a happy tuesday to you all

Really, it's already July 29th? How did that happen??

I know I'm not much for updating this thing lately. There are several things I'm trying to sort out and on top of that, I've been doing a lot of running back and forth to Rochester. Luckily things on the Mom front are going well, so I can't complain much.

I got a new addition to my technological family last night. Mediacom called and said my HD DVR box was in. Yay! So I picked it up yesterday afternoon. I watched part of the Twins game after I got it hooked up and then ventured to the "on demand" feature. As it turns out, seasons 1 & 2 of "Mad Men" is an option. I've heard good things so I gave it a try. It's really good. The show is set in the early 1960s and focuses on the world of corporate advertising. I stayed up way too late watching it last night and managed to catch an episode this morning when I realized I didn't have to be into the office until 8:30.

This afternoon I have my mid-year review. That should be interesting.

On a fun note, my sister called last night and we're going to Inver Grove Heights on Saturday for a "meet Mike Redmond" event.

give blood!

This is perhaps my favorite series of hospital literature ever.

day 2

Two new posts at the Caring Bridge website: www.caringbridge.org/visit/kolberding

I'm looking forward to sleep tonight. I ended up making a trip with Dad to Dunnell this morning so I spent 5 hours in the car today. I was able to take a two hour nap this afternoon but that's been it for sleep since I woke up yesterday morning at 7.

I'm celebrating our country's independence with some good ol' American baseball. Twins games Friday and Saturday night with a trip to Rochester inbetween.

Happy 4th of July everyone!

day 1

Just when I thought my life was boring...

This morning my mom and I were sitting in my parent's living room watching a movie. All of a sudden the phone rings. As it turns out, it was the transplant clinic at Mayo. We were supposed to gather our things and get to Rochester ASAP. So we called my dad at work, told him to head home and we threw a few things together. We got to Rochester aorund 3. They got her ready to go and we walked down to surgery a little after 4. Surgery officially started at 4:20 and since she's having a double transplant, they expect the procedure to take 10-12 hours. Last we heard, all of the incisions are made, the doner is prepped and they've started the actual transplant. So now we're sitting and waiting for updates. We're about to go across the street and get checked in at the hotel.

We put a CaringBridge page together to make it a little easier to update everyone. Here's the link:
www.caringbridge.org/visit/kolberding

I'll try to keep everything updated as often as I can. Luckily there's a computer on the floor Mom's room is on so it should be easy enough to do updates.

Happy good thoughts everyone!!