Crochet Me Crazy

I can't sleep late! I was going to sleep in this morning and here I am up anyway! The day before yesterday I woke up before the sun came up and I started thinking about stuff and couldn't go back to sleep. Every so often I start thinking about stuff and get a little tiny bit "panicked" Jeff finished a job on Tuesday and doesn't have another one lined up immediately. He has one he can do in June. He's been here this week and helping me do cabins. When I get like that, I just have to stop myself and that little children's song "Count Your Blessings" starts ringing in my head. I'd rather be in my situation than my child dying of cancer or some other hard life circumstances.

Count my blessings..

1. God - He's here to guide, protect and take care of our needs
2. My family - My husband and kids are healthy and safe
3. I have a roof over my head
4. I have a free place to live that is beautiful
5. My kids are happy despite it all
6. I basically have everything I "need"

I only have one need and that is curriculum for the kids but I feel a little better since we have an insurance refund coming that will pay for that. Michael finished up his and Alison only has a few lessons left in her math. The kids are going to keep working through the summer....especially in math. Michael is behind grade level and Alison is ahead in some subjects but they are on there own levels which is fine with me. I don't advance my kids unless they know it...what good does it do? Alison brought a bag of her change into the mercantile this week to buy herself some candy. The lady at the counter didn't expect her to know how to count out her change! I told her that Alison knew how to count it out. She said the kids here don't know so she always has to do it for them.

We saved up some money from Jeff's little jobs and we are driving back to Houston next week for a quick trip. We are renting a enclosed trailer here from someone local because its cheaper than renting a U-Haul. We are going to empty the storage unit that Jeff has his tools in and bring them back here. We'll save about $30 a month renting a storage here instead of Houston. We would bring more but we can't afford to move it all yet. I'm bringing my old car back here. Can't wait to get that because my little car gets good gas mileage. It's going to save us a lot of money in gas driving into town for groceries, etc.

Last night we got a mild taste of summer here in the park....only a taste though....its' going to be 3 times worse next weekend...sometimes I wonder what I've gotten myself into. If I had a dollar for every time someone told me how crazy it gets here in the summer, I'd be rich! I'm not quite really sure what to expect...people just keep saying you'll be glad summer is over. There were lines of people waiting to get in until late last night. People sitting around in their lawn chairs. An office girl told us people will camp in front of the office for days to try to get first in line for the site they want! Jeff and I were driving around checking for permits last night and we had our first guy with an attitude. People seem to think they are special and can drive in the park and set up camp without a permit while everyone else waits in line. The whole thing is a very frustrating experience for a camper I'm sure because people have to wait in line for hours and you can't reserve a specific camp site. You pick once you get up there to the counter. Well, that's one reason I would never camp here in the summer when we used to camp here. It was never an issue for us. Last night, Alison and I were outside and we could hear the music from the dance and there were so many campfires going all over the park that's all we could smell even back where we are. We heard over the radio a report of a fire. We went to go see what was going on. There apparently was a fire across the river. We could only see the glow but I guess the fire department had it under control. We were amazed when we looked up on the mountain and saw flash-lights. I couldn't believe someone would climb that mountain at night.