I got word from Jeff today that he’s going to get my blog updated. This should solve my problems with spam comments that mess up my comments/pings and timestamps. I haven’t been on here much lately because I get 25-50 spam comments every day and get tired of messing with them. I’m looking forward to a much-improved, “cleaner” blog soon that will make it lots more fun to come here to write!
Thanks, Jeff!
What a week! Today I was diagnosed with mono. I’m not tickled with the diagnosis, but it does explain a lot. I’m not as concerned about the fatigue I’ve been experiencing and the swollen lymph nodes now that I know I’ve got mono. It explains a whole lot!
I’m exhausted, so I’m going to try to get ready for bed. I could REALLY use the rest!
What a Monday! We had several small things hit us all at once this morning, it seems. The biggest one was that PD has the beginnings of bronchitis. I had to take her to the doctor and get her started on some antibiotics today. We caught it early, so it shouldn’t take her long to perk up, and I am grateful for that.
It seems that the things that happened this morning, while not that “big”, were significant enough in quantity that they threw me. I was doing very well staying focused on God and His promises, but I got thrown off kilter by a lot of little stuff. It frustrates me that I responded that way, but I did finally get back to a place of peace and rest. It just took me a while.
I attended my monthly Beth Moore Bible study this evening. We are studying Stepping Up right now, a study of the Psalms of Ascent. It is a great study, and it’s the first one I’ve done that required workbook homework. Fortunately, we only meet monthly, so I’m able to keep up with the homework fairly easily (five days of homework to complete before the next month’s study). If I was attending a weekly study, like it’s designed to be, it would be more of a challenge (and require more discipline) to keep up!
Today I discovered that my “Confused” post had disappeared too! In the process of trying to figure out what happened to it, I found “Confused” and “Thursday”. Occasionally, I have spam “comments” attached to the bottom of my posts. When this happens, my comments are usually turned off until I find the spam, delete it, and turn comments back on. This time, however, my time stamp was apparently changed to January, which meant the posts were moved out of order. I wasn’t looking for them to be mixed in with previous posts — I thought they would be right where I left them — so I thought they were completely gone. Now if I could just figure out how to keep those spammers from attaching their junk to my posts….
I prayed about the state income tax situation last week and asked God to redeem the situation. I thought He had done that when we found out earlier this week that we will be receiving a small refund from our 2008 income taxes. Evidently that wasn’t enough for Him, though! When DH got his paycheck this week, we found out that the state taxes that were incorrectly removed the past two weeks were REFUNDED and added back into his check! We were astounded. I guess they hadn’t sent the money to the state yet, so we received it back! We didn’t expect to see that money until we filed our 2009 taxes next year! (We’re getting a little bit back from the state this year, actually. Evidently the company did something similar last year and we didn’t catch it because it only happened once.)
Everyone is doing well right now. Roo didn’t nap today, so I’ve got to get busy and get her in bed. She doesn’t do well when she’s overtired, and I want to get her in bed before she reaches meltdown!
I am very confused. I wrote a post yesterday, which I titled “Thursday.” I published it and viewed the site — all was well. Today, the post is gone. It has vanished into thin air. I don’t understand….
The payroll issues were, we hope, resolved yesterday. I also wrote some other things I don’t remember, and I’m flustered right now because I’m missing an entire post! I have GOT to figure out how to get WordPress updated. I need some serious help with that, evidently.
Today has been a good day. The girls and I went to the library for Story Hour this morning and checked out new books and movies. PD is currently having us read books from the Hank the Cowdog series. They are funny. DH and I enjoy them too. Roo picked out a couple of Babybug magazines and a board book about the pig Olivia and numbers. Should be fun!
I have some ideas for writing that are coming to me now. I am hoping to get some of it down on paper this weekend. I am excited that the dry spell seems to be coming to an end, finally! I know “dry spells” are not uncommon for writers, but they are certainly frustrating!
DH finally got someone from payroll to call him back today, and he thinks he has the situation with the payroll paperwork resolved. I certainly hope so.
I took a nap this afternoon and slept really hard. It’s not 8:00 pm yet, and I feel like I’m ready for bed. I may just go ahead and go to bed after I get the kids tucked in. I probably need a good nine or ten-hour night to catch up from the sleep deprivation of the last six weeks!
I am working very hard to stay focused on God and His promises right now. In the natural, things look bleak for us in some areas right now. But God has never failed to provide for us, so I am staying focused on His faithfulness to us in the past and am trying to walk by faith, not by sight. Our situation doesn’t LOOK good, but I know that God is working behind the scenes and already has the solutions on the way. His purposes are always good, and He has our best interests at heart!
Roo got a good report at her post-hospitalization check-up today. Her doctor said she seems to finally be on the road to recovery. She attended dance last night and AWANA tonight, but she gets tired very easily. Of course, we haven’t been home enough days to make up for the sleep lost while in the hospital. The nurses, doctors, and/or techs are in the room every few minutes for one reason or another, it seems! I’m sure she will continue to feel better and better as she catches up on her rest and takes her antibiotic for her sinuses.
Unfortunately, we have also had more frustration added to the pile. DH’s home office has evidently gotten his payroll records messed up. We still haven’t received the border city exemption paperwork needed to file our state income tax return, and we realized today that they started taking state income tax out of his check last week! (We were too distracted by Roo’s hospitalization to notice.) So…now the state has some of our money that we won’t get back until next year, and DH has two more items to tackle on his to-do list for tomorrow. Not fun! I am praying that the situation is resolved quickly so we can take care of our taxes and not pay in more money that we don’t owe!
I think insurance is one of life’s necessary evils. If you don’t have it, it causes big problems. And if you do have it, you still have problems — claims filed incorrectly, claims processed incorrectly, claims not processed at all, etc. I have spent yesterday and today calling insurance companies and providers trying to straighten out paperwork related to claims filed with our medical insurance, and with the ER visits and hospitalizations we’ve experienced lately, I’m sure I’ll be making more phone calls in the days to come! Yuck! Unfortunately, I don’t think it matters much what company you use, you will experience problems of one sort of another. That’s what I’ve gathered from friends and family members who have insurance with various companies.
I’m also having to play detective regarding PD’s dance class. I have left a message for her teacher to call me back. She has come home from the last two lessons very upset. Last week she told DH she didn’t want to go back again. This week she claimed a headache because of everything that happened. Evidently, one of her classmates is behaving badly in class and is causing major disruptions and problems for the rest of the girls. I really hate that. PD has really enjoyed dance up to this point. I will talk to her teacher, and hopefully the problem will be resolved quickly. Fortunately, Roo’s dance class seems to be going well! I hope PD’s class gets back on track quickly. Recital is just around the corner, and I’d like for her to be able to concentrate on learning her dances!
DH went to bed feeling dizzy and nauseated tonight. I hope it’s nothing but being exhausted and that a good night’s rest will help him feel much better. I’m exhausted myself and will head to bed shortly. Roo is still having drainage and a cough but seems to be doing well. I will take her to her pediatrician for a check-up on Wednesday. PD is complaining of various and sundry aches and pains. I’m keeping a close eye on her (she has some drainage too), but I think she’s tired and stressed by everything that’s been happening lately, just like the rest of us.
I am ready for this battle to be over. It seems like it has been almost continuous since the middle of January. I know we’re going to make it, but we could use a break! God is faithful — if it weren’t for that I couldn’t keep going.
Until next time….
I am SO glad to be home. I just spent the past few days at the hospital with Roo again. Her abdominal pain and fever did not subside, so she was readmitted to the hospital for testing and observation. Fortunately, her tests were all negative, so we were dealing with residual rotavirus stuff and a sinus infection. She is much better and is finally home again!
I missed the workshop on Saturday to take care of my baby girl. I did find out that it will be offered again — for free — next month. I am going to have to find out when so I can register for it and attend in March. I am excited that I will get a second chance to attend.
We are all very tired and will be heading to bed soon. We were out of our routine last week when Roo was admitted with rotavirus, and to have a second admission so soon has really thrown us off. Hopefully, we can get some rest this week and get back into some sort of “normal” again.
Until next time…(Hopefully, I will have had more sleep by then and will be more coherent!)