Election day.........

is today....

Lyndsy and I went to the polls after I got off the mail route this morning. We didn't have to wait very long. Just sign names and walk to booth and touch the screen to vote. As I am registered non-partisan, I couldn't vote the way I wanted to on part of the ballot. Is this freedom or is it communistic? In October there was an election and it was called 'closed'. This part today was a part that was for the run offs. In Oct., if you are registered democrat, you HAD to vote democrat. If you are registered republican, you HAD to vote republican. But, if you are registered non-partisan, you were automatically switched to democrat NO MATTER WHAT! I registered non-partisan so I could vote for who I thought was the 'right' person. This type of voting is robbing me of my constitutional rights to vote the way I want. To me this was and is sooooooooooo wrong. Oh, my goodness. I'm on a soapbox.......guess I will get off.

There is no school today because of elections. Some of the schools in the parish are used as polling places. You can't have children running around and adults voting at the same time. hmmmmmmmmm Therefore, Lyndsy didn't go to work today. But she is having a BAD day. She got up sick and stayed in the bathroom ALL morning long. When I got home at 12:30 she had finally gotten dressed and wanted to vote. We went and came right back hoping she didn't have to run to bathroom while we were gone. The poll where we vote is only 3 miles from the house so we made it ok. She is now feeling some better. Thank the Lord.

My jeep is STILL not fixed. I am unable to use the cruise, the locks still don't work, and so many other small things that don't work right. Hopefully I will get it to the shop sometime tomorrow. That means I will be on foot for the rest of the week, again. Maybe this time they will be able to fix it. The local shop is having to call jeep tech long distance to try to find the problems. Sounds complicated. I know it is agravating, to say the least.

I was able to sub at the school 4 days last month. That means at the end of November I will receive a small check in the mail for these 4 days. Good thing I don't depend on the school for a living.!? I have also been able to sub more at the post office as I am the only sub they have at the present time. New Orleans has hired a girl to start learning route 1 today. When she learns this route, I will no longer be needed on it. [unless she is unavailable when the main carrier in off] I will continue to sub on route 2 and 4 as needed. That will give me one 8 hour and one 2 hour routes per week. Thank the Lord for this until He provides more.

Our dog, Rusty, needs surgery. He has a 'tumor' in his bladder. Rusty is 10 years old. We have been praying for guideness on this matter. We do not want him to suffer. We, also, do not have the over $4oo to pay for it. It would cost almost 1/2 that to put him to sleep. We really don't want to do that either. He is a part of our family, our baby. God does care about our little things as well as a huge item of concern. I know He will provide no matter which way we finally decide.

It is almost time for Jack to come home. I need to get supper started. With Lyndsy sick, I'm not sure what to fix. Smells seem to bother her quite a bit right now. I'll figure that out, too.

Love ya!