Song of my Life

Once again, it's been forever since I've posted. Let's just move on...

The past couple months have been great, and as usual, very busy. So busy, in fact, that I can't remember everything we've done. But some of those things I can remember, so I'll share those. After coming back from our Savannah trip, we had a few low-key weeks where we were able to relax a little bit. Mostly we spent November finishing up our classes and getting ready for the holidays. I finished my eighth graduate class, which means I'm two-thirds of the way through. I'm planning to take two classes in the Spring and two classes in the Summer (along with my Capstone experience) to graduate in August. I am SO READY! This degree has by no means been difficult, but I'm just ready to not have school hanging over my head. I'm sure that once grad school is done, I'll find something else to take up my time, though. Such is life.

We had a great week off together at Thanksgiving. We relaxed, decorated for Christmas, enjoyed time with family, and kicked off the holiday season together. I'm glad that Lucas gets enough vacation time that he is able to take off at the same times I'm off. It's nice to get to spend some uninterrupted time together.

December was another wonderful month. There were quite a few eventful things that happened and some that would've been better if they hadn't happened, but that's what makes life interesting! At the beginning of the month we hosted a Christmas party for our church small group, which was lots of fun. That kicked off our long run of holiday gatherings and weight gain. It's kind of unavoidable this time of year, though, so we just embrace it and start over in January. I was able to re-lose all of the Savannah weight and get back to a total weight loss amount of 45 lbs. We've been in a holding pattern since then. More news on that to come.

Around mid-December, Lucas had to fly to Atlanta for a long weekend of work, which was really annoying. It did, however, give me several days to spend with my parents, which was nice. While he was gone, our sweet pup Maggie decided to open up a bottle of vitamins and eat anywhere from 10-20 of them. Since I wasn't sure exactly how many, I had to rush her to the ER for bad animals where she got to do lots of throwing up. I asked her if it was worth it, and although she didn't answer, I got the feeling that she'd do it again in a heartbeat.

Our last week of school before Christmas break was alot of fun. I got tons of gifts this year from my coworkers, which was really exciting because last year, I got basically nothing. Even though gifts aren't really a big deal, it's just nice to know that they've finally accepted me as a part of them, and maybe a few of them even like me. :)

Christmas break has been absolutely fabulous. We had such a fun time celebrating Christmas with my family and Lucas's family who came to visit us from Ohio. Lucas surprised me with an iPad for Christmas, which I totally wasn't expecting! My brother and sis-in-law are coming into town tonight and we'll get to celebrate our final Christmas tomorrow. Sunday is a re-launch of sorts for our church campus, where we'll be starting an instrumental service as the main service in the sanctuary. For the last several years, the instrumental service has been held in the gym, but now we're finally going to be acknowledged as a real service! ;-)

We'll be headed back to work on Monday. Boo hiss. But, I am so thankful to have a job and to have one that I like, at that. I have it on good authority that 2011 is going to be the best year yet for our family. I can't wait to receive all of the blessings to come in this new year!