But we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will give thanks to you forever; from generation to generation we will recount your praise. Psalm 79:13
Welcome to Friday
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Praise God, we are on the mend! And thank God today is Friday. Welcome to Friday! I am so glad that today is Friday and that my family is on the mend and doing a lot better this week than we were last week. I'll say it again and again, Trish is the bedrock, motor, super hero, best listener, wisdom giver, best schedule keeper, and most amazing person in our household. She is fabulous and wonderful. When she is doing well our house runs well, like a well oiled machine. When she is not feeling well, I try to keep the house afloat; clean underwear, and food on the table and occasionally the extras. Things are never, ever nearly as smooth under my watch. For example, on my watch I was getting up to wash clothes to be worn for school that day. On her watch, anyone washing clothes before school is either wasting money, or washing an outfit they (or their sister) wore earlier in the week and wasting money. On my watch, someone woke up and realized that I hadn't done their laundry. I washed it, but didn't dry it.
Anyway, how are you doing? How was your week? How are things going in your neck of the woods and with you and your loved ones? I sure hope that you are doing well and that you had an outstanding week. I hope you week was filled with many amazing and exciting things and a lot of wonderful memories. I am praying that you are well and that you have a number of things to share with me about your week and your numerous blessings.
As I said, I am so thankful that our crew is on the mend. Emma, Trish, Ava and Sydney are all finally mending. A few lingering coughs still exist, but no fevers and no whining. I believe that the changing weather was seriously hampering our recovery efforts. I know I was worried about getting a cold because I would go to work with a coat and then by lunch time, or time to come home, I would be in short sleeves. It was interesting. I was not expecting to have to turn on ceiling fans this early in the year. Our upstairs was reading a steady 84 degrees earlier in the week and I couldn't believe it. From a coat and hat, to a pair of shorts, and back to a coat and hat in a three day period seems crazy - until you realize its South Carolina.
All in all this has been a very good week at work and at home. Work has flown by pretty quickly this week. Our team had an outstanding planning session that only lasted one day. We made great progress with the team and I learned a few new techniques with planning and team building. I think it also helped the week go by quickly because I had a lot of new things to learn during the week and received a lot of help learning. I had a couple of tense or tough moments during employee reviews, but nothing too hard or frustrating.
At home we had a week of joy, celebrations, and performances. We have a prom date and I'm still not sure I'm cool with this.
Paige was singing with the 3rd grade chorus. Paige's concert combined science, acting and song together. They sang songs about scientists, rock formations, 3 stages of matter (solid, liquid, gas), tree, photosynthesis, and more. They even had some cool dance moves in the 30 minute performance. Paige had a couple of speaking parts and she nailed her lines.
Cassarra had a pre-concert for their band festival this week too. In fact it was on the same day as Paige's concert. Paige, Ava, Sydney and I rushed from one school and jumped in the truck to make Cassarra's performance. Cassarra's performance was supposed to start at 7:00, but we were still at Paige's concert at 7pm. We made it to the high school at 7:10 and discovered that due to an A/C problem we were right on time. The auditorium was hot and stuffy, but the band handled it well. We enjoyed seeing Cassarra on stage and hearing the bands sounds. We all recognized one of the tunes and observed and nodded to the rest.
Emma continued our joyful week with her birthday celebration last night. She turned 2 years old. She is so funny and joyful. At her doctor's appointment she rode the little toy horse and called out "Yee Haw!" She had her check up and every thing was well. At dinner, she barely ate. Someone mentioned the magic words, and once she heard "cake," she put down her fork and waited for dessert. We had cake and ice cream and she enjoyed every bit of both. She even blew out her own candles with very little help from her sisters. Of course it took several tries.
Sydney was at the region II science fair today. She has really been amazing with her project. She went through the school, district and now the regional science fair. I am proud of her for sticking with it. They will know more about awards later, but I'm sure she gain very valuable experiences that will last a life time.
Ava enjoyed her week. She has been looking forward to Emma's birthday and of course, Emma's birthday cake and birthday presents. I'm not sure who played with the presents more yesterday, Ava or Emma. I think it was probably Ava. She took Emma's RC car and drove it up and down the halls of the house and around in the kitchen. She even, get this, got angry when Emma tried to play with her own toy. Now Ava is ready for her birthday. Its going to be an interesting 3 month build up.
Gabbi is getting used to her walking boot. It isn't her usual fashion statement, but hopefully it is helping her foot heal. Who knew you could tear so much by stepping into a hole during a fire drill. The orthopedist believes she has a tendon tear (or strain) and that it pulled off a little bit of bone. She has two more weeks of the walking boot. I told her that her calf muscles will be huge when this is all over. She has a good spirit about it all and she has been helping out a lot despite the obvious inconvenience.
Trish is doing better. I am hoping that we will be able to get in a coffee date sometime this weekend. I am hoping that we can get some time to chat, laugh, and enjoy a break from the routine. I think she is glad that the worst part of the cold is over and definitely glad that Emma and Ava are feeling better. I know both of us will be glad when Emma feels well enough to sleep in her own bed the whole night. Midnight kicks in the ribs, or pops in the face hurt. And, those two are really tough customers when they are sick. Emma has moved up to the #2 spot for "Worse sick person." I think she should have moved to number 1.
Well, I am grateful for Friday and thankful for many things including:
- Our health is on the mend
- The girls chipping in while Trish was sick
- Enjoying the basketball this week and winning a couple of games
- Watching the Friday night games for the high school championships last Friday
- Catching some exciting college hoops during the college tournament games
- USC winning last night (I'll take wins however we get them, and while we can)
- Spending time with the church at Manna Station and feeding nearly 100 people
- Sunday school class sessions with the kids were informative, funny, and joyful
- Paige's concert and her singing were outstanding
- The men's choir at church was phenomenal as usual
- Funny stories from friends and family
- A great dinner during Emma's birthday
- The excitement of watching Emma open her gifts
- The laughter that erupted as Ava, Emma, and Paige tried to wrestle over who plays with Emma's RC car
- Cassarra did well in her band concert even though it was super hot in the auditorium
- Ava and Emma feeling better
- A great day of planning at work
- Encouragement from family and friends via email, text, and phone calls this week when I needed it most
- Standing up for a number of people at work
- Reminders of Hilton Head popping up in the truck and at home
- Getting a chance to share information about new opportunities with co-workers
- Being asked to be a part of a "Job shadow" program
- Spending time with Sydney at my job
- Hearing about who and how Cassarra was asked to prom
Well, I hope you are doing well. I hope your list of great memories, and gratitude is long and a joyful reminder of how good God is. Have a great weekend. Enjoy yourself and spend time with those you love and all those that love you. As always...
Welcome to Friday!
ROM 15:13 ESV May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
With love (& in triumph),
Cassius
Cassius
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