We got a huge blessing this month. After 3 years working for 1800 Contacts I have made it to the top of the work from home list! I had to provide my own desk and chair but they will pay for the Internet and provide all of the computer equipment. My Darling sister Heather had a desk that she wasn't using and let me have for free (thank you so much!) and Andy's brother Tony and his wife Andree provided a much needed office chair again for free (You guys are so amazing!). We figure that we are going to save quite a bit in gas alone not to mention I am sure that there are alot of other ways that it is going to help us save money which will really help us alot. Just as I started my second week at home last week the alternator went out on the truck. Normally this would cause me to go into extra panic mode but as I don't need to drive to work everyday Andy can just take our van to work until we can afford a new alternator which Andy is pretty sure he can install by himself (which will again save us a ton of money). This last Sunday they finally split our ward (it was very much needed as our Sacrament meeting filled the chapel and the entire gym all the way back!) With the split we lost SO many people that the bishop had to pretty much start over. The Bishop decided to wheel and deal with the Stake presidency again over us and they have released Andy from our Stake Calling and have put him in as the Assistant Deacons Quorum advisor and ----Scoutmaster! I know its not much of a surprise with all that he has been doing with scouts lately but he is really excited as scared at the same time. Andy also just finished another block of classes and after the end of the block that will start Monday he will have 3 more semesters left before graduation. However, we are just not sure how we are going to pay for the next semester we found out at the beginning of this semester that he is just about to hit the cap of financial aide and we only have enough room to make it to the end of the next semester. In some ways I can't wait to see what the lord has up his sleeves to help pay for school, as Andy is promised in his patriarchal blessing that he will be able to get the schooling he desires, so it will be interesting to see what happens. I have just started my 3rd week of working from home and am finally starting to settle in and not have it feel so weird. The kids are all doing fine and are getting excited for Halloween and trying to finalize their costumes. Me, I have already moved past Halloween and am starting to think about Christmas and trying not to stress about it.
We found out last week that Andy's Dad doesn't have Cancer but his Grandma Zaelit does. She has more than one kind of bone marrow cancer and starts Chemo on Wednesday. I hate for her to have to go through it but they say without the Chemo they say that its a good possibility that she wont make out the year, and the Chemo will give her 3-5 years. On top of all this Grandpa Zaelit isn't doing real well either and we are really starting to worry that we wont have either of them for much longer. Grandma and Grandpa Zaelit have been so kind to me and have loved me so much that I might as well have had them my whole life. When we don 't have them anymore they are going to leave a very big hole that isn't going to be easily filled. It's hard to think about, cancer seems to have taken so many people that are important to me.
Well here is to the next couple of weeks-- hope that they are good!
12 years ago
