Girl Power

Okay, last night I was congratulated by one of my students who saw me auctioneering at the Hopkinsville Rotary Auction. She was amazed that they let me on the air, not because I am loud and obnoxious, but because our Rotary really is a BOYS CLUB! She was amazed that I had broken the glass ceiling.

I am not sure what to say to this. Last year I simply let the club know that I wanted to be an auctioneer, and I was put on the schedule. I think I did a good job, but I also sent the committee chair a thank-you note, and bam, I am back in the saddle again.

As a child I longed to sit at the table and auction items. I would lie in bed with the radio turned down low and dream of the day I could be the one asking for bids on Burger's Country Hams and Dry Cleaning gift certificates. To be an auctioneer was my primary motivation for joining the club, although I am so proud of our student loan program and other worthwhile community services. The Hopkinsville Rotary Auction is the Largest Rotary Auction in the world. Last year we raised $270 in one week! It is amazing how generous our small community can be! I have to say, being passed the microphone is everything I dreamed it would be.

I am glad I can be a role model and still have fun. If you are in the listening area, you can hear me tomorrow night on AM 1230. Call in and bid. It is much more exciting than eBay!

Hoppy Easter

Yesterday was Mattie's first Easter. No, we didn't have baskets or egg hunts, but we did go to church (see photo) and to grandmother's house for a family meal. The sermon was so good that Mattie kept crying out "Amen" (or at least, that is what I am telling myself those noises were), so I listened to some of it in the Narthax, but I enjoyed the lesson all the same.

Maybe next year we will have all of the other stuff, but it was nice to be able to focus on Easter's true meaning without the commercialism getting in the way (she says as she stuffs her face with one more Cadbury egg). We are so blessed to have found such a nice church and church family. I hope Mattie will learn to appreciate what it is to grow up in church. He is certainly ready though. Yesterday he received two bibles (add that to the two he received at his birth, and this child has got the New Testament covered!)

Blessings to you all!

Happy Spring

What a beautiful day in the neighborhood! I am loving these warm spring days. Moo loves to go for walks in the stroller wearing his cool dude sunglasses. I will get a photo of that soon!

Went to the doctor and got a good report. Apparently it is true -- pregnacy and child birth are not diseases! Of course, graceful here did manage to slip and pull down one of the cabinets in the office! Nothing broken and no bumps or bruises on me! Yeah! Totally embarassed though!

Otherwise, a great Friday with the Moo! We are getting into a routine, and I am appreciating getting to spend a whole day with my sweetie. So what that all of my errands didn't get done. I am starting to understand the whole Zen of this parenting thing!

On another happy note, we now have ALL of the channels that Dish Network offers to people of all ages. This means, I can now watch Starz! Yipee! Not sure how Randy got it, but it is only $4 extra a month -- which to me works out that if I watch two movies every month that I had wanted to rent, it will have more than paid for itself.

Okay, enough of this -- I need to make sandwiches for the church Easter egg hunt!

Hope everyone is taking full advantage of this beautiful Spring weather!

Damn it, Jim! I'm a doctor, not a juggler!

When we last left our heroine, she was pouring over the days events...Weather, her son's baptism, what it all means. Since then, however, her life has switched into high gear. Those little things she had been letting slide have now popped up, demanding attention. Those commitments she thought would fade away like her junior prom date were now now back with a vengeance. Design Team work for Scraplanet, Rotary Programming (of which she is the chair), Rotary Auction planning and working, and Tennis Team Captain (yes, she has a match in two weeks and has not returned a serve since September) -- they are all there. No one walked off with them while she wasn't looking. No one thought it would be fun to pick them up and run with them.

And then there is the fledgling practice. Well, contracts have been secured with Cumberland Hall (what was originally to be 1 hour of supervision has now become that plus 4 hours of group therapy and any needed psychological testing) and Western State Hospital (2-4 hour mornings a week of admissions interviews). I am also seeing patients privately at an outpatient clinic and at the Children's Advocacy Center. And then there are the classes I teach for Murray State two evenings a week (one in Ft. Campbell and one in Madisonville).

Oh, did I mention that the time changed, so now my husband has the world's worst work schedule? That's right -- Mondays - 8am to 7:30pm; Tuesdays - 8am to 2pm; Wednesday - noon to 7:30pm; Thursdays - OFF; Fridays noon to 7:30 or 8pm; Saturdays and Sundays - open one day (7am to 2pm) and close the other (noon to 7:30 or 8pm). Now this is if there are no tournaments and if his boss doesn't accidentally schedule something that creates a conflict. He also likes to find some time in there to play a little golf.

Of course, the dog still has to be picked up from dog school and walked regularly. Someone has to stay with the baby. I am still pumping for milk every 3 to 5 hours. I am in charge of bath time and bed time, but if Moo sleeps a little later (and he does as he takes after his mother), I am also responsible for the morning feedings too 4 mornings a week! Whew! I love my baby and would surely hand off some of these tasks, if only there was someone to take over.

Okay, just reading this makes me tired. I am off to get a little rest before I start it all over again!

After the Storm

The storm has come and gone, and we are okay. The incliment weather seems to have brought with it new found energy and zeal in our sweet boy!

He is inches away from rolling over. He is touching and holding the vaious toys on his playmat. He is smiling and cooing at us a lot. He is holding up his own head a great deal of the time. He is loving being naked during bath and changing time. He is entertaining himself more and more daily! He is beginning to look for Mommy and Daddy. It is hard to believe that mere months ago he just laid there and either looked or cried.

Yesterday was Moo's baptism. It is a little bit odd that on the day weather worked a miracle in his life it was so destructive to the homes and lives of friends and neighbors in our area. The Lord works in mysterious ways!