Fun Day

Today ended up being a really fun day. I gave blood this morning (not so fun, but I know it will save a life, so it's rewarding). Kristin and I had lunch with a friend from church, which was great because I haven't seen this friend in awhile. I dropped the kids off with my mother-in-law and came home and worked for a little while. Put out a plea on Facebook about wanting to meet someone for supper tonight and was invited to join some other church friends at a local Mexican restaurant. So, I crashed their supper; they had actually already finished eating by the time I got there, but were courteous enough to invite me anyway. While we were sitting there talking, another family from church came in. We talked to them for a few minutes and then the first family I was with had to leave, so I sat down with the second family while they ate. And listened to their 9-year-old daughter talk. And talk. And talk some more. She kept me very entertained with stories of their pets and other things. She went through so many subjects that I can't remember what all she talked about. She talked about. Not *we* talked about. She talked. It really was a great evening. I laughed and was entertained. And need to do that again. And have Clayton there. At the time, he was on his way to Charlotte to visit his best friend from Argentina who is there on business until tomorrow. He'll be back at some point in the future and I'll get to meet him then, I guess.

All in all, it's been a really good day. I didn't get started working until after I left the kids with my mother-in-law, but have made it over halfway through now, and this is after having spent 2 hours out at supper. Going to try to work some more on it while waiting for Clayton to get home.

Upheavel

Wow. It's been a week. Well, sorta. Still no news on anything to do with Clayton's situation from July. Hoping to hear something soon.

I got news this past week that the doctor I've been typing for for the last 2.5 years is dropping us. There were some files missing (that I never got) and some files repeated (I can't do anything about that) and he's blaming us. So, at the end of the month it's very possible that I will be out of work. I love the way God works, though. I got this news Wednesday. After mildly panicking on Wednesday, God gives me his Word on Thursday. The first instance was on Facebook. A friend whom I've never met posted a quote and scripture about trusting God. I read it, it strikes a chord, and I keep going with my day. In the afternoon, on the radio, the afternoon host reads a quote that she read in her devotional that morning. You guessed it. It's about trusting God. Okay, God, I get it. That's twice now. Later in the evening, again on Facebook (see? It can be used for good) Proverbs 31 Ministries posts Psalm 55:22 - Cast all your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall. That's three. Three times in less than 24 hours that God has said to me "trust me." "Cast your cares on me." And the kicker? Clayton comes home from work and said that on his drive home God pretty much asked how much it's going to take for us to trust him. How much indeed? To fully trust in the God who sent his only son to die for my sin. What else will it take? I hope I'm there. Fully trusting and relying on him. He cares. He knows me by name. He knew me before I was even conceived. How awesome is that? He chooses to love me, a sinner so black that I can't even see my way out sometimes or see sin for what it is. I am so thankful that he provided a way out of that sin and that he called me to himself so many years ago. It's time to quit sitting in that knowledge and do something with it. Trust him fully. He's got me covered. He wants to show off in my life and it's time for me to let him.

Almost a month

We're coming to the end of Spring Break. We've not done a lot...yet. We had a play date at the park and got cupcakes one day. We ate lunch with Clayton today. Planned on hanging around downtown Greenville after lunch, but the temperature dropped yesterday with the rain we had, so we came on home. Tomorrow is the big day. We're heading to Atlanta to spend the day at Six Flags. Roller coasters, here we come!

Clayton's case is starting to move. Hopefully it will be over soon.

I'm still running, but haven't gone out this week at all. It's tough with the kids home all week. I've finally broken through my weight loss plateau. The Wii finally told me that my weight is NORMAL! I'm not in the overweight category anymore. Hoping to keep losing; I need to lose about 10 more pounds. I've also gone down a pants size. I'm excited to have hit single digit clothing again!

Total weight loss: 32 pounds!