new things

This is going to be a really random post. I don't think anyone reads this anyway, so I don't think you'll mind.

I realized yesterday why I've never tried the balance board at YFC.... I introduce to you the death trap (LEFT). I never got on it because Beth and I watched SO many kids fly off of it last summer. If you don't have your balance right away, the board rolls quickly right out from underneath you and you catch some serious air until you fall, helplessly, onto the floor. That is EXACTLY what happened to me. I didn't even think about what I was doing. Most of the kids were playing dodgeball, but no other adults were playing so whosever team I was on would have an advantage over the other, so it wasn't fair for me to play. The boards were sitting there, looking inviting (apparently). I stepped on, and the next thing you know, I was sailing through the air, and landing on my wrist. I have never experienced so much pain in my entire life (I have been very blessed to remain mostly injury-free). I tried to play it off like I was ok, but it was THROBBING and my hand kept going numb. So I decided last night that I should drive home and go to the ER. We waited forever: they took 8 xrays of different angles to conclude that I did not break my wrist. Instead I tore a lot of cartilage that keeps your little wrist bones in place. So I got it wrapped and got some sweet pain killers. Hopefully it starts feeling better. I think the funniest thing was explaining to Beth (who is up North camping) what happened, because we laughed so much last year at the kids' attempts. She immediately started laughing, envisioning it, as did I.

I have my first job interview probably Friday. I've really been praying that if I am not supposed to get this job, that this interview wouldn't be an option; Springfield is 6 hours away, and I cannot afford gas if it's just going to be a shot in the dark. So I'm praying that God recalls my request.... I want this job so badly. It would be a tremendous stepping stone towards my ultimate goal of working with children with cancer. I would get some great experience working at this oncology unit (with adults). Please be praying that I get this job; that there's something noticably different about me, and it attracts the hiring manager's attention.

Nate, Heidi & Landunn will be here in 15 days!!!! You have no idea the excitement that brings me. I miss them so incredibly much. I cried every day for the first month I was home, because it's not the same without them here. They're my BEST friends. So it's hard to not share the experience of entering the world as an adult with them by my side. I cannot wait to hug them. What a sweet, sweet embrace that will be. P.S. Heidi is carrying my niece inside of her right now ;-) She found out Monday that it is a girl.

I've been reading Celebration of Discipline by Richard Foster. Yes, we were supposed to read it for a class at school, but I never did. I wish now that I would have. It is really stretching me, and making me more disciplined and intentional in my walk with Christ. It's challenging me, and I appreciate that. I want to read all the way through it, but I'm trying just to read and absorb one chapter at a time before I pass to the next. I'm starting to appreciate community more and more. I miss mine from school. What a blessing they have been to me...... I love you guys dearly.