I have so much to tell you!

 But this is on my phone, so I may not get it all told. First and foremost, happy belated birthday to Robin!!!! 

  Things have been absolutely ridiculous around here. Grandpa was in the hospital with confusion and an infection that sounds like sepsis. Getting updates was incredibly difficult, and Covid (I really, really hate that word anymore) restrictions kept us from going there. My uncle that was up there is not able to relay info as well, and likes to add his own twist on things. At one point, Grandpa thought that he was at morgue being embalmed. He is, praise the Lord, back home and doing much better now. There are some lasting effects, but I really thought we were going to lose him, so the deficits are not worst case scenario by any means. 

  I was sick on the 14th, so I had Friday off of work. I really think I had just wore myself down too much between work, school, and everything else, especially since last week was finals. Thankfully, I am much better now, and at work now. I also survived our mandatory training, as did several apprehensive new hires. :)

  So, the being too busy and getting sick thing just confirms the decision I’m about to tell. I spoke to my boss a week or 2 back, and I am stopping to part time in late June. It was a hard, and frankly scary decision, but I feel more of a peace about this decision than I have felt in a very, very long time. I’m working on figuring out insurance and such now. Wish my luck, and a steady supply of Tylenol for that headache!

  My house is on hold at the moment. I’m working on figuring out the finances to hire the gent that gave me a quote. If I can get that figured out, we will go on ahead. If not, I will likely wait until sometime after next May to revisit that dream. 

  Since I was sick, I slept a ton(!!), watched some movies, and squeezed some stitching in!!!

  Most of the rump is done now, but I forgot to take a picture of that. I do believe Smokey has missed me stitching as much as I have! 

  The children are well. 

  Smokey was quite thrilled to have a bow tie on, and it appears to have cured his case of the grumpies and growlies. Lady hated it when I trimmed her claws and put her new caps on. You would have thought I was cutting her paws off the way she carried on!!! But, she stuck both paws out a few minutes after we finished to show off her bling! 

  I should be starting class on June 2, Lord willing and the creeks don’t rise. I’ll be using my vacation throughout June,  so that will take some stress off. I must say, the decision to go part time has made it much easier to breath, and I don’t feel like I’m drowning as much. Concerned about finances and such, but God led me down this path, so He will provide. 

  What have youns been up to? I’ve missed our visits!!!!

 Happy Stitching!

 Emmy

Slow Driver Update

   Since I have the misfortune of being awake at this time, and new guy drives slow from Big City,  I figured it would be a good time to pop in with an update. Things have been ridiculously busy. Between my classes and how incredibly busy we’ve been at work, there hasn’t really been time for much else, including sleep. Today we arrived at work and was told that there was a transfer going to St. Louis. The transfer went well, but was, unsurprisingly, long. 

  School has been annoying, but decent. Even though I’m just at half time, I’m having to spend pretty close to the amount of time studying I spent in medic class (an 18 credit hr class per semester). For two 3 hour classes, that is a bit ridiculous, especially since one is just a refresher. Still, it is what it is. I’m not sure if it’s the way the classes are set up, or my instructor. 

  The kitties are well. Ladybug’s paw is slowly getting better. I know they are just playing, but when Smokey bites her paw, he doesn’t realize he’s biting hard enough to hurt her. Do youns have any ideas on how to get him to stop playing so rough?

  Banjo wanted me to tell youns that he got two- TWO!!!!- new squeaky toys!!!!!!! I’m pretty sure Kirst gave the second one to Sadie, but he thinks it’s his  apparently, the one I gave him is not enough. Daisy says that life is good, even if her brothers are annoying  

  I don’t have anything to report on the stitching front. On the nursing school front, I have almost everything ready. My uniforms are ordered, my school- approved shoes arrived (they’re picky), most of my vaccine stuff is turned in (apparently they just gave me a plain tetanus shot a few years ago, so I need a TDaP booster, and I can’t access my TB test results on the pt portal for some reason, so I have to get that figured out). Let’s see, what else.... I think the only other thing I’ll need is a flu shot this fall. Normally, I skip them, but it’s required for clinicals. 

  I’m looking into something for the near future. I don’t have it all sorted out yet, although I have made up my mind, so I’ll wait to tell youns about it once it’s all sorted out. That said, I would appreciate sure prayer that I make the right decisions, and that all goes smoothly with it. 

  My coworker that was going to build my house had a schedule change and isn’t able to now. The good news is, there’s a guy that will be giving me a quote soon. I’m not sure when he will be able to start it, but he was the first one that didn’t say he was too busy, and he actually came out in a few days to look over everything, so that is progress at least!!!!

  Sorry I don’t have anything interesting to report. Hopefully that will change soon. Until then, youns take care, and please tell what you have been up to! 

  Happy Stitching!

 Emmy

P. S. I’ll try to include pictures in a post soon.  Also, it’s not terrible the new guy is driving slow; he’s working in giving a smooth ride, which is good, but ambulances go much faster than fire trucks, for various reasons.  He will get the fast and the smooth combined soon, I’m sure