Its Wednesday!

Wednesday represents crazy life to me. I get up to spend about 40 minutes with my daughter, I then go to my practicum from 8-12 I then go to work from 12-5 and then go home only to come back to work/school at 9PM-11PM!! I then cant wait until Thursday because that means I made it through Wednesday. I dont have to go to work until 10am so more time with my Emma and then it is Friday.. Next week I am off! Hallelelujiah!!!! I am just so ready. I am just super excited for my best friends wedding next week. We are going to have a blast! I will be glad that the day finally came for what feels like 30 years later. Well life is not all that exciting right now so that is it for today. Thanks for reading!

HE PASSED!!!!!!!!!

We are all doing the happy dance in my house because he passed the plumbing test!!!! Yeah. I am so proud of him. Thanks for all your prayers. We also had a good day and a half away.

big test!!!! and more.....

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE pray that Billy does well on his big test. Alot is riding on him passing this test. It is my hope that it is smooth sailing. There is the possibility for him to take it over but I would prefer not to go that route for the financial burden of it.
Anyways if you are reading this you are likely near and dear to us so you will be invited to his "graduation" celebration after we are notified that he passed. I will update y'all with information and details probably via some form of invitation but just wanted to give the heads up.

Other things....
I have to say that one of the issues I have been struggling with with one particular family member has been internally resolved. I just realized that I need to open my heart to this person and although I do think there are some serious things wrong with this individual mentally I love him he is my family and I realized that love and encouragement is what is going to make him better. The cold shoulder and acting like he isnt in the room is no longer working for me and I always leave feeling bad that I cant just "get over it." Just thought I would put this in writing.

One more thing.... Can I just say that I am super excited for Em's baby! I just think I am vicariously living through her as well as just genuinely happy for her and her blessing. I look forward to things like all of our friends (again if you are reading you are more than welcome in my dream for the future) taking our rugrats on camping trips, the zoo, and my big fantasy...all of us going to somewhere like Disney someday. I even look as far as dealing with rowdy teenagers and all of us dropping our kids off for youth group trips and we all go back and do something fun and party when they leave. ;-) I hope all of our kids remain friends and I also even think about...gasp....what if one of them starts to date or even fall in love with one of the others. Wierd thought but being that I see most of us being around eachother for the long haul the possibility cant be ruled out. I just have to say that it is my one of my happy thoughts and it gives me alot to look forward to. Thanks

posting problems..........

I have little motivation to post today. Normally I cant wait to get to my blog but today and for the last couple days I have to sort of force myself to write. Maybe because I dont have anything all that exciting going on. This weekend is going to be busy much like the rest of my weekends for awhile until I get done with my practicum. I also am going to possibly go to the swimming pool with Emma tomorrow by myself. I think it could be alot of fun. I may invite my sister or someone to go with me. Either way it should be a fun day with my daughter

Not much to say today other than I feel so accomplished with work stuff today. I am caught up on pretty much everything. Even those odds and ends stuff that you always want to do but you never get the time to do. I feel great about it. I am going to go home and try to begin getting my life organized there. I think I may actually do it because both of us are in super cleaning mode.

I guess you cant complain about other people not updating when I have not updated in approximately one week. Sorry to keep you on the edge of your seat ;-)

Well the strike ended and he is back at work. I still have some issues with the company he is at but that is another story for another day. Things are going well.

Deep thoughts....
I feel like Sunday's sermon was literally done for me. I was waiting for Pastor Ronn say everyone go home Val stay cause you need to hear this. The main point was "Is God's grace sufficient for me?" My initial thought would have been yes of course, but as I thought more and heard more I realized it hasnt been. If it was then I wouldnt constantly be trying to do things in my own strength. That is part of the reason I think I can get anxious about stuff. I do things in my own strength but if I did things fully dependent on God then maybe I could actually just trust that God's plan is perfect. I think this applies to my life for everything from playing on a losing softball team to what direction me and my family will go next. I just have alot to ponder and I am already seeing how when I decide to get anxious about stuff, I just remind myself those words "His grace is sufficient" and it is like I feel like I fall onto this big cushion as opposed to right to the floor as I normally do, metaphorically speaking.

Not so deep thoughts.......
My house needs MAJOR cleaning!!! I am so embarrassed right now by how bad it is. I just have had no time or motivation in the little time I have had to do it. It is my goal this weekend though. I actually have a list in my head what I want to clean and in what order. Now I just have to pray for rain so that I have no desire to go outside and play. The forecast looks like it will be pretty nice weather though so maybe this is going to be my lesson in self discipline.

I love the union and hate the union all in the same breath. I mostly love it because the benefits are awesome and they take care of their members. When it sucks is when my husband cant go to work and cross another unions picket line. So that means my husband does not get paid even though he is not the one picketing. God has provided for us every time he has been out of work so I will trust this time as well. We are probably talking just two days but still with this week being Memorial Day holiday it just bites because. It is just a two day pay week.

Other things...... I start school again next week. Every bone in my body says I should just drop out because I am tired of it but being that I only have 3 classes left I will be disciplined and go. Im making no promises though. Class in the summer sounds like a torture chamber to me. I have been in school since I was in Kindergarten. Now almost 26 and I have never taken summer school for the sake of feeling the necessity of a break. This will be (I swear) my first and last summer class. Not unless I take pottery or a swimming class or something but even still debatable.