June 28th, 2008
A Nutshell
1. I am done with another term!!! Yeah!! It has been a great year, although at the beginning of the term, as I looked at the list of 12 papers which needed to be completed, I despaired of completing the term. In fact, it was an extremely stressful spring trying to balance everything. However, as I turned in my final project this week, and again saw the list of 12 papers which I have now completed, I must admit, I was thrilled! I now understand much more about the Reformation Era, and I have read more Calvin, Luther and Wesley than I ever thought I would!
2. We own a lizard. Do you remember my children begging for a pet (they wanted a dog?) Well, last year I tried the Venus Fly Trap as a pet for Ryan’s birthday. That lived all of about a month. I think perhaps the kids fed it too many flies! Anyway, this year at Caleb’s lizard-themed birthday party, one of his friends gave him an Anole lizard. We gave Ryan the tank etc. so it would be a family pet. Now I will make weekly trips to the pet store for live crickets!
3. I turned 40. Yep. 40. One friend, when I told him I was turning 40 stated, “Wow, you are on your way downhill from here, huh?” Very encouraging! LOL I have had mixed emotions, and I’ll admit this birthday has been kind of a hard one. Oh well, life goes on! I woke up on my 40th birthday wanting to do something different so….
4. I got my first manicure! Nope, I have never gone someplace to have it done. However, Miriam had a gift certificate someone had given her to a place in the mall. So, I suggested that she and I do a Mom-daughter outing where she could get her nails done (with her certificate) and I would get mine done (no, I didn’t make her use her certificate on me!! lol). I couldn’t understand the Asian woman very well, so she ended up just pointing to pictures and I agreed without knowing exactly what was happening. It was pretty funny.
5. My friend Mary Jayne is coming. I have only one friend from college that I really have any semblance of keeping up with. The last time I saw her was 2 ½ years ago when Tim and I flew to Seattle for her wedding. She has never met Ryan or Caleb (she came to Dallas to see us when I was pregnant with Ryan). However, they decided to vacation in NYC this week. So, they are renting a car and coming up here for the weekend, and I am very excited to see her again. Yea!!
So, those are this week’s highlights of my life in a nutshell. We’ll see what next week brings!
July 1st, 2008 at 6:21 am
Congratulations on finishing your first year of your Master’s program Tami! I know what anxiety, stress and exhaustion that can cause when you’ve got all the other responsibilities of life too - nothing like when we were ONLY going to college
Congratulations too, on turning 40. I am finally learning that each year is a milestone when I look at my kids and my husband (we just celebrated 20 years!) and my friends……..I’ve had a big part of the good I see and that makes me appreciate being alive another year. I’m now asking God for more years and although He may have another plan, I don’t want to complain when He gives me another year by wishing I wasn’t getting so old!
I pray that you have another wonderful, joyful year in the Lord.