Flying Week

Thursday:
Well, my nail on my right ring finger is a unique peachy color with a few dark violet streaks. People pay big bucks to have nail art…and all I had to do was be clumsy!

We’re still eating well too. I mowed the yard after things cooled down this evening and when I turned off the mower Nelson came out to the porch with a homemade fruit smoothie. It was beyond luscious!!

Nelson finally has an appointment scheduled for his work rehab/vocational rehab evaluation. This new worker is really on the ball. She scheduled the appointment for the 23rd at the doctor’s office when Nelson has his next appointment so she can access all the doctor’s report and the doctor if she needs to. And now that Nelson has transportation (he’ll drive the Kia and I’ll be driving the truck—Chevy S10) he’ll be able to go to their training.

Update on Rhonda: she came home today. She was thankful to be home and get some rest. She said that last night at 1am the nurse came in to get her vitals and then got upset that there wasn’t a “trash” bag hanging on her bed so she went through all kinds of noise and complaining—seems crazy to me.

And work for me…I’m back supervising packaging. That is when there’s stuff to package. There are several new contracts so I’ll probably be quite busy. The group was doing some very easy packaging so I was working on the hub line and keeping an ear and eye on the packing group. That was a bit of a challenge.

Friday:
I worked packaging all day. My time was split between making cartons and solving problems. I caught an error and was able to smooth things out—it felt really good.

After work I drove up to Rhonda’s with Asher. We spent the night and all day with Rhonda. She was quite happy to have us there on Saturday, as was Steve, so that she didn’t have to be in the house alone while Steve was out mowing their HUGE property. It was such a nice day to just hang out together. She’s doing so well too. She made breakfast and lunch. She rocked Asher to sleep in the afternoon—that was good therapy!

Sunday:
Today Nelson, Beth, Asher and I went to Ann’s. Ann and Travis invited us over for Caden’s dedication at church and then we stayed for lunch (which I brought and made). It was a wonderful afternoon playing with the grandbabies! We left shortly after Annie got home.

I finished a really enjoyable fiction series. It’s written by a Christian author, so it has a definite bent. It’s called “The O’Malley” series. Each of the six books is about one of the seven siblings in a family. They’re mystery, romance, suspense in nature. I really enjoyed the author’s style: it kept me reading and looking forward to the next volume. And now I’m done and I’ll confess: I want more! The surprising thing to me is how much I’ve enjoyed reading fiction. I had gotten so far away from it when I was a student or pastor/counselor and only read things related to work. There just wasn’t time to read for pleasure. It’s been a nice change of pace.

And now it’s time for bed. Time flies. It just flies.