Busy....Busy....isn't this summer break?

Boy have we been super busy so far! I hope that "summer break" will eventually come around.

I am happy to report that our youngest daughter (high school freshman) is just about fully recovered from the surgery she had on the 5th of this month. It sure was a rough recovery, but we are all happy it is over.

I've been taking a class this week to help my teaching of mathematics. It is a long day, but worth the time.

Our youngest son has been in class at the local community college 4 days a week taking various science classes. He is enjoying himself! We are still not sure which musical lessons he will be taking later this summer.

Our oldest daughter (high school junior) is busy with her job and she will be taking a course in July.

Our daughters started into their orthodontics...thankfully we have insurance for the first time!

Lets see...our refrigerator broke down. So we had to buy a new one. There are some fancy choices out there! It is on order and hopefully will be here in another week or so.

My husband is moving back into administration. (I have mixed feelings) His first big "fiasco" was today in dealing with the swine flu. It looks like his school is the first one in the county....and with the superintendent out of town, dh was the one who dealt with the concerns. Thankfully he has been in administration most of his career and this type of issue (people freaking out) is not an unfamiliar situation.

After much discussion, my dh has decided to wait on finishing up his PhD and it is my turn! I will start my Masters degree this fall. (slowly....at first due to finances and time issues with my full-time work and dh's extra work responsibilities with his new position at his school) This is something I've wanted to do for some time, but I am moving out of my field for my Masters so I will have to take some undergraduate classes before I can be "official" in the program of my choice. It will be worth it. I know this is the direction I must move into and who knows what wonderful adventures await me in the future....all from one decision.

Life is funny and fascinating....the decisions we make really are significant. Even those decisions we may not think of as "significant". I fully believe as long as I am prayerfully following what God's plan is for me, the best will happen.

I'm thankful and blessed.

I do ask for prayers (if you are so inclined) for our oldest son. He continues to make choices that we just can't wrap our brains around. I don't know if it is the half-sibling issue on a genetic level or what...but he has been raised in the same home, but has made horrible choices and as an adult, it is coming back to him. We hope to hear from him sometime and all we can do in the meantime is pray.

Life can be difficult, however it is during these moments that I truly feel God's grace is there. During these moments, I believe that I am experiencing a small part in agony and suffering. I count this as a blessing. Sure I'd rather avoid it...but my life has been one that has been more difficult than most and as time goes on I see this in a different light. A light that is filtered through my faith. I do not expect nor do I buy into the "prosperity doctrine" that I think is doing much damage to the Christian community at large. Thankfully, we Catholics are mostly still orthodox in our viewpoint regarding suffering.

May God bless you.