Time Management

I’m not the only one cliff jumping these days. David and Tia got the bug and now Mom and Dad both have it. This weekend, Joel and I were privey to watch as Mom and Dad prepared for the jump. We went back to Jacksonville this weekend and found the house very clean and not the way I remember it. My room was institutionalized. Gone are the days of feeling like you’re walking into a victorian hotel bedroom. Replacing what was once my retreat, tile and sewing tables, and no curtains now reside. The cubbards and closets were bare and everything had it’s place. This was now the showpiece. A beautiful showpiece it is, I must say. It was just wierd.

I think Mom needed us there for support as so many things are up in the air at that point. A simple reminder that God will still be God and that every detail will fall into place as we need it to when we need it to. Concern for the issues is okay, worry is not. It was a time that I was glad I was there to support my parents instead of it always being the other way around. It’s kind of like my Bible Study lesson for this week. God has us experience things in our life so that we can be an encouragement to others just as He has done for us with temptation and various circumstances.

I wasn’t able to see many people from church this weekend which was a little different for me. I typically try to speak to everyone I used to know both in choir and in the Singles area. I got to the rehearsal room too late to speak to anyone in choir and I just didn’t want to find many people from the Singles department. I think I’m starting to move on with that area of my life.

Joel and I found out this weekend that I had lost 10 pounds and he had lost about 8. I was so excited. The first time we did the diet I lost about 20 pounds so I’m half way there. We cheated pretty badly this weekend and unfortunately it has continued on a little this week. I’ve not had time to plan lunches and dinner and we both have had birthday functions as work to contend with. Monday was a seminar for me in Columbus Georgia so I also ate out again then. Today is a fast day though so we’ll get back on track. I think we’re going walking tonight as well so that will help.

This weekend is proving to busy for us again. We have a Sunday School party on Friday night and we’re supposed to go down to Joel’s Mom’s house on Saturday. I need to clean my house as well as grocery shop and do things that didn’t get done last week. Joel has media duty at church all day on Sunday so we’ll spend a good bit of our day there. I’ll also be solidifying the plans for the party that we’ll be hosting in November this weekend. By the time Monday comes around again, I’m sure to be looking for the weekend again. It wears me out just thinking about it all. Well I guess this is where my time management skills come into play. I better get busy.