A REAL day of rest

Yesterday was good. Desiree came home from CA, as did Ashley & Joe from Ohio. I got to get in some Ohio State-Florida jabs at poor Joe's expense, but he took 'em with a smile. I must dig a little deeper next time. Nick was excited about seeing Ray-ray (I couldn't resist) and Ash, though he pretended to be shy most of the day around them. Yesterday was a particularly relaxing Sabbath because I was Noah-less. It took a while to get used to not having to scan the room every thirty seconds to see what he was destroying getting into. People kept trying to make a correlation between the fact that I arrived earlier than usual and the fact that the M.R.S. wasn't with me. Hmmm.... (In case you're reading this honey, I defended you. Repeatedly. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!) Mr. & Mrs. Ames came down yesterday, and he gave a sermon on 7 commitments to make as we examine ourselves, a good pre-Passover sermon. We had visitors from TN and GA as well, giving us a pretty full house. The eldest Burdette girl and hubby even dropped by after services for a spell. Miss Expansion Joints looks so cute pregnant. Nick took a bunch of pictures, but they're on the computer at home; I may splice some of them into this post later.

There were a couple of interesting announcements made yesterday. The first was that our area pastor is no longer our area pastor. He's been given some churches in MS to pastor, so we're no longer going to be in his circuit. I don't know if that means we're going to fall under the HQ umbrella, but it might. The second announcement was the establishment of "Living University", an online set of courses that will initially offer three courses in the fall. Hopefully this will be a successful venture; I know I'm excited at this opportunity to learn more about various doctrinal/theological points.

We potlucked afterwards, and all was well until I spotted the blueberry pie. I tried to resist, but to no avail. Of course once I bit into a slice the floodgates were opened, and I found myself eating all sorts of goodies. I finished off the night by devouring most of a box of cereal as a late-night snack. It was sabotage, I say!!! I was unable (unwilling?) to get back on the wagon today, as I just finished off a box of lemon-glazed shortbread cookies (only 1200 calories!). Those Girl Scouts must have sensed my weakness as I walked past them with the intent of only buying a diet drink. Ah, the incongruity of seeing the 1.5 liter diet Lipton green tea juxtaposed with the empty box of cookies. I hang my head in shame at the memory. *sigh*

Oh welll, study hall is almost over so I guess I'll wrap this up. G'nite.