Busy week- Long entry!

So I'm really glad that I went up to Cleveland this week, but now that I'm home and have unloaded the car, paid my bills, sorted the mail, read everyones blogs, read my email, vistited my MySpace page, hugged my dogs, and called my brother....I'm tired!

I got up there a day early and just spent some time with my mom and brother. It was nothing exciting. But it was nice to see them. Then we had the viewing on Wednesday, it didn't even look like my great aunt. She looked good, don't get me wrong, but she looked way to young and, for lack of better way to describe it, pink. My grandparents were pretty broken up over her death, but the rest of us really didn't have an attachment and it was good time spent with family. We even went our for dessert afterwards and were making jokes and laughing. I felt bad Jim couldn't come out.

Thursday we went to the funeral at my childhood church. My favorite part was the end of the homily when Fr. Carlin said, "Margaret always like the following saying that best sums up this homily, 'Thanks to those who wish us well, and all the rest can go to hell.'" The whole family cracked up. Had a delicious meal at my Great Aunt Hildegarde's house and saw a lot of family I hadn't seen in a really long time. It was kind of awkward. Then my mom and I went to the outdoor mall in Beechwood. I went to Crate and Barrel and definitly got my fix. I only spent 80 bucks and left with not one, but two, Calphalon pans, 8 placemats, 2 glass serving bowls, and a candle centerpiece that fits around your patio umbrella pole. I asked the ladies at the counter if they knew if one was going in at The Greene in Beavercreek, and they said no, but talks were for one to go in Cincy. YEAH!

Friday was surgery day and it was LOOOOOOOOOOOONG. We had to be there by 7:30 so I got up at 6. Didn't shower b/c I thought we'd be back by 1. That's what the doctors told us. We waited over an hour once we got there to even get him back into a room. Then he had to change and we waited another two hours in pre-op. They wheeled him out at 10 and we were told it would be three hours before he was done. At 12:30 they paged us and we thought he was in recovery....noooo.....they had just started his surgery. We were pissed. So I finally headed up to clean up and he was done by 2. We didn't get to see him until 5:30. We left the hospital at 8:30...it was a long day. Jim's girlfriend, Sarah, rode back with me and we got to spend some good time together. I still don't think we'll be BFF, but I'm getting more used to her. I can't get into it with out crying, but Jim was in HORRIBLE pain. He cried, which made me cry, and my mom cry.

Today we went out and bought him a new mattrass and loaded it into the house. When we went back to see him his ankle was terribly swollen and he was still in bad pain. It was once again awful. I ended up staying later than I had planned and got home at 7.

Needless to say, I've rested, read some People magazine, talked to my family and Kendall, and tomorrow I will do laundry, spend time with the hubby and pack to head to Florida....so i won't post again until the end of next week! Does my traveling ever stop????