August 22, 2007
As I write this I am still recovering from mono AND a serious sinus infection. I have been to the doctor 3 times (2 after-hours clinics, and 1 trip to my doc) in less than 2 weeks. Add the copays, prescriptions, and you get the idea...who has that in their budget? So yesterday( after my third trip) I dropped my prescriptions off for Scott to pick them up on his way home. The pharmacist says honey, the cash price for this antibiotic is $126.00. (WHAT? Is it made of gold? Is it gonna cure me right here right now?) She suggested I call my Dr. and see if he could prescribe something else. So....I did. (Thank goodness for a simple phone call). Later that night, Scott wasn't feeling well (extremely nauseous), so I went to pick up my RX. Get this, I pull up to the window and ask for my medicine. The pharmacist says, "Mrs. Jowers, our competitor is running a special on this antibiotic this week, and we are matching it. I'm sending your medicine out at no charge!" (WHAT? Am I on candid camera? Did I mention this was all happening at the dreaded Wal-Mart...I know I'm anti-walmart...but I'm sick,-it's the closest to our house, and they have a drive thru so give me a break). I'm am laughing so hard! I went from almost paying $126.00 to getting my RX for FREE!!!! At Wal-mart!!!! When is the last time someone gave away medicine? Like NEVER??? I just started thinking only God could do something like that.
Isn't it just like God to "show off" when you least expect it? I've been teaching my students about Elijah and the contest on Mt. Carmel. Same God who sent fire from heaven to consume the watered-down altar, is the same God we serve today! And let me tell you...getting free medicine at Wal-mart in 2007 is just as much a God-thing as what those Israelites witnessed!
Our "word of the day" yesterday was brag/boast. I had shared with the kids "let him who boasts, boast in the Lord." Today I got to brag on God with my kids. I shared this story with them and they loved it! God is soooooo good! And...I do feel a lot better already. I am so thankful to all of you for your prayers! "The joy of the Lord is my strength!"
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Sweetie, you have mono!
August 12, 2007
I had taken Abby and a friend to the pool Friday. When we came home, I noticed my throat starting to hurt. By 8:00 that night, I felt worse than I had ever felt in my life! I thought I would be the first one in line at the after-hours clinic the next morning. Wrong! At 7:55 (they don't "open" until 8:00) I was fifth in line! Scott and Abby have both had viral sinus infections over the past 4 weeks, so I thought it was my turn. After sitting in the doctor's office with chills, the worst sore throat EVER, and telling her my symptoms, she suggesting testing me for mono. Mono? Didn't she hear me say Scott and Abby had a sinus infection and now it's my turn? (I could diagnose myself, I just need you to write me a prescription!) So in comes the nurse t0 draw blood (yuk), do a strep swab (double yuk...and let me add I have NEVER had strep no matter how bad my sore throats so I am not a willing participant when it comes to that terrible test!) They turn out the lights (because my head it hurting so bad), and I wait. I was crying like a big baby and my thoughts turned to Terry Hester. All I have heard is how sweet his testimony has been during this whole ordeal. Lord, why am I such a baby? such a complainer? so weak? I began to pray for him, and I starting thanking the Lord for every normal day that I take for granted.
The doctor finally comes in and says "Sweetie, you have mono". What??? I can't have mono? She suspected Scott might have had it and it went undiagnosed (which would explain why he was so sick for so long). So three shots and 2 prescriptions later, I am heading home for a 3 day bed rest before school starts. Oh, yes...let's talk about that! How do you start the busiest time of year with mono? On your knees! So many people have asked "Are you ready for school to start?" I would say oddly "Yes, but I feel 'weird' about it ya' know...almost too prepared?" Now I know why. Everything is ready to go, and I just need to trust God daily for strength! But don't I need to trust Him daily even when I feel good and strong? Don't I need to rely on Him always and not just when I'm sick? Wow, God is so good to continue to teach me lovingly and gently. Oh, how I pray for wisdom and that God would "teach me to number my days, because all the days ordained for me were written before one of them came to be." I do pray that this would be my best year ever. I pray that my students would know the Love of God by the way I love them. I pray that I can serve them the way God would have me to. I pray that "he would increase and I would decrease." I covet your prayers!
-When peace like a river attendeth my way, when sorrows like sea billows roll,
whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say, "It is well, it is well, with my soul!"
I had taken Abby and a friend to the pool Friday. When we came home, I noticed my throat starting to hurt. By 8:00 that night, I felt worse than I had ever felt in my life! I thought I would be the first one in line at the after-hours clinic the next morning. Wrong! At 7:55 (they don't "open" until 8:00) I was fifth in line! Scott and Abby have both had viral sinus infections over the past 4 weeks, so I thought it was my turn. After sitting in the doctor's office with chills, the worst sore throat EVER, and telling her my symptoms, she suggesting testing me for mono. Mono? Didn't she hear me say Scott and Abby had a sinus infection and now it's my turn? (I could diagnose myself, I just need you to write me a prescription!) So in comes the nurse t0 draw blood (yuk), do a strep swab (double yuk...and let me add I have NEVER had strep no matter how bad my sore throats so I am not a willing participant when it comes to that terrible test!) They turn out the lights (because my head it hurting so bad), and I wait. I was crying like a big baby and my thoughts turned to Terry Hester. All I have heard is how sweet his testimony has been during this whole ordeal. Lord, why am I such a baby? such a complainer? so weak? I began to pray for him, and I starting thanking the Lord for every normal day that I take for granted.
The doctor finally comes in and says "Sweetie, you have mono". What??? I can't have mono? She suspected Scott might have had it and it went undiagnosed (which would explain why he was so sick for so long). So three shots and 2 prescriptions later, I am heading home for a 3 day bed rest before school starts. Oh, yes...let's talk about that! How do you start the busiest time of year with mono? On your knees! So many people have asked "Are you ready for school to start?" I would say oddly "Yes, but I feel 'weird' about it ya' know...almost too prepared?" Now I know why. Everything is ready to go, and I just need to trust God daily for strength! But don't I need to trust Him daily even when I feel good and strong? Don't I need to rely on Him always and not just when I'm sick? Wow, God is so good to continue to teach me lovingly and gently. Oh, how I pray for wisdom and that God would "teach me to number my days, because all the days ordained for me were written before one of them came to be." I do pray that this would be my best year ever. I pray that my students would know the Love of God by the way I love them. I pray that I can serve them the way God would have me to. I pray that "he would increase and I would decrease." I covet your prayers!
-When peace like a river attendeth my way, when sorrows like sea billows roll,
whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say, "It is well, it is well, with my soul!"
Sunday, August 5, 2007
We scared 'em away!
August 5, 2007
A couple of weeks ago my neighbors were over for dinner (nothing fancy...just hamburgers on the grill.) I was at the sink looking out the window when I saw this nice couple with daughters that looked to be Abby's age. (Ya'll need to know that anytime Abby sees someone remotely close to her age looking at houses on our street she starts chanting...buy it! buy it!) I commented to Allyson "We should go out and tell them hello, tell them how great our street is." "We should," she said. So here we go out the front door to greet total strangers. Maybe we were a little too enthusiastic or aggressive (although we don't think so)...but you would have thought we were aliens with weapons the way they looked at us! All we said was....if you're thinking of buying a house you should definitely buy here! We have the greatest street ever! Yada, Yada, Yada....
Seriously...no response! They looked at each other like we were some kind of Stepford community, got in their van, and drove away. What the heck? I commented to Allyson how weird that was and that they were so rude! She said, "Well we don't need them on our street if their not going to be social!" (And then a terrible thought dawned on me...)Did I mention that the lady was pregnant? Did you all remember that Allyson was pregnant? So what must that lady have thought seeing two women walk out of the same house and one of them is very pregnant???? The only thing we could think of is that they didn't want to move into a neighborhood with "my two mommies!" That's the only reasonable reason to be so unfriendly, right? Oh well, we learned our lesson. Next time...I'm waiting til someone moves in before I do any "welcoming"....and you better be sure I'm taking Scott (not Allyson) with me!!!!
A couple of weeks ago my neighbors were over for dinner (nothing fancy...just hamburgers on the grill.) I was at the sink looking out the window when I saw this nice couple with daughters that looked to be Abby's age. (Ya'll need to know that anytime Abby sees someone remotely close to her age looking at houses on our street she starts chanting...buy it! buy it!) I commented to Allyson "We should go out and tell them hello, tell them how great our street is." "We should," she said. So here we go out the front door to greet total strangers. Maybe we were a little too enthusiastic or aggressive (although we don't think so)...but you would have thought we were aliens with weapons the way they looked at us! All we said was....if you're thinking of buying a house you should definitely buy here! We have the greatest street ever! Yada, Yada, Yada....
Seriously...no response! They looked at each other like we were some kind of Stepford community, got in their van, and drove away. What the heck? I commented to Allyson how weird that was and that they were so rude! She said, "Well we don't need them on our street if their not going to be social!" (And then a terrible thought dawned on me...)Did I mention that the lady was pregnant? Did you all remember that Allyson was pregnant? So what must that lady have thought seeing two women walk out of the same house and one of them is very pregnant???? The only thing we could think of is that they didn't want to move into a neighborhood with "my two mommies!" That's the only reasonable reason to be so unfriendly, right? Oh well, we learned our lesson. Next time...I'm waiting til someone moves in before I do any "welcoming"....and you better be sure I'm taking Scott (not Allyson) with me!!!!
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