Spring Break Insanity

I must say I did not realize how much I relied on my computer until my trip to Kansas last week Friday! I went back home to visit my parents and pick up the kids for spring break. Needless to say I was running a marathon from the moment I got off work Thursday.. I forgot my laptop and couldn't blog at all...so I am sorry from the start, this is going to be a book :)

Thursday evening:

Bake, cover in fondant and hand paint my mama's birthday cake. Went to sleep at 2:30am.

Friday:

Get up for work 4am (not much sleep) Work until 9ish, fly home, wake Will up for school, pack our things, head to Kegan's school and pull him early, went to Platt to pick up yet another cake (Will made one for my mom too) Get gas in the Eclipse, and head out.

Arrive in Newton at 3pm- Go straight to my Grandma & Grandpa Flores' house for my first visit in months. It was so refreshing to see them and stop in and sit down for a spell. It was great because my cousin Traci and her little girl Rylie came to see us too!!

By now we are pushing 6pm and mom called to let me know Chloe's staples were removed from her head and we could head to dinner early for her Birthday. Now I get even more family time! Whoot! Whoot! So hugs to my grandparents and off to La Cabana the little ones and I went!

How wonderful it was to walk in and see my Mama, Pop's, Sister and gorgeous daughter sitting at the table..I miss them so much every single day. We enjoyed drinks and dinner, then went to Robyn & Tony's to have cake and sing Happy Birthday to my mom. What great memories we made. ( I will blog later about moms first birthday without Shannon)

Now it's time to head to the farm (In case you are lost--it's still Friday :] ) Trying to get everyone rounded up and ready for bed, assuring that Chloe is packed and ready to go for Spring Break. Gracie & Tyler arrive a little after 10pm and now I can FINALLY lay down and get some much needed rest...That would have been nice in the event I could have actually slept..

Saturday:

6:00am It's time to wake up and have coffee with Mama. We watched the sun rise, it was a beautiful sight over the pond (I miss being there all the time..It's really the small things that count)

7:00am it's time to get the kids up, bathed, dressed and ready to go. Baylee and Kegan got picked up by Aunt Whitney at 7:30am and headed to KC to spend the week with cousin Dwight and Grandma Kathy. Chloe, Gracie and I headed to Wichita to pick up Eion from his Grandma Dana. We were supposed to be there at 8:30am and I arrived at 8:50...I was feeling pretty far behind at this point, with my Monster Energy in hand, we still were able to get on the road to Tulsa to 9:15!

Only allowing the kids to stop once for a break, we drove straight through and made it home at 12:15pm. I pretty much threw them out of the car with their luggage ran inside got dressed and made it to work by 12:45.

Work was pretty busy considering it was the last weekend of our fishing classic. I was super excited to see Will and the kids came in for a visit!! I walked around with them and notice my fatigue level was setting in and I was looking pale, but after what I had done in the last few days..I felt okay about pushing on... So I thought...

Around 7pm I got a radio call and came down the double staircase to respond and felt something I would never like to feel again. Sharp pains hit my chest, my left arm went numb and started to tingle, my ears felt like they were in a tunnel and I was going down for the count. In panic, I called Will, told him to drop the kids off at the house and meet me at St John. I am an idiot and was so worried about response time due to my brothers recent death, that I drove myself there. I barely made it to the ED doors and as I was checking in, the pains hit even worse..That was it- I was in critical condition. I have never had so many people in and out of a room working on me at the same time. With in seconds I was in a gown, had an IV and monitors hooked up. Lab came in for gallon after gallon of blood it seemed. I was scared to death knowing that my 2 babies were all the way in KC, my family in Kansas and Will rushing to get there leaving the middle kids behind at home. My brothers death kept flashing before me. Was this it? Is this really all the life I have in me? Hell No It Wasn't. I was determined to fight. When Will finally arrived, they were setting me up for my EKG. Everything came back okay. I was fine for the most part. I have plenty of follow up appointments I will be doing and some remaining unexplainable chest pains that worry me a lot. We got home from the hospital after midnight and I tucked myself into bed that night counting my every blessing. God gave me a warning to slow down that night...a warning I will never forget and always listen too.. Anxiety is something that comes with stress. It's time to lower my stress levels in a major way! Even though it was an hour later then my scheduled time.. I picked myself up and went to work and completed my entire shift. Being a manager sets a standard and I swear to you, the next person that calls in with the sniffles is going to have a pretty darn hard time convincing me that they can't make it!!

We continued on with a fabulous week of shopping, dining and play with the big kids. Got Gracie her prom dress and Eion to eat some great new foods! Chloe learned to do her hair in new ways. All in all it was a wonderful week.. I took it easy and just relaxed in every way I could.

My kids and my husband are my entire life. We watched one of our best friends get married this last weekend. There are only a few of our friends left to be married off and whether that be a year from now or 5 years from now, I look forward to the journey this life (however many years are left) has to offer everyone in our group. I am very lucky for the true friends I have and the memories we have all made.