Who Knows Where It Leads

Have you ever drafted a blog and then forgot to hit the wonderful little "publish" button?  Well, for those of you who haven't let me say that I do it frequently and this is one of those times.  This post was written back in October.  Found it today!  Yes, it has been that long since I was on here.  So, read away, but know that it isn't really all that current. 

October 2013

I often wish that writing a blog in my head was all it would take to get it posted.   Although, as soon as I say that, I am glad that isn't the way that it is.  I might scare off those who read.  Seriously though, my mind just goes with things that I want so badly to get into my blog, not because I want anyone to read them, but because I want to remember them later.  So, I decided to write this for that reason alone.  Some of this will probably bring a smile to your face and some of it will probably leave you wondering, but all that matters is that in this mind, it all makes sense.

I have a 10 year old.  That is really all there is to it.  10 years.  I keep looking at Paityn and can't believe that 10 years have past since she joined us.  What a blessing the 10 years have been.  However, if she is 10 that means that I am also 10 years older.  I can't believe that either.  There is no way that I am quickly headed toward my mid-30's.  NO!  It just can't be.  That being said, I have to say that I absolutely love this time in my life.  Paityn is opening up and turning out to be quite an amazing young lady.  We have lots of great talks and let me tell you, some of my best laughs in life come from the things that come out of this girls mouth.  Just the other day we were driving down the road and talking.  In the end we ended up laughing so hard that I thought I was going to have to pull over for fear of peeing my pants in the car.  Oh boy, the memories coming from this time in her life just amaze me.

I don't know if anyone has ever felt so thirsty.  You would give anything to get a drink.  Any drink for that matter.  That is about how I am feeling lately on a spiritual level.  I just can't seem to get enough of learning from my bible.  I decided that I was going to take on three bible studies this fall.  Although there are times where I truly believe that I have lost my mind, there is also this pure excitement in me as I get to learn so much on a weekly basis. I am thankful to the Lord for working out childcare issues and making each study such a blessing.  Even Paityn is enjoying the time.  She is earning babysitting money at one bible study and is so super excited to learn that my Deuteronomy study closely follows (as in chronological order) the Exodus story that she can't seem to get enough of right now.

Wedding excitement!!!!  My brother, Tom, is getting married in March.  Paityn has been chosen to be a junior bridesmaid.  To say that there is excitement in our house would be a complete understatement.  This wedding is bringing a lot of new's for Paityn.  First important wedding that she will be attending; first time in a wedding; first "real" vacation; first time she wants to save her money (that is a big one, she likes to shop like her Mom); first time that she has felt so "special" (Thank you Uncle Tom and Aunt Becki for asking her opinion on flowers and for mailing her her own "save the date.")  We are so excited for Becki to be joining our family and can't wait for the exciting trip to come.

I have an amazing husband. Ok, that could mean about 1000 different things so let me explain. Corbin recently decided that he wanted to learn more about computers.  I am not talking about software, but rather the take the computers apart kind of stuff.  I have to say that he amazes me with his talent to comprehend how something works.  With nothing more then what he has taught himself he was able to recover a coworkers computer that the problem was in the motherboard.  Ok, so I am not a computer person at all.  Honestly, I don't understand what exactly it was that was wrong with the computer, but I do have enough understanding to know that I couldn't do it. I took an adventure recently to go buy parts for him and had to laugh when the man at the store was asking me questions about the parts, like what I was doing with them and acting as if I should know what he meant.  I just chuckled and told the man that I was there for my husband and that I had NO idea what the parts were for.  So proud of you Corbin.  You amaze me that there has never been anything that you couldn't figure out when you set your mind to you.  Love watching your talents continue to grow!!!

I am not going to have to work weekends anymore.  YEAH!!!!  I am one excited woman.  I get to have the weekends again.  It seems like it has been forever.  Well, a year at this point.  I know that for those who work the weekends on a regular basis that doesn't seem like a long time, but for someone who worked 7-3:30, Monday through Friday, no holidays, no weekends for 10+ years, that is a long time.  I don't think that I ever realized how much that time means to me until I don't have it anymore.  So, as of the middle of September I am now working on tasks at work that will allow me to slowly transition out of the weekend roll.  YEAH!!!  Now just to see how long the transition takes.

I am one of the newest students at Colorado Christian University.  As of this past week I was officially accepted into the school and will be meeting on Thursday with an admissions counselor to begin making my schedule.  I am excited and nervous.  I have done school before (as a nontraditional student.) So, I do have an idea what I am in for.  I have had a desire to finish for years now and finally decided to just do it.  I am thankful for a husband and daughter who support this decision and are willing to work as a team with me on this endeavor.

I guess that an overall summary of where we are in life is that we are going in so many different directions at this time.  I don't know that any of us would change that though.  I think that God has blessed us where we are.  Can't wait to see where we end up as we run this path.  In the mean time, we have a lot of great laughs, we run like chickens with our heads cut off sometimes and we love every minute of it.