On and on and on.... (imported from Myspace)

Just a *quick* note for my own sanity.
I've been extremely busy - busier than normal, and, if I do say so myself, that IS saying something.
We had a great time Friday night and Saturday at the "Complete" girls conference in Montgomery. We had a good group go, and despite a little typical 7th grade drama, I think it went fantastic. I had a really good time, regardless of whether they did or not. The theme of the weekend was our completeness through Christ. Friday night we talked about "Knowing Him Intimately," Saturday morning was about "Loving God Passionately," and that afternoon was "Serving Him Purposefully." I will have to post some of my notes, since this blog acts as a kind of diary for me. I want to remember some of this stuff and take time to ponder it in more depth when I slow down just a hair.
Got back from Montgomery Saturday evening and got a call from home saying that my grandmother died. So, I spent Sunday morning cleaning up from the conference, repacking and then heading back over to Jax for the visitation Monday and funeral Tuesday. It all went well. I'm not terribly close to either set of my grandparents, but especially this one, so it is okay. I was happy to hear that she met Jesus before she died - that did give me some peace. It's just strange to be so distant from such a near relative. I mean, she lived in the same town as me and everything and we STILL weren't close. Weird. I had a lot of issues with the funeral and the way that he decided to handle the sermon/eulogy-thingy, but that's another issue in itself and I am far too tired to gripe about methodology. I did wish that he would have made the gospel a little clearer considering half of my relatives aren't Christians and don't ever sit under any Christian teaching. Oh, well.
Got back from Jacksonville LATE Tuesday night just in time to go right back to work. It was a busy day and a grumpy old lady ruined the end of my already-stressful day by fussing about Pat. You know, it's kind of like, well, I can be mad and fuss about/to Pat, but not clients. Especially if it isn't justified, which this wasn't. Not when he gives 110% all the time to them. So that aggravated me. This particular woman has an especially sharp tongue, so hearing her insinuate that he wasn't acting Christianly towards her struck me as extremely bizarre.
Not to mention that I have once again overloaded myself with projects - I have a 9 x 10 foot bookcase that will take up one whole wall in my office area that he to be sanded, primed and repainted before I can install it. Probably my dad will come this weekend and help me install it, so I may only get to start painting it and do the necessities - base and sides that will touch the walls. But, in the meantime, I have got to get the office painted. Fun. I bought the paint and I love it, but it is just moving everything out that is such a pain!! Of course, this is why I needed the bookshelf in the first place. I should have taken a "before" picture so that you could see the results when it is done. I have no doubt that it will be a wonderful change. We've bought a new bench that opens up that will hold Andy's trumpet stuff and also bought a new desk that is a little more streamlined. I think it will look nice. A couple of the girls are going to come over and help me paint tomorrow. I am looking forward to the company, but not the project. Though that could have something to do with it being 11:51 p.m. and my lack of sleep. Okay. I'm going to bed now.
Nope, not yet!! Not until I end on a happy note! We booked a cruise yesterday! So excited! I told Andy I needed to get away desperately and so we planned to try to take a road trip, but by the time you added up the gas, food and hotels, I figured a cruise might be cheaper. I was right and we got a great deal on a basic cruise to Nassau and CocaCay, Bahamas. It'll be the first cruise for either of us, so we should really enjoy it. Gives me something great to look forward to. Andy's has promised that we will go back to practicing our ballroom dancing so that we can do some dancing on the boat without embarassment, so I am going to hold him to it! But I have officially went back on my diet - gotta finish getting skinny so that I can enjoy it. Next comes tan-in-a-bottle!