UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow, a lot of good and not so good things have happened since I last blogged. We never did hear from the job in Branson. We thought and prayed and decided to start house hunting again. We have a contract on a house in Carterville MO. We are suppose to close on the 23rd of this month. We are excited about that. Joy does not like to idea of moving to new schools, but I think it will be good for us all.

I titled this "ugh" because things have been so busy. Our normal routine has changed a bit the last 3 weeks. On the 19th of September Bruce was out of town. I was invited by a neighbor to go to a rodeo with the children in Diamond MO. It was sponsored by a church there. The children and I were standing in line near the entrance gate to go on up into the Rodeo. Well, a Surburban got too close to the crowd. Joy was standing with her back to it and the lady ran over the backs of her heels. She stopped when she heard Joy scream. We were yelling at her to move back. She did. There was a doctor there who felt her leg and said he didn't think it was broken. He said we could have it x-rayed, but didn't think it was necessary. She should elevate it and put ice on it. She could not bare weight on it there at the rodeo. Two men carried her to the van and put her in it. When we got home our neighbor helped me carry her up the stairs to our apartment. We put ice on it and elevated it. We were home about 30 minutes when she starting having shooting pains from her toes to her mid calf. I called a doctor friend from church and he said "Jennifer, a Surburban ran over her ankle, take her for an x-ray." I felt a little silly for not having done so earlier. So, the neighbor once again came to help me get her out of the apartment. I took her to the ER. They did an x-ray and said it wasn't broken. She still was not able to put weight on it so they splinted it and gave her crutches. The first appointment I could get with the Orthopedist they referred us too was on Thursday. When they took the splint off her ankle was blue and swollen. Lots of bruising. They did another x-ray and it was broken. She has a bright neon green cast. It currently has two holes in the heel so I have to take her this Thursday for repairs. She is suppose to get it off on the 22nd of this month. It has been a big challenge for her. I think it has left her a bit depressed. She feels like she can't do a anything. At least not the things she wants to do. Anyway, it has been an adjustment. I have seen the inside of her school a lot the last few weeks. Just 8 more days to go in the Joplin school district, for the children anyway. I will still be working as a Parent Educator for the district.

I hear the children sounding angry outside. I better go. It is dinner time anyway.