FRIED

When it comes to food, fried is a good thing; but, with humans, it's bad.

I'm letting myself be easily overwhelmed this week. Maybe it has something to do with this "yes" word I keep using...

This is fair warning:
In August, the answer is a cheerful "No."

Good, Bad, Ugly

GOOD

• $4 coral skirt from Gap that's the most comfortable thing EVER
• Birthday bracelet from my husband :)
  

• A mom I met when handing out flyers for VBS at Green Lake showed up with her son today
• Ezra walking up to the rocking chair in his room, rocking it, and singing softly
• Ezra really starting to use his "please" sign
• Ezra back in G Diapers now that they have a reusable insert
• Stella telling me that she has "hear ears"and will listen to me
• Whitney arrives next Saturday!
• My BIRTHDAY IS TOMORROW
• Ezra's birthday is Monday
• I'm back in ballet classes... a really long story that I will have to post about when I'm ready

BAD

• Ezra's 8th ear infection in 7months. We're going to Children's next month to do a surgical consultation. (that last part is good; maybe we can see an end to these ear infections...)
• Ezra screaming for an hour at home with Dad while I tried to go out to get my VBS room set up
• Less than 12 kids showing up for VBS. I have hope for Monday, but right now this fact feels sad

What a blessed life that I had to think for a long time to come up with just 3 "bad" bullet points

UGLY

• Yo' Mama (just kidding, but I had to have *something* in the "ugly" category)

For Posting's Sake

I have nothing particular in my mind on which to discourse; but, for posting's sake, let's see what I can do...

I'll start with the fact that I got stung by a flippin' yellow jacket this morning. I have been absolutely terrified since childhood of being stung by a wasp (in Texas, wasps are Yellow Jackets). Today, I found that my fears were COMPLETELY justified! It hurt a whole stinkin' lot!!! Those guys are mean. He wanted to hurt me. He was a centurion posted to guard the nest, I think, and boy did he do his job! I'm not going out my side door until that nest is dead and completely obliterated. They've built a nest inside some little opening into the outside wall of the house behind the electricity meter. SCARY. I listened to the wall on the inside, and I can hear them scittering around in there. I'm seriously paralyzed with the fear that they are going to chew through the wall and come in here. Brendan said that happened to his uncle's house once. So, yeah, I'm calling an exterminator later. I'm not messing around with these little pricks (pun intended).

A yellow jacket sting is about the last thing I can think of that Ezra needs right now. Kid just got over a double ear infection, and his eye teeth and some bottom molars are beginning to grow. I feel so sad for him. However, I've been praising God for his mercies and goodness to us in placing us in a time and city where any medicine he needs is at our fingertips. Ezra has 8 ear infections this year with his left ear taking most of the hits. As far as we can tell, his hearing has not been damaged. Ezra is so genial that the slightest crabbiness of mood has, thus far in his life, indicated that he is in pain. I've caught them all very early, so he's not had to deal with any ruptures. Thank, God! In my prayers for Ezra's health, I've really been also praying for the many children in the world who may be ear-infection-prone like him. This many childhood infections could lead to so many very serious problems if left unchecked and untreated. We here are so obsessed with our children's perfect health (as well we should be), but we so often forget to be thankful and to try to help those who don't have what we have. Lord willing, Ezra won't suffer any hearing loss, but so many do!

Alright, that's what I have for today... earaches and yellow jackets. blech.

Hopefully next post will be good footage of ezra walking :)