Sometimes the Lord Blesses Us in Our Stupidity

Today I woke up, took Devan to school, came home and got ready for work, then I drove to work. I was at work for about an hour (it was about 10:30) when I looked at the calendar and realized what day it was. I was supposed to have jury duty this morning at 8:30! I had already asked for the day off and everything, I am just a total airhead. So I talked to my supervisor and told him I was leaving cause I was supposed to be at jury duty. He looked at his calendar and saw that I did have the day off, and then he laughed and said, "You're gonna get arrested!" I was thinking the same thing. I was in tears as I walked out of the building. I called my mom and she calmed me down a bit. We decided I would probably have to reschedule and pay a fine or something. I hurried home to get the address and phone number and I called the court as soon as I could and guess what? They had cancelled it! That was a huge relief!! I talked to my mom afterwards and she said, "Sometimes the Lord blesses us in our stupidity". I thought that was pretty funny, but its so true and I am very grateful.

Blessings!

So lately we've had a lot of things going on that hurt us financially like the car and the doctors with no insurance. And on top of that, we usually get quite a bit of money from the GI Bill each month so Devan can work part-time and still afford to live while going to school but because the semester ended towards the beginning of December, he wasn't going to school the whole month so we only got a small portion of the money in January. That was a really bad time for that to happen because of all the other things going on. But we've been trying to live more frugally. The thought had crossed my mind to wait and pay tithing next month when we'll have more money, but I quickly tossed that thought aside and paid it anyway. A few days later, we got the rest of the money from the GI Bill because he had registered for the next semester. Now we can afford to pay rent on time. :) I love the Lord and the blessings He gives us!

Life

Ok. So it's been a while since I posted. The insurance did end up paying for our repairs minus our $500 deductible. We got our car back about a week and a half after putting it in the shop. and then the next week I got this infection that had to be cut open and drained so I went to the doctors on December 30th and got that done. Little did I know, we didn't have insurance. We thought Devan's military insurance was good until the 31st and we were going to renew it, but we hadn't gotten around to it yet. Turns out it actually ended on the 27th. We had to pay for the whole thing ourselves. So things have been a little tough. but at least we still both have our jobs. We'd be in huge trouble if either of us got laid off. Anyway, the new year has been good so far. I got to take pictures for my cousin's Quinceñera and I think they turned out pretty well. It was a lot of fun. I'll have to post some of the pictures when I'm at home. Devan has started school again. It was nice to have the winter break so we had more time to spend together, but it is nice to have him working on school again and its kind of fun to be able to help him with his math. I've always been good at math, but I never enjoyed doing it. Now I've found out its much more pleasant if I'm helping someone else do it. I just didn't like doing it for my own homework. Anyway, that's my life right now.