1st day of school!

First day, here I come!
Sissy, I'll miss you!
My girl's all grown up!
Name tag, don't fail me!

Life goes on

Indeed it does, although we are often left scratching our heads and wondering why! Randy's grandma is still here with us. She isn't great, but she's still here for now. I really don't understand it, the way everyone back there in Atlanta was talking we thought it was only a matter of hours. Amazing.
Randy has a new job. He is landscaping and helping design and build one of the local major haunted things, a forest and a hollow and a house, all owned by the same guy. He also is working on the guy's regular landscaping crew.
Nathaniel has been approved for the Title 1 preschool. That basically means he isn't as up to speed with basic language and early reading skills as he should be. Not a big surprise, since his best friend is in serious speech therapy herself! I still feel kinda bad though, like I am failing him as a mother. But I am not real sad, I can't be! He is SO EXCITED to be going to school!! Seriously, he and Julia cannot WAIT. She starts on Monday, he starts on September 4th. He's gonna be pissed he doesn't get to go back when Sissy does!!

Pray

Randy's grandma is dying. She had a massive stroke today and they are just waiting for the one that will end it. She's in Atlanta, so there is no way for him to get there to say goodbye. We have not seen her since right after we got married. She has never met the kids. He is having a really really hard time with it. She was his number one care giver for a long time when he was a baby, as his mom was in and out of the hospital undergoing chemo and things like that. She wanted to raise him after his mom died, but she knew she wouldn't be able to. Please pray for her, and pray for him. This is going to be the first loved one he's lost since he was a baby.

Blah blah blah...

Randy was fired yesterday. I should be bawling and screaming and angry and scared. But in all reality, I am ok. I don't know what is going to happen, but somehow I know things will be ok. WE will be ok. We got a flier in the mail today about a local place that is hiring. It's not a glamorous job by any means; in fact, it really is crappy work. But it doesn't take much effort, it pays decently enough, and the hours are super flexible. Flexibility is what we need right now, with so many more appointments coming up in Salt Lake for both kids. Not sure if we can make it TO said appointments at this point though... the car isn't fixed yet. grrrr.
Julia is doing so well after her surgery!! She blows me away. I gave her Lortab once today, and that was to relax her enough to get her to drink a little! She's actually overly active, she's going to end up hurting herself if she keeps it up. I love this girly!

Damn used cars!

We are much too poor to buy a new car, but we sure as hell can't afford the old piece of crud we have now! Our Mercury Myst(AKE) had the water pump go out yesterday. Randy is going to attempt to fix it tonight. I wish him the best, he's still getting over this bad stomach bug we've all had, plus he's never done a water pump before. The best part? Julia has surgery tomorrow... in Salt Lake... and we don't have a second car. Yay. I can't possible cancel her surgery again though, school starts next Monday and, I dunno, I think it might be nice if she could HEAR the teacher. Ya know? So I am sitting here waiting for the hospital to call me and tell me when she goes in, so I can arrange a ride if the car isn't fixed. Randy can't go up, he can't afford to miss more work. That blows. Also, the people who are supposed to be watching Nathaniel are not returning my calls. So everything is a big mess right now.