August Journaling
1. I couldn’t share the news until
today. I’m going to be a Grandma! Well, a Mummi, to be exact. Our eldest
daughter is pregnant and due in early February. I’m sooooo excited! She
actually told us way back at our other daughter’s graduation dinner. She gave
my husband a gift for Father’s Day. It was a small box and inside was a
soother. On the inside of the box it said, “Can’t wait to meet you, Grandpa!
Love Baby M”. I caught on a little faster than he did, but it was still a
shock, since they told us they didn’t plan to have kids for five years.
Surprise! I cried happy tears. I am so happy for them. J
2. We announced it on facebook and
twitter and I posted some pictures, including the 12 week ultrasound and a
pro-life pin of the size of the feet of a baby 10 weeks in utero. Church this
morning, burgers and corn on the cob for lunch.
3. Holiday today; Simcoe Day. It’s a
civic holiday for the man who founded York (Toronto). We’re making jerked
chicken and grilled veggies. We had to cook it in the oven because of a storm.
Four people were struck by lightning today.
4. Today we are attending an event at
Queen’s Park with the Lieutenant Governor celebrating Emancipation Day. The
event is put on by The Ontario Black History Society. We were invited because
our daughter works there and they invited the parents of the summer students.
They had to do a check on us before they sent the invitation. Then we’re
staying downtown for dinner and I’m going to work.
5. A quiet night. Stressed because
tomorrow night they transfer our few patients elsewhere and may close our unit.
I dread going to other floors.
6. Oh. My. Goodness! We were sent to a
Haematology unit. This is why I don’t work in haematology anymore. I had a
patient who had sepsis and a knicked hepatic artery and ended up in ICU. Crazy
busy does not describe it. So exhausted and my back was killing me. Then when I
woke up we went out for Japanese food.
7. Cleaned all day then went to a
friend’s place for bbq. There was another couple there from our old church. It
was good to see them and we kept away from the painful topic of church.
8. Another great bbq today and a chance
to learn about the new church we’re attending.
9. I’m working four nights this week before
vacation again. I am sure I’ve slowed down somewhat. I seem to take longer to
do the same tasks I’ve done for years and I don’t feel I communicate in the same
way.
10. I had a very sick patient last night. He is
dying and doesn’t want to die in hospital. He pulled his I.V. out and begged me
not to put one back in. Sad. Of course, we followed his wishes.
11. I’m exhausted and I missed my train because we
had an inservice so I got to bed later than usual.
12. It’s only another two weeks before our
youngest heads off to law school and we’ll officially be empty nesters. I have
mixed feelings about it as I’ll miss her company but I’m excited about this
time in our lives.
13. Last night. Gotta get through.
14. We had an appointment with the bank to confirm
her loan for law school. I also packed for the Carey conference and baked two
blueberry pies.
15. First day of Carey. I was worried about it and
my husband said we wouldn’t go if I wasn’t comfortable which I appreciated him
saying, but I thought it would be awkward seeing our former Pastor. He broke
the ice though and said hello. We haven’t seen them in two months. We also had
friends over for pie.
16. Our former Pastor preached this morning. He is
a fine preacher and that was never the issue. The evening preacher is Jeremy
Walker from England and he is very good.
17. Excellent message this morning by Ken Davis.
This is a no-fuss Carey. I didn’t even plan my menu since it’s just the two of
us, and we have more than enough and to share with friends.
18. We went into Paris, Ontario for lunch at a
restaurant with a rooftop patio overlooking the Grand River, which isn’t much
more than a creek, at least at this junction. We’re at the halfway point of the
conference already, six out of twelve sermons delivered already. My husband met
with our former Pastor today in the hopes of achieving some sort of
reconciliation, but not much happened that gave him hope.
19. We are having the speaker and his family over
for dinner today. Since I know the people who are serving them lunch are giving
him roast beef, we’re just doing a chicken Caesar salad with garlic bread and a
key lime pie.
20.I hesitated to come because of all that has
happened in the past two months, but I’m glad we came to this conference,
because the support we’ve received has been so uplifting. They say our
character and behaviour over the past thirty years speaks for itself and they
understand the character of the other party as well. We were encouraged once
again to take the high road as the truth will eventually come out. We will just
rest and heal.
21.Back home, unpacking and doing loads and loads
of laundry.
22. Outfitting and packing our daughter up to
leave the nest on Wednesday. Then we’re going to a 30th anniversary
for a couple who my husband was in their wedding party and he was our best man.
23. Even though it’s Sunday, we’re going to the
beach with our daughter and her husband. I don’t feel terribly bad about it
since we just heard twelve sermons in six days and we’re going to be getting
more involved in church in the fall.
24. Dentist this morning, then packing my
daughter’s things.
25. Our youngest is 22 today.
26. We moved our daughter today. My husband was
anxious with the moving van since last time there was a little incident that
cost us big bucks, so he didn’t relax until it was delivered safe and sound. I
can neither confirm nor deny whether there were any tears when we emptied our
nest. There was a vandalized stop sign that said, Don’t STOP believin’. It was encouraging. The church our daughter plans to check
out is a few blocks away. You can see the lake from her place as well.
27. I woke up from a bad dream and now I can’t get
back to sleep. That hasn’t happened in a long time.
28. I am still grieving leaving Faith. I know
there’s no going back, but I’m still upset about how it happened and the timing
of it. I am angry at Brian and yet I still love him. I fear getting bitter. I
worry about settling into a new church and if it will ever feel as comfortable
as Faith was for us.
29. I wrote another long, important scene today.
One step closer to finishing. Then I had a date. Still on vacation till Wednesday.
30. Going to IKEA because our daughter’s desk was
too big so we had to bring it back home. Then we’ll bring it to her on Sunday
after church. Then when we say goodbye, it’ll probably be until Thanksgiving.
We’re going to a TFC game this evening; it was a gift for my 50th
from my sister and husband. Then we’ll check out the EX. The game was horrible,
our team lost 3-0.
31. Good message at church today. I’m starting to
get to know the people. Then we drove to Kingston to bring the new desk to our
daughter. My husband assembled it while my daughter and I walked around
downtown. Then we went to a rooftop patio for lunch.
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