Random Update

SO many things have happened lately... most totally random, but equally blog-worthy. Let's start with the most recent.

I had mentioned how I have been putting Jax to nap on our bed... well he finally fell off. Not at nap time though, he got in bed with me this morning and almost immediately fell off. He went down and cracked the back of his head on the dresser next to the bed. This is the first injury like this I've ever seen so I didn't really know waht to do. The bleeding stopped with a wet washcloth, but it is quite a gash. When Lew got up I showed him and he said it should heal pretty quickly and shouldn't need stitches... thankfully! It is a big fight though to get Jax to hold still so I can put neosporin on it. Hopefully when it's not as fresh in a few hours it won't be such a struggle. He got some tylenol and is doing much better now.

Um, I have been in the habit of finding things lately. Things I don't want to find... for example... a mouse. I almost stepped on a live mouse in the pantry (I was barefoot at the time) But thankfully I avoided it. I still freaked out though, I have never seen a live mouse before! Then, the other night, all the lights were out and everyone was in Silvia and Lew's room talking, so I went to join them. Well, on my way in, I was again barefoot (You'd think I'd learn my lesson) and I stepped on something cold and crunchy... I turned around and looked, yup, a cockroach!!! You should have seen me FREAK OUT! The whole family was cracking up laughing at me and I was just totally disgusted! Turns out, about 5 seconds earlier Danny had walked into the room and stepped on it, with tennis shoes on, and killed it. So I came behind him and stepped on the squished cockroach. Not cool! I am wearing shoes today... lesson learned. Especially since there have been a lot of scorpions around lately! Scary huh?

Let's see, what else? I had a pretty bad infection in my gum/tooth that I've had for almost 3 months. Nobody at the densist office could believe I wasn't in excrutiating pain! But I was experiencing NO PAIN at all! I guess I'm lucky in that way. I got a root canal on Thursday. Well, half of one. When you go in to get a root canal, you generally don't want to repeat the experience... but I was in the dentist's chair for 2 hours with him working on my without interruption and he was only halfway done, so we had to stop. He filled my tooth with cotton and put a temporary filling over it. Thank goodness it was Brother Brann doing the work, he has this amazing way of keeping you calm. He said he was having trouble because my roots are very curved and it was difficult for him to clean it all out. The good news is the awful infection I had going on in there is gone... thank goodness. So next week I get to go repeat the whole thing while he builds it up and caps it again. My jaw was very sore from holding my mouth open and he told me his fingers were very sore... :) Not a good day for anyone! They are being so generous and allowing me to pay in lumps... it is an $850 procedure (not including the crown! yikes!) so hopefully I can have it payed of within the next 2 months. So many expenses right now! I have determined that I am the absolute worst person not to have health/dental insurance. So many things are wrong with me. Nothing serious or life threatening though so I know I'm blessed.

I know this post is long and jumping all around, but I just need to say how thankful I am to have Jesus Christ in my life. I was thinking about that yesterday, about how I would overcome the trials I am going through without him. I simply can't imagine it. I am thankful for the constant reassurance I have that I am not alone and someone understands everything I feel, whether I express it or not. I just started visiting teaching a wonderful sister who hasn't been to church in a long time. She lost her husband 4 years ago and she and her kids haven't really recovered. We had an amazing visit yesterday, my companion couldn't come with me so it was just me and her. I feel very connected with her. I think we in some ways are meant to help each other, even though I haven't gone through what she is experiencing. I just feel so much love for her and I want her to come back to church so badly. She does too. She needs the companionship of the other sisters... It's so sad that's she's been trying to recover from her loss all on her own. When I left her house, I felt stronger in my own faith too... so I know we will be very good friends!

Lastly, Becky's dog, Cindy, died this week. It was very sad but it was also a good thing. Poor Cindy had been in so much pain. She would just lay there and cry! The vet didn't know what was wrong with her. He ruled things out, but didn't diagnose anything. He gave her pain medication though, which helped for the last few days before she died. I have never been in this situation, losing a pet. I didn't really know what would happen. Like, do you have a funeral service, or somekind of official good-bye. But no, Luis and Silvia dug a grave on the other side next to Alsatian's and we buried her. Jackson just asked today, "Where's Cindy?" Silvia had explained that she was gone, with Jesus. He seemed fine with that answer. He knew she was sick and hurting. Poor Alsatian (the third) is lonely now. We still don't know whether Cindy will be replaced. But I'm just glad she isn't hurting anymore.