At church the pastors talk about how we shouldn't "live for the weekend" and how we shouldn't have "oh me, it's Monday" philosophies. I understand what they're saying, but I hate whenever I wake up on Monday to realize that it's the beginning of another "good-bye". I feel like with our work schedules (me working nights, Andy working evenings) that through the week we rarely get to see each other. That's especially true if I work several nights and come home to sleep. And I suppose that when I say "see" that isn't really true. We see each other while one is sleeping or whatever. I guess what I mean is that we don't spend time together. I just miss him. I hate the part of the day (especially on Mondays) where he gets ready to leave and I'll know it'll be Tuesday morning before I see him again and Friday night before we really get to spend time with each other. I guess it's a good thing that I like him so much and want to be around him...and maybe it's a good thing that I'm not around him all the time or he might get tired of me.
All that to say that in two weeks -actually a little less than two weeks- we get to go on another vacation. One whole week of togetherness...in the car, hiking, camping, walking the historical streets of America. I hope that it's fun...and I hope that we love and cherish the time that we get with each other. I'm trying to be positive and be happy about that week, but I'm already dreading the end of it when we both have to come back and say "good-bye" to each other again. This past weekend was fun and good...and I'm sad to see it go. And, I will be very excited to see Friday come again...but also happy for all the in between times that I have to spend with Andy and with the other people that happen to walk into my life this week.
Monday, August 14, 2006
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
First Anniversary (and a thousand other things)
Well, the weekend was long and fun...but I guess that my body is screaming for me to slow down. I'm sick -there's no denying it. It hurts to move, and I even went to the doctor today and called in sick to work yesterday. (The calling in was a first for me.) So, maybe it didn't end so great, but it's time to give an update on where I've been recently.
*Warning: Long Post*
On Friday Andy and I drove to St. Louis to celebrate our first year anniversary. Yeah! One year :) We checked into our bed and breakfast around 1:30 or so. Then, we took a nap. We left around 4pm to go into town so we could catch our dinner cruise. We left early thinking that we could get there early and take a look at the arch museum. That was not to be. We finally pulled into the parking area a little after 6:00 pm. We walked through a huge crowd of people. There was an outdoor concert right in front of the steps up to the arch. A free concert -and it was packed. We had problems finding our tickets, but they let us on the dinner boat anyway. We met a great couple that ate beside us. After the little cruise, we watched fireworks on the dock and then drove back to the B&B. Andy read me the last chapter of The Horse and His Boy (part of the Chronicles of Narnia) and then we fell asleep.
Saturday we woke up and ate an amazing breakfast (candlelight and soft music, the whole thing). We drove to Kirkwood and saw Barb and Grandma for a very short time, and the we visited the City Museum -a very interesting (and fun) place. We started on our way home Saturday afternoon. We stopped at Archiver's (a scrapbooking store) and ate at Boston Market.
Sunday morning we woke up early, anticipating our first time as Sunday School teachers. The morning went off fairly well. We talked about our German missionaries and learned "God is so Good" in German. Sunday night we went to church to say good bye to Pastor Andy and Elizabeth Martin. He was the youth pastor, but now they are leaving to serve in Tampa. It's quite a lot farther from both of their families. There was a lot of crying from everyone, but I believe there is a sense of peace at the church about their leaving.
Monday morning we woke up and met the Terry's at their house. We left from there and headed to Holiday World. It was a little more crowded than I had excepted (since we went on a Monday) but it was a lot of fun. We rode roller coasters and played in the water park. All that, and I didn't even get sunburned. And then Monday night my throat started hurting...and I didn't sleep well that night, and Tuesday morning it was worse and my whole body ached...and I couldn't breathe very well and it was hard to sleep...and then at 3pm I finally gave in and called in sick to work...and then Tuesday night I couldn't sleep (even after I took some OTC medicine)...and then Wednesday morning I woke up after a very restless night's sleep and felt worse. So, today I went to the doctor. And that is what I've been doing.
*Warning: Long Post*
On Friday Andy and I drove to St. Louis to celebrate our first year anniversary. Yeah! One year :) We checked into our bed and breakfast around 1:30 or so. Then, we took a nap. We left around 4pm to go into town so we could catch our dinner cruise. We left early thinking that we could get there early and take a look at the arch museum. That was not to be. We finally pulled into the parking area a little after 6:00 pm. We walked through a huge crowd of people. There was an outdoor concert right in front of the steps up to the arch. A free concert -and it was packed. We had problems finding our tickets, but they let us on the dinner boat anyway. We met a great couple that ate beside us. After the little cruise, we watched fireworks on the dock and then drove back to the B&B. Andy read me the last chapter of The Horse and His Boy (part of the Chronicles of Narnia) and then we fell asleep.
Saturday we woke up and ate an amazing breakfast (candlelight and soft music, the whole thing). We drove to Kirkwood and saw Barb and Grandma for a very short time, and the we visited the City Museum -a very interesting (and fun) place. We started on our way home Saturday afternoon. We stopped at Archiver's (a scrapbooking store) and ate at Boston Market.
Sunday morning we woke up early, anticipating our first time as Sunday School teachers. The morning went off fairly well. We talked about our German missionaries and learned "God is so Good" in German. Sunday night we went to church to say good bye to Pastor Andy and Elizabeth Martin. He was the youth pastor, but now they are leaving to serve in Tampa. It's quite a lot farther from both of their families. There was a lot of crying from everyone, but I believe there is a sense of peace at the church about their leaving.
Monday morning we woke up and met the Terry's at their house. We left from there and headed to Holiday World. It was a little more crowded than I had excepted (since we went on a Monday) but it was a lot of fun. We rode roller coasters and played in the water park. All that, and I didn't even get sunburned. And then Monday night my throat started hurting...and I didn't sleep well that night, and Tuesday morning it was worse and my whole body ached...and I couldn't breathe very well and it was hard to sleep...and then at 3pm I finally gave in and called in sick to work...and then Tuesday night I couldn't sleep (even after I took some OTC medicine)...and then Wednesday morning I woke up after a very restless night's sleep and felt worse. So, today I went to the doctor. And that is what I've been doing.
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
August already...
Well, I worked last night and as I was signing some charts, I realized that it was August...and it actually didn't take too long to train my brain to write "8" instead of "7". Our first anniversary is quickly approaching, only 5 more days. It doesn't seem quite as monumental of an occassion as I thought it would be. I guess maybe I was thinking it would come with the all the emotions that the wedding came with, but that is of course not the case. It's been a lot of fun just learning each other, and Andy and I are really best friends. We really love just doing stuff together...and we've got some upcoming trips planned. This weekend should be fun-filled with a trip to St. Louis, back home, and then to Holiday World. The end of August should be really great too. I feel blessed that we have vacation time to take just to spend together. It's hard to believe that 2006 is more than half-way over...another year nearly gone.
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