I am so glad this week is over

It started out with an emotional Saturday last Saturday - which I don't want to get in to, but I'll just say it was adoption related. (No, no news to report)

Then, on Weds my aunt, Karen, was taken to the dr to see how her cancer was doing and they found more fluid, this time around her heart so they sent her to the hospital. They told her that the fluid around her heart was cancerous and at this point there was nothing they could do - so they sent her home the next day so she could die at home. Karen is so great and has always been so supportive. She is married to my dad's brother. We have a joke in my family about being the favorite aunt and who the favorite aunt is - that's how they all sign their cards & stuff. It's been really hard & emotional. I'm worried about my uncle and my cousins. They don't know what I know - they don't know for sure that they will see each other again and that she will be ok. I know they believe in heaven, but they don't know that families can be together forever and that is so hard. It's going to be a long time before I get to see her again and that makes me sad. I will miss her and I wish I could give her one last hug, talk to her one last time. As of tonight, she has not passed.

On Thursday, the neighbors had some friends over and one of the friends little boys put his hand through our fence and Fez bit his finger. There was one small puncture wound and then some scratches, but nothing really bad. To me, it looked like a definite warning bite. Well, the parents of the little boy felt like they needed to take him to be seen by a dr so they took him to the ER and they of course had to report to animal control. So, now Fez is under a 10-day home quarantine. Which means that we can't just let him out in our backyard to play or go potty - he has to be on a leash. The animal control officer will come by 2 more times to check on him to make sure he hasn't started to get sick or anything (to watch for rabies mostly). We also paid for the ER copay. And, next week we are going to start putting in privacy slats in our fence. We have probably over 200 feet of fence to put slats in and it's $35 per 10 feet! Thankfully since my parents yard and their field is the back part (the largest part) - we won't have to put them there.

So, that has been my week in a nutshell - we did get to go away camping again for a night and my dad and brothers watched Fez for us. It was definitely nice to get away and Jason was so good to take care of Jenna since I had been taking care of Fez and had such an emotional week.