Oooh, I didn't realize it had been four days since I wrote a blog...but, I do attribute this to three different reasons.

The first reason is that I haven't been feeling great, I have been cranky and I just didn't feel like taking the time to write. The second reason is that, as Jason and I settle in more at home, there just isn't that much to write about...well, not that I think others would find interesting. And finally, when I started blogging about our journey through recovery, I planned to only blog for a year, that is still my plan, and, believe it or not, a year is up in a week.

So, life since last Wednesday...good. It has been pretty good. Thursday we went to Urologist again. Jase passed a stone Wednesday night, and was still generally feeling really crappy. We were both tired of it and I wanted to know what was going on in his urinary tract. Thursday we got another scan. The good news is all of the stones were out of Jase's urinary tract and bladder. There are still two largish stones in his kidneys, but that is where we want them to stay and dissolve and not cause any trouble.

Poor sweet Dr. Funderburk told us he was expecting an easy patient with Jason...I had to admit that I was probably the reason Jason seemed less-than-easy-going. Dr. Funderburk admitted that either way he answered that would probably get him trouble so he refrained from saying anything, although he did suggest I might want some lexapro in a very concerned way.

When we got home from the doctor's office Jason and I had a beautiful yard full of sod. Kimberly and Jesus did a great job laying grass so my poor pups won't be wading through a yard of dirt. Next Thursday they are gonna come back over and we are going to do a huge yard clean up so that everything is manageable.

Louie and John also worked really hard on Thursday to fix the garage door, reinforce it and put new locks on it since, when I went to let the dogs out Thursday morning, I was greeted with our garage being busted into again. This time the person took a really crappy table saw that belonged to Louie. Thankfully, Louie didn't mind, but the fact it happened is still pretty gross.

Bobby and Wayne helped out too. Bobby put up some motion detector lights and Wayne hung some blinds for us. So, hopefully we are a little safe and more secure than we were a few days ago.

Thursday evening was pretty quiet for Jason and I. In fact, I really don't remember what we did. Oh! Jason's therapists made us dinner. They knew Jason would not take money from them for a donation, so they made us a great meal...we had that on Thursday night which was great because I didn't feel like cooking at all.

Friday, for the first time in two weeks, Jase and I got up and got ready for work. I was having a crappy morning and couldn't find anything to wear. I was complaining about being dumpy, and nothing looking good...Jase looked at me and said, "Lyra, does this chair make me look fat?" He had a sweet, innocent look on his face. I thought I was gonna knock him out, heh heh.

We got away to work OK. It is a little more hectic with the dogs now, but we managed it without too many problems, and we managed to be on time. AND, I even took our lunch on Friday (thanks to Jessica's enchiladas).

Jase had a good day on Friday. I think it was the first time he felt pretty good in weeks. It was good for both of us to be out and about at his office, instead of being at home. The day went smoothly, which was a huge relief. We were both really tired of utis and feeling bad and all of the above making work unbearable, if not impossible.

We had sausage club at our house on Friday night, but I really didn't want it to be a big ordeal because my plan was to get up Saturday morning and take care of some stuff in the house. Everybody was really respectful. We all had a great time and everyone left, with my kitchen clean, by midnight.

We were ready to go ahead and go to bed, but I just felt so bad on Friday night. I had a migraine and was nauseated, I had cramps and a backache. It was all I could do to get Jason in bed and I cried the whole time. He apologized and told me he was sorry I didn't feel well, which he didn't have to do but it did make it a little easier.

Saturday morning Jase and I were sleeping pretty well. It is the first time in a long time we haven't been up a bunch of times in the night so, instead of getting up and doing housework, we just slept in. Of course, sleeping in until 11.30 or noon means that we aren't ready until 3, which stinks, but sometimes you just need a rest.

When we were up and ready Micah and Jase went to the movies. For the first time in a really long time, I had some alone time at the house. I called Draughn and she and I spent a while catching up.

Later in the evening we stopped by Louie's for a little while. He was having a back yard get together, but Jason couldn't stay very long. It has been really, really hot here, take your breath away hot, and Jason has not been able to tolerate the heat very well. But, Ben and Julie (our newest newlyweds who we are thrilled for) and Andrew came over and hung out for a bit.

Our Sunday has been pretty lazy too. I have been justifying it to myself by saying that  after a month of Jason being so sick, and stuff going on, it was really great to just be lazy, in our house, and do nothing at all.

The best part of Jason feeling better is that it gives us an opportunity to get settled into the house. Friday, Saturday and Sunday have felt more comfortable being home with all the animals than we have yet felt...at least for me anyway. We have been through so much over the last month. I have had a crash course in skin care, dysreflexia and kidney care, not much sleeping...generally feeling very low. It all kind of coincided with moving home. But, today I feel good about being home with the animals...we are definitely getting closer to being settled in.

I hope all the dads out there had a wonderful father's day.

Take care of each other.

-Lyra