Stormy Night

A BIG storm blew through here this evening with wind gusts of 80 mph. I tried to go out and save my potted zuccini and the wind broke it as I was trying to get to it. Kira was screaming because the wind was blowing things in the door so I gave it up and came in and watched my little garden get battered. Jess lost power as soon as it hit, a lot of Omaha is still without power, but Jess got turned back on about 30 minutes ago. It was over pretty quick leaving Omaha a mess in its wake.
Tomorrow Kira goes to stay with Jami at Family Works. I will still be picking her up during the day until daycare is set up for her there and she will be able to come visit still, too. Jami will get her first four hour pass Saturday, I will pick her up at 8 and return her at noon. I know Jami hates it there but hope that something clicks with her to help her stay off drugs. She could be one of the hardest core addicts they have had to deal with there and I sometimes think they are out of their depth. I don't have any better ideas but I'm not convinced that they know what they are doing either.
Kira and Jaz are still fighting that bug. Kira also has a hellacious yeast infection in her diaper area that is making her miserable.
We are having a very hot July. Today was miserable in the 90's with the heat index around 115. I did 12 loads of laundry this morning and thought I was going to have another heat stroke. The laundromat was only a few degrees cooler than outside. It feels like Texas...
Time for sleep!

Kira's Transition

Kira has been spending more and more time with Jami at Family Works and will be joining Jami there full time maybe tonight. She is spending the night there and I am picking her up in the mornings until her day care is set up. Jami has been having a bit of a tough time with her. Kira doesn't sleep through the night there and wakes crying often. That should get better with time. Kira has always slept the night through here, she just isn't used to being there yet.
both Kira and Jaz are sick. I got Jeanette's kids last week and Riley was pretty sick when he got here. He went home the next day and the big kids stayed a few days. Kira and Jaz woke with runny noses two days after Riley was here. Kira still only has a cold but Jaz is having a tough time like she always does because of her asthma. We have it under control for now but still monitor her very closely.
Jessalynn went camping at Two Rivers over the weekend with Alexis's family and seems to have had a good time even though they got rained out the last night. Jess and I both worried about her being at the river with all the recent flooding but she made it home safe and sunburned.
Every thing is hard for me. I am in so much pan every day now I am afraid of what the future has for me. I asked Dr. Gold if maybe I should be tested or exrayed or something to see if there is anything new that is wrong or that can be done for me but he didn't even answer me. My eye is still swollen every morning. Not sure if that is normal or not....
All.

Fourth of July

Kirk is out back shooting off bottle rockets with the big kids. Nici and Robby didn't get to go to a firework show so I asked Kirk to come and shoot of what he has.
Jessalynn went to Alexis's house for the fourth so we went to Harrahs without her for the first time since we have been up here. BUT before that we went to the outdoor concert at Memorial Park for the first time. Every other year since we came to Omaha something has come up and we couldn't go. This year Kansas, Styx, and Foreigner were playing and the city expected to top the record 40,000 people who attended. 80,000 people showed up!!!! We got there late because Jeremy had to work. People were parking about a mile away by the time we got there. I dropped Jeremy off, Kansas had already played but he got there right as Styx was starting. I took Kira home for most of the concert and went back to get him but I couldn't get near the place to get him. Dodge street was closed off by then so I parked and we walked to the park texting Jeremy to meet up with him. He'd gotten pretty close to the stage, of course, and it was really crazy up there. People were comparing it to Woodstock and it smelled like skunks and there were a lot of drunks and people were body surfing the crowd and everything. The fireworks were awesome, I've never been that close to a big firework show. Leaving the park we got turned around in the crowd somehow and ended up walking a half mile the wrong way, turned around ,and found the van. I thought I wasn't going to make it a few times!! The traffic leaving the park was unbelievable, we wouldn't know that there were 80,000 people there until the next day but it looked like all of Omaha was driving away from Memorial Park.
I could barely walk the next day, my feet were so swollen I felt taller, but the pain is better today.
Jami had Kira for an overnight visit Saturday night. Kira seemed to enjoy herself. Jami called around noon Sunday saying she hurt her back and needed to go to an ER and could I come get Kira early. I told her Jeremy had the van so I couldn't go there before four. They were fine when I got there. Kira seemed to enjoy having the run of the place but Jami did look very tired from running after her.
I got all of the kids today. I'll likely keep all of them except Riley for a few days. Riley would have a meltdown if he was away from home for too long.
I saw Dr. Gold today. I asked if there was anything more that could be done for me and he pretty much said no.
I'm not accepting that.
OK. Out of here.
Peace!