A Smattering of Things

Thought I would just do a quick recap on the week and a few things that have happened or been on my mind.

Other than behavioral issues which this week have been about as bad as we have seen, Rebekah is actually doing quite well. I am sure that all of this is grinding on her too and she just doesn't have a great way to express that. She has started throwing things and hitting - both in anger and therefore both unacceptable. She knows she is not doing the right thing, however, and almost instantly heads to her sit down spot when she does something wrong.

Tuesday I took a small side job driving a dump trailer full of dirt all day. Loading up at one site and dumping at another. Made about 19 round trips over the same 5 mile stretch of road. Interesting side job for an adoption attorney but something that took physical not mental ability and made some decent side money - I needed both!

The inspectors (electrical and framing) came yesterday and both gave us passing marks on the remodel. We are ready to insulate and put in the final electrical plugs - hmm, maybe cousin Jimmy could come back for a weekend... The inspections were really getting to me and I have put them off and put them off some more. So many wonderful people have helped build the remodel that I didn't have a good handle on much of anything that was done and that made me scared when it came to explaining to them what was done. It all worked out great though!

Today Bretthauer Fuel and Road Sprays came and sprayed dust control on our gravel road. All 4 of the close neighbors (us plus 3) do this at least once a year. This year Bretthauer knew from one of the neighbors what was going on and not only gave us all a small discount for the road, but they also did our driveway for free - really cool!

Sometimes, like this week, when we are feeling emotionally pretty down and financially pretty broke it is the little acts of kindess (the windows, the freezer, the road, having someone offer to mow the grass, getting an email from paypal that somebody donated something at helprebekah.com etc. ) that help keep us going. Somehow I want to come up with an better answer to "I don't know how you do it..." which we hear all the time from people. I don't know what that answer will ultimately be, but for now it is "we don't do it by ourselves but with the help of God and with lots of help from friends and strangers." We honestly could not do it without all of you. Please continue to let us know that you are out there.

At this point we are mostly packed into the trailer and ready to head out. Assuming our plans don't get changed again (which could always happen) we should get a couple of days of fun camping with a bunch of friends from Northwest Adoptive Families Association (NAFA) and then have to be at the hospital Sunday evening. Don't know if we will have internet access until Sunday so if you don't hear anything from us that is a good thing. But hopefully we will be able to put up a nice update or two.

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