At least if I can't sleep I can get some interesting thoughts!

My days off are Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Don't know how I got so lucky. Course I really could use the 40 hours a week but I don't complain because there is so much to do on these days off that I am exhausted and ready to go back to work when the time comes.

Thursday was a busy day, running errands such as grocery shopping, driving clear across town to our pharmacist to get our prescriptions (he is so worth it, he is great at his job and he actually cares about people), spending time with my kids and we actually got to eat out cheap at the Sunset buffet. Jess was able to meet us there so we had a really nice time being a complete family for dinner for a change and no one had to cook or do dishes!!!!

On Thursday, my nephew called and asked if I could watch my niece Emily. She is one year and one month old. I hadn't seen her in a month so was more than willing even though we had lots to do. Some things we could accomplish with her here, like paying bills, going to the bank, and pulling all the weeds from the front yard. Somethings like getting the girls caught up on school would have to wait until Saturday but hey, time with Emily. More than worth it.

We did have a great day with her. She is cute, speaks in 2 languages and is always on the go. Course when her parents got off work and came and got her 10 hours later they hung out for another 3 hours and we spent some quality time talking and laughing. I really love spending time with my nephew, his wife and his adorable daughter. By the time they left I was exhausted. I went to bed to get caught up on all the shows I have recorded in the last two weeks and haven't had time to watch. Course Steve came home from his poker tournament a soon as I did that so I didn't get to watch them. We don't agree on the same shows to often. I love Law and Order and SVU, he hates them. I love ER and Grey's Anatomy, again he hates them. I love Primetime, 20-20 and Dateline. He hates those too. I love Ugly Betty, again he hates it. So I have been trying for 2 weeks to get caught up but haven't. I should be watching them right now but as I was smoking outside I was reading a novel and came upon this verse from the bible.

My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life. Psalm 119:50.

This is exactly what I needed to read at the exact time I needed it. When I feel like I can't hold on anymore these words tell me that God promises that I can. God is amazing. I thank him for all the good and the bad in my life. I know that he has a plan for me and that even in the bad I am learning a lesson, even if it is just the lesson that I can make it through anything. I am a survivor. So Lord, I praise you for all your lessons the good, the bad and the ugly. For I know that each brings me closer to you if I let them and I come out of each stronger and more positive that life is good, you just have to make the choice to make it good. That is something I never use to understand and thought people were idiots for thinking that. Now I know the truth. What an awesome truth.

Now since I got called in to work on my last day off I think I will try and get a couple more hours of sleep and be thankful for the extra money that will be in my next check because God does provide when you need it.