I am back online after eight days. Electricity was reconnected after thirty six hours. I had to keep calling about my cable. I was in the system but for some reason a technician was not being sent out.

Last wednesday a tornado passed over my neighborhood snapping trees. We were lucky; other neighborhoods were destroyed. There are less trees around my house now. When we first built the house it was shaded on three sides and the front yard was in bright sun light. My beautiful red bud tree was brought down this time. The two hurricanes did not bring down as many trees. Thank God my house is still standing. I have contacted a realtor. I am too worn out to live here any more. What my next step will be I don't know. I will pray for direction.

I have had laryngitis since monday. It is a very strange feeling; you open your mouth and move your tongue and lips but you can't make a sound. I have had a sore throat since the 16th. I thought I was doing better and I went to work monday. Tuesday, the 20th, I started running a temperature but when I asked for the supervisor to find a sub for me so I could go home, I was told there wasn't anyone. When I got off of work I didn't feel up to going to the charity hospital and waiting fourteen hours to been seen. That's how long I sat the last time I went. This time I went to the urgent care clinic and was in and out within an hour. I had to pay but I put it on my credit card. I was told again it is a viral infection. My vocal cords are inflamed and I have congestion in my lungs. The doctor gave me a cortisone shot for the laryngitis. They don't give medicine for viral infections unless the infection causes complications; like the last two times it turned into bronchitis.

I have not been back to work since tuesday and the daycare will be closed monday. I hope I have enough sick days paid up and my paycheck will not be too small.

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Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
2 Peter 1:2-7

Happy Mother's Day!!!! I pray that everyone was blessed today.

Sunday signals the close of my two days off. I hope I can continue to have weekends off; but I need more money as usual with gas and groceries continuing to go up in price. I may have to look for weekend work. Next week I will get to work a few extra hours in evening at the daycare. I wish I could get extra hours in the evening every week. If I could make an extra $100 every month I think I would be okay.

I enjoyed working in the creeper room this past week. I told my supervisor that if the regular worker ever has to quit I would like to have the room. Watching them take their first steps was wonderful. I did have one vomit on me and another had diarrhea so bad I had to change his crib sheet and disinfect the mattress. Otherwise it was a great week.

Thursday I had a flat tire on the way to work. At first I didn't realize what the noise was. When it dawned on me that it could be a flat tire and not an engine problem, I still did not want to stop on the side of the road in the dark. I kept on driving and pulled into a convenience store parking lot. I found someone to change the tire and learnt that I had driven too far and destroyed the tire and bent the tire rim. Even learning this I will probably do it again.

Next week I will be working in the creeper room, ages six months to one year. The regular worker is on vacation and as usual I am the best one to substitute. It will be fun but I am worried I will get sick like I did the last time I subbed in the infant room.

I finished the afghan I was making as a gift for a co-worker. She is expecting a boy and decorated her nursery in camouflage. I don't like this idea at all but she is very excited about it. So I used Red Heart brand yarn in camouflage. It looks nice but not what I would want to give an infant.

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The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.
II Samuel 22:47