Thoughts for Thursday

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What am I cooking? Nothing! Tonight I am heading out to meet some other moms. I found them via meetup.com and, although I am a bit nervous, I am so excited to try making some new friends. It’s been lonely here. Snicks has class until 8pm, so a distant cousin of Snicks is going to watch A for me.

What are my weekend plans? A is going to meet her great-grandma for the first time! My mom, her mom (my grandma), and two of my grandma’s friends will be visiting with us for the weekend. I am really looking forward to it, although hugely disappointed in myself that the house is far from spotless. So, this weekend they have agreed to help us to a good fall cleaning (as well as dote on A). Also, Snicks and I are heading to a hotel on Saturday night and my mom is going to take care of A! It will be our first night without the munchkinator. I think I am ready (kind of, okay… not really).

What are my prayer intentions for the day? For Snicks – he has had a plugged ear for almost two weeks and is pretty miserable; for Kaitlin – that God’s plan for them includes a perfect job for Ted very soon; for Jelly Belly and her journey; and for the rest of my sister bloggers (that’s you!).

What can my children do instead of watching TV? This isn’t really applicable since A’s screen time is limited to skypeing with our families. But, instead of being in the exersaucer or jumperoo? A has been pulling herself up and starting to “walk” around the edges of our furniture. I am just so in awe when I watch her learning new things.

What have I done for my marriage this week? I cut Snicks’ PB&J in half today. I kid you not, that is a big deal. I also sat patiently after dinner for 15 whole minutes last night while we had a conversation about current events. It was fun! Embarrassingly, I was a bit tuckered out and may have started to nod off when he was in the middle of a diatribe… oops. Either way, I know he appreciated having a normal conversation with me.

What am I reading? Blogs more frequently – heck, I am even commenting sometimes! J Also, my job provides me with a free subscription to the Chronicle of Higher Education, which I find to be so interesting. What? Did you think I would have actually read a book? Ha!

What is challenging me lately? Coming to terms with the fact that life is just always going to be this crazy as long as I am working full time and Snicks is in school. For someone with honest to goodness OCD it is really hard to accept that I will not be able to get the dishes done every night as well as everything else that has to be done. Last night I woke up at 2am trying to come up with a plan to get it all done. Unfortunately, I think I just need to accept things the way they are and pray for grace while doing so.

Something that made me think? Florida’s governor made a comment about not needing more anthropologists (his daughter’s degree is anthropology) and instead we need more scientists, engineers, technology, and math degrees (STEM). I definitely see the need to make sure that our workforce is developed in a way that encourages us to keep up with the rest of the world but I take issue with the implication that liberal arts degrees don’t equal jobs. I also think that when education is so narrowly focused then we lose sight of the basics, like writing, which is instrumental in most if not every job.

I am thankful for my job.