Took a small break, and update.

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I've been fine and not doing much more just yet although yesterday I went out with my three employees to do three jobs which took less than five hours altogether. I didn't bother finding work for today since snow and ice was forecast and since we've not had our April snow yet I figured we might just get it this time. But we mainly got just a dusting thus far. It's under forty so if it rains we could still get some freezing rain too but hopefully not. I'm hoping to find work for at least both Wed and Thurs next week as it may be back into the sixties and maybe some little jobs for the mornings that I work my other job later in the day. More customers are beginning to call to get on our list. I have a lot of work to get done before my surgery June fifth. I am hoping that my crew will get enough practice working together by then that they can do some jobs alone or with my husband supervising the first month after my surgery. After that first month I hope I can go with my crew I just can't drive or work. I had to get up before seven to drink contrast an hour before my CT scan. Once there they hooked me up with an IV setup for a second type of dye to go through my blood stream. The scanning machine looks like a large donut on its side. Once in the skinny bed type platform a large plastic (I think) pillow was put under my knees. There was a normal pillow for under my head. If I wore anything with metal it had to be removed so I wore sweat pants along with a turtle neck, sweatshirt and cardigan. The cardigan had a metal zipper so that came off and I wore my normal winter wear in the hopes I could keep it on since these rooms are normally extra cold but not this one. The dye that goes into the bloodstream causes warmth to spread throughout the body and makes many feel the need to pee, but that wasn't an issue for me. The scan lasted five minutes and three times a voice told me to take a deep breath and hold it. Then not long after I could breathe normally again. I think the bed I was on kept moving a bit further into the opening of the donut machine but since my eyes were closed I'm not quite sure. For those that missed my previous mention of the reason for this test I'm pretty sure I have a hernia somewhere near my liver. It may not need to be repaired unless it grows but I thought I should get it checked before starting therapy after my upcoming knee surgery. I was back home half an hour later. The snow seems to have stopped for now. In another hour I'll be heading to visit my mom for a bit and tonight I may help my husband fill out paperwork to file for disability benefits with the government. I got my tax money back and will be able to pay all my bills for the month. Then the rest of my pay will go toward my debt snowball. The smallest one I paid in full yesterday. It was also the most recent one from December when I bought my new computer. The next smallest one will be paying off the oven from Lowe's that we got in 2013. Otherwise, I plan on spending time here again. While you are reading this I may be double-checking my posts from the past few weeks to make sure I didn't miss any visits. I did save two notification pages to Evernote and will work on those too.