So I’m officially back online, in my own apartment after a stint at the local Safe Shelter. The apartment is small but nice enough. And it has a washer/dryer hookup, because the last thing I wanted to do after working all day is to take three kids and a bunch of laundry down an (outside) flight of stairs, drag it all out somewhere else, drag it around inside the laundromat, then drag it back out and up the flight of stairs. And then still not be done, having to put it away, hang it up, etc.

I don’t think so!

So I got one with W/D hookup. The only one cheaper I found was $30 cheaper but did not have a hookup. I’m sure I’d spend at least $30 in quarters at the laundromat anyway, so already a bonus. Plus this one is closer to town and also brighter inside. There were several I looked at which were $35 more than the one I’m in, but none of them seemed quite as nice still, even the one that was slightly bigger (a whole separate utility room off a separate kitchen instead of inside of a bedroom closet and a kitchen that is open to the living room). I’m happy with my choice. Maybe I’ll take pics when I get around to it.

I moved in on Sunday and went back for the TV and dishes and stuff on Tuesday. Have been trying to settle in and take care of everything else that needs taking care of, and my to do list is still lots longer than my done list. But so it goes. I was happy when my cable and internet were to be hooked up on Wednesday, but then there was an outage. Blah. So two very long days later it got done yesterday. Not that I was able to do anything with it then, but at least it’s here. I can download my mail and know that there are no fires that are going untended.

Monday I start a part-time job which will provide a little bit of regular income while building up the web design business. I still don’t have a daycare. UGH. I talked to someone about watching them here, she says she usually gets $10/hr for nannying. Uh… there’s no way I could *possibly* do more than $8, and that’s with the state covering $6 and DH picking up the other $2. She said she’d call back that night… that was Thursday night. It’s now Saturday afternoon. I was too scared to call her yesterday, but I’ll have to call her today sometime. I have to know how big of a mess I’m in here. Or more accurately- exactly what the mess is that I need to clean up.

Thursday I got an exciting surprise. There was a knock on my door and when I opened it the man flipped open his ID wallet and said “Federal Agent whatever-his-name-was. Is -whoever- here?” Nope, I just moved in on Sunday. And from what the electric company told me it sounds like this place had been empty for a while. But I gave the name and number of the landlord, and also directions to his office. They won’t be getting me for Obstruction of Justice! LOL I’m such a nark.

DH came to church for the second week in a row today. I overheard him telling someone he’d be there next week too. He’s made some major changes in the past couple weeks, and I have no doubt he’s sincere, but he’s been sincere before too. So I can only wonder how long it’s going to last. I’m hopeful that if he’s in it for the long haul that God will give me the ability to trust him again. At the same time, I’m trying to be careful not to slip into comfortability with him, and check my brain at the door again. And at the same time as all of that, I know God needs to be in control of it all and I’m worried about interfering in the process either way. But I guess I wouldn’t be so afraid of that if I were spending time in the word and just with Him in general: I’d be led by the Spirit more (and more easily) and those things would then not be an issue.

The kids have really missed watching their Saturday night show with him. We saw it over there last week while I was doing laundry or something, and now that the TV is here I invited him over so that they could still keep watching it together. It means a lot to them. So he’ll be coming over.

Well, Mr. Man (that would be X, pushing 2 now) just fell asleep for his nap, and I’m going to go do the same.

I’ve still got a heck of a lot to do, but as I said- I’m officially back online now so if you email me I should be able to get back to you sooner than later now.

This entry was posted on Saturday, December 9th, 2006 at 2:27 pm
Posted in: Faith, Family, Life, Work.

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