so beautiful!!!

Management called about the apartment today.... not good news.  Because he is getting a grant to pay for his schooling, he can't get a discount in rent.  I guess there is some sort of rule about how much help the government will give, you can't receive from multi programs.  There is just no way he can afford the rent, especially once DQ closes.  He will be schooling full time so he couldn't afford to get another job.  So he will be stuck here.  Lauren won't get to have both rooms, but then she never has had them either.  We just keep praying that whatever it is that Jehovah wants us to do, we will understand.  So maybe he wants Colton to stay here.  

Colton and Steph were so tired last night.  But they took showers, made some pizza rolls and drank some tea and we had family worship last night.  It was about 10:15 when we started but it was a lot of fun.  I told EO that maybe we should plan to have food and tea out for family worship every week.  It did help perk them up.  Especially after they have been working the whole day and  not being able to eat very much all day.  Next week, I am thinking mozzarella sticks and maybe veggies with dip.

My back is sooooooo broken today.  I must have been sleeping wrong or something because it is screaming at me today.  I can hardly stand.  I don't know what is going on but my lymph nodes are still swollen today.  They seldom are swollen this long unless... it is a bad bug I am fighting.  But no one else has been sick and I haven't left the house in days, not that others don't bring bugs into the house.  The pain is my back is just taking my breath away today.  I have been trying to stretch it out but it isn't helping enough.  

I don't know if I mentioned, I did work out a schedule for each day of what i need to do to make my service time.  It is really a big help for me.  I was feeling so anxious and worried about how I was going to do it.  So I am feeling much better now.

This weekend is coming up fast, (it's tomorrow) but what I mean we have a number of things we want to have done and taken care of... I have to remember to remind Steph to wash her sheets and pillow cases, as we will have a guest staying in her room.  Another guest will be on the couch and I already have clean bedding for that.  Not everyone will be able to come Sunday, which we totally understand as it wasn't much notice.  But there will be a nice group which it will work out nice for our one guest to meet a number from our cong.  I am not sure if there will be another chance, maybe at Steph's going away party.  I didn't throw a party for Colton because after he moved he was still here some and then it never really felt like he was gone.  Maybe we should have, but EO said if the cong wanted to do a party someone would have mentioned it.  I really wouldn't mind at all if someone threw a party for Steph.  But not everyone has room.  After the DC she is going to be going job and apartment hunting.  Then about 6 weeks later DQ will close and she will either move right after that or by Oct 1st.  So that is about...?10 weeks?  Having trouble with the math on that.

Well, I am going to go try and do some more stretching, although it hasn't helped yet, so maybe it is time to dip into the pain meds.