maybe good news

The paras at my school got their contracts today. It's still not a defiant guarantee that we will have a job in the Aug. and not necessarily at the school we are at, but at least it's more that what we had yesterday! I am praying that my contact will be honored and I'll be at the elementary school R will be at for 3 more years.

It's late Sunday afternoon already...

The past week went by fast. Last Monday I went to work with sandals on, on Tuesday and the rest of the week I wore my slippers, my feet felt much better Tuesday on. I see my doctor tomorrow, I'll be able to see what type of shoe I should be wearing. I was so tired all week after working all day. I was thankful for a school fundraiser on Tuesday night at McDonald's and I didn't have to cook dinner. J and his ROTC class helped at a local elementary school Friday night. I said half jokingly picking him up at 9:30 would be past my bedtime. Luckily I got an hour nap and was able to pick him up. LOL Yesterday J had his orientation for working at scout camp this summer. P took him, I felt kinda bad having him, because he had to close both Friday and Saturday night, but I knew the walk from the parking lot to the place were the boys met the leaders would have been hard on me, and the girls would have needed someone to take them to dance so it's not like he would have been able to sleep in anyway. I decided to take yesterday off as a Sabbath day and do all my things I would normally do on a Saturday today. Grocery shopping, laundry, cleaning meal planning, etc. I did really well shopping and have enough dinners and lunches and stuff for breakfasts (for less than $200) planned for at least 3 and a half week. P will have to keep us up to date on milk and stuff I forgot or we run out of, but that's the best part of him working at a grocery store, it keeps me form running to the store and buying things we don't need and saves us money. I am getting another cold or something. It just started yesterday, I just finished the last antibiotics on Thursday, crazy. but so far I've only had a little mucus and it's been clear, sorry TMI hopefully it will stay that way.

shoes

Hurt. Today I wore shoes for the first time since my surgery. I did wear Crocs on Friday when I went to have my blood checked, but I had my feet wrapped, it was tight and pressed a little on my incisions. Yesterday driving the kids around I had my feet wrapped and socks over the ace bandages. This morning for church I wore sandals with a little arch support, I couldn't wait to come home and take them off! It hurt, and it was making me sick to my stomach. Tomorrow's going to be a long day going back to work. Maybe I can just take my slippers?

I wasn't going do it but....

I was feeling good because my blood level was normal, and he asked. This afternoon, I had my blood checked and from where is was pretty low on Monday was perfect today. J asked if we could go get his license. I wanted P to enjoy getting it with him (read in between the line here, then I don't have to wait for hours at the DMV and it would be a special memory for J) J had today's date programed in his brain of 6 months exactly since he got his permit. He didn't have to take the test because of the driver's class he took and it only took 1 hour from start to finish to get the license. Yesterday it seemed like it was only going to be R and I home tonight, it now seems as though all of us be home. P's schedule got changed, he's off at 6:30, J was supposed to help at an elementary school thing (he was off a week, it's next week), and S was supposed to go to a birthday party. She decided to not go because I'd have to pick her up early for dance tomorrow, so she'd rather just not go. That's been the suckest part of dance early on a Saturday morning, it really cuts off Friday night activities early. What's really funny is she had her party on a Friday night went to her classes and came back home before anyone else was awake. Harder to do at someone else's house.

Easter Morning

Happy Easter!

Hopefully pictures will be added this afternoon, time to get moving off to church. I didn't sleep so well last night, between my feet and knee hurting, my coughing, P's coughing and trying to keep a blanket on with out being in trapped in it pillows under my feet, it was a rough night.

Easter Eggs

We did our Easter Eggs today before P went to work, so tomorrow we can celebrate his birthday before he has to go to work tomorrow afternoon, with lunch after the girls' dance classes. He has to close on Easter too, so we'll have to have a quick lunch on Sunday too. My feet are going OK, I've probably been on them too much today since I've had to increase the pain meds. It has codine in it, I am feeling a little itchy, not very fun.

Surgey went well

There was some concern about my knee and how bruised and swollen it is, and my blood being too thin, but thankfully the surgery did happen. My knee is getting a little better, bending just it just hurts. I need to walk to keep the fascia in my feet from tightening up. P went to Fry's to get my pain meds. I feel OK, right now, but I don't want to wait too long before taking something. On to recovery and praying the surgery will take and I'll be able to walk pain free.

All the DBCC women at the retreat

One with our prayer shaws and one with out.

I'm not sure how the week went by so fast

I'm tired, getting a cold (I think, my throat has been sore for days and today my nose is runny and stuffed up) My feet hurt, and my back is messed up again. And today my right knee is a little swollen and stiff from a fall I had last night. Luckily it was at the very end (clean up) of the school carnival. S helped her teacher with face painting to earn a partial scholarship for the 6th grade overnight field trip. Which is a good thing because, we just had to buy her a new retainer, because I didn't know it was in the sink and after I did the dishes when I got home from the retreat on Sunday I turned on the garbage disposal and heard an crunching noise. So not good. Anyway back to the carnival P was off so he kept an eye on the girls while I served snow cones all night. I was supposed to be in charge of the craft table but because of the wind crafts didn't happen. I wasn't sure if maybe the whole thing should have been postponed because of the wind, it was pretty windy. But I'm glad it worked out and is over. The kids had a great time.