crazy day today in lancaster county.

10am - Dawn (my 36-weeks pregnant sister-in-law) is in the nursery at church and catches her foot while trying to step over a gate holding a toddler. she doesnt want to break the fall with the kid she’s holding, or her pregnant belly, so she breaks the fall with her shoulder. and the fall breaks her shoulder. fractured it actually.

4pm - Dawn is in the hospital and will have to stay overnight. her shoulder is fractured (not too badly) but she’ll have to keep it in a sling immobilized for 4-6 weeks. Her C-Section is scheduled for 3 weeks away, but she is having contractions. They are trying to get them to stop.

8pm - Chad calls and says that things are ok. she wont be able to drive for a while, and it will be tough with 3 kids under 3, and dawn not having 1 of her arms to use, but they’ll manage. she is in the hospital over night. he went home to say goodnight to the kids before he heads back to the hospital.

9pm - Chad calls again. on his way to the hospital. Dawn just called him and told him to get back to the hospital right away. they are having a C-Section tonight! He’s not sure why, but he doesnt think the baby is in danger or anything like that.

11pm - Mom-in-law calls to tell us that everyone is ok. Avery Jade Fisher, a baby girl, was born by C-Section at 6 lbs 10 ounces. not even in the NICU, she’s healthy. Rough day for Dawn, hopefully the perkisets help.

keep them in your prayers

…bry

i’m not even sure if i’m prepared to blog about this yet. i don’t think i am. but at the same time, i need to close this chapter in my life and move on.

on saturday i brought fenway back to the humane league. for 18 months he was a part of our lives. the biting, the running out the door, the expensive vet bills, the hassle of getting people to feed him while we were on vacation, the cat hair everywhere, the litter box cleaning every day. i could go on.

but despite all the annoying things, there are things i miss. every morning when i was getting dressed i knew he would saunter into my closet and stretch out on the floor to see how fat I’m getting. Every time i sat down on the computer knowing he would jump up on my lap. (this is where i’m supposed to list all the other things that i’ll miss, but honestly there’s not much).

I know he’s not sitting in his cage at the humane league thinking about how i betrayed him, he’s just a cat. a cat that bit kylie too much. but still, i feel bad. there’s a void there, albeit it a very small one. I can’t imagine what it must be like to lose someone close to me…honestly i havent yet. Obviously Erica’s Poppop meant more to me than Fenway, but we only saw him a few times a year, whereas i saw Fenway every day.

Well, at this point I’m rambling so I’ll stop. Just wanted to say that if you come visit now, you won’t have to worry about being attacked or letting the cat out. But don’t get too happy about it around me, I’m still a little sad about it. (Blake, stop laughing).

bry

For once, everything went as planned and I launched a site when i wanted to.

http://www.donmillerfans.net is up!

There’s a small bit of content there now. Interviews, Reviews, news, and such. Even Don’s Super Bowl pick (sorry Nate). We’ll be adding and updating frequently, so keep it bookmarked. There’s even a place to ask Don a question. He’s really excited about answering fanmail (and/or hatemail) so please leave him one. (you’ll have to create a login, which will take all of 30 seconds to do).

All in all, I’m pleased with it…and Don is too…so hooray.

oh and Happy 25th Birthday to my eternal sweetheart…you shine brighter than all the stars my love.

b