I started off the week strong by giving in to peer pressure and watching a viral video and taking a very interesting counseling quiz. Needless to say, not all peer pressure is bad. ;) I first took a Dr. Phil test that is used quite often in counseling sessions, and it was pretty neat to see how I scored. I ended up scoring a 34 and received the following results:
Take it and see what you score!
Then, I gave in and watched a video that was becoming VERY popular. After watching it, I now totally understand why. If you are a woman, you definitely want to take the time to watch this. How often do we forget these important truths?
We also had a great time with our sweet Inner City kiddos on Tuesday night. We taught them about Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden. We had all the children around the table, which represented the garden. Then, we put a big bowl in the middle of the table to represent the Tree of Life. As we told the story and talked about temptation to do things when we are told 'NOT TO' (a very relevant point with 5 yr olds, lol), we poured a bad of M&M's in the bowl to represent the apples. The children put their hands behind their back to avoid the temptation to eat the "apples." Then, as we told about Adam and Eve's disobedience, we took it all away, just as the Garden was taken away from Adam and Eve. However, after seeing their pitiful faces when they thought they were not getting any M&M's made me quickly finish the story and give those precious babies some chocolate. Now, we are gearing up to teach them about Noah's Ark this week.
Needless to say, our week grew even busier from there. It was filled with doctoral classes for Paul, coaching cheerleading practices for me, both of us tutoring on Wednesday, and both of us striving to catch up (or rather working to become only "behind" rather than "really far behind") on school and work. How Paul does it all, I honestly do not know. By Thursday night, I had to call it quits. I cuddles up in bed, watched some of my girly shows, and took an early bedtime around 9 pm (that is VERY early for us).
After a night of restful sleep, and 8 hours might I add (a once in a lifetime event it seems like lately), I felt like a whole new person. I started Friday off with the breakfast of Champions - coffee and a off-brand Oreos! haha
I have to say, though, even with coffee I will still super tired on Friday night. EPIC COFFEE FAIL! I took another early bedtime on Friday night and went to bed by about 8:00. After 9 hours of sleep or so then, I was truly back to myself on Saturday, and boy was it awesome! Early Saturday morning, we took off on a mini-roadtrip to see a wonderful friend marry his best friend. Adam was an usher in our wedding, and we wouldn't have missed his weeding for anything. We arrived near Gatlinburg a little early for the wedding and planned to be at the church no later than 3:30 (with the wedding beginning at 4). WRONG! For some crazy reason, neither one of our phones changed time with the changing time zones. We had both used our phones, and we are really not sure why it did not change. That has never happened before. Well, as we were killing time looking around various stores, I started thinking that it really should have been later than what our phones said. I told Paul to call his dad just to make sure we had the right time. As he was trying to call, his phone suddenly updated. The time read 3:55 PM. WHAT?! We hauled boogy to the car and rushed to the church (thankfully, we were already at the exit and only a couple minutes from the church). We rushed into the church, signed the guest book, and were seating right at four o'clock. If you know us very well, you know we do NOT like to be late. Even with another EPIC FAIL WITH TECHNOLOGY, we still made it to see a wonderful couple marry!
We also thoroughly enjoyed ourselves with the photo booth at the wedding. It was such a neat idea. After we took pictures, they gave us a copy of the pictures. Then, they put another copy in a scrapbook and had us write a message to the bride and groom. After their wedding, they receive the scrapbook and get to have fun looking at all of the goofy pictures. We had such a great time!
Then, on Sunday we tried to get back in the swing of things and prepare for the week. Paul has been spending most of his time studying for a big test that he has tomorrow. This class has apparently been a doozie (even though he still manages a perfectly good A average in the class). My hubby is so smart! Being caught up on lesson plans, I decided to finally grace the gym with my presence once again. After about 6 weeks, it was long overdue!! It felt great to start the week off that way.
Lastly, on to the topic of the government shutdown -- with all of the other small FAILS (so to speak) that we had last week, I have to emphasize the fact that OUR GOD NEVER FAILS! We are so truly blessed that the government shutdown is not going to affect Paul's work schedule (at least not for now), and we are so very grateful for that! You can't out-give God, and we can definitely testify to that. Our God is an awesome God, and I loved the sweet reminder this morning on the way to work as I viewed a perfectly painted sky by the Great I AM!
While things may get a little crazy, worn out, funny, overwhelmed, exciting, and extremely busy - this chaotic blessing is what we call the Lanza Life -- and we absolutely LOVE it!!
Until next time,
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