Thoughts From a Frazzled Mind

I have been eagerly anticipating the beginning of March because that means spring is on its way and the doom and gloom of January and February would be over.  On the first day of March, we got snow and I joyfully quoted the old adage, "March comes in like a lion and will go out like a lamb" as I dealt with the snow and didn't even complain. Sadly my joy was short-lived.  Joan rallied a little in the hospital, but then she started declining.  After many consultations between family, nurses, and the doctor, Joan made the decision to come home from the hospital on hospice.  They discontinued all of her medications except for morphine and lorazepam.  Her double bed was moved out of her bedroom and a hospital bed was brought in. Taylor is a paramedic/firefighter in Utah Valley.  He talked with his Captain who said, "Firefighters take care of their own" and gave Taylor permission to drive the ambulance here to the local hospital (about a two hour drive) to tr...

San Diego (Flight #1) What is more fun than a GIRL'S TRIP?  Cyn, April, Tammy, and I decided that we needed a get-a-way to sunny San Diego - Bonus!  I got to visit with Tasha and fam.  April needed one more day to work, so Cyn, Tammy, and I headed out early Tuesday morning.  Of course, we were running a little late, and then we hit traffic almost all of the way there.  We were so nervous that we were going to miss the flight that we almost ran into the airport.  Luckily we made it on time, but waiting in line at security was tortuous.  Finally, we got to the front and then we were notified that we actually had TSA precheck tickets so we could have skipped the line! Oh bother!  I thought I had checked before we got in line, but I missed the little notice on our boarding passes, probably because I was so stressed about getting there on time. We flew Southwest and felt very fortunate to get seats all together because the flight was very ful...