it's life!

 

Achilles is not visiting me, no, he's at his house all the way in Oregon, but Kathryn took these cute pics of him with his doll...

He is so cute.  Kathryn visited with baby Rhys, but little Kiwi stayed home with his daddy.  I miss him, but shh, I am going on a trip to Oregon in November, yay!

Miss Charlotte Claire, tenth grade.  How strange is this:  one child getting on the bus in the mornings!

(Camille Anaya is homeschooling)

We've had a busy-ish week.  Yesterday I drove a friend to get fingerprinted for a new job opportunity, which was a mini-adventure.  I thought I knew where the place was, but it was in a different place, and it involved traffic circles, ugh.  We survived, then even stopped at Aldi on the way home.  

We've had Riley visit from California, which has been great fun.  We went for coffee, went to Marshall's, and of course got local pizza and wings.

This fine day I am going to lunch with my sister for her birthday....here we are a few years ago:

My beloved swimming pool is closed for the season.  The cold nights dropped that water temperature, I reasoned that even when we get some more nice summery days, the water will be too cold to justify leaving the pump running and putting all the chemicals into it.  Summer, once again, went by way too fast.  

I am sort of ready for sweaters and pumpkins, my bare feet are actually cold this morning.  I put my slippers in the wash, haven't worn them in months!

All this nice stuff, but you know I'm not thrilled with Mr. B, our very own mess-of-a-leader.  Anyone who voted for him, hope they're happy.  Gas prices, the whole HORRIFIC Afghanistan debacles, those poor souls over there, not able to leave, when he lies and lies and says they're able...and these new mandates, come on, man!   The newly vaccinated who die from the vaccine are being classified as unvaccinated Covid deaths!  In our county alone, 7 of the 13 Covid hospitalized patients are vaccinated.   Other treatments are continuously shunned, banned, belittled, and mocked, there is only ONE answer, and if you don't like the answer, you also are shunned, banned, belittled and mocked.  I know, there are readers who support these measures and mandates, and that's fine.  It's a FREE country, and a free blog, thankfully.  

But I'll tell you something, the aftermath of these mandates is not going to be pretty.  There are reasons, good reasons, people have for not getting vaccinated...so many have already had Covid, and have very good immunity.  (We don't hear much about herd immunity anymore, but a dr. from the CDC revealed a study recently showing it's about 83% in our country right now).  But anyways, these mandates are already causing so many problems.  Our hospitals are in shambles.  Understaffed already, the staff:  quitting.  Saying, go ahead, fire me, because of the NY mandates, now Mr. B. has his own set of mandates.  People are walking away from healthcare, and then all of you who are RAH RAH-ing behind it, what are you going to do when you need treatment?  I'm serious.  It's a very serious problem.  One big trauma hospital in our area has closed floors.  There are simply not enough nurses to staff them!  They're sick and tired of being overworked, having too many patients, and are reaching their breaking points.  It's not because they are over run with Covid patients, it's because they are totally understaffed.  The hospitals themselves are livid, they are in the position that they have to fire their workers, when they don't have enough to begin with!

I can almost hear you saying it...why don't they just get vaccinated then!

Maybe "one size fits all" just doesn't fit.  Maybe they've been hospitalized for heart problems following an antibiotic treatment, like me, and are hesitant that just because it's FDA approved, it's safe.   Maybe they've worked with positive patients, weighed down and sweated in layers of protection, in fear, in sadness, had Covid themselves, and have decided they don't need the vaccine.  Now they're being ousted, after all they've done!

(just for the record, all of my healthcare "kids" are vaccinated, and for the record, I am NOT anti-vax. People feel safe and protected being jabbed, and maybe some are). I am pro-choice on this one, my body, my choice.  And don't give me the old protect the others, because the vaccinated are spreading it too.  Look at Israel, then look at countries where they haven't had vaccines and have been open....a big difference.

If you don't think there's a bigger agenda than "keeping people safe", I rather envy you your naivety.  We all know the end times are approaching, and this all just plays into it, with the vaccine passports, ect.  But. There is hope, because:

Here's the thing:  it can be simply maddening to read the news, but we need to remember that God is ultimately in charge.  Good will always triumph over evil.  

So I come here and rant, but at the end of the day, do I personally trust that all that comes my way is weighed and measured, and is just right for me, from a loving God who cares for me, and wants me to live a pure, overcoming life?