The PERFECT neighbors

Tonight it's a really big chore for me to find something to be thankful for. It has just been a day. Found out tonight that an old neighbor (old in both senses of the word. She is elderly and she has moved out of the neighborhood) is in ICU and will NOT be making it out alive. My husband is gone until Thursday. They don't even think she will make it through the night tonight. A "friend" was here tonight when I found out and she didn't offer to sit with the kids (who were already in bed) so that I could go say goodbye to this wonderful little old lady that used to be such a big part of my days and nights. I could write a 20 page blog about Lillian, but I digress.....

Then, as I was getting kids ready for bed, I was washing little hands and faces and they were brushing teeth, one of the many nightly routines, and as I went to get a towel out of the closet, a freaking roach ran out of it. I almost passed out. The people that used to live in the other half of our duplex were, to say the least, nasty dirty and disgusting people. When they moved out, the leasing manager told me to keep an eye out for roaches because they had found so many over there that they were certain to come here once they moved everything out. Sure as s***, they appeared. Again, I paniced. My husband isn't here. It's too late for me to load up the kids and go to the store. I won't be able to sleep, feeling like I have bugs crawling all over me.

I called one of my dearest friends and neighbor, Adriann, to cry over the phone for a minute. I told her of Lillian. Once we were done crying about that, I told her about my day. She, without my asking, volunteered to go to the store and get me a bunch of the "roach motels" so that I can at least get a start to the issue at hand. I didn't even ask her. Heck, I hadn't even THOUGHT to ask her!! She just came right out and said that she and Mike would run over and get me as many as I wanted. I said clean off the shelves!!!! LOL!!!

So, today, like many days really, I am thankful from the tips of my toes to the top of my head for the few TRUE friends that I have in my life. If it weren't for people like these, I would perish. No questions asked.