It's been quite awhile since I've posted. The holidays are over and we're already nearly halfway thru the first month of 2012.
Honestly, it's best that I haven't updated because there wouldn't have been a lot of positivity.
Not that I have good news to share with you all now, I am just choosing to not dwell on how much it all sucks and instead put out there that:
THINGS ARE GOING TO GET BETTER.
God is just testing our limits, and I just know He's got something good in store for us. We just needed to make our way through the muck first.
So, just what has been keeping us busy this past month or so?
I'm still unemployed. Continuing to look. I met with a recruiter and hope to have a little more leads that way.
My son turned 10 in December. Double-digits. How is that possible? In other news, for the 2nd year in a row, he made the school spelling bee, which we are very proud of.
Shortly after his birthday, I came down with strep throat. That was fun. At the same time, my ear acted up again like it had back in March. After numerous visits to the ENT, a round of steroids and an anti-viral, several hearing tests, a brain MRI and an electrocochleography --- I still have no definitive answer as to why this has happened (with hearing loss) twice now.
Christmas went all too quickly.
4 days after Christmas, I receive a phone call at 1:30 in the morning. You know it's never good when the phone rings in the middle of the night. Mike was in a car accident. He was fine (Thank God!), but his car was not. It was totaled by the insurance company, and we were forced to go buy a new (used) car and take on a 2nd car payment. Now I wonder how we'll continue to make ends meet with another monthly expense.
5 days after his car accident, we're taking down all the Christmas decorations. He falls off the roof. Scariest thing I've ever witnessed and again, Thank GOD he was okay, but he was INCREDIBLY sore for a few days after. To a point that he'd be moaning in his sleep.
It's been a rough patch, and there are days that I don't even want to pull myself out of bed.
But I try to keep looking forward.
Mike is fine, and the car was replaceable.
Finances are so tight it might mean eating ramen noodles or skipping a meal a day (for us at least, never the kids) and staying in the house in the more.
But I know a fabulous job is out there for me....and I will get it!
I may not have an answer about my ear, but it's better now and my doctor is pro-active and doesn't push me out the door, rolling his eyes and thinking I'm crazy.
We WILL triumph!
