The story of us....an intro...

I don't have enough time tonight to really get going good on our story, but I'll start with the basics and go from there...

The People: Clayton and me
The Date: December 1997
Our Ages: 19 and 20, respectively
The Place: Argentina

There's the basics. I'll try to start our story tomorrow sometime.

Another late-ish night

Yup. I should be in bed sleeping again right now. I'm actually not far from it. I'm more than ready. Andrew's been down since 8:00. Clayton left in the middle of church for work. I won't see him in the morning because he's got class at 8:00.

I made a whole $4 at Amy's yard sale yesterday. She's having another one in October. I've already started gathering things up. I won't be able to be there because my cousin is getting married in DC. We're planning on being there. It's been since I was in 8th grade that I was in DC. Uh, that's almost 15 years ago.

This year is my 10 year HS reunion. I'm not going. Clayton said we could either go on vacation in Florida in July or we could go to my reunion. I chose the vacation for several reasons. 1. More time there. 2. Angela was there from Panama and I haven't seen her in about 2 years. 3. I pretty much keep up with the people I want to from HS. *There's not many of them I keep up with.* Most of my friends during that time period were from church. My best friend from that time period is still my best friend today even though she lives in CA with her husband now. He's in the Navy. Anyway, I hope all my classmates who are going to the reunion have a great time.

Should be in bed...

going to sleep. I am technically in bed. I'm sitting in bed using our new laptop. Nothing fancy. Just something for me to do transcription on so Clayton can be online at the same time for his online class. He is in his next to last semester of school. (Finally!)

So, I found my graphics I wanted for mission friends. The kids started coloring them Wednesday night. They'll color some more this Wednesday and then the following Sunday we'll give the pictures and some apples to all the school teachers in our church at the same time the WMU gives them school supplies.

Didn't do much tonight. I was in an ill mood and didn't want to stay home, so after we ate supper and Clayton went to work, Andrew and I got in the van and went to Amy's house. She wasn't home, so we drove around her street and when we got ready to exit her neighborhood, she was coming in. We stopped and talked and ended up going to Hobby Lobby with her and her friend Becky. They went out to eat afterwards and Andrew and I came home. He's been asleep for almost an hour and a half now. I'm getting hungry and debating whether I should go get something to eat before I go to bed. I probably won't. I'll call Clayton and chat with him for a little while and then just go to sleep. Andrew will be up early, I'm sure. I wish I knew what I did to get a kid who wakes up at the crack of dawn. (haha) That's okay that he'll be up early because we're taking our old computer desk to Amy's yard sale tomorrow morning. I'm trying to figure out if there's anything else we have that I could take over there. After the yard sale, we'll head out to buy groceries. Then home for lunch and a nap. I don't know what we'll do between nap and supper. Clayton will still need to be sleeping, so we'll either need to leave the house or be quiet. I'll figure it out tomorrow.

Back to the regular schedule.

It's that time of year again. While I don't have a child in school, things are going back to the 'school' schedule. Church changes for the summer. Instead of starting at 5:30, it starts at 6:15 and then, for a month and a half, at 7:00. We're back to the 5:30 start time tonight. I'll eat supper, go to prayer meeting, mission friends, and then choir. I am again directing mission friends this year. We're helping the WMU for the next 2 weeks. They're doing a school supply drive for the school teachers. On the 28th, the teachers in the church will be presented w/ school supplies, an apple, and a card. Mission friends is doing the apple and card. So, tonight we'll work on making cards. I wish I was more crafty than handing them a piece of paper and some crayons and saying 'make a card.' If I had thought about it before now, I could have cut out 'school' type things (rulers, pencils, erasers, chalkboards, etc.) for them to glue on the papers. Or! Even better! Make the cards in those shapes. Oh! I like it. Too bad I can't draw. Hmm, but I DO have the internet at my disposal AND my own printer now. I think I'll come back here later...

And even more frustrated...

My entire post from earlier today is not there.

Frustrated. Very frustrated.

Goings on.

It's been a crazy weekend. Clayton and I were supposed to fly Saturday to celebrate our anniversary. That didn't happen because of the weather. It was rainy and visibility wasn't good for a pilot who isn't IFR rated. So, we drove around for a bit and finally settled on a place to eat lunch. Ate, picked Andrew up from our friend's house and went home for naps. Kept our nephew for a few hours while his mom finished cleaning their old apartment. Sunday was church. Went out for ice cream before heading to church that night. On our way back, came across an accident that had just happened. Semi cab hit a mini-van almost head on. Both occupants of the van died. Clayton found them still in the van. Went to church. Found out that Clayton had been elected as a deacon for the new church year. He'll be ordained sometime in the next month or so, I think.

Transcription work has picked up again. Yay! Hopefully my check will be somewhat regular now. I found an online calculator that shows how much I'm actually contributing to our household income. After daycare and the few lunches/dinners we go out for, I could almost quit working. I had a scheme that I ran by Clayton that would let me stay at home. We've got a friend who is pregnant and is wanting in-home care for the baby rather than daycare. I would love to quit my job and care for her child while she works. Clayton pretty much shot my idea down. He's got too many 'what ifs.' So, I'm still looking for something new. If I were to watch this woman's baby, then it would solve the 'paying for a 2nd child in daycare' problem we'll have when I finally ever get pregnant.

Having wrist problems again. Started Friday. Not sure exactly what causes it since I haven't done anything new/different than I've been doing. Went to the Dr. for it today, though, because I just about couldn't type last night. She gave me an Rx for Naprosyn. We'll see if that helps.

So far, I'm really liking the 12 hour shift thing that Clayton has. He now works 7 pm to 7 am. Some evenings it's hard, but most of the time it isn't too bad. It also keeps us from going out to eat for supper more than we need to since he tries to be dressed and out the door by 6:30.

I think that about covers everything that's gone on here recently. Whoo, I live an exciting life...