I'm still alive...
Yes, dear readers, there is life after the wedding.
Unfortunately, that life has been so busy that I haven't had much of an opportunity to update here. So I'll do that now.
Still at the same job (both of us), still in the same apartment and like it except for the traffic noise.
We're members of our church now and love being there. We played Mary and Joseph in last year's "Bethlehem Village" (we used a borrowed baby, and Alex had a full beard). We also have a small 20somethings Bible study group that we go to. Honestly, I don't know how we'd get through some of the crap this town throws at you without heading to Burbank every Sunday.
We are also now 2/3rds of the Lord's Kitchen triumvirate at our church. It's our turn to head up the cooking again next month, so I'm busy planning a menu and getting our plan of attack ready. Back when I was working at Brio in Rockford, I really enjoyed what I was doing but felt like I missed out on all of the glamor (ie - people telling you they liked your food). Now I get to use my abilities to plan for and feed over 100 people at once, and make the best, most nutritious and tasty meal I can for these people. And I love it. The last time we cooked, many of the people requested to see "the chef." So I went out in my chef's coat and got to talk to many of them, who said they simply loved the food. And that's when I realized how much better it was to receive a compliment from a truly thankful homeless person than it would have been to have a whole restaurant-full of drunk people fawning over you. What can I say - the Lord works in mysterious ways.
Other than work and church, we've kept up with lots of movies, tv, etc. (hey! it's our job now!) We've had some family out here to visit, been on a couple of trips up north, painted the apartment, went back east for a wedding, and just came back from a camping trip in Big Sur. All-in-all, not a bad first 8 months of marriage.
So once again, sorry for not posting so much. In years past, I really used this site as a journal, but now, I mostly rant and vent my feelings to my husband. Perhaps this is just the way things naturally play out over time. Ah well.
But if anything does change drastically, I will let people know, somehow.
Unfortunately, that life has been so busy that I haven't had much of an opportunity to update here. So I'll do that now.
Still at the same job (both of us), still in the same apartment and like it except for the traffic noise.
We're members of our church now and love being there. We played Mary and Joseph in last year's "Bethlehem Village" (we used a borrowed baby, and Alex had a full beard). We also have a small 20somethings Bible study group that we go to. Honestly, I don't know how we'd get through some of the crap this town throws at you without heading to Burbank every Sunday.
We are also now 2/3rds of the Lord's Kitchen triumvirate at our church. It's our turn to head up the cooking again next month, so I'm busy planning a menu and getting our plan of attack ready. Back when I was working at Brio in Rockford, I really enjoyed what I was doing but felt like I missed out on all of the glamor (ie - people telling you they liked your food). Now I get to use my abilities to plan for and feed over 100 people at once, and make the best, most nutritious and tasty meal I can for these people. And I love it. The last time we cooked, many of the people requested to see "the chef." So I went out in my chef's coat and got to talk to many of them, who said they simply loved the food. And that's when I realized how much better it was to receive a compliment from a truly thankful homeless person than it would have been to have a whole restaurant-full of drunk people fawning over you. What can I say - the Lord works in mysterious ways.
Other than work and church, we've kept up with lots of movies, tv, etc. (hey! it's our job now!) We've had some family out here to visit, been on a couple of trips up north, painted the apartment, went back east for a wedding, and just came back from a camping trip in Big Sur. All-in-all, not a bad first 8 months of marriage.
So once again, sorry for not posting so much. In years past, I really used this site as a journal, but now, I mostly rant and vent my feelings to my husband. Perhaps this is just the way things naturally play out over time. Ah well.
But if anything does change drastically, I will let people know, somehow.