Hi Everyone:
Change of plans this past weekend. John screwed up when he thought his buddy's ordination was, so he's coming this weekend. So instead of us going up to the cottage this weekend, we went up last weekend, so that we could see Johnny and he could help us with things.
Big mistake. As I told some people... (Jim should have been one of them) The last thing I want to do after being away from home for 6 months...almost 7 is go away for 4 days. Plus, we needed a new hot water heater. What would have taken Jim 2 or 3 hours now took Jim 2 days, tears, cuts, swollen legs, more petinchiae, high fever, etc. The tractor broke (Mark fixed it, despite nobody thinking it was possible) The grass was high, blah blah blah. The golf cart is making funny noises. I was misserable. I just should have stayed home. The hardest part was allowing Jim to continue in the insanity of installing a hot water heater (he also had to take off the door jamb to fit it in. Door jamb remains in the bedroom.
If Jim's neuropathy doesn't improve, we are going to have to sell our beloved cottage. At one time, that would have felt like death to us. Still does to Jim. Me...well, life feels like death, so what the heck. Put a for sale sign up now. Life, for me, has been walking a pretty steady path of letting go since around the age 16. Oh, it's not easy, but I've had to do it. The letting go of places, things, and the worse kind of pain, people. I really didn't want the Lord to spare my husband's life so that we could drive 2.5 hours and work so hard it brings him to tears and swollen feet. So....???
Anybody want to potentially buy a cottage that may potentially be up for sale?
Jim's temp is too high. He's on the phone with the NIH now. Not sure what is going on. Are we ever? This continues to take it's toll on us, our relationships, our van (sounds like it's falling apart) our finances, our dreams...OUR SLEEP. ;)
Seriously, the driving back to the NIH and on the the beltway and such is hard stuff. If you pray for us, pray for our van, too. It's still good. We want it to stay that way. If I had to go shopping for a used vehicle in the middle of this, I think it would be the straw that broke the camel's back.
Us
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Praying for you...when do you leave for NIH?
K
Hi Aunt Dolly,
Can i help out at all with the van? Shoot me an email with symtoms, I can do some research or come out and see if it something i can fix if you want to, i'd love to help. Love you guys!
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