It's Been a Couple of Weeks...

I realized the other day that I haven't updated my blog in quite some time...so I decided today was the day. I had a super long weekend and technically you could say I didn't get a weekend. :( Our church college retreat was Friday and Saturday and I found out Thursday that I was wanted to sing and play my guitar. Because I don't have a guitar that plugs into an amp, I borrowed one, but I calculated that from Thursday to Sunday night, I sang for about 10 hours total. That's a lot in four days! All the practices and the sets we sang, plus Sunday night service for Overdrive, my voice is pretty shot today. I've been drinking hot chamomile tea and water, but nothing is quite helping yet. I didn't talk a whole lot today...which was a challenge. So, Thursday night Tim and I both had practice for two and a half hours, then Friday we had our retreat (plus practice) and Saturday most of the day I was there singing and playing my guitar. Then, Sunday morning I had the kidos in my Sunday school class, went to a dinner theatre with some of the folks at my internship site, went to band practice, and THEN had church. I slept pretty well for the first time in a few days Sunday night. I decided to sleep in and not go to my internship today because I got in so many hours yesterday. It was definitely a nice change. I got a chance to breathe for once.

Today I realized how much crap I have to get done in the next couple of weeks. Because this semester is so different than all the others, I haven't realized what all I have to do. I'm not really behind, but because I don't really have any tests, I'm just having to keep up on papers. And this is my first semester with an online class, and it doesn't start until November 1. I'm not sure what to expect, but the text is really simple. It's my class on aging and nutrition so it's really interesting too. It's one of my last credits needed for my gerontology certificate! :) I'm so excited! I'm almost done and it's crazy to think about. The other thing I have to do soon though is to vote and sent my absentee ballet in the mail. It's the first time I get to vote for President...and this is one important election. But no opinions here! I don't like discussing politics, therefore no comment. :)

The more time I spend with Tim, the more I realize how great he is and how I want to spend the rest of my life with him. :) We got into a little argument the other day over something little, but we both talked it out and got over it. But I told him, "As much as you drive me crazy, I still can't wait to spend the rest of my life with you." It's funny how love works. I'm really hoping he can come home with me to see my parents over Christmas break. I found out Friday that Cory and Kendi aren't going to make it because of Cory's job. :( I'm SUPER BUMMED! Hopefully I'll get to see them sometime before school starts back up and they can meet Tim. (I have to get their...especially Cory's...stamp of approval). Anyone who knows my brother knows how protective he is and I've always appreciated that. I just can't wait for him and Kendi and my parents to sit down and really get to know Tim. He's a great guy and I know they'll all love him. :)

My Packers won last night! That's exciting. My Brett didn't, but the Jets put up a good fight. They went into overtime and lost by a field goal. :( Tim and I watched part of the Broncos game tonight, but decided the first half was bad enough and that we didn't want to see the rest. Seeing that they lost 41-7, probably a good idea we turned off the game. Tim was pretty pissed. :( But hey, look at it this way, my Packers and his Broncos have the same record now (with the exception of the Broncos having played one less game). That's good. :)

One more thing...Tim and I need prayer on his future career. He's wanting to possibly become a sheriff deputy, but because he works security now, he's got a lot of cop friends who he's been talking to lately. Almost all of them have had a divorce and we both know is that one of the highest divorce rates are with couples are have one individual within the force. That's definitely not a happy statistic and we're both wondering what we should do. He's passionate about keeping people safe and he's been thinking about starting at the detention center in Larimer, then moving up eventually to a...I can't remember what it's officially called...cop that responds to accidents. We have mixed feelings on this whole idea, but I want him to be happy with his career choice and I want him to be passionate about what he does. I'm passionate about my job and about working with older adults so I don't want to be happy in my career and him be miserable. So there's a lot of research and prayer that we need to do before moving forward. In our situation, both of us need to get used to death, especially if he becomes a cop responding to accidents, and I have to because of the population I'll be working with. Tim has a friend who has books he wants to loan us. Him and his ex-wife were both youth pastors and very involved in church and very godly people. But because of his job, they got a divorce. The books he has, one for the man in the relationship and one for the woman, explain how to handle the job and how to support each other. My book would talk about how I have to be an emotional support for my husband and explains how he may have to distance himself a few times. His book would explain the dangers of the job and how to leave work at work and to not take it home too often. Granted, in any job I think we'd need to do that, but this is a pretty serious job. I think it really depends on the couple too. Just keep us in your prayers. :)