The meaning of work

Jeremy has now joined the ranks of the gainfully employed. He started working yesterday. Since he is on his Christmas Break from college he can work as many hours as they need for him to work. He worked 9 hours yesterday, but only 6 hours today. He will get in about 20 hours this week and then he will have Christmas Eve and Christmas Day off. I think he is going to find out what it means to really work at a job. Although this isn't his first foray into the world of employment, it will be the first job that he got on his own. He won't be raking in the bucks with this job, but any additional income that can be generated will be helpful. If nothing more than helping to offset some of the expenses related to getting him back and forth to school/work. Those expenses would be less of course if we could get the CRX up and running again.

I'm very worried about Randy. He has had several very rough days and nights. I haven't had a good night sleep in several days because he is so restless at night. His ankles are swelling again and he is having difficulty breathing. I can only do so much for him and I'm afraid it's not enough. His health just has to improve, I don't want to lose him now. I want him to be around for another 20 years at least. Of course I want him to be in good health for that time also.

He got notice in the mail that he has an appointment on the 29th of the month for a physical for his Social Security disability claim. I pray he is approved and that approval will mean some type of medical coverage. It would be great if we could get him back on oxygen. He was sleeping under oxygen, but we had to return that machine because we can't afford the $230 a month lease without any insurance.

Jacqueline has one more day of exams and then she is on Christmas break. I know she's looking forward to being able to sleep a little late. I will rely on her a great deal while I'm at work during her break, especially since Jeremy will also be working during this time. She can do simple things for me, and perhaps that will help to keep me from being so overtaxed. She's a big help to me that way.