late night

Late night, maybe more like early morning. It's 5:50am and I am finishing a shift at work. Day shift will be rounding the corner in about an hour and I'm very much looking forward to crawling into bed today. Oddly enough, one nice thing about working nights is how much fun it is to go to bed. There's nothing quite like crawling into a warm bed when you're so tired you could fall asleep standing up.


We visited Andy's parents at the beginning of the week, we needed to say good-bye to his grandparents mainly as his parents will be driving to California with us. It was a little tough, as one bad thing about this job is that after working three nights in a row we had to pack up (me going on about 4 hours of sleep) and drive over there. Then spend two nights in an unfamiliar bed and then drive back on Wednesday when I had to go to work that night as well as Thursday night. It never seems like I had a break from working if I don't get to sleep in my own bed at night time, silly I guess. I'm glad we went though, it's just too bad that we couldn't have planned better.


We're headed to Texas in about a week, we'll get to spend a whole week with Dan & Andrea (our favorite married couple we never see) and see Nate & Tricia and of course baby Becca. I should clarify that Dan & Andrea are our favorite married couple we never see that don't have kids, as we have almost NO married friends without children (or pending children). Hope all is well with your world, God bless!

working out the details

We got out new apartment, it's all settled and we're just waiting for them to fax us the lease. They're going to put in a new fridge, a new kitchen floor (the old one was tile, so probably new tile) and new carpet in the bedroom. I was glad to hear all of that because the old kitchen floor was pretty dingy as well as having cracks in and in between the tiles. Also,new carpet is always a nice touch, makes everything look clean. When we first saw the apartment it didn't have a fridge and in my head I started thinking "so we have to BUY a fridge!?" but she told us the old tenants had their own so the owner didn't want to put in a new fridge until he was sure the new tenants didn't have one. Anyway, the woman who manages the building has been really nice and helpful so I am feeling very positive about everything.

I am continually amazed at how God has been providing for us. The clinic I'll be working in has offerred to pay for a full service moving company as well as the first six months of our rent. It lifts such a financial burden off of us, I almost couldn't believe my ears when I was told that. Hope all who are reading are doing well, God bless!

super powers

So we spent a week with my family at a beautiful cottage in Petoskey, MI. One night up there the girls (me, my Mom, sister, cousin and sister-in-law) were all sitting around and the "if you could have one super power what would it be" question came up. It was crazy because everyone immediately had an answer, without hesitation. The big one was invisibility and I have a theory that this is more common with women, mostly because we're all so nosey! I asked Andy later and he said teleportation (which may have something to do with a little character "quirk" I call laziness). I originally said breathing under water, mostly because as a little girl I had fantasies about being Ariel, but it has since occurred to me that I am a little bit afraid of the ocean and large lakes (fish freak me out...a lot) which would restrict me to pools and that seems like a wasted power. Has anyone seen the movie Powder? I think if I had a super power I'd want to be able transfer the feelings people have to other people, it's sort of like the ultimate power of empathy. There's a scene where this old jerky man shoots a deer, but he shoots it in the gut so it's lying there dying really slowly and Powder touches the deer and then grabs the man and all of the sudden the man feels what it would be like to die that way. Now, I'm not all anti-hunting, but it would certainly help to aid communication if people could really feel what it's like to be in someone else's position. (People to people as opposed to deer and people, of course) Anyway, to encourage posting here's a question for any who read this:


If you could have a super power, what would it be?

so cute!

I wanted to take advantage of photo posting again and show you my handsome nephew. AJ is 10 months old in this picture, my sister's son. He's sitting on Andy's guitar case in this picture, apparently he will be a rocking guitar player when he is older! I was just thinking about how our move to Cali will mean that he's going to grow up without me being around. I'll be that weird Aunt you never see. I'm sure my sister's family will continue to grow, and soon my brother and his wife will get on board the baby train...it's sad to think I won't be close by for all of those big events. Although, hopefully I'll be the cool Aunt who sends awesome gifts and lives in a place that is really fun to visit. (I am not above bribing my nieces/nephews to love me! :o) God bless!

home sweet home!

Well, after two weeks of traveling we're finally home (in Kzoo) for a little while. We've got about four weeks before we visit my parents in Texas and then the big move. I wanted to update everyone on all of our exciting news!


First, I've accepted a position at Children's Hospital Los Angeles in the Allergy/Immunology clinic. It's days, no weekends or holidays, and I am so excited. I interviewed for that position on our last day in LA and was feeling pretty down about my working options. Nothing seemed to fitting right, and then everything seemed clear. I'd been praying so hard that God would help me make decisions about work/living in LA and was worried that I'd leave LA with no idea what to do, but I feel a strong sense of peace now, having accepted this position. It's awesome, praise God for His divine wisdom and providence!


Secondly, Andy & I have tentatively found a place to live. We're in the middle of the application process and nothing is for sure, but I think it'll work out fine. It's less than 2 miles from where Andy will be going to school, and we're hoping he'll be able to bike ride to school and back. We're going to only take one car and just see how things go. It's also only four miles from the hospital I'll be working in, and it's in the middle of a residential neighborhood to one side and then a nice commercial district in the other direction. Location wise it's ideal, and it's plenty big enough for us. It's not our dream home, but it seems to be a good fit for us. We found it on our last day out there as well. It was amazing how we'd spent the whole week and were feeling really down about everything because nothing seemed to be working out and then, bam, on the last day all the pieces fell into place. God has been so faithful to us through this whole adventure, it's been incredible to watch Him work!


That's enough for now, hope everyone reading this is well, God bless!