Yeah for bad weather!

I should feel bad that today is the second day of cancelled school . . . due to weather.  But I'm not  Yesterday, I went to lunch and shopping with a girlfriend.  Afterwards I stopped by the grocery store, picked up a few essentials.  And then proceeded to do something really stupid.  REALLY STUPID!  I was driving JW's car, Sven, and thought . . . "I'll take the back way home."  Well friends, my neighborhood has ice on the road . . . a lot of ice.  Why I thought it would be a good idea to take the way home with the MOST resistance, I'm not sure.  So, I turn onto the street, and immediately see that there is a car, turned sideways on a side street, with a flat tire.  I stop at a stop sign, and then there is a teeny little incline.  I get to 3/4's of the way up the incline, and thats as far as we are going.  I try rocking the car, I try backing up a smidge and going up, but there is no forward motion.  So I back the car down, very calmly I might add, and sit there for a few seconds.  At this point,  I really can't go forward, backwards, or any other 'wards.  As I sit there realizing the fact that I need to get off the ice, and get home, and I can't seem to do anything to get me moving, I was very calm.  Surprisingly calm.  So I turn the wheels, hard left, and for some weird reason the car moves, not due to anything I was doing.  And I managed to get turned around, out of the neighborhood, and back on Memorial.  Note to self, JW's car SUCKS on ice, and no more "back ways home" on bad roads. 

JW comes home a week from tomorrow!!!  I'm ready for a break from school, and I know he's ready for a break too.  We are looking forward to just doing dumb married stuff, like eating together, and doing errands together, that kind of stuff  I hope you all are enjoying this Advent season, and remember our reason for the season.

Peace. 

Politics, voting, and Presidents . . . oh my!

Has it been that long?

Good Gracious, has it seriously been since August that I last blogged?  Shame on me . . . where has the time gone?  Oh right, I'm dealing with ill-behaved rugrats from the hours of 8am-2pm M-F.  I almost forget.  My new job, what can I say about it?  Well, it's not new anymore, and the glow that you get when starting new jobs . . . well it has dimmed.  I must have grown up in a different place, in a different time, in a different something, because I'm pretty sure that school was not what it is today!  Or maybe its because I was never in Tulsa Public Schools?  Yes, that must be it.  I should feel bad to knock my school district, and yet I don't.  I have never been so disappointed and disgusted with how schools are run in my entire life.  I have sworn to my family that "our children" will NEVER attend TPS schools and I am not stepping back from that statement.  I could go on, and on, and on, and if you would like further information about the day to day "joys" of my job, I would be happy to tell you  Lets just leave it at the fact that I'm glad that I have A job, and that said job is in my field of expertise.

JW came home for vacation, it was lovely, and unfortunately only 10 days long, and 2 1/2 months overdue.  However, I just received word today that he will be home on Christmas Eve and will be spending his entire vacation (all 2 weeks) in the States.  I could have cried I was so excited.  JW's project ended before he came home, and so he is currently working in Dubai (located in the UAE if you don't know where that is).  His company has him writing bid proposals for more work in and around Afghanistan.  While I would love nothing more than for him to get a job with married status, I know God has the right situation for us . . . if I could just be patient enough to find out what it is.  I'm doing better than previous jobs, but boy is it hard to just let go.  I say hard, its actually easy, but then I start thinking, which leads to worrying, which leads to a lot of fear, and then . . . well you know.  Prayers for the perfect situation for JW and I would be greatly appreciated.  One of JW's coworkers, several days before he went back to Dubai was skydiving, and as he was about to land, an updraft caught his parachute, swooped him up and then slammed him on the ground . . . thus shattering his heel, breaking his femur, shattering his pelvis, breaking his wrist, and if he hadn't been wearing a helmet, he probably would have died.  His hospital is located 1 1/2hours from JW, who is trying to visit him as much as possible.  This gentleman is in his 50's, divorced, and his kids are in college in England.  He is recovering nicely, from what JW tells me, but I am sure prayers for him would be appreciated too!

Lets see, what else has happened this fall?  My Matron of Honor from my wedding came to Tulsa to visit.  We haven't seen each other since I got married, which in August was 5 years, so it was wonderful to get caught up with her.  She is pregnant and due to have her baby in January, and I could not be more excited for her.  I'm currently knitting baby blankets for her shower in 2 weeks.  Dad was home for 2 weeks, and left last Saturday.  As usual I cried when he left, but only because Ayda started it.  I wouldn't want her to cry alone!

I don't think I have too much else to share.  I'll try to be more active in my blogging.  Facebook is sucking me in though.

Peace.

New Job

I cannot tell a lie . . .

First . . . congrats to Hannah and Zach on the arrival of baby Shiloh, who is adorable!  Then . . . congrats to Lauri and Lance on the arrival of baby Maelee, also very cute!  These two babies will mark babies number 3 and 4, this year, of friends of mine who have had babies (that might not be the best sentence structure, but oh well).  I definately think there is something in the water, I just wonder where I go to get this "magical" water.  Never before did I really feel the ol' clock a tickin' until my birthday this year, at which point I have felt a little . . . nudge in the general adding on to family.  For once in my life I am not in school, married, in a good place in said marriage, and finally able to say I am ready for a family.  It's a nice place to be, can't lie, I just wish I knew when and where JW and I will be in the next year.  It's really hard to get pregnant when you see your husband for 2 weeks out of every 3-4 months!  All this is NOT a pity party, I just wish I was in on "the plan" for my life

Yeah for babies, hope you all have a great Labor Day Weekend!

Peace.