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Hello friends!

We got moved; what a job, mostly unpacked, just don't have all the stuff hung on the walls yet. I will be getting that done soon.

Missie is finished school for the year, thank the Lord. She is officially a senior in high school, where has the time gone? She was entering 9th grade when we moved here! She turned 17 on May 24th! On May 22nd, she was sick, but she wanted her and Connor to go out as planned, so I took them to Steak N Shake, it was her choice where we went. She had to have oral surgery again earlier that week, cause the one spot did not completely heal up, and got food and debris in there and it started hurting and was infected. Antibiotics didn't clear it up, so they had to open her up, clean it out and sew her back up. Well, the infection spread and got into her lung and she had what the dr. called "infection induced asthma." So she was on 3 medications for that, and is now doing better. We go back tomorrow to have it checked. All this was happening while we were moving. It was so hard not having her help, she helps me so much, but she was so sick, she couldn't help. Anyhow, on Sat. I took her and Connor out for her birthday, and got her a DQ Cake! I wish she could have felt better but she and Connor had a good time anyhow. He got her a hat, and she loved it! It was a perfect gift for her! We got her a book she asked for, and some other items. We are going to repaint her room and help her decorate it too.

Well, yesterday was a bad day! Preston has a hospital bed, therefore the mattress is foam. The plastic covering on it had cracks and splits in it. Well, he wet the bed! I used a fan and thought I had it dried but when he sat down last night, he got wet and it had soaked through the mattress clear to the bottom and was dripping on floor. Well, I had bought a drop sheet of plastic, and wrapped his mattress in it and he was able to sleep without being wet. Today Jr. and I took the plastic cover off and are trying to get the mattress dried. That was the beginning of the bad day. I went to clean the church for prayer meeting and the tornado siren went off. I knew Preston was home alone, so I paniced! I called him and told him to go inside and shut the inside door. He did that, then he called my mom and told her he wanted to warn her that we might be having a tornado. It scared her, of course. I called Missie at school and told her she had to leave as I didn't have a vehicle, and come get me and take me home. She did that, and by the time we got home the cloud had passed. I went back and finished the church, only to have the prayer meeting cancelled due to the weather. When this 1st siren went off, Jr. was at work and had to go to their storm shelter. Anyhow, it rained and hailed, and was windy and at 10 p.m. the siren went off again, as well as many other emergency vehicle sirens. So! I was at least home with kids, and Jr. once again had to go into their storm shelter. Preston was asleep and I knew I couldn't get him awake and up to go into the bathroom. The lights went out twice, but came back on, and we got quite a storm. At Jr.'s work, they were in the storm shelter this 2nd time and couldn't leave until it had passed. So we waited on his call telling us he was on his way. He made it home, and we tried to get settled down for the night. Well! Jr. came in bedroom with a container of water that he was drinking out, and the cat was laying at my feet on the bed. He reached down to pet the cat and spilled the container of water. He and I had to strip our whole bed, and by then I was exhausted! I slept fitfully all night, and am still exhausted today. I have been in pain too, this weather is bad for arthritis and fibromyalgia. Today has been much calmer, and maybe one day I can look back on this and have a good laugh ??? Not sure, lol

I only have internet on my phone right now, and it is hard to do much with such a small screen. But anyhow, this is the update for now. We are alive, and hopefully things will calm down now?? The tornados are not over though, I don't think. It hit close to Bedford, IN last night and damage was done. My brother saw it on TV and was so worried so he and I and mom and I talked a lot while we were waiting on Jr. to get home.

Hope you are all doing well!

It's May!

It is already May, and we get possession of our house the week of the 16th and will be moving that week. I haven't done a lot of packing yet. I have done some, but can't pack Preston's room til the day we move it. We have to keep his life as normal as possible til moving. Jr. has 2 vacation days he is gonna take off that week. We found out that we don't have to pay any deposits on gas or utilites. That is a huge plus, and we are so thankful. Jr. is losing some of his overtime, maybe all of it, but 40 hrs/week is more than some people are getting! We are thankful he has a job!
I am posting some pictures of our house. It has lots of room! We are hoping we can get some more furniture and replace our couch from yard sales hopefully. It will take time, but we don't have to rush.

Missie is working at DQ and loves it. She got her first big paycheck and was so thrilled. This summer she will work a lot more hours. This week she works 4 days instead of 3. She got this job by putting in applications and then checking back on her application. She is becoming a responsible young lady. She is almost at the end of her junior year. Unbelievable. She is dating Connor, who goes to our church and he attends our school too. What is really hard to believe is that his last name is Watson, too, but believe me, he is not related to us, lol.

Preston is doing great, not really keen on moving, but not going to pieces over it, either. The new meds. are doing so well for him. He is gonna love his new room, it is so big and has 2 windows in it! He is still collecting VHS. He has enough to open a little store, lol He also likes to buy computer games if he finds any he doesn't already have.

I will certainly take pics of it when we get in! Pray for strength and energy to get moved!