Getting excited about the CMAs

Hayley says Laura will be emailing us all the arrangements soon (we added a day) and I am starting to get pretty excited about the whole thing. (I'm thinking selling our old tickets won't be an issue and I hope I'm right!)
Hayley said Laura Henley will be contacting us with the arrangements via email soon. I told her to tell Laura we say hi (She was our contact at CMA last time too! How funny!)

Today I'm having lunch with Gee Gee (yay). Tomorrow is Tom's follow up appt with Dr. Dwosh. I hope the prognosis is the best possible report.

Oh, did I mention they are fixing my new computer? (:-(    The fixing is good...that they had to is bad. Since we bought it on Friday I've been happily using it for like ten minutes total....Bad omen? Maybe it's like a bad dress rehearsal and this will be my fave computer ever (doubt it). Speaking of computers, I only got halfway through the Steve Jobs book (couldn't renew...I guess number 159 on the Burl Co Library waiting list was getting anxious.....

A visit from the Kayes

Alex and Nathan just left for home. We had so much fun with them! Yesterday we went to Seaside and today we went to the Camden Aquarium. It was so great to see them and I hope we can all get together again soon.

Do you believe in magic?

OMG! I can hardly believe this, but guess what happened? A man called to let me know that I had won one of four grand prizes in a contest sponsored by Synergy and paid for by Chevrolet. Guess what the prize is? Flight, hotel, and tickets to the CMA Fest in Nashville!
We, of course, already bought tickets, and were wondering if we would be able to make the drive and if Tom could handle the trip.
This will be way easier, shorter, and convenient.
Someone is keeping an eye on us, that's for sure. I feel so lucky!

Healing is

Since last I wrote Tom was in the hospital (bladder infection, it turns out the pain was from) for four days (counting the 12 hours in ER on Friday), but he is home now and looking good.

He has appointments coming up for review and future plans, but meanwhile he's just relaxing and enjoying his new laptop computer.

I had fun at the Senior Expo today, greeting old friends, meeting new ones, grabbing lots of interesting information and reference materials, and taking pictures.

We're still hoping to get to Nashville for the CMA Fest. I don't know if that's going to happen or not....

There is no Myrtle Beach

Just ask Jamie O'Neal....
So we got home on Thursday at 2:30 a.m. and found out after the 1:45 p.m. testing that Tom has a tumor on his bladder and we scheduled surgery for Tuesday, the 15th.

Jill came to sit with me in the waiting room (love Jill!) and I drove Tom home after he recovered.

We're home now recuperating and awaiting results to determine the next step.

I am touched and heartwarmed by the outpouring of concern and support that our friends and family have been sending.

Driving home

We got home from California last Wednesday around 1 a.m. and left for Arkansas (via car) at 9 a.m. on Thursday. Now we are on the second leg of homeward bound from Texas and expect to be home in about 16 hours........(Tom just said, "I never met a rest area I didn't like".)

Though the occasion for our journey was a sad one, it was good to see our family....it's been awhile.

Hi and bye

We got home last night after midnight and are now finishing up the packing and mind set for heading out.
It's going to be a long trek, and I'm sure we'll be sharing lots of remembrances about Mom not only when we get together with family, but also all along the trail out there. She was quite a woman.........