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Happy Mothers Day to All Mothers

10 Sunday May 2020

Posted by Tim Hughes Living with CML in Diabetic, diet, Gym, Photography, Twins, University of Alabama, Weight Loss

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daughters, diet, Graduation, Mom, Weightloss, Weightloss goal

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I hope you got a chance to visit your mother today or at least made or received a phone call. I got to visit mine for a few minutes. We practiced social distancing while visiting her on our porch.  My mom is in her mid 80’s so she won’t be here with us too much longer so I want to spend as much time with her as possible, front porch or not.

My family spent the afternoon last Saturday taking pictures at the University of Alabama, where my two daughters graduated.  I’m so proud of both of them.  The one on the left will go into advertising while the other will be going into childhood education.

Off-topic…The person I’m seeing in the mirror in the mornings as I’m getting into the shower is beginning to disgust me once again. You and I both know what that means.  My gym will be opening soon and then there is that treadmill downstairs.  In the meantime. I’ll be watching what I eat and walking on the treadmill.  I’ll need all the encouragement I can get.  The goal…10 pounds in 10 weeks.

Time to Vent

03 Friday Jun 2016

Posted by Tim Hughes Living with CML in Cancer, Leukemia, Photography

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Alabama Theater, Ambulance, daughters, Flu, Graduation, Hospital, Pneumonia, Sick, Sick Time, Son, Vacation

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November 2015 I caught the flu and spent 5 days at home.  December 2015 had kidney stones in which I spent another week at home.  Last week of December, 1st week in January 2016 I spent 4 days in the hospital with some sort of chest infection in which I was off a total of 2 weeks off from work.  With all that time off from November 2015 to the first week in January I used all of my vacation time.  From January to now trying my best to build my time back up which meant for every hour I spent at the doctor’s office I had to spend an hour working overtime without pay to make up for the time lost. I have vacation planned for week after next and I’m not sure if I’m going to be able to take off because someone came into work sick with the flu and I caught it.

I had finally built my time back up to 77 hours but I got sick with the flu and pneumonia and had to spend a week in the hospital and another week at home recuperating. This was very costly not only money wise but I missed some things that I’ll never get back.

While at the doctor’s office Monday a week ago, I passed out because my O2 levels were so low that  I had to be carted off to the hospital via ambulance.  That within itself is quite costly.  Two weeks of vacation time gone, my vacation to Disney is in jeopardy because I won’t have the time to take off and the most costly of all was the fact that I was not able to go to my daughter’s graduation from high school.

I have the most inconsiderate co workers that anyone can have.  They always come to work sick and in most cases, I end up catching whatever they have.  They don’t care either.  All they want to do is brag about how much time they’ve got accumulated.  This is twice in six months that I’ve used up all my vacation time being sick and I’m so mad right now that I could take these guys and beat their face in with my fist.

Thankfully my wife and kids have not gotten sick from me being sick.  While I was in the hospital they took all the necessary precautions by wearing a mask and disposable hospital gowns.  I’m better now but easily get out of breath when doing the least little thing.  I’m scheduled to go back to work on Monday.

Rant over.

The above picture was taken after the graduation was over by my son.  I think he’s got a hidden talent in photography.  He did an awesome job.

 

365 Day Photo Challenge 304/365 “The Long Awaited Weekend”

30 Friday Oct 2015

Posted by Tim Hughes Living with CML in Photography

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365 Day Photo Challenge, Campgrounds, daughters, Dutch Oven, Girls, Halloween, Sickness

It’s going to be a wet weekend but I’m going to make the best of it.  I’m cooking for a small group for a pre halloween party.  I’ve got to get up early so that I get set up before they close the campground down to traffic.  The whole family was going until moments ago when one of my daughters decides to get sick.  My wife may be going to take her to the doctor in the morning if she’s not any better.

“Life Goes On!”

365 Day Photo Challenge 288/365 “Pre Empty Nest Syndrome”

14 Wednesday Oct 2015

Posted by Tim Hughes Living with CML in Photography

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365 Day Photo Challenge, Alone, Birthday, College, daughters, Empty Nest Syndrome, Twins

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Tomorrow my daughter’s turn 18.  I’m not ready for them to be this old.  One has been accepted to the same college that my son is going to and the other daughter hasn’t applied to any colleges yet but soon will.  Tonight my daughters went to church and left my wife and I at the house alone. We’ve been without our kids on several occasions but tonight it felt a little different.  I guess just knowing that in just a few months from now there is a very good chance that we will be experiencing the empty nest syndrome.  My wife and talked about this for a minute but my wife quickly changed the subject.  I could tell in her voice that she didn’t want to talk about it and soon it was clear to me because she had a tear run down her cheek.  It’s going to be much harder on her than on me I think.

“Life Goes On!”

365 Day Photo Challenge 220/365 “Oncologist Report”

06 Thursday Aug 2015

Posted by Tim Hughes Living with CML in Photography

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365 Day Photo Challenge, Cancer, CML, daughters, Good Report, Life Is Good, Oncologist, Twins

Today was my day.  It’s been so long since I’ve had a day when most things went without having a problem.  I even had a civil conversation with my boss this morning.  My day was pretty well planned out so I went straight to it.  I stayed pretty busy and the day went by pretty quick.  About 2 pm the receptionist from my oncologist called and said that the doctor wanted to speak to me.  My results weren’t due in until next week so I immediately went into panic mode.  The doctor came on line and told me that my levels were lower than they had been since my diagnoses.  That was exactly what I was needing to round out my day.

I had a meeting after work so I got in really late but both my daughters were still up and they both had a great first day back to school.  That made me happy too.  Maybe this will keep going at least one more day until the weekend.

“Life Goes On!”

365 Day Photo Challenge 184/365 “Working Daughters”

02 Thursday Jul 2015

Posted by Tim Hughes Living with CML in Photography

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365 Day Photo Challenge, Alabama, daughters, Girls, Shopping, Weekend, Working

I feel very blessed to have finally it to this weekend.  I thought this day would not end.  I do not have to go back to work until Monday.  Tomorrow will be spent taking my wife out to lunch being that I had to work late on the day of our anniversary.  Afterwards I’m going to search for a smoker to smoke some ribs on Saturday.

I will not be seeing much of my twin daughters this weekend and that doesn’t set well with me. They both will be working.  They are only 17 and I really wished I could have talked them into not working their last summer before their senior year.  But, one daughter loves to shop and thinks she has got to go shopping EVERY WEEKEND and my wife simply complies to her wishes instead of arguing with her.  One thing that I don’t understand, and maybe it’s because I’m a male but why would you need to purchase a dress and wear it to one event and not be able to wear it to another event two weeks later.  My daughters excuse is because people may have already seen her in that other dress. Really?  So her closet if filled with dresses that she’s only wore once and more than likely will not wear again because someone else has already seen her in it.  The do shop well though.  She will find a dress that normally sells for $160 and find it on sale for $30 bucks.  Both my daughters are very smart shoppers and who ever marries them will be happy for that.

“Life Goes On!”

365 Day Photo Challenge 161/365 “Tough Day”

09 Tuesday Jun 2015

Posted by Tim Hughes Living with CML in Photography

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365 Day Photo Challenge, Alabama, Cataract Surgery, daughters, Eye Doctor, Kids, Photography, Stress, Sweetwater Creek State Park, Twins, Wife

It’s been a long day today.  I had to get up early this morning to 1) make sure my girls got off to work and 2) get my wife to the eye hospital to have Cataract surgery done. Getting my girls off was one thing but getting my wife to her appointment was another.  The smallest thing makes her nervous, so much so that it makes her sick to her stomach.  It’s like dealing with a five year old.  She also has a very low tolerance for pain.  A paper cut will cause her to scream for pain meds.

It was an early night for the girls.  They got home, ate the supper I prepared because the wife couldn’t do it and took their showers and went to bed.  They are currently working at a local water park and they have to stand up all day helping people on the water slides.  I’m hoping it’s making them a little more responsible.  It’s good for them. It was also an early night for the wife.  It was a very stressful day for her.

After the supper dishes were cleaned up and put away I was planning on going on a bike ride but mother nature had other plans. A couple of thunderstorms showed up and I don’t ride when it’s lightning.  Tomorrow means that I’ll be back at work catching up on what wasn’t done today while I wasn’t there.  Just one day closer to retirement is what I keep reminding myself.  Have I said lately how much I hate my job?

Hoping to get a ride in tomorrow to relieve some of this stress that’s building up inside me.  Twenty five miles should give me a good start.

“Life Goes On!”

365 Day Photo Challenge 58/365 “Day at UAB”

28 Saturday Feb 2015

Posted by Tim Hughes Living with CML in Photography

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365 Day Photo Challenge, Alabama, Blazer, Campus Life, College, daughters, Photo, Photography, Twins, UAB

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This morning I was honored to take my twin daughters to college day at UAB, University of Alabama Birmingham. We toured the campus, on foot, and went into places I’ve never been before.  I’ve lived here all my my life and I thought I knew the place.  I guess I was wrong.  It’s real nice and I learned a lot.  This also gave my daughters a chance to check out the campus, the dining area as well as some of the dorms.  I’m not sure what my daughters really thought of the place.  I think they have their thoughts of going someplace where they can experience their freedom and not have to commute from home on a daily bases.  Overall, it’s a nice campus with plenty of activities for the kids to do to unwind after a hard day of studying.

After we all got home we all crashed.  After a late night last night we all deserved a nap.

“Life Goes On!!”

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365 Day Challenge Day Sixteen “Redneck Ski Slope”

16 Friday Jan 2015

Posted by Tim Hughes Living with CML in Uncategorized

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365 Photo Challenge, Alabama, Cloudmont, daughters, Ice, Mentone, Photography, Red Neck, ski, Skiing, snow

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That’s what my co workers call it anyway.  Cloudmont is located in Mentone, Alabama.  It’s nearly 2 hours from where I live.  Last year I took my two daughters and one of their girl friends there for an afternoon of skiing.  It’s all man made and it’s all ice.  They call it “red neck” because nearly everyone there skiing was wearing camouflage.  A deer hunters paradise.

Personally, I’ve never skied and I’ve never really cared too.  I used to roller skate and I’ve went ice skating once but I stayed on my butt the whole night.  Snow skiing to me is just asking for trouble.  I’ve always said that the good Lord was gracious enough to give me a lot of things and one thing He gave me was common sense. As Mike Rowe is fond of saying in dangerous situations, “It’s ill advised my friend”.

Both my daughters and their friend all learned how to ski that day and in fact went down the bunny slope.  I was a proud dad to see them do this.  My son, being in the Boy Scouts, got a chance a few years back to go to Cloudmont and not only learned to ski but got his Snow Sports Merit Badge.

No News Yet plus Furious

22 Monday Sep 2014

Posted by Tim Hughes Living with CML in Uncategorized

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Cancer, CML, Dating, daughters, Fatherhood, Furious, Leukemia, text

There’s a saying that no news is good news.  Well, in my case that’s not necessarily so.  I started several times today to call just to see if they had come in but I refrained from doing so.

On another note.  I am so furious right now I can’t see straight.  I have never had to deal with such things until my teenage daughter turned 16 and started dating.  These boys these days are so horrible.  A few weeks ago my daughter got a dear john text.  That within it self made me furious.  What a coward.  About a week later to my disappointment they got back together.  Guess what!  He did it again.  I wished I could put my hands around his neck and teach him the necessity of breathing.  He better be glad he’s away a college right now and not down the road where his parents live.  No one hurts my daughter and gets away with it.  This is part of fatherhood that I’m not prepared for.  Ho does one prepare for such things?

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