Saying Goodbye and a Hernia?

Well the past few days have been a whirlwind! Yesterday, June 19th, Jacqueline was to leave for Arizona to spend a few months with her dad. She had a slumber party with some friends the night before and then we went to Bay Beach for a little fun. Meanwhile, Andy, my darling husband had complained that he was in some pain Tuesday and said he may have "pulled" something Monday at work. (Andy is a mechanic and at times, though no fault of his own, tries to lift equipment that he shouldnt by himself) Anyway Wed he had a Dr appt and they felt he had a hernia. So yesterday he went to have a cat scan in the early morning and at 2:45 he found out he indeed had a severe hernia and they scheduled surgery for today Friday at 8:15am!

Ok, no big deal. Jacqueline's flight was to take off at 7:25pm here in Green Bay. We got to the airport at about 6:50pm, yes we were a little late but if you've ever been to the GB airport we were fine (lol). About 7:15pm we realized there's no plane, we looked on the board and the flight has been delayed until 8:35pm. Ok I can handle that. We got up and walked around, got some water and a snack. About 8:15pm we heard some people talking and we looked at the board and there it was, DELAYED, again until 9:35pm! By this time I'm at my wits end, but what are you gonna do, you just sit there and wait. Gave me some extra time with Jacqueline though. We talked, I sang silly songs to her, we read her book. It was nice. Eventually the plane got there and she took off at 10:45pm. She got into AZ a little after midnight. Thank you to Grandma for picking her up so late!

So i was exhausted, came home and crashed on the couch. Got up after 5 am, had to get Andy to the hospital by 645am. I got him there ok, his surgery went well. Again I found myself, sitting and waiting. I get cranky, but he was ok so thats all that mattered. He woke up from surgery very groggy but doing good. He was there for about 4 hours afterwards, we left the hospital about 1:30pm. He will be on light duty at work for the next 4-6 weeks. Maybe he has learned his lesson now. Probably not!

All in all the last 48 hours have been crazy, emotional, and plain tiring. But we made it. Jacqueline is in the hot heat weather of AZ and Andy is in bed recovering. Teresa is out with friends, and me and miss emilee are waiting to go to bed... ok maybe i'm waiting for her to go to bed so i can.

Just wanted to let everyone know what was going on... and here are some pics of Jacqueline's last day in WI for awhile... Miss you!