Prayer Request Update

I forgot to mention yesterday an update on my prayer request. I had put in a transfer at work to move to another dept. Currently I work 3-12 hour shifts doing postpartum care. I love what I do but the hours are difficult and our family has no routine since I don't work the same days of the week. I used to work in the operating room where I worked Mon-Fri 8 hours a day. Of course we were off on all holidays and weekends (we had to take call so we had to work a holiday and weekend or 2 but nothing scheduled). I decided that it would benefit me and my family for me to go back to the OR. I put in the transfer 2 weeks ago. My first update of the prayer request was when the transfer was accepted, but then I had to notify my manager and find out when I could leave. I found out yesterday that I will be starting my new job on Aug 10th. I'm excited and can't wait. I'm just thankful that God answered my prayers.

This is what...

...ones' toe looks like after it collides with a kick board in a swimming pool. I don't have audio of the noise I made when it happened, but I'm sure you can all imagine. This morning it was all pretty shades of purple. It hurts and I'm 99% sure its broken although I didn't go to the doctor. I can only recommend that one not sit on nor hold a kick board under their legs underwater while tossing a 4 year old into the water. Trust me, when they decide mid toss it's not fun and kick and scream and hit said kick board, it's turns into a missile. So unless you want your toe to look like this, don't do it. I won't be from here on out either. I hope if you had a bad day today, that I just made it not seem so bad. Did I mention I had to work 12 hours today? On my feet and walking all day? Yeah I cringed too lol! And please pay no attention to the lacking pedicure.

Giveaway

Check out my friends blog before Aug 1st. She is giving away a beautiful necklace.
With The Fruit of Her Hands

Prayer Request Update

Here's an update on my prayer request. I can't go into much detail yet but I wanted to ask that you keep praying for me. I have just been praying for peace that I am making the right decision and so far I have that peace. Of course it could just be because it's partly what I want too. I don't think so though. It involves change and I am not someone who goes into change lightly. And especially with a light heart or without a lot of apprehension. This change involves 2 parts. Part of my prayer also was that I would set things in motion and if it were not God's will for my life, that he would stop it or hinder it in a way I would know it was Him doing it. (I'm hard headed and don't always hear him over my desires) So far step one has occurred with a positive result. Now comes step 2. This could very well be where God steps in and shows me it's not his will. Honestly, I won't like it if He does, but I will trust Him if that's the case and follow where He leads me. This is a very big, life changing decision that will not just affect me but my whole family. Tomorrow I will set things in motion with step 2. Please be in much prayer for me about this. And pray that if it's not God's will, I will be able to accept it with a happy heart.

Prayer Request

I've had an issue come up in the past few weeks. I've thought about it and prayed about it too. I thought it was just going to be a speed bump, but is quickly turning into a sink hole. A big one. Of course it means I have to decide which path to take to "solve" the issue. Please help me pray that God will show me the right path to take.

Drive-In Movie

Do they still exist? Well yes they do. Although they are far and few between. We have one not too far from us. (http://belmontdrivein.20megsfree.com/index.html) It's a great experience. Not to mention affordable. We decided to go to the drive in last night. Wall-E was playing. It's Disney/Pixar, so we figured it would be a good family movie and keep our child interested.
At our drive-in it's $8 per car. You drive in, park next to a pole with a speaker and wait till the show begins. You can also tune your radio to their station and listen in your car without the speaker. The gate opens around 7pm. A lot of people will be there when it opens. We decided to go around 8pm. That's not a bad time since you still get a good space and only 1-1.5 hours till the movie starts. So we get there around 8, get settled and it starts "mommy, I gotta go potty" . The bathrooms aren't great and I usually miss 1/4 of the movie for potty breaks. I put her off for another half hour. She just went 1/2 hour before, how can she have to go again? (it's the thrill of the nasty bathroom). Finally around 820pm we go to the potty, (which is 2 stalls not big enough to even turn around in with a shower curtain for the door.) and then get in line for popcorn. About 10 minutes and $5 later, we have a medium popcorn and blue cotton candy. We head back to the car to get settled. My child is antsy and the movie finally starts about 930 or so. She whines the whole time and finally falls asleep after yet another trip to the potty. With it being late in the evening it's cool outside but not so cool in the car, especially with a child laying on you. Did I mention I have had some sinus crud going on since I got back from vacation? I still don't feel well but didn't want to keep everyone else from having a good time. So we are hot, restless and don't feel good trapped in the car. Next time we go in the summer, we will have to take our chairs to sit outside.
As for the movie, it' wasn't great. If I had gone to the theatre and paid $8 per person I would have been upset. That's what makes the drive-in a great deal though. The price is cheap even for only 1 person in a car. But its the same even if you have a 16 passenger van. That'd be $0.50 per person. Isn't that cool? Plus they do 2 movies, so usually you will like one of them. We normally stay to watch the second movie but hubby had to work today so we on;y watched the first. It was 11pm by the time it was over. The snack bar is pretty cheap compared to the regular movies too. Plus they give you a trash bag when you drive in to put your trash in and at the end you leave it beside the speakers and they pick it up. Last night wasn't that great of an adventure, I think primarily because I didn't feel great, but we will definitely go back. They usually stay open until November. So if you live close to a drive-in movie theatre, you should check it out sometime this summer. It's a great(normally) family experience!

Vacation

Last week we went on vacation to the beach. More specifically, the Outer Banks of NC. My best friend lives there and we usually go visit her at least once a year. This year we went later than we usually do. Summer camp was closed for the 4th so we used that as our vacation week. So we loaded up the car and headed off to see the sea. After roughly 6 hours (with only a 20 minute stop, if that long) of being couped up in a car with a 4 year old who still will not sit still and watch a movie start to finish and only took a 30 min nap, we arrived. That is the best feeling in the world. I'm so very glad the roads have improved over the past few years. The trip used to take longer than that. And that was with us doing about 75-80 mph. At least that was my view of the speedometer from the passenger seat. Anyways. We stayed for a week and had a wonderful time. My friend took off work so we were able to go do some stuff together. It was truly a vacation. We had no schedule planned or mapped out that we had to stick to. Pretty much it was a fly by the seat of your pants vacation. I will post more later with some pics but I just have to say before I leave. I love my friend and I miss her desperately when we are apart (which is more than not) but I am oh so very thankful that she lives at the beach and opens her house to me and my family whenever we want to visit.