Change Shift in Meeting Mr. Jesus Christ

This has been a very long week and I am feeling fairly drug out when my intention had been to get caught up on chores, rest and prepare for my upcoming retreat. Now I'm down to one day to gather my things, do a bit of cleaning, make a few phone calls and try to get sleep. Timing wasn't good to switch from being on midnight shift to days and late second shift, too much middle of the day stuff came up and threw me off kilter.

I got my laptop out of the shop yesterday. Rather jerks my chain to have a machine that is just a tad over a year old and already sinking money into repairs, weird repairs. This time I had to have the BIOS installed, even though it was in the machine. Somehow it managed to hide itself and shut down my WI-FI. The up side I have a new geek guy (which is actually the name of his business, too) who is as affordable as any I've ever had. The dude is honest, wise, quick and not too far from home. That he got my machine back to me within 24 hours floored me, in a good way.

NOT that it is his fault but I spent last night re-installing some of the every program I added since purchasing the laptop. Of course I didn't have a list and my memory is coming mostly from e-mail notifications and sudden realizations I can't do a function because I'm missing my software. Grrrrr. Lost all my bookmarks. I live by bookmarks. Oh, passwords and user names gone. The tired I felt when I woke this morning had much to do with pulling those things out of my head and little to do with ability to sleep.

Up far too early to go for an MRI on my foot and ankle. Made up an extra hour sleep while in the machine, 30 minutes in waiting rooms yielded more nap time. End of March I'll get those results. Yesterday got the rest of the blood work done and met with primary to discuss blood sugar problem. It's obvious I've developed a serious issue with extremely low sugar, now trying to ascertain why. For now all the doctor appointments and related items are done and by the time the results are in I'll be back home from my trip up north.

Spoke with Blue this evening. A challenging day for him so he was pretty done when I called. His breathing doesn't sound good, he is sounding wet again and tells me his weight is still up 32 lbs. Doc said he's keeping him in the hospital at least another week due to the fluid retention. No point of sending him back to rehab just to have him back within 48 hours. Blue thinks most is due to med schedule getting off by a few hours and all cycled down from there. Seems the doctor agreed, still they watch closely.

Friday I leave for the women's retreat and conference on missions work. I really don't have a clue what I'm in for. I decided just sign on and roll with whatever God puts before me. I've been waiting for Him to open doors and lead me where He desires. Now after a long quiet patch of what I hope has been preparation He is beginning reveal more to me. We'll see. I'm prayerful, hopeful, and confident He has a plan for me. My job is to keep my ears, eyes, mind and heart open and answer when I hear His voice.

For now, sleep.

Out.