Quiet moments

Right now, i'm watching South Africa play Uruguay in the World Cup. my sweet little niece is sleeping on my brother's bed, my brother is softly snoring in the lazy boy, my mother is gardening, my sister (the baby's mother) is chatting on the computer, my dad just got home from work and is going through the mail and my littlest brother is just hanging out. It's a dark day and my sister, niece and i decided to come over to the folks' house for a bit....

It's a welcoming thing - this quietness. Almost a protective feeling in their house....

i love moments like this - i love my family and today i truly love that i can spend time with them. Blessed.

i should have been a librarian

i'm reading everything in sight these days. i bought three books last week - all around 500 pages - the first one was read in less than 24 hours. ...the second one was started last night. It's an addiction, i tell you. The need to read. HA!

i think this love started when i was very young - both parents love to read - i was read to alot - didn't have a TV when i was from ages 8-16yrs and spent ALOT of time at the local library. Thought i was a big shot when i went from reading downstairs in the kids sections to upstairs in the young teens section. i still think i'm a big shot - i guess. AND i need another bookshelf.

Greedy and vain, i am.

And i'd love to discuss this further, but i have to go finish that book.

Unemployment

So this is unemployment. Hmm...not as bad as i thought it would be, but also comes with it's own set of questions and stressors.

The past two weeks have been rather busy - to be honest. Family matters have taken most of the time and energy and not much time has been spent relaxing and regrouping - i need to change that right quick.

Flyers are in the Stanley Cup - now that is exciting!!

One more week

Next week at this time, i'll have one more day of work and then headed into the happy, but unpredictable land of unemployment.

It's bittersweet for me because i do love working with the faculty and tolerate the students...but the administration and the direction this place is taking is something i'll be glad to leave. Bittersweet.

i also have some totally awesome co-workers and they will be missed....and i'm SCARED...scared, i tell you about the whole financial aspect...wowza..i wasn't until my mortgage doubled. Not sure how i'm gonna make it. Trying to dig down deep where i have the reserve of faith and trust that God WILL provide...and i know He's able...just is a scary place to be right now...

Six more weeks

In six weeks (or 30 business days) i will join the unemployed masses. my position is being 'dissolved' in a strange and wacky restructuring that my place of employment seems to need to do.

i've wanted to leave here for two years but was afraid to 'go out there' where there are no jobs. However, the choice is no longer mine.

Somehow it's all terribly, terribly freeing.

Why???

i'm not one who typically questions too much what happens in nature. Wildfires, earthquakes, storms,etc are just part of the cycle of the world. It happens and that's just that. i have no problem with it ....usually.



i'm having a small problem understanding why right now. Why Haiti? Yes, i know that their government is terribly corrupt..but so is the government of every country. And now Chile.



i'm not questioning that God exists or that He cares about people in a true and personal way - i'm just so sad and wondering why.



And also....which country is 'next'





Guess this kind of things will keep my prayer life alive and vibrant!

Love

For the record, i just love snow.