How are you? What’s going on in your life? Where are you? Anything worrying you today?
Sometimes I get tired of talking about myself.
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How are you? What’s going on in your life? Where are you? Anything worrying you today?
Sometimes I get tired of talking about myself.
so you want me to talk about myself? hmph.
well… i made it almost the entire day yesterday without taking any pain relievers. that’s progress right there. pretty last minute (love me some spontaneity!) i’m driving up to nashville for the weekend for the help haiti live benefit concert. pretty excited to spend time with friends AND get some great live music action. and i’m currently trying to figure out how to get back up to DC in a few weeks for the dentist to do part 3 of my fixing…
I was wondering how you’d get closure on your teeth if your dentist is in another state. But I guess you’re used to this kind of stuff. World traveler, you.
Currently fighting allergies & a knot under my shoulder blade. Tomorrow my hubby and I area going out of town for the weekend. Looking forward with great anticipation to that.
If you win the fight with that knot, please tell me how. I’m losing with mine…
I’m currently losing. Hubby used the massager on it for a bit and I had a bit more mobility, but now it’s tight again. Praying yours goes away.
My man gave me a gift certificate for a one-hour massage for valentine’s day. I plan on cashing it in real real real soon… I’ll let someone else fight this battle for me.
I’m frustrated with my current job situation. I’m restless. I’m looking to the future and too easily discarding my present. However, I am enjoying the sunshine (finally!). I also just cleaned my place (not my room yet…) so I feel domestically accomplished.
Love this idea! Thanks for asking!
Domestic accomplishment is MUCH to be proud of! You hang on to that domesticity – let it get you through the day. And watch Julie/Julia. Because Julie hated her job as well. She needed something to look forward to – so she cooked!
Dealing with a sick kid…a crazy day at work and now my fridge and micro are not working….ahh. When it rains it pours. I just cannot wait to get out of town this weekend…San Fransisco here we come:)
How are things with the house….I would love to see pictures!
I’m gonna get pictures going real soon! I promise!!!
When it rains, it does pour… You can stand under my umbrella ella ella… (sorry – I had to)
Just got done with a day of subbing and loving on the little kiddos and now to try to figure out what to do with my afternoon…wishing for some warm temperatures but at least the sun’s out today
You enjoy subbing? You may be the first I’ve ever heard of loving it? Or maybe it’s the kiddos you love…?
Hi back Mandy.
Although I don’t have a nice, shiny, new home like you do, I am quite happy to live the painting, redecorating, and landscaping up to you kids.
This winter has been the laziest, lest productive, I can remember. Perhaps that is why I have enjoyed it so much. Lazy and nonproductive my fit my true personality.
I did have a lot of fun with snowmen, snowball fights and sledding. That is watching my neighbors children building snowmen, having snowball fights, and sledding, from the window of my nice, warm condo.
I have also noticed my clothes continue to shrink, particularly the waistband on my pants.
I am looking forward to spring, and baseball, splashing in mud puddles, and jumping on a trampoline. That is watching my neighbors children playing baseball, splashing in mudpuddles and jumping on a trampoline, from the window of my nice comfortable condo. I might have to buy some new pants.
I have also been reading about some new albums coming out soon, Jennifer Kanpp’s for one. I was expecting to hear another new CD by a Southern Chrisitan gal, but now I wonder if I will have to wait until next winter for it.
I was about to say -YOU on a trampoline!?
Some people have told me that I sound a lot like Jennifer Knapp. Maybe she’ll be a decent substitute?? The wait continues.
Today, we had our interview for our daughter’s first formal school. The trepidation melted away, especially after students and teachers we knew greeted us warmly during our visit. Felt like a homecoming instead of an uncertain new phase for our family.
I’m about done with a busy period at work.
I’m ready for it warm up – we’ve had a long, colder-than-normal winter here.
Generally speaking, we feel like we’re about to be on an upswing in a number of areas and we’re thrilled about it!
You’re SUCH a great dad. That’s one thing I know about you.
Yay for “upswings!” I’m in one as well. And LOVING it.
You don’t blog near as much since you’re back in the South. That’s what I think. I am wondering when I might talk to you or see you again. That’s what I am doing.
Come see me!!! I have a new house you can stay in.
I get wi-fi at home on Tuesday. Prepare for more blogging next week. Love you
I’m currently trying to learn new songs. Brandon Heath. I’m finding they’re really easy, though. So there’s very little challenge, but it does boost a little self-esteem of mine. I’m playing in a friend’s wedding in April, and figuring out which key to play “Love Never Fails” by him. I get to play guitar on the beach, and see one of my best friends get married. YES.
I’m trudging through a workbook (per my therapist) regarding some things in my past , and I’ve noticed that when it comes to healing (and treatment in general), I want to sprint through it. I want to move through it like I do on roller-coasters (which I HATE): close my eyes and hold my breath until it’s over.
The writer said this about healing: ” healing is not about quick pain relief. It’s about the little steps, taking care of ourselves. (it) encompasses both progress and backsliding. Healing is s l o w. Gradual. It does not proceed in a straight line.”
I’m realizing that the decision to heal means intentionally allowing several things:
1. Letting go and allowing God to work. He’s the Ultimate Healer. That means I have to let Him heal me.
2. Remembering things I’ve intentionally buried.
3. Admitting to and repenting of faulty coping mechanisms instead of healing.
4. Subjecting yourself to slow, painful, recovery. And sticking with it. This is ripping the band aid off a millimeter at a time. . . Not in one swift tug.
5. CHANGE.
I once fell in love with this cat at my grandparents place. He was scraggly and ugly and nobody really liked him, ‘cus he only had three legs and he was mostly blind. But he was hurting and cuddly. He was orphaned by the time I started playing with him. Of those three legs, only two really worked with efficiency; he’d gotten hit by a car and broken an arm, which needed to be set, but his owners never did that. What could’ve taken just a short time to give this ridiculously sad cat the use of three legs (at least), didn’t happen, so instead he writhed in pain and eventually died, I’d imagine Cat Vs. Car. I think I’m the only one who wept over his disappearance.
I am trying to keep in mind that setting the bone is like my healing process. Yes, it’s annoying. Yes, it’s painful. And yes it takes so so so much longer than I want it to. But I will be a stronger woman because of it.
Healing is always always always slow and the pain fades at it’s own rate. But, you’ve gotta know that if you’re doing something – ANYTHING – get get through it, instead of crumbling under it, then you’re on your way. Don’t pay so much attention to how fast you’re moving, just that you’re still moving.
So proud of you.
Walk on.
BECCA!! I just accidentally deleted your comment. It was in my spam. Dangit. I’m sorry…
Doing ok now. Struggling with my call to hiddenness right now and my obedience before.
Stay strong, Bajan!!!
Hi friend! So glad you are back south! Great to run into your hubby over Christmas break…sad I didn’t get to see you! Maybe next time I escape to the SSI!
Let me know if you guys ever head to the ATL! 
yes! If you’re down here, hit me up!
I keep asking God, “When?”
And His answer, thus far, has been, “Not yet.”
(I am talking about writing, by the way.)
I really don’t know what He is doing doing with all of this. I certainly have plenty of Essays and Pstorms in my head and some saved in my WP Drafts file, but…
…Still, He says, “Not yet.”
I’m not worried about any of this, mind you, but that’s what’s going on–now, at least.
Whenever that “Morning” comes (see last post), I’m sure it will be beautiful.
Morning is my favorite time of day, Nor…
‘Ello!
I’m tired. I’ve been in a paper-writing marathon that doesn’t seem to be ending anytime soon.
I’m still adjusting to new meds in my fight against chronic pain.
I’m anxiously awaiting the arrival of March–and therefore the end of my least favorite month. March brings spring break and my best friend’s 21st. And puts us a bit closer to baseball season.
I’m in a rough spot right now, but I’m so looking forward to the rebirth of spring.
Flowers are already blooming in my “new” yard. Spring is closer than you think, friend.
Mandy:
Mine, too.
Particularly Sunrise.
yessir. Our house faces east-south-east. A scattered wash of morning light comes streaming through our front windows around 6am, with full beams by 7ish. I love it!
I’m having a hard time knowing if I’m supposed to be praying that the pain cycle I’m in is a temporary change, or if I’m supposed to be praying that I can accept this new normal of mine gracefully.
One seems selfish, and the other feels too scary to acknowledge.
I’d be scared to pray for either. Scared to get a “no” to the first. Scared to get a “yes” to the second…
So which is your prayer?