So, I guess I'll see if I can go back to blogging....

I decided that since I flaked on the Bailey family newsletter, I'd update the blog and we'll see if I can keep up with it for awhile.

So, our latest adventures....

Shortly after New Years, I started getting a funky pain in my side. One evening, after a couple of days, it started getting really bad, so I had Sam take me to the ER. Six hours, an MRI (or was it a CAT scan?), and $10K later, they told me I had a "mass", approximately 15 cm in diameter on my right side, probably connected to an ovary. So, I was scheduled for surgery a couple of weeks later. It turned out to be a very large benign cyst. My sister and Susan were both here, and I had lots of help and thought I was doing great.

THEN, I went to get the staples out. (Yes they used a staple gun on me, lol). That didn't go so well. I'll spare you most of the gory details....only Sam knows them anyway. He was there and I kept telling him I didn't wanna know. Long story short, they said they would let it heal "from the inside out" which I'd never heard of before. So, they taught Sam how to stuff me with gauze every night and told me it would take 2 to 3 months. They also sent me to a "wound care specialist" (not on my insurance, of course. Well, I showed them, and it only took six weeks. It was a long six weeks though, as they wouldn't let me drive or go anywhere but the doctor's. Thank goodness for my friends who made sure Meg had rides to everywhere she needed to go and I had rides to the doctors, etc. We have great friends...we are very blessed.

While I was stuck in my LaZBoy for two months, I worked on Sam's website. I still have a lot to upload, and our internet is crazy-slow, so it may take a few weeks. But if you want to check it out it's at www.zenfolio.com/sambaileyphotography. I also got much better at the ukulele. And read about a thousand books.

We have friends staying with us for a bit, they had applied for jobs all over the country and didn't want to sign a lease until they knew whether they were staying or going. He was offered a job in Las Vegas, and they'll be leaving next week. I'll miss them, they are fun to have around. She's from Armenia, so we've added Armenian food to our international foods list, it's been fun trying new things.

Meghan is in 9th grade, still homeschooling, which was not in the plan, but that's how it goes. She's trying to decide if she wants to go back to a regular high school or stay in homeschool and do some college courses for high school/college credit at the same time. Monterey Peninsula College offers an AA in graphic arts, which is what she wants to go into. She's also interested in the BYU animation program, but she'll have to get her AA first...I can't afford four years of BYU.

That's life in a nutshell these days. We miss Liz and Mom since they moved to Boise. If we had to live somewhere that we didn't want to, Boise would be on top of our list, just for the family that's there.