A few weeks after that: I HATE that I have't posted on the blog. I need to make that a priority.
A few weeks after that: Wow, we have alot going on. No wonder I haven't had time to post on the blog! Good thing our schedules are calming down. I should FINALLY have time to blog this week!
Months after that: Should I even try to compose a post to blog? So many events have passed and many more loom ahead. Maybe I should just give it up?
Just now: *trying to log in* Uh-oh. Can a blog be deleted due to inactivity???? Oh no! And I finally have time to blog!
I know it's not quite April yet, but it sure feels like it. As fast as our schedules are speeding along, we can now just skip days and jump into a yet-to-occur one. No, it's not a new type of super power or technology, it is merely necessity.
This April is a busy one. Our calendar is already filled to overflowing. Excitement and uncertainty mark this time in our lives, like none before it. Or this is how it seems and feels at the moment.
Ben- begins a new position at his current company on Monday. This new position will require more long distance travel (long distance being southern Washington to central Oregon. Some of you may be stifling laughter at this description of travel. For us, this is a HUGE change). Right now, his bachelors program counselor crammed him into two overlapping classes. That will be done this next week-end. THANK GOD! So, he is working full-time and double timing school. It makes for some interesting schedule conflicts. Ben has just begin getting into cycling as a hobby.
Me- I still have a job (this became a potential issue when I had to interview for my own position and when funding became slight. Many co-workers are or will be receiving lay-off letters). My manager has encouraged my pursuit of a bachelors, so I have enrolled in CH222, again (I dropped this course last spring when Zach became ill and was in the hospital). So, I am working full-time and taking 5 credits. Our 5 raised garden beds will soon become a hive of activity as I have already begun starts and planted peas and lettuce.
Es- is in her last semester of her Freshman year. This year has brought challenges with certain teachers. She impresses me with her attitude. "Well, I am learning how to deal with difficult teachers"- I haven't told her that this will not be her last run in with such a prediciemnt. =) She decided to discontinue playing violin as a school activity, but still practices at home during the week. Her attitude and viewpoints catch me off guard and her hilarious comments cause much joy in our house.
Sam- in his last year of middle school. He is still playing violin as a school activity and loves to listen to music and read. He's been practicing his basketball form and is excited to be involved with that during his freshman year. Most shockingly, he is now 5'9'', size 10.5 shoe and is all arms and legs (he's only 13!). Sometimes I mistake him for his Dad when I just hear his voice.
Zach- recovered wonderfully from pneumonia and played football last Fall. He is in his first year of middle school and enjoys math the most. He is in his first year of band at school and plays the baratone. He loves
Joey- is in his first year of middle school and looks the most forward to Mr. Hays' class. This math teacher allows the kids to spend time in his class during the lunch periods to learn the algorithms of the Rubik's cube. Joe can now solve a messed cube in less than a minute. He likes anything to do with science and math and is also involved in band at school playing the trombone.
With everything we are involved with we tackle with determination and purpose. We get dirty completing jobs and having fun. But, isn't this is what life is about? Fulfilling purpose and cleaning up messes? At least that is what the fun and lasting bits to life are.
"God is the one who started this good work in you, and I am certain the he won't stop before it is complete on the day the Christ Jesus returns" Philippians 1:6 CEVD
So, expect another post from me in a
