are her thing. She started that her freshman year and has stuck with it every year.
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October 2023 W.I.S.H. (We're Inspired to Stay Healthy) Thread! 
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