The great news is that Joseph got an offer letter for an IT job and signed it and it is ON!
Both he and Miriam are now having to wait on background checks and stuff but it is happening! We are so excited and thrilled for them!
I think IT is a good fit for both of them. Miriam picks things up quickly and is a problem solver. Joseph just "gets" computer stuff in a way that I certainly do not! They (along with Naomi) get their IT skills from Kevin for sure! He has always done miracles with computers. I just want them to be black boxes. They should just work and when they don't I get fractious and irritable.
Good news is that the weather event we were expecting fizzled! Not for everyone, sadly; some people north and south of us got whacked by tornadoes, but Dayton somehow just didn't get much of anything. We had rain and we had some lightning and thunder, but no serious winds and no tornadoes. I am so grateful!
The bad news is minor, but it happened. Two nights ago I leaned over to pick up a basket of laundry and did something bad to my lower back side. I think I pulled a muscle. I was in a ton of pain instantly; it was like getting stabbed. However, I crept to a chair and sat down and that didn't hurt. The last two days I have spent most of my time sitting and my dear Kevin and my children have been running around serving me. It is better today, though still a long way from Ok. I still walk oddly but less oddly than yesterday.
It is improving and therefore there is no mental struggle with it. I am irritated but not terrified this won't go away.
A long time ago when I was pregnant with Lydia or Isaac, I pulled a muscle in my neck and couldn't turn it for a day or two. It hurt so much. This is like that. Weird but it will pass.
As I mentioned in a previous blog post, I have been watching 600 lb life stories, though I usually check the people ahead of time to see if they accomplished anything. I don't like the "train wreck" episodes where the people don't lose weight. I like it when they do improve their lives.
I also read a book recently called Hungry: Lessons learned on the Journey from fat to thin by Allen Zadoff. He was a binge eater who crept up to like 360 lbs before managing to overcome his addiction to food and now is sitting at a little above 200 lbs.
I was interested because people in 600 lb life are absolutely miserable but they keep eating. It really does make sense. They are miserable, and they are addicts, so they eat to feel better about their miserable lives. Of course, eating a ton keeps them very heavy, which makes the miserable, which makes them want to eat more...
It isn't that different from an alcohol or drug addiction or even a shopping addiction.
It is very noticeable of course. People can hide an alcohol addiction for a time, but one can't hide being 600 lbs.
Anyway, I have been thinking about how when life is rough, it is hard not to escape into things. I have mostly overcome my own desires to escape. I think if I was in this much pain all the time, I would really struggle with the mental part of it. It is so much easier hurting when one is confident the pain will go away.
I wrote a lot about my back I see. It is not a big deal.
It is far more a big deal that Miriam and Joseph have been offered jobs! So happy!
Oh, I forgot to say that Moonbeam, our cat, is doing great and is recovered. I had to pour antibiotics down his throat for a full week and he didn't like it, but he is good now.
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