Here it is just past the middle of July.  I'm still sick.  The sinus infection has "gone"?  I have much chest congestion and am coughing, or more like barking, day and night.  I've been under the weather for over a month now.  I'm tired!!!  In fact yesterday, Sunday, after eating breakfast I laid on the couch and slept for about an hour.  I then watched a Disney movie.  Around noon Paul asked what I wanted for lunch & said I wasn't hungry.  I was up for a few minutes.  I then sat in the recliner & turned on the massager.  I was asleep in no time & didn't wake until 1:40.  I felt a little better then.  But the coughing kept me up most of the night.  I'm afraid I kept Paul awake too.  Sorry honey!! :-(

We've had roof issues for a while now.  There's a small closed in porch & when it rains hard it will drip from the ceiling.  About March it started dripping in the upstairs bathroom.  We used wastebaskets & such until the end of May.  Over Memorial Day weekend Paul removed the ugly bathroom linen closet.  In doing so part of the wall/ceiling came down.  You've got to remember the house is 100 years old & plaster/lathe which easily crumbles.  We used some plastic to plug the hole when we were having rain & it worked OK.  The 1st Sunday in June Paul asked our pastor if he'd look at the roof & give an estimate.  Our pastor does construction, like building houses & remodeling, as a full time job so this was right up his alley.  He said he'd look at it that same week. 

Here it is some 6 weeks later & he still hasn't been to our house.  Paul emailed him twice to see when he'd come over and no response.  UGH!!  I'm sure he is busy.  I understand that.  What I don't understand is not following through on what he said he would do.  And I don't understand why he won't respond to the emails.  Even if he'd call or email & say he's just to busy to give an estimate that would at least be something.  Paul is more than a bit "put out" by all of this.  I don't blame him.  I just don't understand how a Christian brother, a pastor, can act this way.  Very sad...

Effective this week, 7/16/12, my hours have  been cut to 32 per week.  I run a women's health program that is funded by the government.  The number of women I can screen this year is less than previous years.  The anticipated income for this fiscal year isn't even enough to cover my hourly wage for the year.  So, I had to cut hours and will have to cut expenses.  The bad part is Paul & I were just squeaking by at 40 hours/week so this will really impact us.  This is why I haven't yet been to the doctor, for the 3rd time, to see about my cough. 

Believing God because He is the great I AM!!!!