96 Hours

Well first off, let me welcome the newest addition to my clan....my granddaughter Chloe'! Yes, thats right, I am a Grandpop, or as I will be called, Pop-Pop. At 39 years old, I have a granddaughter, 3 sons age 9 months, 2 years & a 14 year old soon to be 15 years old, 1 daughter age 18, and 1 step daughter age 17 soon to be 18. Life certainly does fly by! Anyhow, let me tell ya about the last 96 hours.

On Thursday, I participated in my 1st Full Moon Ritual with my new Coven, the Silver Phoenix Coven. We celebrated a Blue Moon Healing/Good Health Ritual at Lady Misty's house. The focus of this Ritual was anyone who needed healing help. We all had our intentions which we shared and sent out healing energy to who needed it. I have to say that this was one of the most powerful Ritual that I ever attended & there was alot of strong positive energy rasised that night & alot of people will benefit from it. I really enjoyed myself & my new Wiccan family is a great fit for me. I left this Ritual feeling alot better mentally & physically than I did before I got there, which now leads to Friday.

On Friday, I woke up part of the way around 6am and I later went to PT at Noon. I received a very relaxing back massage there that helped out alot for what was going to be a long, long day. After PT, I picked up my daughter Caitlyn for her OB appointment. Earlier in the week, her BP was really high & with 1 week to go before her due date, the Doctor wanted her to come in on Friday to get her BP checked & to monitor the unborn baby. Well her BP was still high & the Doctor said with 2 days to go before her due date, she was going to induce her because her BP was still high & she was too stressed out. We went over to the Labor & Delivery at HUP & the fun started. At about 4 pm they started the Oxytocin to start labor. My exwife Lyn arrived at 5:30 followed by the baby's father, Matt & his mom Terry. The clock slowly ticked by & contraction by contraction started. Fast forward to 3:45am Saturday morning, the Doctor & nurses came in to start the delivery. Terry & I waited outside the door while Matt & Lyn stayed in the room to coach Caitlyn along. 5:02am comes about and along with that, Happy Birthday Chloe'! Of course nothing ever comes simple in my life, there were complications. Chloe' had a case of Meconium Aspiration, that is while being born she had a bowel movement & inhaled some into her lungs. Thanks to modern medicine, 24 hours in an isolette & she was better! I went home about 6:30 am to try & sleep, but I tossed & turned and was out of bed about 10:30 am, which I figured, I got about 2 hours of sleep. My wife Sunnie & her daughter, Abria, went to visit Caitlyn about Noon & I went back later with my 3 sons after 5pm. Chole' was in the isolette, but I was allowed to hold her hand, & she was BEAUTIFUL! I went home about 9pm & was finally asleep by 11 pm. Now on to Sunday.

Sunday, June 3rd, Sunnie's birthday, Abria's HS graduation day, & Caitlyn's original due date. One down, two to go. Happy Birthday Sunnie!!! I was up by about 8am today, & was refreshed. The big event today now was Abria's HS graduation. The mass started at 10:45 which only Sunnie & Abria went to. Me & my 3 boys met up with Sunnie at the commencement at 12:30, fast forward past the speeches, prayers, singing, awards, & diplomas, It's 2:30 & we are off to dinner. We went to a nice dinner with Abria's grandparents & us, now its finally 7pm & Bobby & I are on the way to the Hospital. The young ones are at my parents & Sunnie is off to work (It sucks working on your B-day, but the Respiratory Dept at her hospital was over staffed & she was let loose early & arrived home just in time for the Soprano's, so Happy B-Day Baby!). So we get at HUP & the baby is out getting shots. Mind you, I still haven't held Chloe yet, but she will be back at 7:40 pm. At 7:45 pm, my little angel is finally in my arms! I held her for 15 minutes & passed her to my son & he gave her to some of Cait's friends to hold & she went to Caitlyn for like 2 seconds & back to Pop Pop for 1 last time before I went home. I got a gazillion pictures and gave her back to her mom. I got home just in time for the Soprano's & as I said earlier, I was surprised to find my B-day baby home & got to spend some time with her before she was off to bed, & I was off to type up the events of the last 96 hours.

Oh, by the way, I did change my Craft Name to Caedmon, which is Celtic for wise warrior. I figured my old Craft Name was associated with my old Coven, & since my new Coven is a Celtic Traditional Coven, & I am Irish/English, Caedmon suits me fine.