Welcome to Friday
I have one of the best commutes in the world. I get to drive across Lake Murray early in the morning with the sun climbing up over the city skyline, kissed against a soft cloud back splash of generously distributed and perfectly matched hues and colors. On the opposite side I can look out of my window at even more clouds forming and rolling over the lake. On days like today, I have the extra added bonus of watching various boats of different shapes, sizes, colors, and fashion styles gliding across the water in search of the perfect fishing or relaxing spot. The water rolls and splashes against the shoreline, the floating boats and the rocks at the base of the dam. Runners, walkers, and site seers dot the curving walking trail alongside the dam and occasionally, they wave.
Today is a beautiful and amazing day, overflowing with joy, hope, and new possibilities, Welcome to Friday!
I woke up this morning and realized that the week has flown by much faster than I anticipated. Did it do the same for you this week? Was this a week that went by quickly, or did it casually run its course? Whether it went by quickly and you need to catch your breath, or it was soooo slow you nearly fell asleep I hope it went well. I hope you accomplished all that you needed to and if not, you will get it next week.
My week featured several things to give thanks for, a few of which are:
- The girls are back at home
- Lots of welcome home hugs
- Lots of questions, stories, jokes and smiles
- The return of pancakes at midnight with Cassarra and Gabbi
- Good news from the doctor's office
- No tonsil removal needed for Ava
- A new Rx for Gabbi is clearing up her eczema
- New glasses for Cassarra and Sydney
- No surgery needed for Trish's shoulder
- Finishing the details of travel
- Planning completed for new project at work
- Gardening is producing some good fruit and veggies
- Great dinners and dessert from the budding cooks (Gabbi and Cassarra)
- Pizza and Ice cream last night
- Celebrating birthdays of some amazing family members Emily and Daddy.
I had a very good week. This week was our team planning week at work and things went very well. We completed our planning in record time, with fewer arguments, and with a greater level of understanding and clarity than previously accomplished in our team's initial planning sessions. There were some noticeable differences in our planning to start this week and hopefully we can make the necessary changes to our plan going forward with this new knowledge.
The rest of the work week has been focused on preparing to go out of town for a work related conference. I haven't traveled for work in such a long time that I completely forgot all the necessary details that have to be addressed for travel. I have a hotel and a flight confirmation, so that part is good. Thankfully the conference provides a checklist and Trish is making sure I don't forget everything or skip a step.
The girls are all doing well. They really enjoyed their time at "Grandma camp" and came home with all these fun stories about working with Granddaddy to build the new porch. Their stories may have started out complaining about having to "work," but pretty soon they were filled with laughs, jokes and numerous smiles. Gabbi seemed to have the most stories from the week and weekend. She is a natural storyteller and has a really amazing knack for noticing and exploring little details to give the story more life. Of course, Cassarra had her fair share of footnotes and corrections for Gabbi's version. It made for a lot of fun to listen to them and hear some of our old stories retold. They all really enjoyed hearing stories from their Uncle Vincent, who can be quite the storyteller when he wants to.
Needless to say, the house is a lot louder and livelier this week. The older girls have spent the week getting back in to a routine, working on summer reading logs, finishing up course work, and getting ready for back to school shopping. I don't ever recall getting ready to go back to school shopping, but I'm sure we did. Cassarra and Gabbi spent time cleaning out their drawers and closets, taking inventory, selling clothes to a consignment shop, and they made a list and plan of what to buy and why. Sydney and Paige are getting used to their newly cleaned and arranged room. Trish and I took some time to fix a few things in their room and reorganize it to be functional and easier to clean. Hopefully it stays that way.
Trish is doing well. She finally got her MRI on her aching shoulder and got the good news that she does not need surgery. She is so amazing and has worked through a lot of pain with this shoulder and I'm glad that she doesn't need surgery. I'm very thankful that the whole insurance coverage nonsense was resolved so she could actually get the MRI that she needed. Now that the girls are back home she has started preparing for the upcoming school year and continuing with the slow and steady work of potty training Ava.
Emma and Ava are at their usual pace this week. Emma is finally starting to go to bed without roaming around for hours. Although, she does seem to prefer sleeping on something other than her own mattress. A couple of times this week I have gotten up to check on her and I've found Emma on the floor, in Ava's bed, in the rocking chair, under the crib, or hanging off Ava's bed. In fact one night I found her folder over on Ava's bed as if she had been saying her prayers on her knees and simply fell asleep before saying "Amen." It was so cute. Ava of course has a fit whenever Emma gets out of the bed and especially if Emma gets in her bed. It is so ironic that Ava has such a conniption about anyone being out of their beds after her history of getting up and getting into everything once the bedroom door was closed.
Last night was ice cream and pizza. The pizza was great and girls all enjoyed their ice cream. The had to recite Psalm 100 in order to take part in the ice cream treat. There was a tense moment or two with Gabbi and Paige as they tried to get from verse 3 to 4, but they both made it. Ava was treated to ice cream without saying a verse, although I'm sure she probably could do at least one verse or two.
I hope you had a great week. I hope that you have felt the blessing and the presence of God's favor and love. Have a great day and a wonderful weekend!
Welcome to Friday!
May the steadfast love of the Lord bless you and give you peace.
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:11
With love (& in triumph ),
Cassius
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