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picking up the pieces
Now that Ellen's status seems to have stabilized a little bit I'm looking ahead to figure out how the rest of the summer will work. We have arranged to move in with my parents for the next several weeks, at least until Ellen is confident of moving around on her own on crutches. My folks have a part of their house built to be wheelchair-accessible, and at least one of them can be home all day to help. That's an enormous relief.
Many of you have asked if there is anything you can do to help. The answer is yes. We do need help. Even with my parents' assistance, we're going to need help. For the last week I have been trying to figure out what I need to ask for. Here are some of the big things that have come up.
Kids. School ends for Morgan next Thursday. We have lined up some summer activities for him -- swimming lessons, theater workshops, a week at camp with his grandparents -- but there are a lot of gaps in between. We will be welcoming any other parents who would like to get their kids together with Morgan for play dates, as long as you can come over here :-) (either to pick him up or to play in the yard here).
Even more than Morgan, we need to figure out something to do with Quinn. I've been wanting to reduce the amount of time he spends in day care, and at the same time increase the amount of sustained physical exercise he gets. Ideally I'd like to take him out of day care at 2:30 in the afternoon, and have someone take him walking or bike riding for a couple of hours after that. His grandpa can help with some of that, but it's a lot to ask to expect him to go for a two-hour hike every day. I'm hoping here that some of our un- or under-employed friends are in a position to be able to help with this. If anyone were available to take Quinn out even one afternoon a week it would be an enormous help.
Housework. Cooking, laundry, etc. - all of these are things that we could use help with, of course, but most especially cleaning. Before we move back in to our own house, it's going to need a serious cleaning. We have crates and boxes and piles of stuff all over the floors that will need to be organized, triaged, and dealt with somehow. It's a huge task. I'm not even sure how to begin looking at this one but I know I'm going to need help with it.
Food. This is always a popular one, of course. Anyone who would like to bring by some food is more than welcome to do so. If we could repay the favor by feeding you dinner, that would be even better. (My parents have expressed interest in meeting our friends on a more one-to-one basis than our hectic get-togethers usually give them, so this would be good for us and for them.)
I'm welcoming ideas -- things are still massively in flux and I'm not sure how to orchestrate all of the things that need to be done.
Thanks, y'all.
Many of you have asked if there is anything you can do to help. The answer is yes. We do need help. Even with my parents' assistance, we're going to need help. For the last week I have been trying to figure out what I need to ask for. Here are some of the big things that have come up.
Kids. School ends for Morgan next Thursday. We have lined up some summer activities for him -- swimming lessons, theater workshops, a week at camp with his grandparents -- but there are a lot of gaps in between. We will be welcoming any other parents who would like to get their kids together with Morgan for play dates, as long as you can come over here :-) (either to pick him up or to play in the yard here).
Even more than Morgan, we need to figure out something to do with Quinn. I've been wanting to reduce the amount of time he spends in day care, and at the same time increase the amount of sustained physical exercise he gets. Ideally I'd like to take him out of day care at 2:30 in the afternoon, and have someone take him walking or bike riding for a couple of hours after that. His grandpa can help with some of that, but it's a lot to ask to expect him to go for a two-hour hike every day. I'm hoping here that some of our un- or under-employed friends are in a position to be able to help with this. If anyone were available to take Quinn out even one afternoon a week it would be an enormous help.
Housework. Cooking, laundry, etc. - all of these are things that we could use help with, of course, but most especially cleaning. Before we move back in to our own house, it's going to need a serious cleaning. We have crates and boxes and piles of stuff all over the floors that will need to be organized, triaged, and dealt with somehow. It's a huge task. I'm not even sure how to begin looking at this one but I know I'm going to need help with it.
Food. This is always a popular one, of course. Anyone who would like to bring by some food is more than welcome to do so. If we could repay the favor by feeding you dinner, that would be even better. (My parents have expressed interest in meeting our friends on a more one-to-one basis than our hectic get-togethers usually give them, so this would be good for us and for them.)
I'm welcoming ideas -- things are still massively in flux and I'm not sure how to orchestrate all of the things that need to be done.
Thanks, y'all.