Busy,Busy,Busy

Sorry that it's been so long since my last post. The last week and a half has been pretty busy with tons of meetings and late nights working on thesis. It is now two weeks and a day before I fly east and there is a lot to get done before then! A few more late nights will be had, I'm sure! My two jobs are nearing their last few days which is kind of sad in many ways. But it looks like a new FLT group may start up later in the summer that I will be involved with. And my "supervisor" for the LDAA group wants me to do up a report about how that group is going so that will keep me busy when I return from out east (as will doing some training in a new assessment tool that he wants me to get familiar with before Sept). I met with him today, actually, and proposed a new way to run the group and now he wants me to present at a workshop next Tuesday for my potential colleagues. We continued our discussion about my working there in September and it looks like a go-ahead. Still thinking it through on my end but I am almost 90% sure that I'm going to take it which is very exciting. Anyways, here is a quick post of some of the things that have happened in the last couple of weeks and my thoughts:

ZIM dinner- Two Saturdays ago was the fundraising dinner for the group going to Africa (there are four guys from our church going this year). It was quite the event and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Especially exciting was the black and white photos from Africa that were used as place mats (Amanda and I took like six of them each!:)) and my winning of a $25 gift card for Christian Publications (one of the door prizes). It certainly doesn't stack up to the cheesecake that Amanda ended up buying for $40 at the live auction, though!:) The event certainly got me excited about the prospect of possibly going myself next year. The next day in church, something Steve said really got me thinking as well. He used a LOTR clip and was talking about how we should put other distractions aside and seek a truly intimate relationship with God- to put our fear aside and to move outside our "shires". I REALLY want to go but I think I'm still hesitating a little out of fear. Of what? Not sure. I do know that I want to make sure that I'm going with the right intentions and not just because of my own desires/pride.

Professional Softball player? Probably not! The South Meadows softball team played in a tournament over the weekend. On Friday night, Amanda and I were upgraded from cheerleaders to players. We actually didn't do too bad- we just need a little more confidence!:) I struck out twice, hit the ball twice, got one run to first base, and got one run! Not too bad for my first softball game, I think! And I don't think I would mind it if I had to play again this summer!

Purpose-driven life. I started reading this book again this past week. I originally read the book two years ago with a small group (as part of a large campaign within the church I attended) and it really helped as I ended one milestone and embarked on a new one (finishing Acadia U and moving to Calgary to do my Master's). I have found that I have allowed myself to get caught up in this past year's busyness so that in some ways I have forgotten my original reasons for getting into my career area. As I finish my Master's and am looking forward to September and a new job prospect, I thought it would be good to really ground myself in what my true purpose is. I will try and post some of my thoughts as I reflect on the readings.

I hate dentists! Went to the dentist tonight for a cleaning as it had been six months since my last one. I usually don't mind the cleanings that much but the girl tonight did a real number on me! I just had the scaling done and by the end, she had caused my gums to bleed (which hardly ever happens to me) and I am now feeling a bit of an ache in my jaw! Ugh, I thought all of that pain was over when I finished with the orthodontic work! I didn't even get the nice polishing with the minty flavour done as I have to go back to finish more scaling.

Anyways, I think that's all for now. Will try to post again soon.

Oh! I must send a shout-out to both Heidi and Giselle!:
Congratulations to Heidi for getting in to medical school! Dr. Heidi Brake! Way to go, girl!
And Happy 24th Birthday to Giselle! Don't party too hard! And good luck with your presentation at CPA!