After the talk on material things, it is awkward to even mention this. But, my computer is 6 or 7 years old.  It has been dropped a few...ok, many times and there is a broken connection inside.  A few times a month that connection will be off, and it makes the screen fuzzy...impossible to see.  I have to bang on the computer until the connection can be made again.  This has been going on for years.  I just hoped it would keep hanging together until...we could buy a new one.  but there is always something else that we need more.  and as long as it works, I'm fine.  Granted too, many of the keys are soooo worn down, they have huge divots in them, as well as a number of the letters have been worn off.  And the fan doesn't work anymore, so I have to have a fan on the table blowing on it all the time.  Plus the battery doesn't work at all anymore and it costs to much to buy another one. 2 of the 3 USB ports don't work anymore and the list goes on and on.  So EO talked to the kids, and Colton said he would bargain hunt for a really good deal, and sure enough he found one that was in EO's budget.  I think Steph chipped in too. I don't know what arrangement they made but I know Steph had a big hand in making it happen.  The computer they bought is the same as Lauren's.  It is much lighter weight than this old one.  My last computer weighted twice of what this old one weighs.  I am still setting it up so I don't have the phone hooked up to it yet.  I don't know how long this old one will keep running but EO can have it now...heehee.  He doesn't do much on the computer anyways.  Once in awhile, at night he will listen to music or watch different types of videos on YouTube.  I was really surprised by this.  I've never complained about this old one not working, I'm happy to make due with what I have, but EO had the funds now, so he wanted to get this replaced with something reliable.

My hip is still hurting.  It was terrible yesterday.  The whole day walking was such a struggle, so I did my best to not get up much.  One time I did get up, I was in the bathroom, and I swear I heard someone whistle a long whistle.  Freaked me out.  I locked the bathroom door.  I had to figure out what I was going to do.  I didn't have either of my phones with me, as I don't like taking them into the bathroom.  I listened and didn't hear anything.  I waited several minutes, just praying.  Then I decided to leave the bathroom.  I picked up a spray bottle of bathroom cleaner and a towel...to make it look like I was cleaning, and if need be, I could spray the cleaner in their face.  But I found no one in the house, but the door wasn't shut all the way, so I shut it, locked it, and closed the drapes.  I put the cleaner back into the bathroom and prayed some more and calmed myself down.  Never in my life have I ever though of using bathroom cleaner for self defense.  But if you get that stuff in your eyes, it is going to burn and it would have given me a chance to get away.  I am rethinking the not having the phone with me in the bathroom thing.   I don't know why I heard that whistle.  Or what was happening.  But it reminds me of that one other time...

when I was home and the window was open and our dog started barking like crazy.  It was strange because I caught a whiff of some really bad B.O.  and I thought it was EO's stinky shirts in the laundry basket.  Well, Jack was barking and I yelled at him once but he kept barking so I yelled at him even louder to be quiet and a couple seconds later, the smell was gone and a couple seconds after that Jack stopped barking.  Jack was also in his pen which he could see the side of the house where my bedroom window is and that was where I was.  The fact that the bad BO smell started suddenly and then ended when I yelled at jack, made me realize that something or someone had been close by outside.  I then ran and shut all the windows and locked the doors.  I never saw anyone or anything outside but clearly Jack did.  That was really scary.  And yesterday made me anxious.

Well anyways.

Yesterday, the kids were able to see Carol for a little while.  It really hurt them to see her suffering so badly.  She really is having a very hard time breathing.  She had to sit up in order to breath as she just couldn't get any air laying down.  I wonder when they will send her back to the hospital?  Granted she has oxygen but the fluid is just pressing too much on her lungs.  I do hope they can keep her comfortable.   


********************UPDATE

Carol is back in the ER.  Bill was up there with her, and she just can't get enough air, so they need to drain that fluid again.  EO is home today, Bill said for him to just stay put for now.  Bill will call later when he knows if they are going to admit her or what.  He even said he could stay the night with her.  But I don't know if he will be able to manage that or not.  Lauren said she can since Steph & Colton are in Rochester.  She is so weak and can't eat.  We just keep praying for the strength to endure.