Loverly Weekend

I wake up this morning, and all I hear outside is the heavy wind pushing the branches and leaves on trees agains each other. I smelled like it was about to rain, the temperature outside my covers was cool, underneath the covers it was warm, and the air was fresh. THAT is the way to wake up.

My parents are at a craft show for the weekend, and I'm driving down to help them tear down. My younger sister and brother-in-law will be there, so they don't need my help too much; but since my dad isn't going to be there to help, it will be nice to have one more person who is familiar with how the truck and trailer gets packed. I haven't seen much of Ryan or my sister since she got married, and I'm looking forward to this afternoon.

My boss and his wife has been here for the last five days, and I've been busy. Not as busy perhaps, as other times they have come down, but busy nonetheless. I can still hear the trees rustling. It's a good start to the morning.

For those that haven't heard - my brother is now engaged to Charlessa!!!

Sadness and a hope everlasting

First, a addendum to the last blog: the tiny Malcomb hasn't actually arrived yet, I was just excited to get the pictures up. So instead, say hello to the soon to be newcomer!

Last Friday I found out that one of my friends at college passed away in a car accident. He was a professor ( I have had one class from him ) that I have known for almost 5 years now. The last two years I spent at college, I would go on weekend trips with the college debate team, and I was usually the one to stay up with him at night or early in the morning so he could stay awake. During those times we would talk a lot. Shakespeare mostly, but also about what was going on in each other's lives. I was privileged to be trusted enough for his confidences, and I pray that when I get to heaven, I'll have stood for Christ the way Dr. Price did through his actions and words.

None of us are secure from accidents, and I pray for God's blessing on all those that read this, that He would protect you in your travels.

Oddly enough, I don't feel sad at his passing... except that I'll no longer be able to see him on the road jogging, watch him with his coffee, or talk Shakespeare with him. Dr. Price was a Christian and he is spending his days in a far, far, far, far better, greater place than we can ever imagine. What I DO feel sad about is the family he left behind. To have a husband, the one closest to your heart, soulmate, to have him pass away is a blow that no one should need to handle. Any feelings I've had of loneliness can only pale in comparison. So I pray for the wife and son still here, I pray for strength, and mercy, and a revelation of God's overwhelming love and peace. I pray for healing of the ache in the soul and the shock of such the loss... and for the impossible joy of God's peace to come upon Dr. Price's family.

Future family

'Tis a happy day.

Say hello to the newcomer! Boy or Girl.... Boy or Girl.... Maybe I'll tell you in my next post. :-P

Finals, work, busy

The title sums up this week pretty well. I had a test Monday which I did fairly well. This Friday is a final and next Monday I will be done when I finish my Hebrew final. My boss will be coming two days later and then the work really starts. Because other people will be working with me, I'm going to have a more consistent work schedule. Since I don't know what this 'consistent' work schedule is like, I haven't signed up for any classes yet. While Allan is here, I'm going to see what it is like working together with 3 other people and then decide if it's going to be feasable to take two classes. If it doesn't seem feasable, I'm only going to take Readings in Biblical Hebrew and drop Excersice Science Anatomy and Physiology.

Right now, I'm going to finish work up and do a little more studying before I go to bed. I'm looking forward to a long, relaxing weekend at home. There are a few things that need to be done such as getting the weedeater out and using it on some hard to reach areas, putting some new screen on the back porch, and Dad will probably have some things to do at the shop. It's going to be a good weekend.

I'mmmmm Baaaaack!

Finally! I've been trying to blog since.... a long time ago, but whenever I long in, I could no longer access my blog. It's been a sad two months. I search for the answer in the forums, but they never seemed to be addressing my exact problem, thus I turned to the brute force approach. I found the answer in Blogger's answers forum: Answer 656. Yes. I do have a life. I never got that high in the list. I tried searching the user forum again, and one of the forum posts had a link to answer 656. I followed the directions and now have access to Blogger!

This was only a break and so I can't type long.... I have a test in a few hours. Hebrew is a great language to learn. Compared to other classes, it's an easy class to study for. If you've been doing your homework and keeping up on the vocab and verb stems then the tests are a breeze. If you haven't.... can't help it. Hebrew resists all attempts at cramming. I'm just going to spend a few hours translating and doing some extra Hebrew homework and review stems... and then we'll see. The kids who keep up on Hebrew do NO study for the tests. That would be nice to be able to do that!

Ah............................ It's good to be back!