It seems to me that it is our turn for a series of emergencies, losses, and general stress loading onto our lives and those that we love and care about.  All of us, none of us is immune to these events, and yet so many of us act surprised when they happen to us.

It is my experience that we are so self absorbed most of the time (and this does not mean every one reading this) that we push some very important things away and tell ourselves that we will have time to work or those matters "later", and anyway, "I'm too busy with work, the kids, finding a job, paying my bills etc. to deal with all of "that stuff" now….."

If you have not done so already, I suggest that today you begin with educating yourself about the following:

*Elder Care (Some day someone you love is going to need it and you are the one who will be in the decision making loop and financial hook in some form or another)

*Death (Dealing with "Death" is something that our society seems to have an aversion to and we do not want to talk about it or deal with it.  News Flash – "You will die"  "All those that you love and cherish are going to die"  Make you peace now.  Know what happens when a loved one passes away.  What happens first, then second and so on.  It takes the "shock" out of it. )

*Know where you will spend eternity (I am not here to convert you to my beliefs, I am here for you to take a stand and "Know What You Believe and Why You Believe That". )

*Get your financial house in order!  (The pain and confusion, shock and frustration to those loved ones who are left to deal with your failure to get yourself organized and have a will and a plan that they can follow is the cruelest thing in this process)

*Have a WILL!  (This is so simple.  You can get on online.)

*Tell everyone that you care about where your "Go To Binder/Drawer/Box" or whatever it is that contains all those important things about every starred item above.

Get started TODAY!

Well here we are at the beginning of another week.

My husband has been dutifully calling everyday to the me and his family with the updates about my father in law.

He is now at home and with the help of my spouse, the home has been converted in to a place for "elder care" and all that this entails.  Actually, I think this was very good for my husband and a God send for my mother in law.  She could have not done it if she were there alone.  My father in law is making progress and now takes three steps on his new leg and is recovering slowly.

Here the pump is suppose to be put in today, the repairman and the pump have not arrived and it is late morning.  We have some soaking rain predicted, but, just in case, I am already watering and have been since 7 am.

Our house guests are enjoying the pool (which I Jerry rigged) until the part comes and watching movies in the theatre.

I am trying to catch up on this blog and to begin anew by next Monday.

Tomorrow night, my husband comes back and some of our guests depart which will replace him back at his home to help out his mom.

Then a revolving door of relatives will start to come in and help when it is their scheduled turn to do so.

The support is in place, the plan is working and now it is time to pick up our life where we left it several weeks ago.

Life happens while we are living our daily lives.  It is all about how we react to what happens to us that makes the difference between falling apart and setting a new plan in motion and putting some less important things on hold and then coming back and picking up where we left off.

Well, here we are at the end of the week.  I am still doubled over in pain.  I have gone to my family doctor and he can't find anything wrong with me.  Blood work shows nothing, preliminary tests show nothing and he says let's get you in for a cat scan.  So you know the drill, fasting, and a bottle of that nasty white stuff and then off to the radiology center.

There a very rough technician asks me:  "Where are you veins?"  She then proceeds to be so rough and she keeps telling me;  "hey…I'm waiting for your comment about how great that IV insertion was?……Huh?"  Well, I told her, actually you are pretty rough, especially if a patient doesn't have visible veins and you tape the tubing down with the same harshness!

That's pretty bold considering she is about to inject me with contrast die and she is behind me and I can't see what she is doing!  I figured, I already feel terrible, and she isn't helping me feel better.  I am just thinking about how my poor arm is going to look tomorrow after all the blood which was drawn and now her stabbing my arm.

While I was in the radiology center, we had a thunderstorm and I was hoping it had soaked the ground so I wouldn't have to water tonight, no such luck.  I used the soil tested and only the tips of the burnt grass got wet!

Tomorrow is another day, as Scarlet says.