Mindy's Non-Adventures

Funny story. This past Tuesday while at my son's Trail Life meeting, I ran into someone that used to be in my church small group and works with Jon on his UTA weekends. As we made small talk, he mentioned how much he respects my husband's job because he could never do a job that involved so much uncertainty. I laughed and said it's not as crazy as it seems. Then we parted ways and I thought to myself "Why would he think Jon's job has such an element of risk? It's a government job."  Ahem. Fast forward to Thursday night. Jon walked in for dinner and said, "I think I'm getting furloughed next week." Um. What? I'd been so busy watching North Korea news that I missed the impending government shutdown. And now it's Saturday, furloughs begin Monday, and that's that. So what does this mean for us? First off, we're fine. =) I am optimistic that that won't last long, and we will hopefully not have any real issues. If it does la...

Hello friends! Two posts in as many days?! Lucky for you, yesterday I was mopey and alone which means I write. Today is Sunday, my usual writing day, so again, I write. You get to read them both if you so choose. On some Sundays, I like to elucidate on the morning's sermon. Today's service was really good, but what I mostly got out of it is that I want to take a month long sabbatical. The pastors at my church get to take sabbaticals! What the heck?! How do I get in on this? I do ministry. I minister to my family every single day. I'm the crisis person for a few people in my life. I think I want a sabbatical. Let's see if I can make this sound good and not selfish. I feel led by the Lord to take some time away from the pressures of my work to evaluate my life trajectory and come back refreshed, renewed, and ready to take on my God-given responsibilities with a clear head and heart.  What this means in mom terms is I'd like to not have to cook, clean, educate...

Friends, I'll be honest. I can feel February coming on hard and fast this year. February is the worst month for homeschooling and therefore life. I might have breezed through October (the other hard homeschool month), but I can already tell that February is trying to make up for it. I am in desperate need of a goal or project with a purpose, and I am unfortunately not in a position to be making long-term plans at the moment. I need a new "thing" in my life. A new purpose. The marathons in my life only work if I have a sprint mixed in the middle to keep things interesting. I wish I could find joy in the maintenance, but I have not yet become that person. Everyone has their kyroptonite, and today, I will tell you mine. When I work really hard at something, the kind of hard that involves pouring every drop of my soul into whatever that thing is; When I use up too much energy, too much time, say no to things I'd like to do so that I can do the things that I need to do; ...

What a week it's been! I never expected to see so much snow in Charleston! I wish I could say I've been productive with my time, but there was a lot of Facebook and Candy Crush. I also spent an entire day in leggings which is simply not who I am as a person. I have no hard feelings against leggings, but they're too comfortable for me. I get nothing done if I wear them. Today I got completely dressed and did a small amount of work. Like, I ran the dishwasher. I swept. I put away the remaining Christmas detritus. I told the kids to do school work. I sent emails. I cooked dinner and cleaned up the kitchen afterwards. I feel good enough about today. I've been giving a lot of thought as to what I want my 2018 goals to be, and I'm having a hard time coming up with anything specific and meaningful for some reason. Last year was the most successful year I've ever had as far as reaching my personal goals so that might have something to do with it? Looking back on last ...