Had a good weekend, except my drain almost came out last night. It had been draining a yellow/orange fluid (mostly clear) and then it started draining pink again... but pretty significant amounts. Anyway, last night it lost suction. I worried about it all day today, and tonight I managed to stick it back in enough so it is draining again... at least for now. I'll call doc tomorrow to see what we should do. It has been five weeks, but I don't want it to stop draining until it's really done -- after all, my body appears to produce lots and lots of fluid.

Today Matt and I went shopping and ate lunch at Red Lobster. We got to touch a lobster (big deal for a 5-year-old) and he kept running back to the tank to look at them as we were waiting for our food. He had popcorn shrimp and fries (ate all the shrimp, about three fries), applesauce (which he prounounced "Delicious!&quot, two of those wonderful cheddar-garlic biscuits, and his favorite restaurant beverage -- Sprite. I had a seafood Caeser salad -- yum!

Tomorrow my dad and I head off to see our financial guys up in Mpls. We are trying to do estate planning for Dad, which is tough for anyone but really tough for someone who feels he's going to live another 25 years (he's going to be 78 in November). In his head, he knows he needs to do it, but his heart just hasn't quite caught up with his head yet. But when the planners tell him how much in estate tax we can save if he just structures things correctly, he does start to take notice!

Also, tomorrow they are supposed to break ground on our new house. I'm so excited! It's a huge undertaking, but I can't wait to get things going. I've never built a house before, but being in banking I've witnessed many a disaster (cost overruns, marriages crumbling -- you name it) surrounding this sort of project. I've already had to remind dh once that we're all we've got and we need to be nice to each other.

I thought this current house (4100 sq. ft.) was all I'd ever need, but the one we're building is bigger -- and it's only on three levels instead of five. Ack. Good thing we're putting in a central vacuum or we'd need THREE of them.

I'm knitting a bunch of scarves for my daughter's friends in the high school pep band. Why did I volunteer myself for this? It was 100% my idea, too. We were in the yarn store and I saw some fun fur and said, "Hey, I could do this...." and next thing you know I was buying piles of yarn. Why do I get myself into these things? Anyway, I've now made over 30 scarves, many different styles, all in red and black (and some with some white in them, too). It has been fun, and the kids really love them. No one does anything for the band -- just usually the athletes.

Well, I'm tired and need to get some for tomorrow.