Waste of time?

Well, it's all over. We came from the hospital yesterday afternoon. The doctor said that what ever was going on is gone now. We had to do a sleep depervation study the first night there. Basically we had to keep Em up until 2 am and then they woke us up at 6 am. Then we had to keep her up for a while. It was worse on me. At least she could take a nap at some point during the day. So, we slept for a long time last night!!!
It feels good to get home and be here.
But, there is nothing wrong with her EEG!!! Everything is now normal. Well, as normal as Emily will ever be!LOL

Anticipation....

Okay, so writing this title gave me the song in my head. Emily started to see a new neurologist last summer. He wanted us then to go for a video EEG in his hospital. We were getting it all set when my loving husband decided that I wasn't paying enough attention to him and he grew a tumor.
So, now, we are scheduled to go into the hospital on Monday. She's all wound up about it. We have to be there a minimum of three days and as many as five. We won't know until we get there.
Em has done this before and she's not too thrilled about it. Neither, am I to tell you the truth. But, at least this time we will be closer to home and I can let my mother or husband stay with her for a while and go home each night for a while. At least to get a hot shower and check the mail and so on. I will be bringing my computer and I am thinking about my scanner too so that I can work on some history things. I guess I need to call and find out if I can do that. Plus, it's so much to carry. At least the scanner is light!
I'm hoping this will be a better experience than the last one. We were in Albany and even though my mother and husband took turns staying, it was rough on all of us. And we were there a week. I hope we won't be this time.
I'm thinking that I'm going to buy her the Hannah Montana movie to watch.... over and over again while we are there.
Boom boom clap. boom de clap de clap.

The Family Co- Historian

I have, partly by volunteering and partly by nomination, have been elected family historian of the Richter Family. It's kinda cool.
So, check out the new blog I created and send emails to the address I created.

Blog: www.richterfamilyhistoryproject.blogspot.com

Email : richterfamilyhistoryproject@gmail.com

Please send me stories, comments, pictures, whatever to these places.

Thanks! Lets make this fun!

Internet will let you find anything, my foot!

Since Grandfather passed away, my mother has been going through paper after paper in trying to sort it all out. We came across some cool things. One of which was my grandmother's original birth certificate and adoption papers.

I have known most of my life that she was adopted. I think it's kinda cool. But this paper work has the names of her birth parents. As I was told, her mother either died at or right after child birth. But we are still trying to find out information about her father. We would love to know if there is more family out there. So, off to Google I go. I have very limited information to go with. But I have something.

I've been working with Ancestory.com and not finding too much. It's becoming very frustrating. I want the answers but unless I take a crash course in Danish and learn where the family was living prior to coming to the US......

Anyone who has time to kill on the computer and wants to help should email me and I will share the information.

My Family

I guess in the modern days, I come from a big family. Not quite as big as my brother in law who is the oldest of 8 or his mother who is one of something like 14 kids, but we are big enough.

We lost my grandfather a week ago. After a very sudden and tragic heart attack and car accident, he went to be with my Nana. Of course the entire family gathered here for the funeral.

My husband and I were married almost 11 years ago. ( and yes sometimes it feels longer). We were married on New Year's Eve and Grandfather celebrated his 75th birthday a few days later. It was great that as long as we were all together, that we celebrated his milestone. That was the last time all my aunts, uncles and cousins were in the same room together. Well, all of us that there were at the time.

We have grown a bit since then. Marriages and kids have swelled our numbers.

So, since we were altogether, this past week it was kind of exciting, even if the circumstances were sad.

Yes, I am the oldest grandchild. Have been all my life. Even my husband is younger than me. I keep thinking that having us all in the same room would have made Gradfather swell with pride and love. All of his grandkids, spouses and great grandchildren together. He is smiling now. I know that he is.

So, for the fact that there are 31 of us, including the parents, we are a motly crew. We love each other.

So, I will end this with a message to each of them...

Aunt Chris and Uncle Mark... Wonderful to see you again. Don't melt in AZ!!!

Aunt Gail and Uncle Rick... Too long since we last saw each other! Miss you!

Uncle Steve... remember that you are considered the "cool" uncle!

Aunt Debi... Thank you for everything. You were a rock for the siblings at the hospital!

Wendy, Tom and Ali... Thank you for being there. It was great having you be part of everything!

Josh... Miss you! Hope you didn't torture Jeane too much in the car.

Brandon and Gabe... Damn it! Stop growning! You are not allowed to be taller than me!

Court, Jim, Caden and Zane... I'm glad we got to spend so much time together! The boys are just too damn cute!

Karen, Steve, Nathaniel and Gabe... It was wonderful having you with us for all that time! Don't be strangers! Come again!

Jeremy and Jeane... You guys need to come east again! We will take you anywhere you want to go!

Kat... Thanks for the chocolate! I am so jelious of you being in England. Stay out for a while so that I can save my pennies and come see you!

Cody... Happy Birthday! I can't believe that you are over 21!

Brett.. my youngest cousin... rememeber to enjoy your last year in high school. After this you will be expected to think about the rest of your life and begin to plan it out. Choose wisely and I know you will.

Mom and Dad... thanks for all the help this week. I hope that you know everything we did was for you and what we thought Grandfather would have wanted.

I have one last thought.

Besides, my aunts, uncles and parents... I am the one who got to spend the most time with grandfather.... the privelge of being the oldest... There were times I really hated him. Things he said, things he did. I know why he did or said them. However, even though we had a falling out and I had told him that sometimes he needed that filter on his mouth, I still loved the man. I may have seemed to have a "good handle" on my emotions this week. I really don't. I know what it's like to loose a parent... especially under tragic circumstances. I just knew what needed to be done and was able to push it aside a bit and get it done.

I cried almost all the way home from the train station the other night. I cried when I read Jeane and Court's blogs. I can't even go near my father's blog. I get misty when my residents, many of whom knew Grandfather come to me and express their condolences. I get weepy when I meet friends and neighbors... almost all who have a story to tell about the judge. I well up everytime I turn on my computer. My desktop background is now the pictures of the cousins.

I love you all. Thank you for all being here. Let's not let it be 11 years again!!! Promise!