I feel that early morning is a good time to communicate- especially when I'm sitting on the couch listening to the birds and drinking my (very large) cup of coffee. Josh left for school about 30 minutes ago- I already miss him, but time will fly until he returns home. I grew up hearing the phrase, "A woman's work is never done." I never knew how true it is.
Josh is doing very well. He was just chosen to be a NBS representative (National Board Review). Chiropractors take 4 sets of boards to get their Doctorate and NBS is a rather popular review program. Josh's role will include advertising NBS and trying to get people to sign up for these reviews. His third trimester is going well- tests start in August, so it will get very busy then. He is in one palpation class and also attends club meetings for motion palpation, so he comes home from school wanting to "palpate" me. Get your mind out of the gutter- he usually just moves my neck around to see if there are any vertebrae that aren't moving correctly. Josh has also been spending a great amount of time investing in our marriage- learning to cook when I'm trying to sleep or get ready for work, helping me keep the house in order, working on being the spiritual leader etc. I think a lot of his efforts are due to a conversation we had a few weeks ago- we were talking about children and what kind of people we want to be before we have any. We recognized many areas we both need to grow in and decided to start changing now. I'm so proud of him.
I'm doing well also. I have two more nights in the ICU and then will start orientation in the Birthing Center. I'm so excited and yet so incredibly nervous. Starting over in a new area with a new knowledge base and new coworkers scares the living daylights out of me. Mom reminds me that God is enough- I cannot do any of this out of my own strength or ability. Thank you for the reminder, Mom. I'm trying to follow God's leading and find a workplace that brings contentment, satisfaction, and the opportunity to minister to a new population of patients. I am also excited for the schedule- Josh will have to sleep without me four nights a week now, but I will always get to be with him until 10:30pm- even on the nights I work. This will also allow me to participate more in our small group as well as other activities. I'm also hoping the new schedule will help me keep up with life. Currently, after my three twelve hours shifts, the house is a wreck, we're out of clean dishes and laundry, I haven't had devotions, and I'm too exhausted to care about any of it. This way I'll be home and able to keep up with all the small things that are so important!
Josh and I are going away to Des Moines this weekend to celebrate our first anniversary. We are so excited to get away and relax! We're staying at a small Bed and Breakfast and we already have several activities planned out (including the Iowa Science Center and hopefully the zoo! I love the zoo.) I have so much to do before then. I better go get started.
