This isn't easy...

It's been a long week for me and I'm still trying to wrap my head around what the hell happened.

Everything started last weekend - I had planned to spend the day with Nick and he was going to stay over that night. My kids and I ended up and his place after lunch, my youngest took a nap there while the oldest kids played and Nick and I caught up on some much needed quality time. See, I hadn't spent much time with him over the last month because of personal commitments on his end - which was OK with me because I was also focusing on a new relationship of my own. Anyhow, I digress. Back to Saturday. In the afternoon, Nick and I decided to take all of the kids to the pool and Amy (his wife) was going to meet us there. No big deal. We often do things together as a combined family. I normally don't mind it, but Saturday was different.

Thankful

I may not have everything in life, but I am certainly thankful for what I have - this past week I was reminded of that more than ever.

A week ago, my area (Eastern Iowa) experienced some extremely heavy rains and severe flash flooding. I am thankful that I have a neighbor who looks out for me and called me several times after 11 PM to tell me that I needed to check my basement. When she couldn't get a hold of me, she phoned my ex, who also tried to call me. I eventually work up to the sound of a car alarm going off and found about 8-10 inches of water in my basement. I ended up without about of 3 feet of water once it was all said and done. I am thankful to have friends that are willing to help bail out water at 7 AM on a Monday morning and thankful to have a boss who understood why I wasn't at work much this past week.