HAPPY NEW YEAR Y'ALL

You ever have one of those days where you're like, seriously? Am I on Candid Camera here? That was Monday for us. I got home from work and the wheelchair dude was working on Colby's chair in the living room. That's fine, I knew he was going to be here. He was here last week, but needed another part, had to come back. We're "growing" Colby's old manual wheelchair so we have a backup in case his power chair has problems. Then I look up and here comes another wheelchair dude from the same company to help the 1st wheelchair dude. Okay, no problem, hopefully they'll get done twice as fast. Then it's time to get Colby up in the chair to do adjustments. So we're back in his room getting on his back brace, lifting him up in the chair, etc. Then the phone rings. Gosh damn, can't anybody ever call when I'm sitting right here at my desk?! Apparently not. About 30 seconds later, wheelchair dude shouts from the living room, uh, there's someone at your door. Avon or something. It was my Mary Kay lady dropping off my order. Luckily I already had my check made out to her so I could keep working on getting Colby up in the chair. Getting ready to wheel Colby out in the living room to work on adjustments, and wheelchair dude says, uh yeah, there are 2 ladies knocking on your door. WTH?! Now what?! Turns out the phone call was the ladies from Hosparus wanting to stop in and do a visit. They said is this a bad time? Oh no, heck, come on in and join the party. It was just nuts. Colby sitting up in the wheelchair with 2 guys talking, making adjustments, asking me questions. The nurse taking care of Colby. And me talking to the Hosparus ladies and giving the report on Colby for the last couple of weeks. Then I notice they had done some drilling on the chair, and there are little metal shavings all over my carpet. Oh hey, no problem, I'll get the vacuum run as soon as they leave. And here's the thing. It's like this all the time! There is no telling what my neighbors think is going on around here. It's a freaking revolving door sometimes.

We had a nice New Year's eve. No big plans or going out. I had a dr appointment that morning. My dad came over for a visit later in the afternoon. There was a knock at the door. Apria delivery. Trachs. Drum roll please…they were the CORRECT ONES! I could scarcely believe it. But the nurse and I check and double checked. Yep, after arguing with "Crapria" for 6 or 7 months (I'm not kidding) they finally got it right. Colby and I watched the IU/Illinois game. Yikes. I may not know a ton about basketball, but I do know you're never going to win a game when you have 23 turnovers. Just sayin', Hoosiers. Get with it. Colby and I just chilled on the couch the rest of the night. I had my 1st attempt at making homemade French onion soup. Decent, but I've had better. Colby tried to stay up until the ball dropped to bring in 2014, but he couldn't quite make it. He zonked out right before 11:00.

I guess it's time to reflect on the past year and look forward to the new one. That's what we do this time of year, yes? Overall, I'd say 2013 was pretty darn good to us. There were some not-so-hot moments of course. But Colby has stayed healthy and out of the hospital. I know I keep harping on that, but trust me, it's a really, really big deal. I'm very pleased with our nursing staff right now. Hope they all stick with us for a while. I've also remained healthy. No cancer this year for me, thank you very much. That has to be worth something. My parents are all healthy (well, physically anyways ha-ha) as they can be. Extremely grateful for that. We have a roof over our heads, food in our fridge, reliable transportation and are surrounded by people who continually love and support us. Can't beat that with a stick, can you? The only real goal/resolution I have for 2014 is to spend more time with friends. Face-to-face time. Not texting or e-mailing. Real quality time girlie time. Oh sure, I'd like to lose 20 pounds, get better organized and bring about world peace, but hey, I'm just keeping it real at the moment.

It seems this blog update is getting a bit lengthy, so I'll wrap it up for now. It's cold and nasty here tonight. Going to curl up with my electric blanket and go to bed early. Happy New Year to all out there in blog land. I truly wish my family and friends much health and happiness in the upcoming year. Here's to kicking ass in 2014!