Busy Busy

I have been absent for far too long. I really need to get internet access at home so this doesn't happen.

Ahh, dreams.

We've been keeping busy, working working working! I took a job with the school district and cut back my hours at SBGH (I couldn't bear to leave for good) because the school pays better. So now I'm working 7 days a week. Like I said, keeping very very busy.

D is also busy, keeping up with all she has to do is stressful and tough, but she loves it. We're excited to see our "adopted" sister Suzanne in a few weeks (me for the very first time!) and getting to see the Olsens and MAGGIE (I miss her so much!).

My birthday is coming up and I'm really excited to celebrate it both at school and at SBGH.

Hopefully, I'll be able to write more soon.

~LOVES~

New School Year

D has officially started her school job, as of 24 Aug! She is loving it and keeping very busy with her "little delinquints." She is still trying to get used to the new schedule and getting enough sleep. She comes home exhausted, but happy. It warms my heart to see her smile and act with purpose.

I'm still woring. It seems like all I do. I have officially finished my new hire training and will hopefully be getting a bonus and a pay raise soon. I'm running myself a little ragged, but I'm still doing OK. That is, if I remember to take my meds...not as easy as one would think! But I manage. I'm doing a lot of reading about pain managment and exercise and diet. We'll see where it takes me.

I can honestly say that life is good!

~K~

Catching Up

Wow, I haven't written in QUITE a while. Bad, bad me.

Soooo...what's been happening in Pocatello? Well, I have been working, working working, 30+ hours a week. It's hard work, it keeps me on my toes. I love my residents, I love (like, tolerate, attempt not to strangle...) my coworkers, the pay's OK, it's overall a good place to be. Diane starts work in a week, so our financial situation should stabilize soon. I'm hoping to save some money and go visit my dad for Christmas and one of my brothers might come visit me after Christmas. I'm excited.

We're having a friend of ours stay with us until she can find a place. It'll be different, having more than just us in the place. We'll see how it goes. Angie is a good girl, she just fell on some crappy times. I know how that goes, so I felt the need to help. Besides, she's a great cook, she loves to clean, and she adores my cats. It seems like a good deal all around!

Of the 6 kittens we started out with, we are down to 3. Preemie and Felipila found a great home together in a household of lots of special needs animals like themselves. Belino found his forever home just last Saturday. He still lives in our building, just 2 floors down! FurReal, Tyco, and Bearie are still with us, still driving us and Tinkerbell crazy! But we love them. They're precious, if not annoying.

Maggie is doing well, still spending her days running in circles, driving Poco nuts and obsessing over shadows. I miss seeing her every day, but I know the Olsen's are taking good care of her. Someday soon, we will have a place where we can be together.

Diane is doing pretty good. She is excited for school to start, getting to work with her "little delinquints." She doesn't like me talking about her, so I'll leave it at that. ;)

Well, I think that's all I can think of for now. I'll try to be more diligent in writing in the future.

God Bless.

~K~

Mysterious Blessings

We have been havinh a rough few months.

That's no secret to anyone who knows us. But we have felt an outpouring of love and support in the last few days like we've never felt before. For the first time we really feel the meaning of a Ward family. Our ward has taken such good care of us since we moved in in February. We have home teachers that come consistently and check up on us regularly. We have visiting teachers that are bound and determined to get us involved in absolutely EVERYTHING. They've become very good friends. People actually view us as members of the ward and not just "visitors" even though we're gone so much and we actually get acknowledged and spoken to regularly by other members (in past wards we've felt very ignored and out of place). Our lives are not conventional by any means. We're both single and we both refuse to attend single's wards (SHUDDER). We've both had some issues with inactivity and, on my part, problems with doing things I shouldn't. This is the first ward where we don't feel judged for being who we are. No we're not lesbians (honest, we've heard it!). No there's not something wrong with us. We are who we are and that's ok!!!!

So our most recent blessing from this wonderful ward came with a mysterious knock on the door. Diane was sitting at home (I was at work) when she heard footsteps on the stairs outside. This was nothing unusual so she ignored it. What she didn't ignore was the manic ringing of our doorbell and the running footsteps that followed. She opened the door to find several bagfuls of food sitting in front of our door. We have no idea who left them there, but we are eternally grateful to that mystery someone. We have been running low on food and have been unsure how we're going to manage financially until I get paid (not til the 15th of July). The ward helped us with rent and the power bill, as well as giving us a food order (which we had yet to fill). This unexpected and truly wonderful gift was an amazing blessing for us, a true gift from God.

I'm overwhelmed at my good fortune and the blessings that are coming our way.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I GOT A JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

more to come later...

~K~

Possibilities

I have been offered an opportunity to test run a job to see if I like and can handle it. I go for a "sample shift" on Monday morning (7AM!!!! :(~ *blegh*) and if I do well and I like it, I'm hired! Keeping my fingers crossed!!! This is a good thing because my former employers are trying to screw with my unemployment and the whole process is complicated and frustrating and just plain silly, so if I get a job I won't have to deal with it anymore!!! Say a prayer, if you will. More later.

~K~

Determination

I will make it through this.

I will not give up.

The lord will provide.

I am strong.

Someone out there wants me for an employee.

I will not let stress overwhelm me and make me sick again.

I will take care of my physical and emotional health and become a stronger and better person.

I am capable.

I am loved.

I will survive.

~KKH~