Don't Make Me Go

In about twenty hours I will hop back on a plane for Denver. I don't want to go. Where did my spring break go?

It has been a great week. My parents will celebrate their 30th anniversary on Sunday. My brothers and I celebrated this occasion with them on Wednesday by going to Orange City and eating at the Nederlander. Thursday night we went to visit my grandpa in the hospital. He is doing alright. I don't remember my grandpa getting old. Maybe it is because I'm only around one month out of the year but for an eighty-seven-year-old who is suffering from pneumonia and congestive heart failure he is doing alright. The good news is that he has battled this bout sucessfully and actually agreed to go to the assisted living place without much convincing.

Today I went to Sioux Center and met Kristi VW for lunch. We went to Casey's Bakery and then to her place to catch up. Tonight I went out to eat at the Pizza Hut in Sioux Center. Then we came home and played Sequence. I love playing board games. Now I'm on the computer doing all sorts of things. I just finished reading parts of an old professor's caring bridge site. She is going through breast cancer and was and still is a role model to so many of my education friends. I also learned this week that a former classmate from Dordt died earlier this month. It is strange to know that I sat next to and talked to her in biology every Monday-Wednesday-Friday for a semester and now she is dead. I never would have made it through biology without her to joke around and laugh at Mahaffy with. Aside from the fact that she is with Jesus, twenty-five is too young to die. It doesn't seem real. Again I am reminded to cherish those that God puts in my life. That is why my door will never close to old friends, to good memories, or opportunities to "dance". Maybe it is time for me to go back to Denver and do just that.

Top 10: Strange Happenings

Last week and this week have been strange. Here is why...

1) My roomate decided to move to Nashville to pursue a singing career. Thankfully she changed her mind by the end of the week.

2) I learned that the neighbor boy I used to babysite is getting MARRIED this summer. That is a very weird thought.

3) My boyfriend got kicked out of his house for being a Christian. He is turning into a man of God with great passion and conviction. I was proud of him, yet scared that I'm going to be dealing with his family the rest of my life. Can I do that? I really don't know.

4) After stopping at Dordt tonight and visiting my brother's apartment and talking to his roomate and good friend (who is the brother of one of my good friends), I think my good friend decided to move to another state within the past two or three weeks. Sad how quickly I can loose track of even my best friends.

5) I just signed a teaching contract for next year that I'm kinda excited about. I can't share the news yet though...keep posted.

6) My grandpa is thinking about going to a nursing home. It is weird to see people grow old and nearly helpless. Sometimes when I think of grandpa, I'm still a little kid taking the mile-long trip to grandpa and grandma's farm when both of my dad's parents were alive and active.

7) My brother is a junior in college. When did that happen?

8) Every time I step back on Dordt's campus I feel like I'm in a time warp and that I could just go walk into any of my old rooms and my old roomates would be there or go to the library and talk to so many good friends there. Exciting to see life move on for so many. Sad to know that I still miss those times and will never have them back. I love you, Dordt friends!

9) My home church had a contemporary service. Nevermind the fact that the praise songs they were singing were ones that I consider cheesy. God continually amazes me and reminds me that he is moving in that place.

10) I never get sick of coming home. When college was over, I almost couldn't wait to leave this place. Now I love being HOME.

Hello!

Blogger no more...I don't know what has happened to me. I used to be such a writer. I kept three or four different journals and now I do everything BUT write. I hope this is just a phase that I am going through.

One of the reasons I don't write anymore is because I'm not constantly on my computer. I'm always near a computer at work but the internet in our apartment is currently under commission. My roomate and I haven't found the time to fix it between my sometimes hectic life and her nursing school.

This past week was a busy one. I worked forty-five hours in four days, but I have today off so I won't complain too much. Grades for report cards were due on Wednesday and we had parent-teacher conferences yesterday afternoon and last night. All of my conferences went well. I had a little constructive criticism from one, which was okay too. I know what my strengths are and I know what my main weakness is in teaching. Not too surprising.

Today...Friday...I have a whole day in front of me with no definite plans. It was wonderful to sleep in this morning. I think I'm going to go skiing tomorrow. I'll try to catch up with some online things today and then we'll see. The weather has been mostly beautiful this week. Monday and Tuesday it was up in the seventies. Wow! I think everyone I know and love should move to Denver.

Saturday I am flying home for a week. I am flying into Omaha though because the flight was cheaper and my parents are more than willing to pick me up. I think my mom has been counting the days down since I bought my plane ticket. I'm tempted to take a couple of my days at home to drive to Chicago and visit some friends but maybe I'll have to wait until summer and by then who knows what will happen.

I hope you have a great day!