Sunday morning chat

Hi all!! We are having steady snow here this morning, probably 3 inches so far and it is expected to continue until tomorrow. Boss sent me a text to remind me if the schools are closed then so are we and I am NOT allowed to go to work. I have the on-call cell phone so it isn't a big deal. The funny thing is; there was a time in my life when I would have gladly accepted not going to work because I didn't care about the job I was doing, now I enjoy work and look foreword to being there and Have to be Told to stay home.

Our little miracle baby turned 1 on Monday!! The pictures show how much he has grown. A lot of us commented on how we didn't know if he would be with us for 1 day and how here it is a year later and he is a healthy baby. Mich had a party for him yesterday. I took my mom to Kearney with me to celebrate. He is amazing in retrospect. He is starting move around by rolling, he was clapping his hands yesterday and I caught this on video. One would never know he was such a fragile little being a year ago. Even though I don't have the daily interaction with him like I did with Angel when she was a baby, he still knows my voice and face and reacts with smiles when I talk to him. This is a gift of being sober and living a calm life.

I had to make a tough decision to not enable Mich and Matt this week. She called me and told me their electricity had been shut off. Prior to Christmas she called concerning her electric bill and I told her to talk to the power company. I couple of months ago I paid the past due plus a bit of the current due. I could have borrowed money this time but it wouldn't have helped them. They need to be responsible for their bills, talking to people when they can't pay them, never assuming just because they have babies the power company will not shut them off. There are also 2 people in the house who are capable of working and neither one has made an effort at getting a job. I don't care if Matt will possibly get his manufacturing job back in a month or so, possibilities aren't paying the bills today. Mich is just as guilty, it sucks she has less than ideal work history, history of being late for work and calling in because she can not work for one reason or another. The compassionate thing to do is let them sweat things out, figure out what they need to do to improve their situation. They will not learn if people keep bailing them out. She never told me how they got the power back on and I didn't ask. It is hard at times for me to let her suffer but I know it is the best thing to do, what happened wasn't life threatening, just a crappy situation they put themselves in.

Well campers it is time for the dog and I do have brunch. It will be a day spent inside watching movies, vegging on the couch and eating, which I am sure the dog will enjoy. Hope all is well in your lives!!!

Peace, Love and Light
Scott