oh the stress of it all.....

Change definitely leads to stress. There have been a number of changes lately that have led to some increased stress.

Change #1) Two new people living in my house. Steven and I are hosting two people from church at our house. They are nice guys, but they seem to forget who pays the bills around here. I guess this is a taste of what parenthood will be like.

Change #2) I got a promotion at work. This past week was a transition week with the old boss getting his things together to leave for his new job and me getting into the new position. It seems like Murphy's Law was at work in testing my ability to take on the new responsibilities.

Once the dust of shaking things up settles down, it will get easier. The beginnings of new chapters are always the hardest, since the action is all headed uphill. Little by little this too shall pass...

things that make you go hmmm?

Pregnancy tests for sale right next to condoms

Aloe vera & sunblock sold as a set

People who jaywalk feet from a legal crosswalk

Paying a graduation fee once your course of study is complete at a university

Birds that can't fly

simply me

Everyone I know has started a blog at blogspot. I guess this is the best thing since myspace to help you keep up with your friends, old and new. Let me tell you what makes me simply me.

I struggled for a little while to figure out who I am now that I am not a student. That was the central piece to my identity for 18 long, trying years. There are so many things that make up my identity that I shouldn't be so concerned with the one thing I am not...a student. I know that I am a blessed child of God, a loving wife, a good housekeeper. I like to watch Grey's Anatomy and read books. I like email but I don't like to check it. I enjoy Starbuck's sweetened green tea. I like going to see chick flicks with my best friend & neighbor Candice. I miss early AM swims with Carrie :( but I am so proud of her for chasing her dreams. I love alternative rock music and Saturdays home alone. I value independence but enjoy the company of others. I like it when I really stop to "consider God's wonders" (Job 37:14). I love my family - big and complicated and occasionally dysfunctional. Sometimes I wish I had a puppy, but not the mess and smell that goes with it. At my core I am a musician, and I love the symphony of God's expansive universe - the universe He conducts and holds in perfect balance with His mighty hands. I try to find joy in every situation and laugh at the frustrating circumstances of life. I miss the friends I had growing up through high school, but I am so amazed and what they all have become. All of this is simply me.