A Time For Introspection...

I would like to ask you all for your prayers, as I've been going through a time of heavy introspection. Those of you who know me will understand that this involves lots of beating myself up for past mistakes, which I know really does not do any good. I wouldn't call it a major crisis, by any means, but it's a little rough right now for me.
I've been asking myself the tough questions, like "Where do I go from here?" "How do I get from point A to point B?" I'm sure this has to do with Brodie's imminent departure for college & some things I've had a hard time decifering lately. I've decided to forego any more dating pursuits until I'm in a more comfortable place, at the very least.
January promises to be a very busy month, both with starting Brodie's preparations for entering BGSU in the fall & at work for myself. I've been so overloaded with work that it would be a nice relief to be able to shift some of my responsibilities, but I don't really look for that to happen, I expect to have more added. There has also been talk of getting a laptop for me, which does not bode well as then I'll be expected to bring work home with me probably.
Hope everyone is doing well & Happy New Year!

I guess this is what it means to have a simpler life...

Well, I had all kinds of plans for the holidays, but due to circumstances beyond my control they did not come to fruition. To me, that's what it means to just trust God that people will know they are loved & cared for without all the hubbub & hype of the many "holiday traditions" we've created. It still hurts that I couldn't do all I wanted to, but that's probably just another one of my "issues"to work on. It seems like a lot of those have been coming to the surface lately, stuff I've pushed down deep is just waiting for the oddest moments to pop to the surface.
Not too much going on, Brodie is off to Cuyahoga Falls for a visit with Kelsey's family & maternal grandparents, then when he arrives home tomorrow afternoon, he'll be getting ready for work. I decided to use my 4 days vacation this year over the holidays since it's his last high school Christmas break. I'm hoping to work on catching up his scrapbooks, since those will need to be ready for graduation in June.
I sincerely hope that everyone has a wonderful, memory-making Christmas this year! It's also my wish that the new year brings everyone closer together & closer to Christ as we await His return. God bless us, everyone! Praying for you all, as always!

Getting Ready For the Holidays...

Here it is early December already, & I'm just starting to get ready for the holidays. Wouldn't you know, the one year I put off getting started on gift shopping, and I have car troubles that pretty much wipe me out! I'm definitely in the holiday spirit, and looking forward to spending most of Brodie's last high school Christmas break with him, but now I can't do all that I planned to do. I'm using my 4 days of vacation time so that I'll only have to work the Monday before Christmas & the Friday after New Year's, and I'm hoping to be able to spend some time working on Brodie's scrapbooks to start getting ready for graduation in the spring.
For those of you that I haven't already shared this with, he has been accepted to BGSU for the fall, so now the main focus is keeping his grades as high as he can get them for the remainder of the year. He's working about 2 days a week at the moment. We're going to get started on financial aid after the first of the year and we'll have to see if he'll be better off staying at home or living on his own
Looking forward to hearing from everyone
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