Help is on the way, maybe

The pain treatment clinic called, and they have a last minute opening on Tuesday, so we're bringing Samantha in for her initial evaluation and workup. There's a 20 page questionnaire we have to fill out first, consisting half of questions for Sam and half of questions for us. I'm so glad we don't have to wait until July 31st for them to see her.

Meanwhile life continues apace. Samantha is on summer vacation from school now, while Joshua continues to get bigger and stronger every day and is now pulling himself up and standing while holding onto things on a regular basis. Amy says he's stood up unsupported a couple of times as well, but I haven't seen that yet.

Today is Father's Day. This morning I mowed the lawn then we all spent some time in the back yard. Joshua loves crawling around naked in the grass, although you have to keep an eye on him to keep him from putting dirt and rocks in his mouth. Samantha likes climbing into the hammock with me. And the dogs like to just lie in the grass and soak up the warmth, although on particularly hot days Ella is wont to dig herself a den underneath one of the trees or hedges.

I've got a bit of work to catch up on -- writing a presentation for a meeting tomorrow -- after which we're probably going to take Samantha and Joshua to the beach at the Arlington reservoir (aka "the res"). At some point I have to pay the bills this weekend too, but it would be a waste of such a nice day to spend the whole afternoon doing that.