Babysitting little KC

Tomorrow night we get to babysit the Bubs all night again.  Dave and Kris need a break.  It will be interesting, but we have done it before and will have a better set-up this time.  I hope Dana knows that he gets to get up with him all night.  Hopefully there won't be too many times.  We were lucky in that all 3 of our kids were sleeping through the night by about 3-4 mos.  At least most of the time they did.  But it's fun to take care of the Bubs.  He's so cute.  TTFN

More on my condition

I remember that the hospital people told me that I would feel 20 yrs. older for a few days.  I can imagine feeling like this at 74, but I don't like it at 54.  I called the Pharmacy at AVH and Erica the pharmacist told me that the dilantin I am on for a few more nights will make me feel "dumb".  I hope by the time I am finished taking it, my brain will be healed and I won't feel so slow anymore.  Sometimes I have to search for the right word and I get a little dizzy for a few seconds, and my short term memory is not great.  That HAS  to get better.  I went over to see Cloud with Dana today and had a nice time brushing her.  She is totally calm and I never feel threatened by her.  Accidents happen and it was my fault for putting a bucket upside down on my mounting block.  I had planned on riding her bareback for a few minutes, to practice leg commands, etc.  When you are bareback and start to fall, there is nothing to hang on to.  Plus, I think the bucket bouncing around underneath her caused her to move away, so I really had no chance of staying on.  It's just too bad I couldn't get my feet down before I fell.  Then I would have landed on my feet and maybe scrubbed up my knees and hands.  I was asked by hospital personnel if I was wearing a helmet.  I hate how they look, but I think I am going helmet shopping before I ride her again.  I have worked with her so that she doesn't move if I bounce a big red ball under her, but I didn't think about working with her with a bouncing bucket.  I will do that when I am feeling better.  I am considering trying to find her a new owner and home, but I really love her and love being with her and I am really torn.  I guess if someone perfect walks up and says they would like to own her, I might do it.  I just am really ambivalent about it.  But I don't think there is a big hurry, because I won't be riding her for a little while.  I am not even driving yet.  TTFN

Head injury

I fell off my horse while trying to mount bareback on Friday, 4/24/09, and sustained a concussion.  I spent 24 hours in Shock/Trauma ICU at IMC in Murrry, UT and then another day on the post trauma floor.  I am home now, but can really feel the effects of the head injury.  It's hard to concentrate and sometimes I have a little problem finding the right word when I talk.  It will get better, but I am in the "dumb" stage right now.   I will post more later as I feel better.  TTFN  

blogspot vs. facebook

I am getting more and more invitations to be friends on facebook. I DO have a facebook account, but I hardly ever check it. I think this blog site is my favorite, mostly because I have figured out how to use it.
I was thinking awhile ago that this time next week, my trip to Chicago will be almost 1/2 over. I am so excited to go with the Brighton Band to Chicago. I have never been there before, so I am hoping the weather will be okay and we will have fun. I am the mother hen over 4 girls and 4 boys. I am trying to figure out how to be a "fun" mother hen. I think I will bring some sort of treats or something like that. I haven't done anything like this since I was one of the parents on Mike's school field trip to Marine World-Africa USA in California, before we moved to Utah. Or was it Dave's field trip? I can't remember for certain whose it was. It was fun, but boy, was I tired when we got back to the school.
My back has really been bugging me lately, so I finally went in to see Dr. Anderson, my chiropractor. He said I was "really out of whack!" So, now, 2 sessions later, it is still sore, but feels improved. I rode my bike last night for about 10 min, when my heart started skipping. It usually doesn't take too many rides on the bike to stop the skipping, so I will try it again tonight.
Easter is in 2 days. I can't believe how quickly the holidays creep up on me. I used to decorate and make such a big deal of each holiday, when the kids were little, but now not so much. Easter is fun because it doesn't require a big deal if I don't have the time. It was sure a fun holiday when the kids were little, though. Dana would hide eggs around the backyard or the house if the weather was bad. The kids would get really excited to go egg-hunting.
I am almost finished with Tori's knitted camisole. So, I am going to work on that for awhile. TTFN