Today is August 10th. We are only ten days into the month and, so far, we've had a hurricane, tornado and an earthquake in North Carolina. Yes, you read that right...an earthquake. It was the strongest earthquake in North Carolina in over one hundred years. The earthquake specialist said that the most interesting thing about this quake is that there is no fault in North Carolina and they have no idea why we had an earthquake. He said that they are very excited to study this particular quake for that reason.
It happened at 8:07 Sunday morning while I was watching Dr. Charles Stanley from First Baptist Atlanta. Everything started to feel strange and the house was making a weird noise. I thought that something was in our attic moving boards around. The dogs were in the room with me and they both popped their heads up and started looking around. I got up and looked outside the window but couldn't figure out what had just happened. I didn't know that it was an earthquake. Scott was in bed and said that he thought the dogs were in the room with him and were bumping the bed. That was the extent of our experience.
Kevin's family went to Gatlinburg last week and celebrated both Laura's birthday (4th) and Kevin's birthday (5th). We had cake and cupcakes for Laura on Friday.
As you can see, Laura enjoyed her cake. Well, she enjoyed her icing!
Update on Blossom: She is having a really hard time but she is not giving up! She drags that back side everywhere and doesn't let it stop her. We are spoiling her with all the love she can handle.
Rana's Mom and several of her family members have Covid-19. As of yesterday, her mom was having a hard time but doing better. It seems to hit her in waves. She has a high fever, can't breathe or speak and then she seems to get a little better. Then....it starts over. We are praying that she does not need to go to the hospital. The situation in Syria is very dire and the hospital is a dangerous place to be right now.
My parents are doing ok. Mom is still working on mobility with Home Health. Dad got a call from his cardiologist on Friday that his pacemaker was signaling that his heart had been out of rhythm all week. He had been feeling very bad and having a lot of pain in his back and shoulders all week. According to my Dad, the doctor got another phone call and said he would call him back. He never did. Thank goodness I have the Kardi app on my phone because I was able to give Dad an EKG and his heart was back in rhythm. He had been feeling much better that afternoon. Long story short, there was a mix up with his medicine. I don't know if it was the pharmacy's fault or my fault. I knew that his heart rhythm meds looked different but, they had a sticker on top of the bottle saying that they would look different. He had not been taking the correct pill for 2 weeks! I'm in charge of all of my parents medication. I felt horrible. My Dad could have had a stroke or died due to a mistake that I may have made. I feel the weight of taking care of my parents every single day. I do the laundry, prepare the night meals, do all of the shopping, handle the banking & bills, do light house cleaning, visit every day and make sure they are set up for bed. I LOVE taking care of my parents. I HATE being responsible for my parents. I don't know if that makes sense. I wish that there was someone in charge who just told me what to do. I don't like making medical decisions for someone else.
I want a vacation. I need a vacation. I can't leave Blossom right now.
Balto wants to show you his hamster teeth.
Daniel inspired me to get a pinwheel for my yard.
He also decided to build a "pond" for the cat. He dug a hole, laid down Saran Wrap, put some rocks and filled it with water. As of the next day, the water had drained.
That is what is going on here. How are you?
