Do you ever feel bad for leaving work and going home even when you have piles of things to get through? I feel like a rat in one of those little spinning deals – working my butt off and going no where. We’ve been in our new office for about a month now and I still have one box to unpack. There are days when I know that I could use a few hours of uninterrupted time at the office. But when 5pm roles around, I usually head out the door. Then Saturday morning comes and I know that I could get a few things accomplished at the office. Its tempting, really, it is but I manage to keep my butt home and do things around the house. It seems like this past Saturday was the first weekend I wasn’t out and about doing something.
The morning started with the phone ringing at 5am. Within 15 minutes Dr. Ryan was out pulling a calf and treating the cow. So, I practiced being a good wife and had breakfast made when he walked in the door at 630am. Yeah, a little early for a Saturday morning but it was fun to have breakfast together – even if I couldn’t find the syrup without Ryan’s help. Ryan went back to work after eating and I spent the rest of the morning balancing checking accounts and laundering clothes. That afternoon I cleaned the house and received a pleasantly surprising phone call from Barb and Rolly (who I lived with the 3 weeks before the wedding). We ended up at their house that night for supper and played Quiddler which is the card game of short words. It was a new game to Ryan and I but we caught and quickly. I was quite proud of myself when I came up with words like “keg” (when I was helping Rolly) and “queer”. Yup, I even won but we played with pretty loose rules.
Sunday I had a hard time focusing on the sermon. Pastor Lee started relating it to flying model airplanes and my mind started wondering off to other things. There were lots of prayer requests prior to the sermon and those people were on my mind. Two guys in our church are facing cancer treatments and one caught it just early enough to not deal with it. Kenton lost his wife 2 weeks ago and my heart still aches for him. Lots of needs in our community but I’m thankful that we have a community who knows the value of communicating with God.
After church, we ate frito boats and then I went upstairs to take a nap and try to get rid of a headache. Ryan headed out on more calls. Sometime around 4pm, our friends Ryan & Renessa came over to hang out. They are lovely people and dear friends. Their 8 month old Caleb is a doll too. Anyway, she brought over this awesome apple crisp that I couldn’t wait to eat. Ryan grilled steaks for supper and I fixed my favorite potatos and a green salad. It was such a good time hanging out with them. They’re currently raising support to go into the mission field with Athletes in Action. Renessa was working up at the college when she decided to be a stay-at-home mom and wife. Ryan was teaching at the middle school and didn’t renew his contract because he couldn’t commit to a full year of teaching. So, they’re trusting God for their finances as they meet with people in hopes of raising 100% of their support to go on board with AIA. Join me in praying that God will provide the money as well as the patience they need to go where God leads them.
Today was another long day. I did finally get my new lenses for my eye glasses. That’s been a royal pain and the optometrist’s office is not my favorite right now. My eye exam took 2 hours, they told me that dialating my eyes might make them too blurry to be driving or working AS they dialated them. I went to get my lenses and they wouldn’t fit. I went back today to get them and they were closed for lunch even though they had previously said they don’t close for lunch. I had to go back later and then the lady at the desk couldn’t tell me what I owe. Each irritation isn’t so bad but when you put them all together, it’s so annoying that I just need to whine about it.
Fortunately while I was in town I picked up tickets for us and the Royers to go to the Wizard of Oz production by our local actor peoples who are wonderful. AND, I picked up a book from the salon to look at different haircuts. I’m so ready to chop my hair off. Any suggestions on what I could/should do?
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