Out of work

I've been temporarily put out of work by my Dr. due to stress, anxiety and depression.  She changed my meds from generic lexapro to generic Prozac.  I hope to see an improvement.  I have been very unhappy at work.  I find my boss difficult to deal with.  I think she is trying to push me out the door.  She doesn't like the fact that I have FMLA for my daughter.  I have signed up for it for myself too as a matter of fact.  I am thinking that after I am feeling better, a job change is in order.  
Karl went to Camp Scully  today.  I think he will have a good time.  I found out that they let children with diabetes go to, so I will see if they have room for Sarah in a session this year too.  She is signed up for Circle of Life diabetes camp in August either way.  Camp Scully was basically free.  We got a scholarship for Karl and only paid a $35 deposit.  
I'm not sure if I mentioned it or not but I have been dealing with issues with my left breast.  I have a mass.  They drained a cyst but there is still a mass inside.  It could very possibly just be fibrocystic tissue but I need to go see a surgeon to decide the next tests to run.  I hope he orders an MRI before a biopsy!  Of course getting the cyst drained was no big deal so a biopsy probably won't hurt either.
Our garden is going very well.  I have decided the back of the yard is not a good spot at all for veggies.  We planted radish and onion there and none has started bulbs.  Lots of greens but no developing roots.  The radish to the north of the house however gets more light and has very nice bulbs on them.  Its actually time to harvest.  We have cabbage coming along nice and the tomatoes and squash are doing good too.  I'm getting fair entries ready and hope we get some good produce to show.  I am entering a live squash plant in a container again this year as well as a nice lettuce plant.  Here is a picture of the garden out front.

Here is a close up of the squash in the center.  Its a zucchini.

My bee balm this year got very tall, here is a blurry pic my hub took but you can get the idea..

Close up..

 

Tired

I went to my Dr. the other day because my left breast has been slowly becoming deformed with the nipple caving in.  I also felt a lump behind it.  She looked at it and could tell right away something was wrong.  She found a mass about 4 cm (about the size of a plum).  I am going Tuesday for another mammo and ultrasound and then going to my surgeon on Thursday.  There is a history of cysts and non cancerous lumps in my family.  I am trying to not get to bummed but from what I have read online about what I'm feeling and seeing it could be cancerous.  I will update when I find out more..

Boston photos

Boston trip May 2010 Greenfield Elementary

How does my garden grow?

The garden is coming along nicely.  We are having a heatwave and the plants require twice daily waterings.  We don't have a hose, everything is done by hand.  Here are some pictures of the progress.  First picture are our onion shoots, then radish, then our broccoli and cabbage, someone mislabeled the broccoli and we got two broccoli plants and too much cabbage!  The next picture is the main garden with tomatoes.  Or maybe its the other way around with the pics anyhow, yes lots of weeds too!

The week from hell

Anyone that follows me on facebook knows what a week I've had.  I couldn't of made up all this stuff if I wanted to.  My Uncle Jack died on Sunday.  Sunday evening Sarah was messing around with her insulin pump and gave herself a huge overdose of insulin.  She was in the hospital until Tuesday.  On Wednesday I found her insulin pump was missing from her kit.  We searched the house for two days and never found it, so I have assumed it was stolen.  Sarah also got sick at school from high sugar after the principal wouldn't let me give her her Lantus shot at the right time because she was in state testing.  On Thursday, I found out the school nurse turned me in to Child Protective again because of Sarah's overdose and the fact that I didn't "insist" on Sarah being pulled from class and testing to get her shot, even though I was coming back in at lunch to administer it.  I was shocked that even though Albany Med didn't feel I needed to be reported to CPS that Bitch at the school did, and I was the one who told her what happened.  So I ended up calling the principal and complained about her and the way she has been treating me.
Thursday night my brother called just as I went to bed and told me my mother had been airlifted to Cabrini hospital in Alexandria, LA for high blood sugars and vomiting.  Turns out she may have had a mild heart attack too.  She is recovering and hopefully will be out of the critical care unit soon.  I hope I can talk to her at least tomorrow on Mother's Day. 
So that was my week from Hell..

Uncle Jack

My Uncle Jack is in the hospital and is in the process of dying. He has lived a good long life and just celebrated his 82nd birthday. I have alot of memories of him as being a fun, life of the party type of guy who was always happy to see everyone.

For my animal friends

Ok is this a GOAT or a SHEEP. I say goat, others say its a sheep. I say because it is not wooly it is a goat. Experts? It has a course straight hair coat. I found a picture of what is called a Barbados Black belly Sheep, called a hair sheep. I guess it may be a sheep after all!