we made a wally run for meds, tissues and cough drops for Jase who has been severely congested, feverish and achey since friday. I forgot shampoo so we're gonna have to go back today. I hate it when I do that. We found Ricola sugar free Lemon Mint herb throat drops and decided to give them a try. They're amazing. I've been sucking on them and I'm not even sick. :)
We also bought some Kraft mac 'n' cheese. I haven't allowed it in my house for months now because I'm trying to keep healthier whole foods available and cut out the unhealthier stuff. Mac 'n' cheese was one of the first things to go. But Jase's throat has been raw for days now and he wanted something hot and soft to eat. So I actually suggested it...cuz I love him...:)And it tasted so very yummy.
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Friday we made a trip to Mama Jeans for some tea and lozenges. We bought cinnamon apple spice and honey vanilla chamomile. Jase has been drinking it like crazy. He's gone through 13 tea bags in about 3 days. I'm not a tea person. I've made myself try it several times now thinking each time that maybe my tastes have changed and I'll like it. Hasn't worked yet. The cinnamon apple spice is not too bad. The honey vanilla is not too good. They do both smell pretty wonderful though.
The lozenges on the other hand are all around nasty. Thayers Slipper Elm Lozenges with rose hips and vitamin c. They're supposed to be a natural tangerine flavor. They're barely orange. Basically they are little round pasty tablets that you're supposed to allow to dissolve on your tongue and repeat every 2 hours as needed. I haven't tasted them but they smell pretty offensive. Jase actually ate about 10 of them. His throat must feel pretty bad. :(
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Last month was long. Very long. The company Jase worked for let him go at the beginning of the month. It's been a big long drawn out mess that actually started late last year. I can't go into details. Basically it was a ridiculous situation (much more complicated than one would think) that was going to make it very hard, if not impossible, for Jase to get another job. Finally, towards the end of the month, after much stress and frustration, resolution took place. Very not fun, though we are grateful to the Lord and to the company leadership for making it happen.
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But God is so good.He truly does work everything out for good, even if only in that we don't have to deal with a certain somebody ever again. :) That in and of itself is immense relief and happiness. But that hasn't been the only blessing. God has provided financially ever since and we've lacked in nothing. Jase now has a new job which he is very excited about and which has the potential to be more successful than his last one. And he's working from home. HAPPINESS!! I've had him home with me for over a month now and I'm not sure I'll be able to bear it if he ever has to 'go' to work again. I'm getting very spoiled.
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I'm hoping this month goes a bit better though it started out with a phone call from Coryell Courts saying that they aren't going to have availabel the apartment that we wanted after all. Grr. Apparently they allowed us to prelease without explaining that at the time they still had not received all of their notifications for who was going and who was staying for the month of June. They only told us that several leases were coming up and that we could put down money to secure one of the apartments. On Thursday they called saying that all of their notifications are in and it turns out that none of the Morris Phase IIs that we wanted are going to be available.
So we're left scrambling around trying to find somewhere else, because as of June 1st our apartment is rented out. We have an appt today to go look at another apartment at a different complex and I'm hoping we can squeeze in a trip to Coryell also to look at the Phase I apartments which are supposed to be available. We really liked the location of Coryell, we LOVED their amenities and even the Phase I apartments are newer and nicer than our current one, so maybe we'll get one of those. We'll see. I also found several duplexes in springfield and even a 4 plex in Marshfield that we may look into if we don't settle on an apartment within the next week or so.
I'm tired already just thinking about it.
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