Great 4th of July, but then a difficult week

This post is in bullets and pictures.

• Had a great time with Tarzan in Chicago for 4 days over the 4th of July. Went to Lake Geneva, WI and just had a nice time together. We worked on our fractured awesome marriage - LOL.
• I left knowing my cat Guido had taken another downturn in health. He spent 4 days at my friend Anne's house and had to go to the vet for emergency care on Sunday July 3rd at 9pm and again on July 4th. My vet Dr. Steep is awesome for providing care for Guido over the holiday weekend. Bloodwork results on Thursday show he has liver disease. We are on a quest to get him well. The vet thinks we caught it in time and he is not in liver failure yet. He's on several medications including me giving him subcutaneous fluids at home. He is doing much better and I am hopeful he will survive.
• We are holding a garage sale at Anne's house this weekend as a fundraiser for Guido's vet bill - lol.
• My step-mom had a heart attack on Wednesday while at work in Cleveland. Fortunately she got to the hospital in time to be stabilized. She had a triple bypass yesterday and is doing as well as can be expected after open heart surgery. Hopefully she is on the road to recovery.
• I got a call back on my mammogram and have to go back on Wednesday for a second mammo and possible ultrasound. I'm trying not to worry, but certainly fearful that I have breast cancer. I have told Tarzan, but am not expressing my concern so he doesn't worry too much.
• Tarzan decided that he doesn't want to just quit his job and come home as I suggested. He won't be vested with Siemens until November, so no sense in throwing all of that 401k money away.
• He found a house for us to rent in Illinois in a tiny "village" among the cornfields called Hampshire. It's 1 hour northwest of Chicago. It's a big house - 3000 square feet. We drove by it last weekend when I was there, but we didn't know the exact house. They were all nice. I didn't really think we needed a big house like that, but we got a total deal on it. Plus Tarzan decided he didn't want to live in a condo. It's fully furnished, has a huge deck for me to sip coffee in the mornings and wine in the evenings, and is only 10 miles down the country roads to his office. It has plenty of room for guests in case our friends and family want to visit us. The village has a drug store, a veterinarian, and even a Catholic church, but not much else. It has plenty of cornfields - I'm not lying. I just hope that I do not have breast cancer because if I do it's going to ruin our plans. I won't be going to IL if I have that terrible disease.
• I have not yet sent an email to Rebecca. I just don't have the energy. I'll do it eventually.
• Here are a few pictures for my peeps who are not on Facebook.

Lake Geneva, WI

Lake Michigan

Lake Michigan, north of Chicago

Tarzan eating peanuts

Lake Michigan

Me in Evantson, IL with awesome view of Lake Michigan

Smile, say cheese!

Zoomed in view of downtown Chicago

Tarzan with a stick that he was using to landscape the tree in the background.

Seagulls hanging out in Lake Michigan