In the Deep Freeze

Brrrr!!!  I'm beginning to think I may never thaw out.  Even though this winter has not seen as much snowfall, the temps this February have been brutal. I guess March is going to come in like Lion if this continues.  They are predicting another weather system for next weekend.

Different frustrations continue with the family.  Mom apparently has some sciatica problems.  She's been in a lot of pain for the past few weeks, and her MRI showed some issues in her spine. She is supposed to see someone to follow-up the first week of March.  My brother also had another health issue - an inflamed funny bone (never heard of that before!) and two weeks off work.  Thank goodness he had vacation he could take so he can still pay his bills.  But now I worry what will happen when the next shoe drops.  I'm sorry to be pessimistic but it seems like there is always something...it kind of drives me crazy.

I'm still struggling with what to think about my youngest sister.  I've FB chatted with her a couple times and she seems a little more positive than she usually is.  I get that she's struggling to make ends meet, but I also believe her own decisions have put her in the situation she's in. Knowing that she's always lied, I struggle to believe anything she tells me.  I struggle seeing her post a lot of religious-belief posts, because I don't know whether that's real or not. Does she believe, or is she just trying to make it look that way? I guess I shouldn't let it bother me - at the end of the day she has to live with herself. But it still bugs me.

Due to weather we haven't made a trip south recently. We were supposed to go yesterday but around 4" of snow postponed those plans.  Now we are looking at next weekend, which may or may not happen, again due to weather.

Daughter is busy preparing for racing season.  She was featured in another magazine, this one focusing on her as a person with her racing - not her racing team or sponsors. She's thrilled to be featured, and excited that racing will start at the end of March.  Me? Not so thrilled about racing starting at the end of March.  I'm not sure we'll be out of the deep freeze by then!

Son has been busy creating a website that he launched. He's also applying for jobs.  The first application got him a fairly quick "thanks, but no thanks" email response.  I'm not sure he was expecting that, so job hunting may be an eye opening experience for him. It's tough, because he's never had a job, and he's almost 19 years old.  I hope he finds something though.

There has been one up side to the deep freeze.  With no desire to be outside, I've been curled up either reading books, or working on editing my book.  My goal is to have it edited and send it out for submission by April. I'm tired of saying it's not done yet.  I'm tired of not being published when being published is my goal. I WILL finish this book and send it out.  :)

Until next time, stay warm!