Another Blessed Year of Life

Happy Sabbath,

I had a great week and am thankful to see 34 years of life (as of yesterday).  On Sunday, I decided to treat my son to some race car driving among other things.  It was a very unstructured day because I was still trying to figure out what I was doing myself, but he and I went bowling, race car driving, on his first high air spin ride, among other things at a amusement park.  I then drove out of curiousity to see if this skating rink was still open from the time I attended as a child.  It actually was and we went roller skating until the place closed.  I fell once, hitting my head and thinking I had a concussion (I had this weird metallic taste in my mouth after I fell for a minute or so and the next day my head ached some).  The pain has since gone but I had a blast and my son had a wonderful time too being his first time using roller skates.  He’ll have to improve his balance before I take him ice skating. 

The next day I went to an amusement park/restaurant with my coworkers.  Despite me not liking them and them obviously not taking to me, I had a good time beating them at some of the arcade games available there. 

I had a productive week and was off on my birthday (Friday).  After dropping my son off at school, I decided to explore an area of this park.  I was blessed to come upon a sandy bank with direct access to a creek and there were benches and other nice areas to sit down and enjoy the beauty of the forest.  When I saw the legs of a deer coming up from the bank a short distance down from me, I bounced up on out of there.  I have been to this park many times over the years and never knew that this place was back there.  The park people added dark sand to create a path leading to the water in two different areas.  The paved portion of the walk/bike path goes deep through the woods and I have in the past stumbled upon deer in the wood (there is a post from last year on this).  After the woods, I paid my rent and went back home to do some old lady things (laundry, crock pot cooking, vacuuming, and mopping). 

Today I went to church and had an opportunity to talk with another mother who has a son and daughter straddling my son in age.  I have thought about what I would like to do when I get my house next year and one of those things is to start teaching music again.  She asked for me to teach her two children and does not live too far away.  I have an upright piano in my parent’s garage ready and waiting to be moved to my new house.  I fully intend to have a music room for all of the instruments in my collection and this could be something I can do whenever I need to make some extra money.  And I am going to need the extra money.  It’s been over 5 years since I last taught.  I had five different children I was working with in the past but since I moved and all the things that happened prior to my son’s birth, I’ve lost those connections. 

I know that the Lord can open these doors and I thank Him for opening this one.  I don’t feel good that I was not able to focus on the sermon.  The speaker in the room was too quiet and after the microphone sound was increased, my attention was not where it should have been.  Too many children in one room.  Too many questions being thrown around and me getting into social worker mode trying to offer a list of resources did not help the situation much. 

I am glad to be home this Sabbath and to have had another opportunity to play for the Sabbath school service.  I’m glad that I have another tool to use for disciplining my son (15 minute time out).  I have not needed to spank him and I feel as though I am becoming a better parent using this along with puppets to talk with him when he is struggling to communicate or not being honest with me.  It’s been a good week and I am looking forward to another great year with God.