May was busy with track, Junior-Senior Banquet, Eric and Angela's wedding, doctor's appointments for Sarah's knee, club volleyball, ski team practice and all the end-of-the-year music, sports and academic awards programs for school. Somehow we managed to squeeze in the finale for American Idol, but May was so hectic that we barely had time to celebrate Sarah's birthday and Mother's Day.
Both girls are honor students and Rachel was named MVA (Most Valuable Athlete) in track for JH girls and earned special honors in English and Pre-Algebra at LCA. She was also named Student of the Week by the Optimist Club for being a friend and leader and for being dependable, conscientous, responsible, helpful and cheerful.
Sarah received special honors in Advanced Biology at LCA and in June, "had fun" taking the ACT and SAT exams in prep for college. (Gulp!) She and her two KYLA (Kosciusko Youth Leadership Academy) teammates were also given the Heart Of Gold Award by the Kosciusko County Community Foundation (KCCF) for their KYLA project 2nd Chance which established an endowment to provide free GED testing.
June also meant the kick-off of the Lake City Skiers' 2009 show season, the construction of the backdrop and props for the Lake City Skiers (great job, Steve), the first LCS tournament for '09, re-celebrating New Year's Eve, bidding German exchange student Jakob farewell (We will see you in Germany next year, Jakob!) and Big Stuf church camp in Panama City, Florida for Sarah.
All the while, Steve was nursing a partially torn Achilles tendon and I was preparing a farewell for my nurse of almost 18 years. (See POOF)
It's amazing how fast life can go and yet even more amazing how fast life can come to a screeching halt. And indeed it did.
So, here I SIT spending quality time with my hubby. We've been together almost 24/7 for the past several days in the most expensive suite in town. Not to "brag," but I am sure our room is more than "4 figures" a night and it's not even waterfront --- but at least we don't have to pay extra for room service.
So what could possibly pull me away from the lake in the summer and make me SIT????? No, hell did not freeze over, but we did find one helluva big snowball in July --- the pneumonia in Steve's chest.
We'll be here at least another day or two --- you know, nothing is ever simple with Steve. In the meantime, we will enjoy this time of rest with respect.
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