two books. 1)The Shack, 2) Soul Virgins. I am re-reading the shack with my client and friend Marcie. She has Lou Gehrig's Disease and can't do much for herself these days. I am reading Soul Virgins with Tyler. On Saturday Tyler and I were driving to Decatur to meet his parents and I was reading to him. I was struck by how similar the books were in their message even though both books are completely different. In the chapter we read, it talked about how a healthy relationship is built on a healthy relationship to God. And, unless God is the center, then your relationship won't live to it's full potential. It also talked about that if you had a good relationship with God, then the earthly things, such as premarital sex, won't be such a big issue. The chapters Marcie and I read in the Shack, echoed those statements, except with out the whole sex thing in there. It has been a really interesting read and has really helped my spiritual life in the last two weeks, when the rest of my life was rather blah. I have been having a rough go at work over this Christmas break. It drained me. Tyler would dread my phone calls because it was always about how horrible work was. I finally got up enough guts to turn in my notice this week.
Christmas break has been rather tumultuous this year. I love the season of Christmas and Advent but some circumstances made it less than enjoyable this year. It seems that if it is not one thing with my sister it's another. I think she thrives off drama, and she has to create it when there isn't any. I had a rather serious argument with her before Christmas, then she broke up with her boyfriend of 4 years, today was her last day to babysit for this couple. It just goes on and on. But! She is starting nursing school tomorrow and for that I am proud of her!
Tyler, Brendan and I went to the Wesley Foundation Spring Retreat at Glen Lakes today. We had fun scaling this mountain only to find that the trail was too steep and we couldn't make it to the top! We got all muddy and had to wade in sub-zero water to get to the trail head. Tyler fell in the water........it was a mess. I'll have to post pictures (if I can figure out how). Currently, he is sacked out beside me on my bed. I don't think he really slept last night, which seems to be a common occurrence, and he hasn't been feeling well lately. Which, is another thing that is worrying me. I knew he was tired, because he is being all kinds of extra goofy today. So, we are having tests done next week and I think his mom will be coming down too. Nothing serious, just trying to see why his stomach feels so bad.
Here's to the last semester of Nursing School starting tomorrow! My first official day of class is Friday though. Woo Hoo! Here I come world! And this time I mean it!
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