Flexible; the name of the game. Balance the rule!

Flexible. That’s a key to making life work. Yesterday we were planning to go to Oklahoma City today and then decided not to when Trish and Rob decided to come here for this weekend. That’s great because it saved us making the trip today. I was so happy to sleep late this morning! We got up at 5:30 a.m. and looked at the eclipse and then went right back to bed. I slept until 8:20 and didn’t even know when Don got up to go walking or when he came home. I was so enjoying that sleep! Then I never took a nap today, but I never got that tired, so I think it’s okay if I go to bed early. Balance; hard to keep it!

We put the basement back in order today because the kids will want to play pool down there. We had all kinds of stuff piled on the pool table from when we had water down there and we didn’t want it to get wet. It only took a few minutes to do, but it was a project. I’d been sewing down there, but the rest was out of order. Also, the sewing machine I have been using wasn’t working right, so I went through two other machines hunting one that would work. I think those three must have bad belts. Maybe Trish can help me figure out their problem. I finally found one that works, but it doesn’t zigzag; I need to zigzag, so I’ve got to fix one of those machines. That’s another project.

The one machine that works helped me finish a hat that I’ve worked on for the last week. I’m done with it, now. It was just a wrestling match to get it to fit. It’s pictured on the blog today. There is nothing great about it, but it keeps my head warm around the house. The other hat today was the hat I wore out to eat breakfast.

I pulled together my calendar of all the treatments I’ve had today. The insurance papers are coming in the mail and I need to be able to match it all to be sure we aren’t charged for a treatment we don’t get. I thank God that we have insurance and that the treatment is available. I thank Him, too, for friends and family to help us get through all this. Judy and Aki and Doris and Jerry make it so much better to be in Houston instead of just being in a huge city full of strangers! I thank God that we can do many of the treatments in Lawton, too. It’s a blessing to be able to be at home for a lot of this. I continue to thank God that I’m doing so well with these treatments. I have no complaints and I am so grateful! I'm looking forward to this weekend when the house will fill with Oglesby kids! I'll be so counting the blessings!