What a week and update

[debbiedee]

Do you ever have one of those weeks that you just want to be over?
I know it's only Thursday and next week doesn't start out so good for us either.
Here's a recap if you care to listen. Maybe if I get it all typed out, I can concentrate on stamping! LOL!!

Sunday we were suppose to go to a family reunion. G'pa is one of 7 and each year (used to be every other year, but went to once a year when we started losing sibling/family every year) one of the sibling's families host the event. We had 3 places we needed to be Sunday and was trying to figure out how to work it all in. Sat nite get a phone call that it is cancelled because the family that was hosting was all at the hospital as one of g'pa's BIL's was dying.

Get the phone call Tues that he passed away-funeral Monday. Mom calls again 1/2 hour later and a long time family friend's mom passed away. The mother was our neighbor all my life growing up (the father passed away last year). Funeral....Monday....same time. Mom calls again today and the DIL to funeral #2's brother has passed away!! Funeral tomorrow. Okay, they say it goes in 3's, so this needs to stop! Told mom I didn't know if I wanted her calling me anymore. Unfortunately, we are *waiting* (what an awful word!!) to hear about a friend's dad, which is what I thought mom was calling about.

So some things have changed and the funerals on Monday are now at different times as the family is related to one, but grew up in the same farming area as the second and many would probably go to the closer one. So we are going to be travelling lots Monday to attend both.

Emotions have just been running high here. Thanks for letting me blab.

Update on DH's g'ma. Some of you have e-mailed asking about her. This is probably the most emotional of everything going on. (Doesn't help that my thyroid is out of whack -dr appt tomorrow-if you have a thyroid problem you know exactly what I am talking about! PMS has NOTHING on us! LOL!!)
Ruth is being drugged "extremely" and is still feeling pain. When we visited she kept saying she was sorry (knowing the farm will have to be sold-just when we don't know) and also that she wants to give up. She IS 92, only sibling living, friends have all passed away, but this lady doesn't quit at anything!! She is the toughest person I know and I have learned and many times have shown my boys, that you CAN do "it". I always tell them "if g'ma can do it, we/you can do it".
I just want to say, we really are ok with what happens, but it is hard not knowing what we should do. We have so many decisions that need to be made, but they can't till we know what is going on, how long we will be here etc. I also wanted to clarify that we don't LIVE on g'ma's farm. We live a mile south on our own, but we can't make a living on ours alone as it is very small. We live 30 miles from any "business" so to drive to work everyday with high fuel prices doesn't make sense, BUT we OWN our farm and owe no one any money, so we don't know which is more expensive, the driving, or moving. Plus there's a million little other things.
I know everything happens for a reason and that it's all in God's plan, just wish He could write it in the sky, mail us a letter, etc to tell us what to do. Ü

Okay, I feel better, trying to decide now if I should just delete this. :cool:

here goes, to post or not to post :confused:

[Peg]

:grouphug: for you! You are really having to deal with a lot. My thoughts are with your whole family right now.

To answer your question...yes, I can't wait for some weeks to be over. Last month, storms flooded our basement, 3 days later our refrigerator (we had an extra one) went out and let all of the meat in it go bad so we had to buy extra meat to get us through until grocery day. A few weeks ago, my only 2 year old computer screen (it was my laptop) died and they said it would be $1000 to fix. Sure, I'll just go take that off the money tree in our backyard. I only paid $400 for the laptop 2 years ago. It had all of our bill payments on so Kevin hooked it up to another monitor for me to use, but now no portability which is okay with me. Kevin with his left leg disabled isn't able to walk correctly or bend it correctly was walking through the living room and caught his foot on the carpet and fell landing on his bad leg. He luckily didn't cause any more damage and is bruised but ok. Last week, a storm moved through dropping the neighbor's tree on our power line, gazebo and corner of our house. All survived fortunately, but the tree cutters who came yesterday to take down the tree dropped a branch on the support beam of our gazebo so now we have to claim it on their insurance and are waiting for them to get in touch. Oh and if not being without electricity for 12 hours last week (174,000 people in our area were left without after the storm) wasn't enough the gas company is shutting our gas off Monday to swap out the meter and if no one is home the gas will remain off until we make an appointment for them to come out so Kevin had to use a vacation day just to be home for that.

I know what you saying when you want the week to end. I'm right there with you. ;) Don't ever be afraid to post about what's bothering you. Sometimes, just posting it and getting it all out helps. We're here for you!

[Kristen]

When I have had a week like that or also in your case a big change in career or your life in general I just start writing down things. Things that I've wanted to do, jobs that sound interesting, places, etc... You have farmed for a long while it sounds like. I grew up on a farm a know the hardships and sometimes the uncertainty of the future especially when there is lots of family involved. My mom still farms and still has hard times. I doubt that she'll ever retire.

But start writing things down and once it's on paper things may start to show themselves. It helps make things not seem so overwhelming and it can prepare you too.

You'll be in my thoughts and prayers.

[ddobson]

Wow, sorry all this is going on. It will get better.

[debbiedee]

thanks Peg and Kristen! I hate saying anything that sounds just like complaining, cuz I really am an upbeat person.
Peg, I know what you are going thru with the electricity. An ice storm hit here one year (April 10, 1993 to be exact Ü) and we were without power for 2 weeks. Others were without up to 6! Not a fun time, but we made if fun (as much as one can) for Benjamin. He was a dancing all over the place when the lights came on. We didn't realize how much he was effected by it until then.