Thinking.

(In which you suffer the experience of being inside my head.)

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-Our little girl is home from the hospital. So glad.

-Our house is occupied again.

-I like the sounds, and conversation, and Legos being clinked around.

-I like to hear book pages being turned. Paul cooking, boys arguing, (well, I don’t like that), a little girl sleeping.

-So tired and emotional after the storm.

-I really rely on my parents during these kinds of stress. Good thing they love me.

-I’m so glad she’s okay.

-There’s no place like home.

-The boys are home from Aunt Katie’s. We are so glad.

-This momma hen is happy to have all her chicks back where they belong.

-There’s no place like home.

-Paul and I agree- we can’t wait to see Nora smile again.

-We miss her high-pitched, reedy voice. This surgery is the only thing that has ever quieted her. Didn’t know how much I’d miss it.

-I’m so glad she’s okay.

-Didn’t know a fairly common surgery would wreak such havoc on her little body.

-Glad I didn’t know.

-So glad to be out of the hospital before Hurricane Irene hits Connecticut. That would be less than fun. I keep thinking of the many families we met this week who are still at the hospital for the long haul.

-I’m so glad she’s okay.

-Our friends and families are so good to us.

-Things are looking up.

-There’s no place like home.

-I don’t like being at two different hospitals with two different family members within less than two weeks. I haven’t been home for more than 48 hours in a row since August 11th. I hope to never repeat anything like it. Ever.

-I am thankful for antibiotics.

-I am thankful for narcotics. In safe, legal doses for post-op pain.

-I am thankful for a healthy husband.

-I am thankful for a healthy daughter.

-I am thankful for two boys who have been troopers through two rather nutty weeks.

-I’m thankful for in-laws.

-For sisters.

-For friends.

-We have lots of good neighbors.

-I loved seeing Joel and Connor welcome their sister home. Enough to put a lump in my throat.

-I don’t like hospitals.

-Nurses are pretty awesome.

-I don’t like hospitals.

-At all.

-I am going to be working in hospitals in about two weeks- from now until I retire.

-But for now, I don’t like them.

-In the grand scheme of things, this won’t seem to be as a big of a deal after some time passes and clarity returns.

-Ready for time and clarity.

-I miss her smile.

-There’s no place like home.

-I need to go school shopping.

-I can’t find my stethoscope.

-Where’s my syllabus?

-Oh, man. Joel has a physical Monday.

-I wonder how bad Hurricane Irene will be.

-I should get some ice and batteries.

-Maybe his physical will be canceled.

-Maybe school will be postponed.

-Right.

-Great. Where are the school supply lists that we got in the mail?

-Shh. Take therefore no thought for the morrow…

-There’s no place like home.