Ryan's dream of getting his private pilot's license is in the process of coming true this summer. He was able to take a lighter load in his schoolwork and therefore has more time right now to pursue some personal interests. The frugal woman that I am doesn't like that his dream costs so much though!He has been a great help to me this summer as my load has gotten a lot heavier at work with teaching both adult (immigrant) ESL and also academic (international student) ESL. Ryan has picked up a lot more of the cleaning and cooking, which I appreciate so much!
A few weeks ago, we (Ryan, my brother Tommy, and I) went to the lake while I graded papers. I wanted to at least be outside! It stinks that I'm having probably the busiest quarter I've had in 4 years during the summer time. In WA, that's the time to get out of the house since the rest of the year you're couped up so much because of cold and rain. We haven't had time to do a lot of what we enjoy this season. We took a short time to canoe around the lake (after a change of plans to not kayak after seeing the kayaks).My mom just had a lumptectomy and I feel bad that I didn't have much time with her before I flew here to Michigan on a red-eye Saturday night. Now I'm here for two weeks of intensive classes for my masters. When I come home, I'll have about two more crazy weeks of work (final exams), my high school reunion, Tommy's birthday, some hikes that are only open this time of year, and then we're off to Bali, Indonesia for just over 3 weeks! Fun....yet I haven't had much time to plan, so I don't know what we'll be doing or where we'll stay yet. It'll be an adventure, just hopefully not too stressful due to lack of planning time.
I should try to sleep now as it's midnight in Michigan. Last night I couldn't fall asleep until 2 since it only felt like 11pm. Then the trash guy came at 5:30 am and the lawn mowing began at 6!! That'll happen again next Monday too. :/ Anywho....that's the update and where I've been since I've been out of blogging land lately.
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That is a FULL schedule! I have a friend who spent some time in Bali. I'll ask her about lodging for you. I know summer is the time to be outside but keep in mind that you are doing important things that honors God. I remember Girltalk had a post about this... http://girltalk.blogs.com/girltalk/2008/06/a-really-import.html
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