Did someone say issues

Ok so dad can now swallow water small amounts at a time...I don't think he is ready to admit it yet but I saw it with my own eyes yesterday.

Today, Dad is not feeling as well as he has been. I stopped by and he was so asleep he didn't hear me come in the house and almost to the bedroom before I realized he was asleep and me just walking in in my loud shoes.

I let him sleep just backed right out and not a peep from Dad. So I sent Mom over after work and he was very sick. Good call on my part to tell mom to go by the house.

The husband and I have been trying to schedule a wedding reception. This has been hard if not imposible. Still no date. All depends on Dad's treatment schedule. How is he going to be feeling do we schedule it and risk my dad not being there? What to do???

Tonight one of the cars died. Tomorrow we will figure out if we can get it to the mechanic or if it will have to be towed. This is after I take dad to see the oncologist and to his chemo.

Along with ongoing problems at work that we are waiting to be fixed and in the mean time we are trying to find alternative solutions...

And on a side note the husband went to Agility training with Vivian and I this past weekend and he took a few pictures. I hope to have those up tomorrow.

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My dad. My dad has cancer. My dad begins radiation tomorrow. And round two of Chemo on Monday. This is my dad in the photo with me. If you knew him in the past I have found out you may not recognize him with his current look.

We are all looking forward to his recovery.

cheap tickets hell

When we were making plans for our trip to Gatlinburg we found out about a great hotel on the side of a mountain the pictures and info looked great so we booked that hotel for the night before our wedding with Cheaptickets.com.

So we drove through lunch time traffic through Seiverville, Pigeon Forge to Gatlinburg, we arrive at the hotel to find out they were overbooked. So everyone who booked online they were comping them/us a room at another hotel 15 miles and one hour away back in Seiverville. The Resort and Governors Crossing was a great hotel as I am sure the one that was more convient would have been.

The first hotel said that we would be refunded our money from cheaptickets.com but we would need to contact them and they would take care of it.

So I emailed and the response was that I needed to call. I finally called today and was in hell for an hour and a half. Then I was told we can't get anyone from the hotel on the phone which I know was complete BS and I would have to call back later. So what I did was called the hotel and explained my situation and the wonderful person I talked to said sure give them my name and tell them to ask for me and I will take care of it.

So here goes another call to cheaptickets.com, in which I explained what I wanted and here is who you need to call to get your info from the hotel that they will not be asking for that money you have already charged to us and you really can refund it.

One short 10 minute phone call later I was told I should have my refund in 3 to 5 days...

The lesson here is: Persistance pays.