It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.

So, things are both going along good and bad.  We’ll start with the bad so we can end on an upbeat note.  It seems my father-in-law only has a few weeks left to live and wont be getting chemo because he’s too weak.  We’ll probably know more later today, but for now, that’s all I know.

I’m taking the next two weeks off work for vacation.  They originally were going to be for a trip to South Carolina to visit with family and relax at the lake house.  Now it’ll just be staying here so Candice and the kids can spend time with her dad, so we can get things done around the house, and spend some time together where I’m not also gone for 8-10 hours a day.  And maybe I’ll get some writing done also during this time.  And maybe Candice will do some art-work also…

When our kids are behaving, they are absolutely adorable, every last one of them, but when they’re bad, they’re absolutely horrible.  The other night Donna screamed almost the entire night because she didn’t want to go to bed.  I’m not talking about until midnight or so, I’m talking from about eight at night until about four in the morning.

Gabe has been totally driving Candice nuts since school let out, but it isn’t all bad.  He’s been going to mathnasium for summer tutoring in math and is usually very excited to go, so hopefully it will start clicking with him soon like reading did a year and a half ago.  He’s learned to tie his shoes!  And we’ve finally come to a point where his inability to focus has overcome our desire to keep him off medications, so we’re having him evaluated for ADD/ADHD and can hopefully get him on something mild that will help him focus more.  Hopefully this will also help him in school.

We’ve mostly finished painting the guest bedroom, just need a few touch-ups here and there.  I also finished sanding the furniture to paint.  With Candice’s dad being in such poor health right now, I’m not sure if we plan to paint it right away or wait now.  When we paint it, it’ll be a key lime color similar to the curtains.

I’ve almost finished making my “anniversary plaque” for Candice that has a quotation loosely based on a Ray Bradbury quote.  It reads, “Don’t think Just Create” – I’ll post a picture up when it’s done in a future blog entry.