Posted in A Day in My Life
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It has been quite a while since I posted last, and so much has happened that I really don't know where to start. I'm at home today nursing a cold and not feeling very well at all. Two weeks ago I had a stomach virus. One of the perks of working in a day care, I guess! We have temporarily moved in (for the most part) with my mom, so I don't get access to the computer very much. We usually come back home for the weekends, but the kids usually beat me to the computer! A month ago, my dh had surgery for an umbilical hernia, and needed a recliner to sleep in while he healed. We don't have one, but Mom does, so we stayed with her. A few days before the surgery, Mom fell at home in the bathroom in the middle of the night and gashed her head. She had to have 3 staples. What is scary is that she is on a blood thinner, so had she blacked out, she could've bled to death. She's very tough, though, got up, got the bleeding stopped, and then called me to take her to the hospital. While my kids had happened to be there spending the night, they slept through it all. It concerns me now to leave her alone, though she doesn't know that. She is 79 years old, doesn't usually fall, but got up to use the bathroom in the dark so it wouldn't disturb the kids. The darkness and being half asleep was not a good combination. Anyway, we have continued to stay with her during the week. This helps me out as well because I don't have to worry about cooking supper when I get home at night. I am also working on decluttering my own home, so it helps to be able to come over in the mornings and work a while with one of my daughters without having everything undone so quickly! I'm still working at our church's day care, and while I love my job, I am SO ready to be back at home full time. I miss being with my kids - it's homeschool, eat, leave for work, come home, eat, and go to bed. I haven't been able to spend very much time with them, and then I'm so stressed trying to get "school" done that I'm not always very nice in the time that we do have. Another prayer request I have is for one of the mothers whose babies I have in my class. She is a foster mom, and had just started the process of adopting one of the babies, Alex, when he contracted pneumonia and died. He was 7 months old, but had been about 3 months premature. His little organs couldn't take the stress of pneumonia. She is, of course, deeply grieving right now. The other foster baby was taken away for a while during the investigation since he died unexpectedly at home, but is back with her now. She desperately wants to adopt this precious little girl as well. It is so good to be back here - even if it was while I was sick! I have so missed reading everyone's blogs. Hopefully it won't be so long before I can post again. Blessings, |
But dh's work has not picked up, and it looks like I'll be there for a while longer. Please be praying that by the first of the year they will get more work so I can come home!Comments
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