Fall Break 2009

Saturday and Sunday

Fall Break...A week I am glad is over. It started out good. Friends rented a cabin in Gatlinburg and invited us to come and stay for free! We took them up on the offer but our car broke down and couldn't go in the Altima (can't make it in rough terrain)...Thankfully we were able to borrow mom's car. So off we went. Roy was able to go White Water Rafting (and came home with pictures that made me JEALOUS I didn't go with him.) Then the next day we went to Cades Cove and Nate "spotted a bear" up close and personal!!!! He got $10 for spotting a wild bear.

Monday and Tuesday

When we got home, I was sick in bed for 2 days. It was raining out all week so I guess I wasn't missing anything. But it started to get real cold, and guess what...OUR HEAT WOULDN'T WORK. We called a heating company A.S.A.P. and come to find out we needed the whole unit replaced. Ok, where was $5,000 gonna come from??? We waited and got 2 more opinions from other companies to verify it was broken. And they are verified it did need to be replaced.

Thursday

Then the next day, I went to the dentist to find out I needed all 4 wisdom teeth removed. I needed $500 to make it possible and a WEEK off from work for recovery from the procedure.

Literally on the way home from the dentist, our car repair friends "Auto Tech Solutions" the best people in the world :) well they called to tell me our Isuzu needs a new Transmission - $1,500. Needless to say we are a little overwhelmed! We discussed that our Thanksgiving/Wedding trip in November might have to be cancelled. We wouldn't have the money for AC unit, Teeth, Transmission, and a Vacation. So that was a little disappointing as well. Then on top of all this, I went to give Nate a hug and he pulled away from me saying his face hurt. A week prior to this, Kayla had pain in the same area and turned out to be an ear infection. So I put the ear ache drops in his ears that the Dr. prescribed for Kayla. He cried saying it made the pain worse. Oh boy! We also had friends in town and wanted to see them badly, but with everything going on we were unable to. This made me very sad.

Friday

I woke up at 8 am and started calling the Dr. til they opened at 8:30. Thankfully they had an opening at 9:30. But we live an hour away from the Dr. so I threw Nate in the car and off we went. He was in so much pain he couldn't even brush his teeth. First the doctor said, well it's not an ear infection, so he took him back for an x-ray. The x-ray didn't show anything so he drew blood. Then he came in and had "the talk" with me. Ok, it is one of two things. 1 an infection in his limphnoids or a tumor. We should have the blood work back before the end of the day and I will call you with the results. Then he said, "Don't loose any sleep over it". Let's just say, I didn't loose sleep but I sure as heck lost some TEARS, many, many tears. Well off to Wal-mart to drop off the RX. Went to eat Subway while waiting for it to be filled. 45 min. later went to pick it up and they said they can't fill it, it seemed to be too high of a dose for Nate's age. They would need to contact the doctor. This made me upset, I thought...Maybe the dose is so high because "my son's dying"!!!! I couldn't hold back the tears, I couldn't imagine my life with out "Goofy Nate". Well guess what, the doctor was out to lunch for an hour and a half and I am an hour away from home. So we had 2 hours to kill. We got in the car on a hunt for a near by park, as soon as we found one...it started to RAIN. Cold and Rainy...Can the day get any worse!!?? Then I had an idea, Desserts at Cracker Barrel. We sat by the fire, had hot fudge sundaes and played checkers for an hour and a half. This was a fun moment in the horrible day! Later that evening at around 6:00 pm. The doctor called with Great News!!!!! Nate just had a Bad Infection and is not dying of a brain tumor. Praise God!!!! Praise God!!!!!

Now the big word of the day/week/year was PERSPECTIVE....

No money. No heat. Teeth issues. No vacation. Even the garage door broke....but guess what, NONE OF THAT MATTERED ANY MORE!!!!! We have a healthy son!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Saturday

I needed a day to recover from crying yesterday. And also continue planning Identity's camping trip and fundraiser for Sunday.

Sunday

Was the Krispy Kreme fundraiser for Identity to go to camp! It was a great success $200 Profit.

When we were finished there, we went outside and realized what a beautiful day it was, the first sunny day all week. The Lord's Day! God is so good and I was so thankful for his many blessings despite all the "issues". School was starting the next day and we really wanted to do something fun with the family. So we decided to go to the pumpkin patch and corn maze! It was so much fun!!!!!!

Happy Ending!

By the way...

It all worked out and we will still get to go on our vacation in November!!!!!