March came and went

Apparently I missed out on posting anything in March. And I am not completely convinced I was that busy or that I will be able to recall all that took place.

March was full of work.   We had a lectureship for four days at the seminar and the speaker was a great older gentleman but his age proved to be somewhat of an extra obstacle when making sure he got where he needed to be. Add in some searches, me picking up the slack of others, and things falling apart at the seams and I was pretty much ready to have the long awaited "spring break, "holy week" or "reading week" that ended the month. 

The only bad thing about time off while Brian is in the middle of the semester is the lack of time we actually get to spend together.  I was thankful that Brian was able to get caught up but that meant I would have to entertain myself. I spent part of two days out in the sunshine tilling and pulling weeds in our garden and another afternoon working with my friends mom on a baby shower that is coming up later in April. I will post pictures in the next month as I get the berries and other plants in slowly.

Brian and I also started watching our friends two kids 17months and 2 almost 3 year old on Sunday nights while they go volunteer with the youth at our church.  We are glad that we can be a blessing to them!

Look at that cutie!

This month has already proven to have many obstacles.  Please be praying for my attitude at work and that God would open the eyes of those I work with to realize that maybe they should treat me differently.  Lets just say that Monday the reason I didn't walk out was because of Brian and the amazing blessing and provision God has given us through my job to pay for his tuition. So instead I sat at my desk for 30mins and cried. One day at a time.

Three other woman from our church and I have just started meeting as a small group the past two Tuesday nights.  What a blessing to begin to feel apart of community again in this way.  I am most excited to be able to be known.  Oh how my heart has longed to be known by those that I am doing life with each week.  In Texas there were many people that I did life with but only a handful of people who actually knew me. And the state of transition that marked my time in Texas did not help.  I feel settled here.  I want to be settled.  I am so excited to be living in the same apartment for four years. And I cannot believe it has almost been a year since we moved here.  The last two Tuesday nights as I drove home my heart was full of Joy. And for that I am thankful.

Things I am looking forward to in April:
 -Leah's Baby shower that I am hosting
-Brian's Birthday
-Our One Year Anniversary and Camping Weekend (we decided instead of renting a nice cabin for the weekend, which would have been fun, we wanted to invest in something we could do again. So we took the money we were going to spend on the trip and now we have a tent, sleeping bags and we are slowing gathering other camping supplies and borrowing items such as a stove which is a little more expensive to get all at one time.)