Just some samples…you guess which is a surprise and which is not a surprise.

• Gage asked to go to his old play therapist.
• Gage got in trouble at school.
• He told us something and we didn’t believe him. Then we changed our minds and did.
• Quinnlin got great compliments from her teachers about her handwriting.
• Someone said something stupid to me about raising sick kids.
• I got in a fight with Julian.
• I am terribly unorganized with transplant paperwork.
• Just got a $20,000 $50,000 bill from the hospital for our portion of Quinn’s transplant. Gulp. I think it’s a mistake. FINALLY filed for her Medicare to kick in (she’s automattically eligeble for benefits for 3 years from transplant). Yeah, $50,000+ in medical bills will do that to you.
• There is nothing that motivates Gage to do well in school.
• A very special teacher we know is going to tutor Gage.
• I ordered a hair care product off of an infomercial to hopefully help with Quinnlin’s rather easily tangled hair.
• Jay Leno is being a jerk. Conan is getting royally screwed.
• I did not win the lottery last week as I had hoped.
• Quinnlin told the person drawing her labs last week to “go get someone else to do it” and I was proud.
• My house is a wreck and I am leaving town Friday, which means when I get back into town on Sunday late it will be an even bigger wreck.
• I’m working on a creative project that I really love. It’s more thrilling than it should be.
• Tonight I visited a little one who just got a transplant last week and I cried on the way home thinking about my own kidney challenged kids.

I know there is more to add to this list but it’s too late.