Friday, May 16 UPDATE on Bob

Friday started out as a horrid day, I will simply say, Bob woke up with diarrhea.. nuff said.. There is a slim chance, Bob will get better at walking, but no chance of his health getting better. We are on the downhill slide and will take each day as it comes.

(you might want to buy stock in Lysol Wipes,peroxide,antibacterial wipes and hand soap,and

Because I am using these at an alarming rate and their stock should be rising and thank you Debby at Just Breathe, for introducing me to add water, no rinse and dry sponges.

I love these sponges and am using them for myself also. Yes, I still digress.. ha ha

I had been awake since 2:30 in a semi panic attack, going over our needs, the major ones, things that were easy now overwhelm me,

pool repairs, yard work, someone to come and work cheap, expensive grab bars in both bathrooms, 

On 6:30 walk with Beau, walking along fighting tears, I prayed out loud and simply said, God, I need help, several times. I walked and thanked God for each blessing out loud, Beau, being able to walk him, on and on with the blessings. I thanked him when I asked my son Dan if he could install grab bars, his answer was yes, I had done dozens at work, tell me what you want done and we will come down and do it.

Fret one down.

It occurred to me, God is not Santa and will not just fix things, that I needed to DO something first and use his guidance.

I sent a text to my cousin's son in law about the pool, he called me last night and after photos sent by cell and 20 minutes of talking, he said you need a breaker installed in your panel and a timer on the wall, and it will work, but you should replace the filter with a cartridge one, not dirt. I can't do the breaker you need and electrician. I said can Joey do this? 

he said yes, call Joey. Joey is my cousin's son. I texted Joey and he said he will call me tomorrow. Bob did not freak out about that, he knew it needed something. That is a miracle.

I sent a text to friend Karla, asking if her neighbor that does her yard for 40 dollar a pop, goes to others homes. She replied she would text Harry and ask if he knows someone, that he only does the neighborhood so that he can ride to their houses on a mower.

10 minutes later, she said Harry said his friend Rob, was there at his house and he does some homes, he would ask him.

Meanwhile, Angel the therapist is working with Bob, and he is aptly named ANGEL. Outside my window I see a SUV pulling a trailer, with a small push mower on the trailer, slowly driving by the house looking and gone. Angel stands up to leave and the Suv comes back, stops across the driveway and a man gets out, looking at our yard.

Angel goes out and asks him to move so he can leave, he pulls forward, and when Angel leaves he backs in the driveway.

I got outside and asked, "Are you Karlas friend? 

He mutters, don't know Karla. I say what do you charge to mow? He mutters, let's see what you need and we walk front and back, me pointing to leaves to be mulched, weeds all over back yard, and the front and side mowed.

We walked back out front and he took the mower off, and I said again, "What do you charge?" His answer was I will get this done for you and cranks the mower and starts to work. The man spoke 20 words the whole time I chattered like a magpie.

He worked for an hour and we guessed at what price it would be and I peered from all the windows giving Bob a running tale of what he was doing.

HE did ALL of it, everything I showed him. He edged the front yard, after mowing, weed whacked. I saw him put the lawn mower on the trailer, went to get money, and Bob said I am thinking 100 dollars will be the charge. I opened the door to go out

and he was gone, the tail of his SUV nearly out of sight. No name, no price, no charge, no phone number.

I text Karl the story, she says wow, that's weird. Maybe he did not want to come back. I will let you know if I hear from Harry.

10 minutes later, she texts, Harry says his name is Rob/Robby, this is his number, when it needs to be done again, call him and he will do it for $25. He did it for free and the charge for again is beyond amazing.

I put Robby-Yard Man and the number in my phone and bowed my head and said Thank you Lord for this blessed day... The things are not done, but in the works and I know who I am dealing with, not strangers.