Welcome to Friday!
What a great week and an awesome day of celebration. From a heart filled with love and gratitude I welcome you to Friday, and I wish you joy on this "Good Friday!"
I had a very interesting week. The kids were on spring break this week, so I didn't have to rush anyone to school or try to wake up the whole crew. Cassarra took full advantage of the "no school" part of spring break and slept in quite late. Gabbi snapped a picture of her at 11:40, still in bed. With the exception of Paige and Ava, pretty much all of the girls took full advantage of spring break and not having to get up early. Okay, so really and truly in some way or another all of us took advantage of a lighter, slower, less stressful morning routine. I thought I would get up early all week long to workout a little longer, get to work earlier, and get off earlier. In reality I slept a little later. I started the week with great plans to do so many things. I ended the week with a very long list of things that were not done, but very little disappointment about having left them undone.
This week Trish and I had some more early morning time with Ava (2am and 3am), discovered that certain exercises are really tough when you skip them for a week, and discovered that Paige only has trouble getting up when she has to go to school. I did manage to get to work at the normal time - most days. I spent a lot of time during the week in meetings. Matthew says this is the usual for my office. Thankfully, God has blessed us to have much more productive meetings since the days when Matthew and Joshua job shadowed me and fell asleep at the office. I didn't get off on time this week either. In fact, a few of those productive meetings didn't actually start until after 5pm.
Anyway, even though it didn't go as I thought I would still say, "Thank God for another amazing week!" From Sunday's quick trip to Georgetown to yesterday's lunch with the girls, I've had many bright spots. I enjoyed spending time, even if it was only a few hours, in Georgetown. It was one of the highlights of the week. We hung out and watched some movies early in the week together, and visited a friend of the family. The best part of the week was having the girls meet me for lunch. We went to San Jose and shared laughs and updates. I sat between Ava and Emma and was constantly challenged by Ava wanting to rub her salsa covered hands on my shirt, and Emma wanting to grab food off of my plate. It was fun to see so many beautiful faces in the middle of the work day. It was a rare treat and I enjoyed it all. We even had a good long laugh as Cassarra provided us with her tips and solutions for problems. It went something like this:
- If you have a headache, take a nap
- If your stomach hurts, take a nap
- If you are hungry, get a snack and take a nap
- If your tired, take a nap
- If your sisters are bothering you, close your door and take a nap
Gabbi and I added a few more to her list (based on some of her tendencies 
- If dinner isn't ready, take a nap
- If mom asks you to clean your room, take a nap
- If you just woke up, take a nap
- If you just ate dinner, take a nap
- If you were asked to babysit, take a nap
- If you can't go out with friends, take a nap
I hope and pray that you have had a wonderful day and an amazing week. Take time to celebrate the unfathomable and steadfast love of the One who always has and always will hold you.
Have a joyful and hope filled "Good Friday."
He was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our sins,
the punishment that brought us
peace was on him, and by his
wounds we are healed!
Isaiah 53:5
Welcome to Friday!
With love (& in triumph),
Cassius
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