Manic Monday

I wasted most of my day resting. I just can't seem to get with it this week. I know, it's only Monday but I just feel blah. I had dinner at A's and we both fell asleep watching Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy (maw maw alert!!)

Then I went to visit with my grandparents to visit and pick up my treasures my aunt brought. My grandma told me that my grandpa's retina wasn't detached but there was something worse going on. A part of the eye that acts as a buffer between the white and the retina was damaged and bleeding. The Dr told her that the surgery would be major so I'm a little worried. They are going to the Woodlands tommorrow for his Dr. appointment on Wednesday so we should know more then. They are using eye drops every hour and he said that he could see outlines of a few things this morning so hopefully it's healing on it's own.

He had a cornea transplant almost 2 years ago. He had just woken up one morning and couldn't see. I remember after he had the surgery they came to visit me at work and he said something like, "look at all that blonde hair, did you just get it done again?" and that made my day that he was able to see that I had gotten hilights.

The Alan Jackson song, Small Town Southern Man describes him to a t. He is the prime example of a good Christian man. He's a man of few words, but when he does speak, you had better listen and take note because it has meaning. He's been married to my grandma for over 50 years and they are what I strive to be like when I get married. They have learned to make do no matter the situation and in today's world that's a rare find.

Which brings me to my next point. I feel so guilty sometimes for having to have everything right now. I feel like a brat sometimes when I lay down at night on my Temperpedic in my house with brand new appliances and furniture, and a huge Yukon in the driveway. Don't get me wrong, I have been known to pitch a fit over a purse or some shoes and I've spent God only knows what on my hair, tanning, and nails over the years but sometimes I do wish that there wasn't such a competative nature among people this day in age. I'm not coming down on anyone because I am guilty of it too. I learned alot working for at the NP about how whole families get by on what I would consider "not enough" for just me. There's so much sickness and sorrow in the world that it seems petty for me to be whining about not being able to shop as much.

*Steps off soapbox* Now I need to get to studying for my work test.