The Aftermath

My friend Andi pointed out that I left for a week with a very drab post. Here's an update:

I did not throw up at camp, though there were a few close calls! Yes! Thanks, Lord!

I feel much better and can stomach the thought of food, though some more than others. Yes! Thanks, Lord!

We got back today around 5:30. I haven't had time to sit down and type a coherent post, but here's a picture of what I like to call, Fuge: The Aftermath.


Please note Rudy the Cat on the couch next to Dusty. I can tell he's been lonely!

This is not a Happy Post

I'm in one of those moods where I would usually call my mom and she would say, "Gosh I'm glad you're not here." And she would kind of mean it, and kind of not. One of those moods.

I really should be doing about a trillion different things. Packing for camp, finishing an unfinished, time-sensitive, camp-related project, cleaning my house, etc. Instead I'm blogging.

I've been put on some different medications and one of them is making me sick as hell. I've thrown up every day this week except Wednesday. (Even last night, in case the in-laws are reading this. Right when we got home.)

Mission-Fuge is next week. We leave Monday for Alabama. I really do not know how I'm going to get through this week if I keep feeling bad. The doctor changed my prescription, under the condition that I finish my current one, the one causing all the problems. I just so happen to have 1 more week left on it.

I've lost 5 lbs this week and my legs shake when I walk. So this really is just perfect timing to be trekking off to Alabama for a week.

Ah, dear reader, I'm not asking for your pity. Just pray that the kids would really hear from the Lord this week. And that I won't hurl all over the interior of the church van.

Gimme, Gimme

Okay folks, for those two or three of you who care I still have not bought a book since my hiatus began back in February. I've sold quite a few of the ones I'm definitely not going to read again (or ever) but the funny thing that keeps happening is people find out what I'm doing and just give me books, either to borrow to for keeps.

If I had known this would happen I would have stopped buying books years ago! Just kidding, of course. So, the next two up on my list are:

Funny...?

I'm feeling sick today. Like really sick. Like hug the toilet sick.

But this kind of made me chuckle today, which on any normal day I think would have made me laugh a little. Not a lot. It's not that funny. Just deals with an issue on which I am trying to decide where I stand.


Study: Most Children Strongly Opposed To Children’s Healthcare

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The only way to begin to fully appreciate the difference between Holy God and sinful man is not to delve into the depths of our own sinful nature but to experience the heights of God holiness and perfection. We know our lives and actions amount to trash. We don't often enough learn how to even begin to comprehend the holy perfection of the Lord. Often it's because we don't know how.

Even as I write this I can't imagine how to start experiencing all this. But then I am reminded that the gulf created between us and God has been bridged! With Jesus standing in between us, we are given a framework by which we can understand all this holy goodness that is so wholly other than ourselves.

And we are people in desperate need of a framework, are we not?

School's Out For The Summer!

For some reason, ever since the youth kids have gotten out of school I've been singing the phrase "school's out for the summer!" to the tune of You All Everybody by Drive Shaft. (I know only a select few of you will get that reference. For those of you in the dark, go here.)

Nothing says "school's out" like a pool party which is exactly what we had last night. Here are some of my favorite photos. They ended up playing a game in which people (mainly guys) leaped off the diving board while trying to catch multiple foam balls. No one succeeded in getting more than one but I'm pretty sure they've invented a new challenge for themselves this summer.

Enjoy!

Thinking Outloud

It's okay from time to time to steal things from fellow bloggers, especially one with whom you shared a bed for a week. (Grammar on that sentence? Not confident I'm doing it right. Oh well.) She just did this little post on her blog a few days ago and I couldn't just comment! I had to do it! So here we go.

Today I am thinking about...

-one of these. As a book aficionado do I really agree with this? Do I need this? Or does it take away from the essence of reading, namely that new book smell?

-my summer in the Middle East. Even though it was two years ago, some things are resurfacing that need to be processed. Or maybe reprocessed as the case may be.

-the story behind this song. It's always amazing to find a song that pours out truth with every word. This is one of them.

-this movie. I totally resonate with the first few lines of the trailer. Except we don't have cardboard windows. Now if only it weren't playing in select cities only!