Happy Valentine’s Day and update
Before I talk about my weekend, I would just like to wish everyone a Happy Valentine’s Day.
Life has been very busy for me the last two weeks or so. I’ve been focusing on getting my apartment “baby ready”. Which means going through the too many boxes and bags I brought with us with junk and stuff that I didn’t have time to go through before the move. I’m also babysitting everyday for my friend and that means I’m busy watching a nearly 5 year old and her 19mo. baby brother. It’s insane, but it helps pay the bills. Little Derrick loves to help me empty the bags filled with who knows what.
I really need to get this all done before I lose too much mobility. My main nerves that run down the butt into the back of my legs get strained easily now-a-days. I remember this from when I was pregnant before, but now I’m 12 years older and the body just doesn’t bounce back as quickly as it did the last time.
I’m also working on getting my spiritual life back in working order. Went to a womens conference on the 5th that was just fantastic. The speaker said a few things that really clicked together a whole bunch of pieces of information that have been coming to me. Through scripture study and prayer, I’ve been given alot of very specific advice. Unfortunately, I have not been understanding how what I was being told or impressed with would help with my specific issues. It was great advice for my kids, but I couldn’t see the bigger picture. To say the least, that conference helped me to finally understand the advice coming my way. It’s ironic really, how we can miss how simple advice really isn’t simple at all. Another example for me of why the Lord teaches line upon line and precept upon precept.
Now, to my weekend, which was both wonderful and sad. Wonderful, in that Blondguy came down and spent the weekend with us. We went to an adult dance put on by my church. There was a 16-piece band that played all the old standards that you can cha cha or swing or sway lightly to. I haven’t been dancing since before I got married. I told blondguy that he was earning lots of brownie points. And I was even able to follow him in many of the moves he put us through. Not bad for a girl who’s been watching everyone else dance for four years. (chuckles) Afterwards, he put his considerable nursing skills to use giving me the most excellent pregnancy massage I’ve ever had. OH BOY, do I wish he lived down here so I could get more of those. Fortunately, he finishes school this summer.
The sad part of the weekend though was finding out sunday night that his niece had passed away. She had been very sick. I don’t remember exactly what she had, it was some type of cancer I believe. But she had been in remission and then relapsed a few months ago. They were really glad she made it through christmas. In fact, in the pictures I saw, she didn’t look sick at all. But she started failing the last couple weeks and went quickly this weekend. My heart goes out to BG’s brother and his family during this terrible week. I’m thankful for the knowledge that families can be eternal. They may have lost their daughter for now, but they will get her back when they meet again.
I’m going to take my kids out to a valentines dinner, I think. Remind them of just how much they are loved and appreciated.
