Weekend Debriefing

This was another one of those non-stop weekends that on the one hand was a lot of fun, but on the other I am paying for it now as I sit here at my desk and try to get some stuff taken of though the lure of the bed is calling to me.

First of all, I wanted to say Happy Mothers Day to my moms, sisters, and friends who read this and are mothers. I am grateful to my mommy and respectful towards my sisters who have all ventured down the road into motherhood. I think the older I get the more scared I get. To be honest, I was TERRIFIED that I was headed down that road last week, but much to God's graciousness I was blessed Sunday morning when I woke up. I guess my body is out of whack again after the crazy couple of months it has been recently. But anyways, more power to all ya'll ma mas. I hope it was a nice day!

Friday night I came home and left again to go to a meeting at my church. They are finally starting a student ministry that I am excited to be part of the building up of. My church is still only 2 years old so it is really great to be able help out in any way I can. I have helped in the children's ministries before (like working in the nursery) but I do get a little stir-crazy from overexposure to the wee ones. Plus, middle school and high school is an incredible time of influence and impact. My pastor is really young and hip, and he is willing to do anything crazy to attract crowds of kids on a Friday night. It will be fun to see what this turns into. Plus, I got a free dinner of Chipotle burritos. After a quick stop at Mom and Dads, Bryan and I headed to the grocery store where we shopped until we dropped.

I woke up early Saturday morning to get the house cleaned up for my sister-in-law's arrival, with the niece and nephew in tow. The timing worked out perfectly, and I even had time to take a shower! The rest of the day we shopped for Bryan's Saturday night party and Bryan and some of his other family went to Wunderland to play games during the afternoon (he got the day off~). After slaving away in the kitchen (heating up instant cookies and instant cake in the oven, and sticking a nobake pie in the fridge) I was ready just in time once again for our family gathering of 16 people to celebrate Bryan's 24 birthday. Bryan actually enjoyed the time spent eating and opening gifts (usually he likes to dismiss his birthday) and fell right asleep after they all left. Meanwhile, I stayed up late with Kim making cards and watching Juno. It was a fun day.

On Sunday, we woke up and Bryan went to work, I left for church and Kim and the kids left to go back to Seattle. I stayed for the second service to assist in the Kindergarten Sunday School, and from there I headed over to my other sister-in-laws house for a backyard BBQ of even MORE family and friends, to celebrate Mothers Day. I lost track of the count. She was gracious enough to invite the in-laws of all her in-laws, so my parents got to come too. Bryan was also blessed enough to get off work early and enjoy all the ribs and chicken he could eat. When he and I got home, I fell asleep and Bryan went out to play in the garage with some new gadgets (don't ask me what) that someone at work just gave to him. He woke me up at 7:30 and off we went to go see "IronMan" compliments of Mark and Kendra, as part of his birthday gift. WHAT A COOL MOVIE! I was totally sure I would just fall right back asleep as it was guaranteed to be a silly movie based on yet another comic book, but I actually really liked it and Bryan REALLY,REALLY liked it (Christmas present idea...ding!). We got home around 10, and I folded laundry (somehow I managed to get that done) and watched the second to last episode before the season of Desperate Housewives ends. It was another fun day.

It was back to school this morning and I was late in my usual Monday morning way. I will skip over all the hairy details, but the kids are getting CRAZY! I was initially sad to see the year end, but they are gradually easing out of my control. I just might start counting the days. I left right at 2:55 today to head over to Bryan's work so he and I could ride together to my followup (its been a month!) appointment with my cardiologist. Good news is...looks like the procedure worked for the first bad connection. Bad news is...his parting words were..."Im sure I will see you again...just hopefully not too soon!" The second extra connection in my heart is indeed showing up on the latest EKG, but it is so far not misbehaving. With age, as the walls of my heart begin to slack I will probably have to get that other open connection taken care of. To have one open connection is rare...but to have two I guess is really "extra special". I just hope it does not act out for a long while. And the doctor is not too concerned, so that is good. He is a pretty down to earth guy (not cocky like you would expect)...sort of to the point where I do not mind paying him six grand. Sort of. He is so cool that Bryan and him ended up talking about Iron Man (okay, I admit, I brought it up) and other various comic book characters turned movies. After we finally left, we headed back to Bryan's shop to pick up his car and then we went to Red Robin to cash in his free birthday burger. It was a fun ending to another busy day.

Thus concludes Bryan's awesome birthday weekend celebration bonanza. This week is going to be busy with my financial class, Bible study and a field trip to the zoo, followed by another birthday party of a work friend on Saturday night. Bryan also has two tests this week to become an ASE certified "Master Tech." Whew! We better get to bed! Have a great week- it is supposed to get steamy!