The good/bad/ugly all rolled in together in I don't know....

Let’s start with the ugly first. I have a diagnostic mammogram tomorrow and then an appointment with a specialist on Wed morning at 10. I would appreciate prayers for that and that this is simple. The good in this is that my medicaid will cover the mammogram and the specialist.

The bad. Well, that seems to be most things right now. Nothing seems to be going quite right. I had to tell my oldest last night that she can’t go on the mission trip with the youth this year. Eric and I had signed up for the Student Adult Leadership Team (SALT). We had a meeting last night and when I asked about the group that was meeting about the mission trip I was firmly told we were not on that team. I said, “Well, then she can’t go.” The youth minister was floored and we got into a lengthy discussion, which was really not my intent. Though, we will need to go back and finish this with him. I believe God gave me my children to raise. I believe that youth groups are there to be a part of our teens life and not to separate them from us. At this age, to take young teens half way across the US without a parent isn’t responsible. Since he gives preference to senior high parents, that knocks out a lot of younger kids parents and the kids. He also wasn’t very happy with me when I asked him to tell me one thing he knew about my child (he doesn’t even know her name). Why should I let my kid go with him? He never came to see us, never made an attempt to know us, so why should she go with him and not have a parent present?? I have a dim view of youth groups in general, but this experience is really souring me further on them. The good in this is that she dealt with it really well, understood why we felt like we did, and handled the disappointment maturely.

The good. Well, Eric has a job. The bad part is that it won’t meet our needs at all. We live a very basic life anyway, but the pay won’t meet our needs. It will supplement the little we have, but it won’t even pay a months rent. I am not ungrateful for the job, but, to me, he shouldn’t have even applied for it knowing how little it paid. It seems like a waste of time and it will keep him from being able to look for a better paying job. The hours are 8-4:30. No bueno when you are in search of a real career type paying job.

So, that’s the update from my world.