What's Going On...

So, there's been lots and lots going on, I figure the best thing to do is just a quick bulleted update. Hopefully you don't mind, it seems to be all I can handle right now.

• Julianna--Julianna has a dance friend, do you have dance friends? What that means is there's a little girl that is in both the dance classes that she's in, so that's how they "know" each other. This little girl has played at our house once, and Julianna had played at her house once, when her father died unexpectedly a week ago. I found this out when her mom called me and asked me if I could take her daughter to and from dance for the rest of the year. Obviously that was no problem, I drive right by her house, and it's an easy thing to do. My heart is just breaking for her family though. I can't even imagine every thing they're going through, everything they've yet to go through. We've had the little girl over for a playdate this week, I'll try to keep doing that every week or so for a while. It's a small thing, but I figure it's nice for the mom to have the break. I've been so, so proud of how Julianna's handling this. It's hard for her. It's scary. Also, she doesn't know this little girl real well. She's really risen to the occasion and is showing a lot of compassion and care. It's a really painful lesson, but I know for the rest of her life she'll remember that when someone you know loses someone they love, it's nice to step up and help however you can.
• Jacob--we had Jacob allergy tested. Surprise! He's allergic to everything. Well, not really, but he might as well be. He's allergic to cats, dogs, dust mites, trees, grasses, ragweed...I can't even remember them all. Fortunately, the doctor doesn't advise patients to get rid of their pets, he recommends keeping them out of Jacob's room. Unfortunately, he does advise getting rid of Jacob's stuffed animals. For a lot of kids that would be all right, but there's just no way for Jacob. He is a stuffed animal fanatic. There are nights he'll sleep with 30 of them. This weekend we're going to tear his room apart and clean everything top to bottom, including washing as many stuffed animals as we can. The rest? Not sure. I think I'll try putting them all in a plastic trash bag and leave them for a few weeks. Hopefully that will take care of the mites for a while. It's pretty overwhelming, honestly. He has a down comforter, I'll have to replace that with synthetic. He needs new pillows, a new mattress protector, an air purifier. The medicines he's been recommended to take cost $200.00 a month, but fortunately the doctor was receptive to trying some lower cost options instead. At this point, we can't tell if he has developed asthma or not, his allergies are too out of control to tell for sure, I'm very much hoping not. They're treating him as though he does, and we'll see.
• Jason--they put in an application for an apartment five minutes from our house today. I'm so excited! (That's an understatement.) He has a job interview Friday (prayers would be awesome), and hopefully he'll be able to find a job and their house will sell and things will start to fall into place for them.
• Rebekah--graduation was Sunday. It was wonderful. Truly. Worthy of it's own post, which I will try to get to soon. Warning: it will be a little obnoxious and pride-filled. Read at your own risk, lol.

That's what's going on here. Two more days of school. Yippee!