Courageous Joy

TGIF

I had great plans for Friday. Unfortunately, a killer migraine had plans for me.

I survived produce co-op and spent the rest of the day resting in my recliner. I'd really like to figure out WHY I've gotten so many migraines all of a sudden. I used to get 1 - 2 a month. They've become very rare.....then I had one a few weekends ago that lasted 3 - 4 days.....and then another one that week. Thursday night I was driving up to CAP when it got so bad I really couldn't see any longer and I was disoriented. Jared made me pull over and called Mike - and I went to bed. I woke up this a.m. and it's still here - but a dull roar. I took meds and am praying - as today promises to be a busy day and there are scheduled events I cannot get out of. Some say it's the constant weather change of this season (but I didn't get them like this the last two years), others say ragweed etc are high, I wonder if it's my diet....I just don't know.

Thursday, Jared was bit by a dog while volunteering at the Backyard Bible Club hosted by a local ministry. The dog owner was NOT at fault. The dog was IN his fence. The owner was trying to get a ball the kids had sent over the fence. Jared was getting kids away from the fence (they like to harass the dog)...the dog reached through the fence and got him. No one realized it was serious at the time.....it did rip his jeans, break the skin and bleed. Jared's tough. He didn't want to get the dog owner or the ministry in trouble. He said he was fine...or so the story goes...and they left it at that. The problem is that in this state if the skin is broke at all!, it is to be treated and reported. Mike and I talked with the ministry. They went and talked to the owner and the dog's shots are current etc. We took Jared to the clinic. They said that rabies are rampant down here. That it had to be reported and gave him another tetanus shot. The State health department called. She said that even if the shots are current, they HAVE to check because of the big problem down here. She said they were calling the owner and the dog had to be quarantined. I told them that the owner was very responsible and that we'd like to help with the cost involved. Mike is thinking the ministry should cover the other cost since the kids do harass the dog weekly, since the owner WAS trying to get the ball, and to maintain relations in the hood.....we shall see. It is very obvious that the owner was trying to avoid trouble and that he doesn't have a lot of spare money for things as this. That was the excitement for Friday.

We watched the Dean Martin/Jerry Lewis Colgate hour last night. The kids weren't impressed. In fact, Mike found a lot of new movies to put in our netflix queue. ::snort::