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i’m gone :)

I’m going to be gone from the blogging world for a little while (although I will most likely post on Monday after we find out whether our grandchild will be an Attison Cole (girl) or Jonas Allen (boy)!). We are leaving for Colorado next Tuesday, and I don’t plan to blog while I’m on vacation. I will post about our trip after we get home, though.

For now, I’m working on baby shower invitations. My sweet friends from church and homeschool co-op decided they want to have a baby shower for Ashley while she’s here visiting. I checked with Ashley before agreeing to it ~ she was in tears, humbled and amazed that these ladies would want to have a baby shower for someone they don’t even know yet. The love of Christ is a powerful thing.

Before we leave I will be doing laundry and cleaning. I like to come home to a very clean house when I’ve been gone for a while. We were going to hire a lady to come in and do the spring cleaning before we left, but I haven’t heard from her and I don’t have time to look for someone else ~ so, I will be doing the cleaning myself.

Patrick is sick ~ his right tonsil is swollen to the point of blocking off almost half of his throat. He was supposed to go to the doctor this morning, but the Residential Mentor who was supposed to drive him to his appointment overslept (great mentoring there, don’t you think?). I’m angry about it because Roger is supposed to be taking Patrick and Ariel up to Drury University today for Trustee Scholarship interviews and a tour of the university. It’s probably not the best thing to be whisking our sick son off to Missouri, but we figured since he has made it through the past 2 weeks with this thing (we had no idea his tonsil was so swollen; he thought it was just a cold sore on the back of his tongue that was irritating his throat) he’d be able to make the trip just fine, especially after seeing the doctor. So now we’re in a pickle as far as getting the kids up to Drury in time for them to participate in the tour and so forth. The interviews are Saturday, and Ariel has a choir scholarship audition as well as a Trustee Scholarship interview……..(major sigh) what a mess. I’m letting Roger handle the whole thing ~ if I called the school right now and chewed someone out because Patrick missed the doctor’s appointment and may possibly miss a scholarship interview, and therefore possibly lose a very prestigious scholarship, well, let’s just say Patrick’s school administration might not want him as a student there anymore! (I’m very angry, so it’s best that Roger handle it.)

So, in a very cynical tone, I say happy birthday to me, welcome to a new decade! LOL Ok, really, at this point I’m just going to have to laugh, and remind myself of all of the really great, amazing things God has blessed me with, especially lately. Truly, today is my 40th birthday ~ I have a fantastic husband, 3 (!) great kids, a roof over my head, food in the pantry, a regular source of income (that would be Roger’s job, but his job is still a blessing to me), I’ve been given the opportunity to develop a relationship with my daughter, and I’m going to be a nana in less than 5 months! I’m not about to let the enemy have any part of my joy.

I’m still hanging onto the Rock and looking for the rainbow ~ and that’s a joyous thing!

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