When it rains, it pours, literally!

I'm sorry to be so neglectful with my blog.  We have been busy, for what seems like every minute of every day lately.  I'm pretty sure I've mentioned that my baby boy is graduating from high school, tomorrow as a matter of fact!  In the midst of party planning, our sump pump decided to give out, during the recent heavy rains, and our basement flooded.  Not what we needed at this moment in time!  We had (the operative word here is had) a finished basement and Tom's room was down there.  Now, Tom has been displaced to our pink guest room (used to be Aly's room) and all the furniture, that was in the basement, is now in our garage where we were planning to host the party!  Our carpet is gone.  Part of the wall would not dry so they had to take that apart.  There are no businesses that install carpet quickly, unless you buy really cheap carpet.  We will be moving furniture a few times I guess!  The hardest part is losing some precious mementos that we had.  Tom had some autographed memorabilia that fell off his wall while they had the blowers going to dry out the walls.  I had a photo book from a trip we took to D.C. that was damaged.  That kind of stuff is difficult to replace and is hard to lose.  

Our lives have consisted of meeting repairmen, shopping for party supplies, trying to repair our yard after the pool installation (not easy when it was raining everyday!),  trying to organize and get ride of things that came out of the basement storage, doing paperwork for college entrance, etc., etc., etc.!  Let the fun times continue!  Also, due to the heavy rains, the pool company needs to come out and fix the pool feet that have sunk down into the fabulous clay soil, that we love.  To do this, they will need to come out, drain the pool, move it, regrade underneath, reset the pool and we will have to refill it!  Oh, joy!  "An easy fix" according to the installer!  Can you tell our stress levels are maxed??

Aly started her growth hormone therapy in the midst of all this too.  It consists of a shot, before bed, every night.  She has been doing it all by herself.  They came out to show her how to do it and that night she started.  The first time, we could see the apprehension on her face and she actually held her breath while inserting the needle.  She finally breathed a sigh of relief when she completed it.  She is a brave soul!    The system Aly has is great.  It is a little pen that holds a cartridge with multiple doses.  She has to change the needle everyday, but it is very slick and easy to do.  It is the smallest needle I've ever seen and Aly said it just feels like a little pinch.  I'm relived for her, but still sad that she has to go through this hassle. 

 

That's all for now!  I have to get back to party preparations!