What a week!!

Ok, I guess I should start from last Thursday. We got the kids enrolled in school. They got to explore the building while I filled out about 20 sheets of paper. Then we headed to Piedmont to see Chris' grandparents. They were going to show us Grandpa's new model airlplanes and test fly them. We had a great afternoon of visiting and laughing and then we ate supper at Fire mountain. We split ways and they went home and we came back to Norman.
Friday was Chris last day off, so we went to the library and hung out at home. Saturday Chris went back to work and the kids and I hung out here and unpacked more boxes. We met Jenn Atchley and Eli at burger king for supper and to catch up. It was a lot of fun! Sunday we went to Journey church again and then spent the afternoon watching the nascar race and went to the mall to play at their play area.
Sunday I was starting to have a hard time thinking about letting the kids go. Nathan's teacher seemed super nice and we hadn't met Hannah's. I was really nervous, scared, sad, etc.
Well, Monday came and Nathan woke up with crusty eyes. Yep, you guessed it, pink eye. That was what I suspected, so since we dont' have a doctor yet because we don't have insurance yet, we went to the urgent care. I walked Hannah to school first and then Nathan and i went. $90 later, we had eye drops. Doctor said he could go to school the next day if his eyes had cleared up.
Well, we did that tuesday, however, after looking at Nathan's load, he is definately being challenged. Grading starts here in 1st grade. In Missouri, they don't do that until 2nd. Anyways, so there will be a lot of studying. He has daily homework that I have to sign. Wednesday I was feeling sick, so after sending the kids to school, I came home and slept all day. I felt better in the afternoon, which was good, because "after school special" story time was at the library and "1st Wednesdays" at Journey. We went to both of those. Then today our landlord came by to do a "move in inspection" which pretty much consisted of us listing things that were already scuffed up or stained when we got here. That way when we move out, we dont' have to take the blame for it. Kids and I were looking forward to a fun night when out of no where, the master bathroom's toilet started spewing water from the bottom of the toilet. We called the maintenace line and they told us to shut the water off and keep a minimun use on the water till they could get to us in the morning. So, $50 later with a new shop vac, I spent this entire evening sucking up sewage out of our carpet. It had leaked into the living room, the master bedroom, the hall and of course, the master bathroom was covered in about 2 inches of filth.
So, when I title this, what a week, I am telling you, God has drug me about 30 different directions. On top of that, the district manager came into Chris store and ripped all the new zone managers a new one, saying that if the store looked that way the next time he visited, he would fire all of them. Chris stood up and said, "None of us were trained very well and haven't been here long enough to know what we are doing. You can't threaten our jobs when we haven'g even learned them yet." He said the other zone managers were like, "What are you doing? Yoiu are going to get fired today." It will be interesting to see what happens from here on out. He got called in early today and recieved a warning from the store manager for being too mouthy. He wasn't going to write him up because he liked him and wanted to give him a chance to learn. He left me a message saying, "I hate my job. I wish we had stayed in missouri". I had to remind him that we can't go back, we have to keeping stepping forward." That is hard for me, considering I have had the hardest time being behind this move. It seems like when I start to feel like I am finding my nitch, something like an exploding toilet brings me crashing back to reality. I am nothing. I am a speck of dust and my life is only but a breeze. On my own, I am nothing. The only way I can do this is if I am doing it fully and completely trusting in God and taking Him at His word. Swallowing His promises whole and making them what my life is about. As I was sucking sewage up tonight, all that crossed my mind was the song, "I will praise you in the storm." And an image of my kids singing the psalms and dancing crossed my mind. I wish I was more like them. Innocent and willing to lift up His name, even when things aren't the way I want them.
Anyways, so that is where I am. I am hoping you week was one that was more calm and full of God's peace. I am working on the pictures of the place. I haven't found my cord yet, so....
Well, until next time, trying to trust in Him with EVERYTHING!!