May Flowers

All sorts of emotions are surging through me at this moment! I'm excited about the summer because we are actually going on vacation TOGETHER! Plus, summer always brings lots of fun things to do with the Dendys! We're going to the Scarborough Fair in Waxahachie on Memorial Day! I've never been before and I'm sure Gracie will get a kick out of all of the guys dressed up in crazy outfits. The Dendy fam will be on vacation for a few weeks this summer, so I'm going to take advantage of that time Grace will be gone. I planned a trip to San Antonio and Austin! I've lived here for 7 years and have never been south of Corsicana. We just got Six Flags season passes so we're going to go to the Six Flags park in San Antonio, do the Riverwalk, see the Alamo, etc, etc. Then in Austin, we're staying with our friends Heath and Adrienne. They know how to show visitors to Austin a good time, or so I hear ;)

Our living room is SLOWLY making it's way back to normalcy. The priming took twice as long as we thought. It's so thick it was just a pain to roll on. Now we are onto doing the texture and then we can (FINALLY!) paint. I think our couch and love seat are feeling neglected in the garage. Forest's friend from work came to help us last weekend, we were so grateful for that. Another friend of his is moving to the apartments near the rec center. I know Forest is really happy about that, it seems his closest friends are all on the other side of the Metroplex.

My year with Grace ends on the 31st of May. She had her evaluation about two weeks ago and they still haven't called back to let Jennie know if Grace has been approved for another year, which is causing me some stress (because I love to make myself stress for some reason!). Everyone who knows Grace will probably say a collective "WHAT!?" when I tell you that it's possible she may be rejected. The program she is in currently is the Medically Dependent Children Program, or MDCP. Medically, Grace is pretty healthy. Some of the things that got her into the program are no longer an issue, but others are still there. I really have no idea why I am worrying so much, because nothing has changed since her last evaluation, but the women who did the evaluation seemed a little more "business" and I think that has psyched me out a little bit. It would seem to me that if nothing has changed or gotten better and she is a year older, that would make it seem worse. The biggest and older she is, the harder it is to take care of her. I *really* wouldn't enjoy losing my job, but Grace receives so many more benefits from this program than just me. I wouldn't want her to lose them either.