Family Update

Here's what's been going on this week in our household.

1. Juggling vehicles a little bit because we're at least temporarily down from three to two.  However see #5 below.

2. Adored Wife is heavily in the middle of directing her play.  We knew it was going to be a short but intense rehearsal schedule--a few weeks and it's done.  We haven't seen her much and she's been pretty much exhausted when we have.  (That a slight exaggeration but only a slight one.)

3. Graphics Magician has been in that busy crossover between basketball not quite ended and track starting.  He's been a little tired with the extra physical activity.  Plus there's one teacher at school he doesn't get along with and that's a little stressful.  Whether it's him, her, or a combination it's still a thing to deal with.

4. Social Hurricane has been working a lot and is trying to sign up to retake the CNA course at the local community college--she's determined to do it right this time.  It's been a lot of paperwork but she's really taken the initiative on this one and I'm proud of her.  She doesn't drive but is very adept at taking the bus.

5. Basement Artist has her fiancé in for a visit.  Nice guy, and they've rented a car so they can get around a little bit.  Her birthday is also this week and she decided she wanted to have a birthday/introduce my friends to my Canadian boyfriend/have some people over party.  The introvert didn't know what she was letting herself in for but she's going to be fine.

6. I've still been pretty under the weather with the oral surgery convalescence; I honestly didn't know how it was going to be--I've been able to function and eat and talk so that's all great, but I've been ill and uncomfortable and lethargic for a week.  No fun, but it'll pass.

A lot going on but we're keeping our spirits up and God is gracious.  Last night we were all in and out of the kitchen jamming to YouTube videos playing on a laptop.  (Sesame Street songs, if you must know--you should check out "James Taylor Sesame Street Jelly Man Kelly")

Hope all's well out there, friends, and God bless.

A Car Nears Its End

Happy Thursday, friends, and hope this finds you well.

As promised, I'm no longer doing the Monday-Wednesday-Friday posting schedule but have moved to the "every so often" posting.  I really, really, really wanted to post something yesterday--I'm a little tightly wound and bound by my own sense of honor and duty--but I decided that if I was going to drop MWF then by golly I should drop it.

I've made a few other changes courtesy my technologically inclined friend Vince's very helpful suggestions.  You'll notice there's now some "subscribe" and "follow" features I hope you'll make use of.  I'll hopefully be incorporating more of his advice as we move forward.  I'm still trying to sort out where this blog is headed and I appreciate your prayers and feedback.

At the moment I hope you'll join me in a moment of silence as we gather to pay our respects to our beloved Jeep.  It's not dead but it is terminally ill.  It has a loose rod in the motor and the mechanic said it may be good for another twenty miles or another two hundred but at some point in time the engine is going to stop and it's never going to start again.

This is an awkward situation for us.  I couldn't justify putting a rebuilt engine into the Jeep no matter what--they're expensive and it'd make more sense to put the money toward another vehicle.  But we don't have the money for either repair or replacement--we're in debt as it is, with no immediate prospects for getting out.  There are some wealthy people we know that we could ask for a bailout and if it came down to a real crisis I could do that and they would help--I don't have anything to actually worry about.  But I'm not going to ask them just because it's inconvenient to be down a vehicle; we'll manage somehow.

But it does make a change in how our household operates.  It'll probably be good for us; God is after all absolute Sovereign over all circumstances and this wouldn't be happening if He didn't have some plans to bring good out of it.

So we'll trust Him with the transportation situation and not worry about it.  But it's testing our juggling and scheduling skills right now.

Hope all's well out there, friends, and God bless.