Life List

I don't know why it is so tough for me to update this blog sometimes ... I guess because it is more of real, personal life stuff than my other blog.  But we've had lots going on, so I feel like writing it out might help.  Even if it isn't well-written ... which it probably won't be.  I'm leaning toward a list.

1.  I am so thankful that I decided to make a job switch.  Even on crappy days, it still crosses my mind that I am so much happier and my quality of life is so much better.  I hope that feeling lasts and lasts!

2.  Our families just seem to be falling apart, healthwise.  I know that sounds really ... negative, but that's just sort of how it feels.  My grandmother has had to have 2 surgeries and is starting radiation for melanoma.  My great-aunt just passed away from ... who knows what, not eating, dehydration, body shutting down.  My uncle is finally getting over pneumonia.  Thomas's uncle just passed away, and now his Grandmother is in the hospital and not looking good.  I am so bad at dealing with stuff like this.  I like to pretend like it's not happening, which is really helpful to no one, but I guess I'm getting some good chances to try out some new tactics.

3.  I'm co-leading a mission trip with my church this summer, and it's starting to get busy with fundraising and planning.  Sometimes I wonder why I try to do so much stuff, and then at those times when I have only a few things on my "to-do" list (like that ever happens), I end up either feeling lonely or I make projects for myself.

4.  Thomas and I are slowly but surely looking into redoing our kitchen.  I am so excited, but I also am going through decorating schizophrenia!  Almost everyday I come up with a new idea of what I might like!!  Pinterest is really making to fun to look though!

5.  Atlanta is really not a place I've ever really wanted to live (after living there for a year), but we do have so many great couple friends (and some single friends too!) there, I'm not going to say it hasn't crossed my mind recently.  Christina and Ben visited us for the weekend, and it was such a relaxing and fun weekend.  Nothing compares to friends who don't expect anything in particular, who don't mind vegging out in front of a movie or sharing a bathroom, who can get dressed up and go out, just to come home and play a game.  I miss having friends like that in town with us, but it does make it all the more sweet when we get to spend time with friends like this!  Our great friends in Atlanta include: Christina & Ben, Alison & Brad, Sarah & Bo, and Brooke.  It would be really cool if they would all just relocate to Macon, so I could not have to face the traffic, and have some fun people to call when I'm bored!  I can dream, right??

6.  My brother Dylan just got to Spain to start his semester abroad!  I am SO jealous!! Oh, to be in college again and traveling without real-time worries!! (Of course, I'd want to do it all with Thomas) Can't wait to visit!

7.  Seeing Bowden and Emy Cate back-to-back over Thanksgiving and Christmas is making me miss them so much!  I called Ellen the other day while I was driving home, and it happened to be time for Bowden to go down for his nap.  Ellen put me on speakerphone and I got to help sing him "Oh Where Is My Hairbrush" from VeggieTales for his nap song.  It was the best part of my day!

Disjointed enough of a list for you??  As you can tell, I have a lot of stuff just floating around in my mind today, and it does help to think through it and get it down "on paper."  There are some tough things going on for me and Thomas right now with family, but we have so many good things too.  I like lists, though, because they change.  They are quick and you can assess what you have, and then you can even throw it away and make a new one.  Lists can change.  Just like life!