I’ve always hated wasting time. The thought of sitting and accomplishing nothing sort of repulses me. On the one hand that seems to be a good thing. I tend to fill my moments and get a lot done each day. On the other hand, I struggle more with stopping to smell the roses and enjoy those little “nothing” moments that are often full of meaning when it comes to raising children. I guess we all have our issues.
When I first heard about this marathon road trip, I immediately began to make a list of things I could DO in the car to redeem the long hours of sitting. Guess what was first on my list? Finishing my e-book! It’s an overwhelming job…and I could see immediately that this was God’s provision to get that beast finished! So I’ve been spending several hours each day working on it. I’m done writing and now it’s just all the editing that’s left. I’ll never feel like it is perfect. But when this trip is done…the editing will be done, and that will be that.
I’m also plowing through two books, both by David Chilton. One is Paradise Restored, a book my brother and sister-in-law gave to Joe and me for our wedding. We threw that copy in the trash after I perused the first couple of chapters and proclaimed it “hogwash”. I’ve got a fresh new copy now…and am in a much better place in life to give it a thoughtful and open-minded reading. It is fabulous, and I’m stunned at my initial reaction. Based on that, though, I hope I don’t lose any of you! I’m just trying to learn as much as I can about the different millennial views so that I can make an informed decision about what I, personally, believe about that.
The other book is called Productive Christians in an Age of Guilt Manipulators, again, by David Chilton. This one comes with the Biblical Economics curriculum program by R.C. Sproul Jr. (a FABULOUS, easy to understand program that I think EVERY Christian should listen to! I learned so much from it…and my teen boys really enjoyed it as well.)
I’ve also been able to go through all the pictures and organized them…AND I’ve gone through all my computer files and deleted a bunch of junk and organized things a little better. Just nerny stuff that I don’t have time to do at home. So, this car time has been a gift in many ways.
THAT SAID…I may be flying out from Sacramento, CA tomorrow with my 1 yo, 3 yo and 11 yo daughter…to go HOME EARLY! WAHOO! I’m so excited. We traveled 15 hours on Friday from Idaho to California to spend a couple of days with Joe’s sister and parents. Tomorrow we are starting off on the last leg of the journey…a five day road trip back home, camping all the way. But due to my allergies to the camper, the morning sickness that hit me yesterday (YAY!!), and all the other issues with the two littles, we decided it might be best for my daughter and I to take the two youngest home early. It’s not final yet (tickets have not been bought), but I’m praying desperately that God will open this door. It will give Aimee and I a whole week of time “alone” together…and we can catch up at home with all that needs doing while the others are on the road.
So…if you don’t see any blog posts for a week or so, it’s because we didn’t get tickets home and I’m on the road with no internet access. Otherwise, I’ll get things moving on a regular schedule again once I get home. To those of you who have been praying…I’m eternally grateful. I’m only in good spirits because of the grace of God…and we are living and breathing due to His mercy and love.
