The "In Health" Part is Looking A Lot More Likely Now For Our Month #4 Celebration

Well, I think I'm on the downward stretch of getting over this food poisoning. YEAH!! This is my first case of food poisoning, and I pray that it's my last. No fun at all!! Although, I'm pretty sure I lost a pound or two from it...that is, if there is any positive side to this experience at all. So, it looks like the Webb's will have an opportunity to celebrate Month #4...but more than likely it won't happen until this weekend.

Month #4 brought quite a few exciting announcements:

1st of all, Eddie and I have begun remodeling our bathroom (the master bathroom). The house we bought last year is a little old and in need of some repairs, and one repair that I've been really looking forward to is our bathroom. It's small for a master bathroom, which is something we really can not change without knocking down walls, but it's something I can live with knowing that hopefully we won't be in Midland for too much longer. However, the biggest problem was the bathtub. I really can't explain it...it's just something you have to see. It's odd-ly short (in the direction that your legs would go) and tall (as far as climbing in). An older couple lived in the house before us, so you almost want to say that it looks like one of those tubs an old couple would have, however it didn't have that door on the front of it to help them get it. I have no idea how they got in it, without a step stool or a ladder. We didn't even use it...we been using the shower/bathtub in our guest bathroom...which really sucked!! Either way, it is gone!!! Eddie has torn it out. He's currently working on tearing out the walls (just the inside part...not thru to the other side) because whoever installed them before apparently didn't put the appropriate sheetrock in for use in a bathroom. So, he's going to have to put up new. We are going to install a new bathtub and shower, plus put in new cabinets, a new sink, a new countertop, new lighting, new tile, new faucets, new towel bars and even a new shade of paint. It will be a whole new bathroom when we get done. How exciting!!

2nd: the next opening for a transfer (for Eddie) has closed...which means, it is that much closer to him hopefully getting a transfer. See first they open the position and leave it open for quite some time...allowing people time to put in for it. Then, they close it (so no one else can put it in for it) and pull a list (they have some sort of technology that fishes thru the applicants and selects the applicants that fit the qualifications). Then they review the list and then make a decision. It all sounds complicated, but supposedly it only takes them about 3-4 weeks. My fingers couldn't be any more crossed!!! He said that there is a better chance of him getting Oklahoma City, which would be great...so much closer than where we are now...but I'm hoping with all my might that he gets Dallas. I'm so ready to be back home again!!! But that story is one that is "to be continued".

3rd: I found out we're not going to have to face the "For Poorer" part of our vows yet. I haven't mentioned my current situation, but apparently my job took some cutbacks on budget for next year and have decided to discontinue my position...which means no more me. I was told months ago and thought that it wouldn't be a problem finding a new job, but boy I was wrong. So, recently I was having to decide what to do. I thought I may have to come back to Dallas without Eddie, a couple times a month to do some work with my Dad. It would keep my bills paid but not leave a lot of room for extra spending, that is if I wanted to spend as much time as possible with my husband...I mean I could always work with my Dad more to make more money, but that would require me to be in Dallas more and in Midland less. So, I was just going to be in Dallas as much as I needed to pay my bills. However, my job has decided to keep me on another month. Originally, my last day was the end of August, but now it's not until the end of September. My thoughts are "this is great" ... hopefully, by the end of September, Eddie will have received the phone call announcing his transfer, just in enough time before I loose my job. I really pray that this is how it's going to go. What better timing? Please keep your fingers crossed for us!!!

Well, on to the next chapter of our book...Month #5!!!