Sleepy Time

So.... It's 11pm and my husband has been asleep for an hour or two, but I couldn't sleep. I guess we're kinda like old people in that we go to bed so early, but he has to get up at 4am so its just what we have to do.

My dear favorite father in law was in the hospital yesterday and today for surgery to get some kidney stones removed. Turns out he has more problems than that, which I am not privy to discuss without him making them public knowledge. But when Beth called me today and was telling me about it, it was making me tear up. They had planned on being here next weekend to spend some time with us, and we had planned to go tour the new Cowboy's stadium (Bill is a huge cowboys fan), but he's not allowed to fly by doctors orders. So that plan is scratched, and Jordan and I are both severely disappointed. I was really looking forward to seeing them. Hopefully my mom will be able to come down and see us in a couple weeks, if everything there goes to plan. It gets lonely living down here in Texas by ourselves with the cockroaches and June bugs. I'm missing my family.

But life goes on. My tutoring job will be ending here soon with the ending of school, and I've been looking for other work but haven't had any responses yet. Actually, that's not true. A money laundering scam emailed me back. No thanks, not falling for that. Idiots. But it would be nice if I could find some kind of work. I'm not the only one looking, obviously, and that makes it hard.

I've made some good progress on Jessica's Paintbox quilt. Still piecing the squares for that one. I've also got plans for what I want to make for Julie, though I won't start that one till Jessica's is finished. And just for fun, I started a charm square hexagon quilt, which will be pieced and quilted entirely by hand. Obviously, this is going to take a lot of time. But I find them fun to do and its something I can do sitting on the couch with Jordan, instead of constantly having to move between sewing machine and iron like my other quilt.

Jordan went on the men's retreat with our church, and I think that was life changing for him. He learned a lot of great things and came back feeling very empowered to tackle some issues he's been dealing with since middle school. I'm so proud of him.

And the yawning commences. I think I shall go lay down and attempt to sleep. Hopefully successfully this time.