more excited???

Okay...so, less than two weeks left now until we fly away. Only one more Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. How exciting is that!?!? We really should start to pack...we did pick up a few things at the store the other day that we're going to take with us. I'm totally excited about Bolivia, and I'm really really excited about Andy going too...it'll be great memories and great fun. There are a lot of people at church who have asked me about the trip (now that they know) and have said they're praying, and even asked for specific prayer requests so they could know how to pray...that's been really encouraging. Pastor Tim was at church on Sunday and Saturday they had the last evening of the Bible conference...that was also encouraging. Seeing the family was great, and all in all I've had a great last few days. I hope that God uses us in awesome ways here in Evansville and everywhere we travel. I feel so excited about life :)

A little trip...

Well, Andy and I are getting more excited about Bolivia. Only about 2 weeks left now to wait. We've had a few surprises already, most significantly is our city of departure. We aren't able to fly from Indy so we're going to leave from Nashville instead. Since we won't see our parents now, Andy finally convinced me to head north...to Anderson. I got in last night just a little late for church. I walked in where my dad was teaching a class to see his look of shock and then to hear my mom gasp. It's good to be here. I must say though, it's very strange to be away from Andy like this. I miss him lots, moreso (I think) because I didn't really see him Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday because of our work schedules. Anyway, I'm enjoying the time away and excited for Bolivia. Pray for us that we keep happy hearts and have faith like children.

The weather

So, today was fun...mostly because it was different and I got to spend time with people without having to be at work. That was the greatest part, I think. I slept last night, but not that well really. Then, Andy and I got ready and went to pick up Krissy and Lauren. We met them at the church where their brothers were having to meet for play practice. We swept them away and headed to our house -because Andy needed to drop us off so he could go to work. Soon after we got home Andy said, "is that the weather sirens?". I said, "I think so." Just then, his phone rang with the news of bad weather -what, a tornado??? He decided to go ahead to work, and the girls and I turned on the tv and sat on the couch. Soon the weather guy said something about it being really close to us and we should get to a room without windows or to a basement. So, we gathered up a few board games, a blanket, and the mini-tv thing. We sat in the basement and decided to play yatzee...lauren rolled first, and got a Yatzee on her first roll! I (of course) lost the game, Lauren won, and Krissy was in between the two of us. Then, it was time to go pick up their brothers -a fairly uneventful trip and I delivered them safely home. Since then I've washed some clothes, took a little nap, and now I'm getting ready to make supper. So, an exciting day -and it was fun to have the girls along for the ride. Tomorrow I am so blessed as to be working only 8 hours from 2:30-11:00. After that I bet Andy and I will go out to eat...we usually do if we both work Friday night, I think it's a type of celebration of sorts -celebrating the weekend's arrival!

Happy birthday, Mary!

So, today is Mary's birthday -thus, this is a tribute to her.

Mary, Mary, did you know?
You're a friend that can't be beat
you're so cool and you're so neat.
Mary, Mary, did you know?
You make great food that's good to eat
you're never rude and always sweet.
Mary, Mary did you know?
You're fun, you're smart, you show you care
you're honest, good, and very fair.
I'm glad God let us be great friends
and I hope our friendship never ends!
Much love my friend!
Happy birthday...

And so....

well, you might think, "wow, she's lucky. she only has to work 2 days a week." Well, think what you will. I admit (unashamedly) that I would love to have a job that didn't make me sick or mad with low stress that I'd have to go to Mon-Friday for eight hours instead of the one I have. I don't like being a nurse...I wanna be a secretary, or some kind of administrative coordinator. But, I suppose I should "at least get my money's worth" of my education, as Andy said the other day. Anyway, I was scheduled for Monday and Tuesday and survived (albeit, barely) both nights...12 hours each, although Tuesday ended up being about 13 hours. Now, I'm excited to have the rest of the week off, but quite sad that this is already Thursday. Andy's anxiously awaiting Friday and I hope that it'll hold off just a little longer so I don't have to go back to work quite so soon. Saturday is the Awana party that I planned for the girls. I'm excited and a little nervous about it...I want it to go well, and I really want them to have fun. I guess I should clean the house up some since they'll be here for a few hours, although I doubt that they'd care too much. Pizza's on the menu for Saturday and I've already bought drinks, cookies, scrapbooking material, and the girls are ready. I've just got to get all the pictures developed by Saturday...and I need to clean out my car so they'll have a place to sit :)
In the meantime (besides being at work, sleeping, and planning this party) I'm getting a little more excited each day about Bolivia. We have only 30 days left until we fly away. Andy told me that we'll be flying out late from Miami on April 1st...we'll be flying at night, so we're supposed to sleep...??? How do they expect me to sleep when I'm going to be so excited about getting there? All I know is, I hope that they don't expect me to be in proper working condition on Sunday when we arrive. Anyway, I'm thinking of gathering up clothes and stuff to pack...the shots are all done and the passports are ready, and I'm really excited to leave.
Oh, and Andy had this great idea about praying for everyone that is listed as part of the MacMed team going to Bolivia...so, if you're going and you're reading this, Andy and I have one day this month set aside to pray for you.
And with that thought, I close this entry with thoughts of sleeping but intentions of cleaning...I'll let you know what happens :)
much love to the family

growing old...

So, Saturday morning we woke up early -because we were now obligated to join the church skate party. One look outside and I wondered if it might be cancelled. Lots of snow, it seemed. But, no phone call to let me know to stay home. So, Andy and I readied ourselves and headed to the rink. I had already told Andy that "I can't skate"...I'm not sure that he really understood that until we actually got there with our skates on and I had to hold his arm and yank him around in order not to crash. The party only lasted for about 2 hours...we skated, complained of sore legs and knees and ate just a little bit.

Then, we went home and watched old home videos...and Andy knitted himself a hat. Yes, it's true. Then we headed to Biaggi's, an Italian restaurant where the food was big and very good...and I ate the best dessert that I think I've ever tasted. Then, on to the Jeremy Camp concert. This is where we realized we had grown older than we knew. Most of the people there were about 10 years younger than us...we had really good seats, up close to the front. But, we weren't quite as "into it" as the others around us. I turned to Andy and said "the lights are so bright." Andy turned to me and said, "it's so loud." Then, Jeremy Camp yelled for everyone to jump...but our legs were so tired from skating that we didn't, and we didn't even stay standing the whole time because we were "just so tired." We came home and immediately fell asleep in our bed.

So, it's true. We're getting old. Who knew? It was fun though, and I'd do it all over again. :)

Can I just say...eugh

okay, well I think sleeping is becoming slightly better. Last night was the first night I was able to sleep for a whole 8 hours at one time. But, then when I needed to take a nap this afternoon so that I could work all night, it didn't go very well. I used to sleep about 3 hours or so in the afternoon before working a 12 hr. night shift...this afternoon, only 1 1/2 hrs. Eugh. On top of that my head is hurting....again. It's been usually hurting on the right side, but today it's the left. I think that I've only been having about one day a week that my head doesn't hurt. It's really annoying, and I'd just like to feel "good" more often. Oh well.

This morning Andy and I got up to go to the Health Dpt. We had appointments to get some of our shots for the Bolivia trip. He got two, I got one. We laughed about the fact that we got there at 10:15 and that for about 40 minutes the lady in the window just kept yelling questions to us in the lobby. It's funny because all of these questions had been answered previously when we called to make the appointment. And, I believe that things would have gone much faster if they would have just called us both back and asked all the questions at once. I don't think that anyone else was waiting to get travel shots. Anyway, my arm is quite sore...but, everytime I hit it or touch it I smile because I know it means a mission trip is soon upon us. :)