Beautiful!!! Okay...so its not quite finished. Turns out that the leak in my bathroom was not a simple fix, so that ended up taking up most of their time. Unfortunately, the leak is still there, but it is much smaller than it was and the major work is finished. They also worked on hooking up my washer and dryer. Apparently there were some problems there as well, so the washer is ready to go but not the dryer. I have to admit I am disappointed. Not about the ceiling, cosmetic stuff doesn't really bother me. I know they worked hard, and got a lot done...but nothing was actually finished...and I can't finish any of the things they started. So, unfortunately I have to ask more favors of people here in order to get things done. Thankfully, my friend Frank V. said he could come over and help me. Frank H. worked with my group all weekend and has already put way too much time, effort, energy and money into my house. I am about to wear out my welcome, if I haven't already. :)My weekend was really fun, but EXHAUSTING!!! My group arrived around 2 a.m. on Friday morning, so I didn't sleep much. Usually Fridays are not busy AIM days, but this Friday was different. I actually ended up working until almost 5. I spent the evening helping get things set up for our church Thanksgiving lunch today and then headed to all night bowling at 11:30. We had a BLAST at bowling, but I didn't get to bed until 6:30 a.m.!!
I took a good nap at my friend Shera's house (there were people working at my house) and woke up feeling a cold coming on. I managed to catch up with the group and spend some good time with them until around 7 when we had a worship night with some of the teens. We didn't have a ton show up, but it was still a good time. After worship a bunch of us went out to eat and I again didn't get to bed until about 2 or 3 in the morning. Church was good today, but I was so tired. I got home around 3 (after saying good bye to my group) and took a 4 hour nap. It felt SO GOOD!!! I'm still tired, but recovering. I really want to drive home on Tuesday night, so I need to be well rested this week!
It is definitely time for me to go home. To go home and completely be away from Philly. I don't often talk completely honestly about things that go on...but things are really difficult right now. There is a friend of mine that owes me $1500 (he borrowed it over a year ago) and is now refusing to even take my calls much less pay me back...so I am having to pursue legal action against him. I have no idea how to do that...but I have no other options. Several new people have moved onto my block, one of whom is a very serious drug dealer that is also involved in dog fighting. In fact, I was almost attacked by one of his dogs this week. He and his dogs are very scary. Its the first time in 5 years I have been afraid of where I live.
Kids Club has the most kids that we have had in a long time, which is AWESOME, but also overwhelming considering I just started leading Kids Club barely 2 months ago. We are also having more and more girls get involved with our teen ministry. Again...AWESOME, but overwhelming.
Then there's my house, my part-time job, my debt, my lack of support raising...and I won't even go into what goes on in my head throughout the day. :)
I continue to have an AMAZINGLY supportive family, but when things are hard for me, they bear that burden as well. (And vice versa). Sometimes life feels like the 4 of us against the world...which makes living so far away hard. (This does not mean that I have any plans to move!). :)
I don't have an incredibly busy week, other than AIM work and cleaning up the mess from the weekend. I am not looking forward to the drive home, but I am definitely looking forward to being home!!!
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