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Wake up! (From Lazytown)
I know it’s been a month, but I wanted to keep the details of mom’s services at the top for a while. The week of the 13th was difficult for me, but after that it has been pretty ok. I’ve put to use most of mother’s things up and am still looking for a home for some things. I kept all of her cotton clothes separate and in a very large garbage bag. The are the makings for her memory quilt. Other things of hers I have been wearing. It’s good that ¾ sleeves are the rage…otherwise her shirts would be too small.
It’s hard getting used to the idea that I don’t have to call gramma every day anymore. I still call a lot. Gramma has Alzheimer’s and it’s worsening. I think that if I still call all the time, then maybe by September, she’ll still know who I am when I go visit.
Okay…must get back on target here…back to Decisions, Decisions.
Randy had a job opportunity drop in his lap last week. Actually, it was a lot more than that. First, it’s a job that involves a 10-15% increase in pay for the same company with the same good benefits, and home every night. The thing is, this opening is only open for a short amount of time, so we have to jump on it. It also means us moving back to Omaha relatively quickly, like on or before the 1st of March. I’ve had discussions with the school district up there and am relatively pleased about how quickly they can get my children into school. They are required by federal law to give Rueben the same rate of services he is receiving now. They also have a 45 day placement policy which means that during the first 45 days of Rueben being in their district, they can call for another IEP meeting and give him more services or tweak the ones he has a bit. That is really, really good. Also, there is a Center of Excellence (COE) of both Autism and Huntington’s Disease as well. I can kill 2 birds with one proverbial place. Also, Randy’s boss plans to send Randy home empty, to pack all our things up in the trailer and send Randy up to Omaha empty and it will cover ALL of our moving expenses except the gas in my car.
As if job and school wasn’t cool enough, enter place to live. Randy found a home for us. 3 bedroom, 2 bath. Not the ideal neighborhood, or school district, but a safe place to have the kids for a while. It’s for considerably less money than renting in the ideal neighborhood. ($2500 a year). This way, we can rent for smaller, in a safe neighborhood, then save money to buy into the ideal neighborhood. It means more time until we are in the ideal place, but it’s a good compromise for what we want.
Nothing is sketched in stone yet. Randy has to continue talks with his boss tomorrow. Trying to follow his lead, I chose to honor him. I gave him my opinion and told him that we would do whatever he decided. Now he’s talking about church shopping. My home church is no longer the place of God that it once was. As a result, we feel that the Lord is asking us to leave that church and set up our “home base” elsewhere. Unfortunately, due to children’s ministry issues, we will not be able to attend the new churches of 2 of our friend couples. So…He wants us to seek Him and seek Him we will. That way we can “tune in” to what he wants us to hear in regards to a place of ministering and renewing ourselves.
Recently I had the privilege of assisting the teacher in a Sunday School lessen in which your Spirit self is synonymous with a tank of gas in your car, and church is the gas. All week we drive around using up our gas. Then Wednesday nights we get a little boost in the tank, then Sundays we have the opportunity to “fill up” in His word. I think it’s a great analogy.
I am still waiting to hear from someone at my old job. All well so far in the inquiries I’ve made.
Until we meet again….or until a decision is made and I can update you….
~M~
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