What a week...

And it's only Thursday morning!!
It all started Tuesday. Shea went to leave for work at 5:30a.m. and the bike would not start. He worked on figuring out the problem for while as I continued to get Austin ready for us to go. Shea figured out the battery was dead--and told me to on to work and he would be ok. So I left and as I am driving down the street, I hear a weird noise, so I pulled over and looked---and sure enough, one of my tires is going flat!! So back to the house we go. We realized then neither of us were getting to work that day any time soon!

So I took Austin back to bed as Shea set out to get things fixed. I got Austin back up around 10:30 so we could go into work for a later day. ( we had some people out and they were really shorthanded.)Shea had gotten my tire fixed, oil changed and was working on getting the bike fixed. Austin and I worked 11-4 that day and just were thrown off. That night Austin had a hard night waking about 4 times which is very unlike him.

Wednesday was my long day for the week, working 7-3. I took some extra toys for Austin to try to keep him entertained. Well he was a doll --played during our staff meeting and eventually fell asleep. During this staff meeting I found out the answer to my request of working from home or going to contract work--the answer was no to working from home, but they are fine with me changing to part time status and keeping my same pay rate, obviously with just less hours!! Well, thats great because that benefits them the most...but really does not help us and actually adds expenses since if I loose my benefits I will need to add on to Shea's insurance...this was a blow I was just not prepared for. I asked about dropping to 32 hours and still getting benefits but was told "our company does not do it that way." So that leaves us with...well we are not sure. I was so discouraged yesterday--I talked it over a bit with Shea and my mom and then just could not think about it for while. In my head, I know that God is bigger then this problem--and he has the perfect fix...I just don't know what that fix is and am not sure when it will show up!!

So this morning we get up later than usual--I was dreading the day I think! Shea went to leave---and he has a flat tire! So Austin and I hurried to get out the door so we could take him to the train. Are you serious?? Is this our life right now?? Unbelievable!!
Thankfully today I am only working until 1:30 and then going to my friend Lexi's-that will be a nice fun thing for the day. Then we will pick up Shea from the train and he will get his tires fixed on Saturday. Another blessing is that Lewis, Shea's step dad, is driving into town this weekend to bless us with an older truck that we can keep on hand for when Shea cant ride the bike to work--then he can drive him self to the train! This is truly a blessing for us and I know I need to focus on the blessings right now... it's just so hard when you feel so discouraged.

We are going to take a few days before we make any decisions about work and just try to sort out our options. I ask for your prayers as we try to figure this all out-- I know there are lots of options, but all of them need all the right things to fall into place to be able to work out. And right now--nothing is falling into any place!!!