oddly enough

Vacation is over. Not officially until Monday, but I went back to school today, and spent all day Monday prepping, so I think that it's done. I had a great vacation though! I'm so thankful that God gave me the time to have such joy in seeing all my family and friends! I have been very blessed.

I had a disappointing doctor's visit today. I got a tb test, so now I'm running a low fever, but worse than that, I was hoping to get a definite answer on something and I didn't. I have to wait until the 18th to know for sure. On the one hand, I am ridiculously relieved because it's not a moral issue. It's not something that I did right or wrong or have to confront someone else about. It's a simply physical thing, much less scary. All I have to do is go to the doctor. I just have to wait a while for my appointment time to come up.

Josh and I are going to officially start touring houses tomorrow, so we are kicking off a new phase of our house hunting process. Just like with my wedding, I can't wait for it all to be done and settled. I don't like transitions so much as I adore the long monotonous stretches inbetween. I know that this is leading to a good thing, so just like my wedding, I'll endure it and let Josh do pretty much whatever he wants, but I can't wait for it to be done and to have a place to share with Josh.

Josh is doing well, if stressing a bit on the house thing and other things. He really feels moved to work a lot of over time, except you can't tour houses if you're at work. The poor boy is torn at times. But tomorrow and this weekend I get to be with him, and torn or not, I love being around him.

Our marriage retreat is coming up too, and I can almost smell the mountains, hear the laughter, and feels the embraces of loved ones. That too will be good. So much to be thankful for.

And to be honest, part of me is excited about this school year coming up. I think that it will be better than the last one.

Vacation: Day 13

I cannot believe how quickly vacation is going. It's really sad, but I have enjoyed living it!

Last Friday I went to the Hollywood Bowl with Matt and Monica and saw Eric Idle "Not the Messiah." It was really well done, and parts were very funny! Thanks guys! (But you still have to tell me what you want for your wedding!)

On Tuesday I went to the Beach with Dee after out work out. It was really relaxing!

Last night Josh, Rob, Dee and I went down to Stone Brewery in Escondido and watched the Princess Bride on a full screen while drinking great beer and eating gourmet food like mac and cheese and duck burritos. It was good! At the end of the month they are doing Mystery Science Theater 3000: Transformers. The movie is free, Jess and Adam, if you want to go down and I could watch the kids. You only have to pay if you buy food and drink.

On the way home last night Josh was driving, SPEEDING! (shock, gasp, horror), and of course we got pulled over. He had Dee and I put our hands on the headrests, Rob on the dashboard, and then he rolled down the windows. The CHP guys pulled up and Josh said, "Just so you know, I'm off-duty and I'm packing." The CHP guy said, "Yeah I figured. Drive a little more slowly." And that was that. Rob thought that was so cool, and Dee was irked because she thought that Josh should have gotten the ticket. Josh was embarrassed. I was sleepy and slightly amused.

Today I head up to San Francisco to see a baseball game with Josh's family and to drink tea and eat chocolate and clam chowder.