Thanksgiving is here and gone.  It seems that each year the Holidays get more and more hectic - run here, run there, do this, do that.  So I’m actually glad that Thanksgiving is here and gone!

Caleb spent a few days with his dad and came home Sunday night.  As soon as he got home I knew he didn’t look like he felt good, he looked pretty pale.  He started complaining of a stomach ache but it was right at bedtime so I automatically assumed he was fibbing just because he didn’t want to go to bed.

Well he woke up at 2:30am throwing up.  Ever since then it’s been pretty much non stop throwing up (along with the other thing that usually comes along with the flu).  He has been sleeping for the past 2 hours now and I’m greatful he was finally able to stop being sick long enough to get some sleep. 

It’s been a long night, morning and day.  Hopefully he is at the end of it because now I’m not feeling too well and if I end up sick then it will be kind of hard to take care of him too. 

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my family, friends, my son, God & all his provisions, my home based business….and lot’s more!  Sometimes I don’t stop and think about all that I have to be thankful for, instead I spend my time complaining and being unhappy about the things I don’t have which in the long run really doesn’t matter.  God isn’t going to ask about what kind of car I drove, what kind of clothes I wore or whether I had a house, etc.  None of those material things matter to him.  It’s so easy to get caught up in the ‘material’ things. 

Right now I’m also thankful for the fact that it’s Thanksgiving and I’m shutting my computer down late tonight and not turning it back on for awhile (until at least Sunday possibly even Monday morning!!!).  I’m in desperate need of some down time! 

Have a Happy Thanksgiving everyone

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I enjoy being able to own my own business and work from home but lately I’ve been letting my business run me and I’ve been working round the clock.  Last week there wasn’t a night (except for Saturday when a very wise friend gave me a kick in the rump) that I was in bed before 3 or 4am!!!!

Now my body is fighting back at me with a sore throat, ear ache and nasty cold.  I’m so burnt out now that all I want to do is sleep but I’m still so busy with work that sleep is still eluding me.  But a lesson has been learned….lol.   I finally figured it out that I am only one person I can only take on so much work and I can’t work myself like I have been because it’s not accomplishing anything other than making me sick. 

No wonder I’ve had that burnt out feeling because I really am burnt out!  I still have a huge to do list for today (Monday) but it’s 12:10 am so I’m shutting it down and heading to bed with some Nyquil in my tummy and will start at 6am tomorrow.  Hopefully I wake up feeling at least a bit recharged and ready to face the day

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I’m not complaining, well ok I guess I am complaining (but just a little bit), because being able to work at home is a great blessing but BUT I’ve been working round the clock lately!  Last night I was up until 4:30am working on projects then I was right back at work by 8:30am so it just feels like work work work is all I do. 

I did take pretty much all day last Friday off to get my nails and hair done - I mean really a girls gotta do her ‘girly’ things right every once in awhile.  Plus my computer mouse died last Friday - I tried taking the ball out and cleaning it but it still would NOT work so I had no choice but to go to Wal-Mart to get a new mouse.  Once I got there I was like oh I really need a haircut and my nails done so that’s how that came into play.

Anyways…..the point I was making was that I was feeling really burnt out and yesterday the thought even crossed my mind that I was ready to go back to the ‘career’ world outside the home and give up on what I’ve wanted for so long - to be able to be here for my son.  But I know I’m right where I’m meant to be - I feel peace about being a work at home mom (even though some people still think that I lay around all day every day and don’t work…LOL!).  I know that God opened this door and made it possible for a reason so I just have to stick with it.

Anyways, I ended up taking a few hours off to visit and socialize with a group of friends today.  We went to my all time favorite place to eat - La Senioreta - and that proved to be a challenge because of this diet (no it’s not a diet it’s a lifestyle change, I’ve got to get that through my thick skull!) I’m on but I ate a salad and was fine!

Taking a few hours off ended up proving to be the best thing for me!  I left with a positive attitude, a smile on my face, a clear head and a ready to face the ever growing list of work projects!  I’ll work all weekend and try to get as caught up as possible because Caleb is gone to his dads so I won’t feel guilty about working all hours! 

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I watched a very disturbing Oprah show this morning (it was one from last week I believe - I had it DVR’d and just got a chance to sit and watch it).  It was about Jessica Coleman, a 15 year old (at the time) girl who is now sitting in prison for the next 6 years of her life because she gave birth to a baby, stabbed it, shoved it (him) in a duffle bag, hid it in her closet for one day & then her boyfriend discarded the duffle bag in a quary (spelling???) near where they live. 

I bawled the whole entire time while listening to this story and then listening to Jessica.  She was able to hide the pregnancy from EVERYONE for 9 months!!!!  Only her boyfriend knew about it.   Wow!  I just don’t see how people can’t pick up on a pregnancy.  She must not of gained much weight or shown that much because with my pregnancy there was NO question about it there was weight gain, swollen ankles, etc, etc.  Anyways….back to my point.

I understand that any 15 year old child becoming pregnant would be scared, heck I was 23 when I got pregnant and I was SCARED!  But what I don’t understand is how you could quietly give birth in your bathroom, clean up the blood and then carry the baby into your room (she believes she delivered a stillborn child because he wasn’t crying or moving or anything).  Now what really disturbed me the most was how she stabbed him in the chest one time.  If she believed that the child was stillborn what was the purpose of the stabbing?  It makes no sense to me! 

Part of me has no sympathy for this young girl sitting in prison but then part of me does have sympathy for her.  Watching her and listening to her speak you can honestly see that she is remorseful and living with the guilt and pain of what she did EVERY single day.  I’m sure living with that pain and guilt every day has to be punishment enough let alone now spending the next 6 years of your life in a maximum security prison. 

I’ve always believed that your past is your past (just like Oprah told Jessica) and you can’t control what happened in the past but you can control what happens in the future.  I hope that she will speak to teens when she gets out of prison like she said she wants to.  God can always use a bad situation for good and I hope that this horrific situation and sad situation will speak to another young woman, or many other young women!

It’s definitely not something that I’ll ever forget!  This story will be imbedded in my mind forever. 

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