Oct. 30, 2006 ~ Healing
Husband had his stitches taken out and that worked for all of about six hours. His wound reopened and he, being a guy, wouldn't go back to the doctor. Mainly because he did not want more stitches. So now it is going to take a while to heal (assuming it does). Arggh!
Anyway...
Not much else going on. Things have been extra busy at work. People have been angry and upset there, too. People sure do get their feelings hurt about church-related matters. Makes sense, I guess. Particularly in large churches, but probably in congregations of all sizes, you have a group of people trying to make decisions and it's like this huge family, but no one agrees on anything. Not really. You would think things would be easier now that Miss Misery has moved on, but there are still residual issues there.
Oh! Did I tell you that Son is not going to Iraq at this time? He may do that later on, but for now, at least, he's still safely stateside. That's pretty exciting news. He is disappointed about it, so we are trying not to act obviously elated, but we are parents, after all, so you know... secretly (okay, not so secretly NOW), we are THRILLED!
Precious granddaughter is still precious, as all grands are, and life is good.
Imagine my shock, one day last week, to turn on a national news program and learn that we were having terrible FLOODING in East Texas. This while our skies were clear, bright blue. The weatherman pointed to the map and I wanted to tell him that while it may have technically been the Eastern portion of the map, it was not East Texas. Maybe it was flooding in Southeast Texas, and definitely in the Houston area, but not here in the plain old East. Not the Piney Woods. It is a big state, so I guess I can understand the confusion. Sure hope no one worried needlessly, though.
But, all that aside, in the past three weeks, we've had a total of about six inches of rain. Small, boring news to most, but to drought-stricken East Texas, it's exciting. We are still considerably short -- we could use about 39 more inches -- but not all at once, please! Still, six inches makes a difference in how things look and in how everyone feels. The pastures have greened up, and even though the grass is sparse and very short, it is GREEN, a welcome relief to farmers sick of brown, dead everything. Ponds are still lower than I've ever seen them, but six inches of water is an improvement! It makes everyone feel more hopeful and positive. The impossible just became possible. It can still rain, after all.
Till next time...
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