I know, I know, I am always saying how busy I am, and you don't want to hear it...again. Afterall, you are busy too...right!?!?! I have been working my tail off at my internship. Two FULL days a week...I am squishing nearly 20 hours into 2 days. And I figured it out yesterday morning and I am still going to be 50 hours short by my deadline of August 14. I need 800 hours...so to remedy the problem I have to add two 8 hour shifts at the Well of Grace and work two extra weeks at the clinic. Oh yeah...and I have to take the national licensure test and then wait for my license to be approved before I can start working for real (if/when I can find a real job). And did I mention my student loans went into repayment? Oh yeah and I have to read 15 books and write an annotated bibliography before Aug 14? My head is swirling with what ifs and where and when. And while I am being so honest...where and when are we going to fit a baby into this picture? Because, really, we want another one. But I am deathly ill all 40 miserable weeks of pregnancy...so when is a good time to condemn myself to that? And yes, there are even more questions than these...but I can't share those. This would be a good time for God to audibly speak to me 
The boys are great. They played "church" again last weekend, except this time Noah got into the music playing as well. I took a few lots of pictures. What else? Landon graduated from preschool just fine...although I was the only parent there whose camera went dead one minute after the ceremony started so I got NO pictures. I didn't know any of the other parents well enough to ask them to take a picture of my child. Oh well...it was just preschool. I did get pictures at the end of the year picnic at the lake. That counts, right?
Tuesday night we made our maiden voyage to the lake. It was just as we remembered it...although because it is so early in the season it was almost deserted (which made it feel like a private beach ='s awesome!). Landon ran 1/4 mile down the beach chasing seagulls. Noah played with his bucket and shovel and Jon and I played frisbee. We laughed, we breathed the summer air...and we even got literally chased off the beach by a thunderstorm. It was a beautiful evening.
We also went on a family bike ride last weekend. We biked to a park about 5 miles away. Landon did awesome on the trailer bike and Noah loves sitting behind me in his seat. Granted, he is way heavier this year, but it gives me an awesome workout! Buying bikes was seriously one of the best investments we ever made. I love it.
I mentioned awhile back that I was doing the 30 Day Shred by Jillian Michaels. I have been doing it for a little over two monthes now. I am and have been on Level 3 for about 3 weeks I think. And although I couldn't see it in the beginning, I want to sing praises about this DVD. I saw serious muscle tone develop pretty quickly (hence why the weight wasn't dropping) and while I have still only lost about 5 pounds, I have gone down at least a pant size and I feel exponentially better. It only takes 20 minutes (well 25 if you include warm up and cool down) and while I typically HATE exercise videos (and still am not a fan fad diets), this one was different. I got results and best of all...I feel better...lots and lots and lots better. I only do it a few times a week (3-4) so I am just maintaining a this point...but I love it. And I still pretty much am able to eat what and when I want. I am sure I would lose more if I gave up my snacks and carbs...but nope. Those things keep me from being grouchy.
And now you know why I have been so busy Busy is not bad, it is all in how we handle it. What we make important and what we allow to affect us. Change isn't bad either. I have always hated change (just ask my dad...he still likes to make fun of me for this). I think I have gotten better as I have gotten older, even embracing and looking forward to change from time to time (it helps to married to someone who craves adventure). Anyway, I was thinking about how humans have the unique ability to learn from past mistakes (I was specifically thinking of things I did with Landon that I changed with Noah, but anything is applicable here) and to change our behavior, thoughts, even feelings. The ability to change is a gift that God gave us...if we have a bad past, we can turn from it and change. If we have a bad family history (addictions that need to be broken or along line of divorces and remarraiges, etc) we can be the agent of change and start something new (and better!). When we sin, we can learn from it and change our behavior to honor God. When we hurt others, we can apologize and change. Change really is a gift...one that I am especially thankful for today.
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