update from oklahoma

well i haven't written a journal in a long time, school is out so i am busy with jess, and i have not been doing well, my lower back is giving a lot of trouble, i had a steroid injection  but it only helped for 3 weeks, they said i could get another, but i hate to spend the money on something that only last 3 weeks, and you can only have so many, i don't know what to do anymore i have just given up, i will handle my pain day by day, and be thankful that God has given me that day, it is hard , as everyone knows..    
   my garden is providing some veggies, i have put up some squash in the freezer, as well as hot peppers, almost making myself sick eating fried squash. i have to wait until we get a ripe tomato, before i can start frying me some green tomatoes, i love garden time, we are being overrun with grasshoppers, they are eating everything so i don't know if the garden will last, hope to put up or can or freeze all that i can to help out on the cost of groceries, everything is so expensive, hope everyone is doing ok,