January 1, 2012

I wonder why we think that when one year ends and another begins, things will be better. We resolve to do this, do that, don't do this, don't do that, just to help make things better.  However, the same sickness we had on December 31 is the same one we wake up with on January 1. The same bad back we've had for years follows us into each new year. We hope that the coming year will be better than the past one, but is it?  It's what we make of each day that counts.  The calendar years don't matter.  We spend so much time trying to make one year better than another that we forget to enjoy the moment.  Let's concentrate on moments.  Tomorrow really isn't promised to us, now is it?  Forget about the year.  Seize the moment. 

The past several days have been challenging, and today wasn't any different:

Jon went to work with a 100.5 fever and they sent him home.  Prayers would be appreciated that the fever would go away, as it's been a week of fevers and chills.  The rest of the symptoms are gone.  Prayer would also be appreciated as he feels he is in jeopardy of losing his job.  He will be there 1 year on March 1, and he has no personal days until then.  All days that he has been absent he has presented them with either a doctor's or hospital note.  He says the policy states that they are still unexcused.  Please pray that they will not fire him.   

Jess has had several meltdowns and this morning another one, all due to Jon coughing, me clearing my throat and Bill not feeling or looking well.  I took her out for an unscheduled "Girls Day Out" to Target just to get her some fresh air - and me, too.  It helped alot.  We had a good time together and seized the moment!

Bill's days have been physically hard and getting harder.  Today he had chest pains on and off.   He doesn't feel like doing anything and doesn't.  It makes for a very long day.  He doesn't even feel like playing on the iPad.  That's unusual.