Tonight I just feel like writing down the days that are good, so that some day when I look back, I'll have a clearer memory of it. Some day I'll joke about "the good ol' days" and so I'm writing them now to say I am currently living in the good ol' days.
Sunday I went to church. We only have a little bit longer in the elementary school before we move into an actual building! I always love the songs. The sermon was good. After, I helped clean up and take things down to be moved onto a trailer since we can't keep things up at the school. I got Starbucks and Subway after church, and then went to Bryan and Lee Ann's house for a leadership meeting with our bible study. Bryan leads our bible study, we have bible study at their house, and for the past 5 years they have been some of my best friends.
A few others brought food to eat there as well. We talked about life, upcoming plans, and laughed at ridiculous jokes. When others got there we all sat in the living room before our meeting started, still talking and catching up. I love leadership meetings because we get things planned, we discuss things, and we spend time with each other. The meetings go long, and I know some people don't really like meetings, but I am someone who really does enjoy them!
One of the girls brought a peanut butter chocolate cheesecake she made for one of the girls' birthday! We ate some after. Then I took my friend Emily home because she needed a ride and we talked the whole way there and still some in her driveway. Even though we talk all the time, and Facebook message each other all the time, we always have a million things to say!
I always enjoy the times when I can talk to people without feeling rushed, without feeling obligated to do something else (like help clean up, take things down, etc), or feeling like I need to talk to 40 people. So the slower times and conversations are my favorite.
Wednesday I was scheduled to work 1-6, and that never happens. I didn't have plans after work, so I went to Panera Bread and ate. Then I decided to go to Bryan and Lee Ann's house. I brought Lee Ann coffee. That night one of the teams who went to Slovakia were having their debrief meeting at 7:30, and I got there at 6:30. Bryan and Lee Ann have 4 kids ages 5 months, 2 years, 4 years, and 7 years.
Before and during the meeting, which lasted until around 10:30, I held the 5 month old while Lee Ann bathed the other kids, and then I rocked the baby to sleep while she was putting the others to bed. The thought always occurs, "Ok, how long should I wait for him to be asleep before I can get up and put him in is crib so that he doesn't immediately wake up?" So I waited for a while. It's a sweet thing though, to sit in the silence, rocking with a sleeping baby in your lap.
After the meeting was over, I went downstairs to hang out with some of the girls, and they said, "We're going to Kroger to get desserts and then coming back here!" So I drove since my car had the least amount of stuff to move to the back. Kroger was a ghost town because they were doing construction and things were being painted. We looked at the million choices of ice cream. It's really overwhelming. I rarely look at this isle because then I just want to buy ice cream every time I look at it. We went back to Bryan and Lee Ann's house and sat in their movie room downstairs eating ice cream and talking. It was good. I stayed until 1 AM and then went home and two of the girls stayed the night there.
Thursday I had dinner at Moe's with my friend Joy who has been out of the country for 2 years (except she was home for about 2 months last year at this time). She'll be home for a year this time. We caught up some, on what was going on here and what things looked like for her at the moment. We talked about what was different now, what had changed while she was gone. Then we went to Bryan and Lee Ann's house for bible study. I talked to different people before we started for a while, but I had a lot going on in my head and a lot of emotions going on for various reasons, so I just sat down and watched the room full of people or just sat to think.
We had a guest speaker at bible study, but I didn't hear most of it because I was helping Lee Ann with the baby and part of the time she was with me, and part of the time she was with the other kids. Again I held him until he fell asleep, but this time he only slept 10 minutes after I put him down before waking up again, so that didn't quite work out so well. Anyways, afterwards I talked to people again, and then left a little earlier than normal.
I'm thankful for the people who want to hear about my life, who ask me questions, who don't laugh at my quirks, and who don't mind hearing about the little things. I'm thankful for the people who are quick to call me back or write me back, the hugs, the encouragement, and the laughter. These things, these people, are what make my life beautiful. When I pray for these people my heart is just so full of love that it's hard to imagine that God loves us even more than that! And everybody, not just certain people!
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