We're doing well. It was nice to have Sunday here to recover from the driving and nights away. We did miss having Sunday in Boise, though! I'm interested in how people are reacting as you're sharing the news about our new little life, Mom.
Billy Joel was amazing on Saturday night. I just downloaded his 2006 live CD called 12 Gardens Live. He sang all of our favorites. There were only maybe 2 songs we weren't familiar with; but even those were AWESOME. We did notice that he had transposed most of the songs down a few tones (not quite as young as he used to be) - but man, he still has a fantastic voice, and stage presence. What a performer.
Tonight we're hosting two couples from the church board. We are a relatively new Board, so I suggested to the group that we do some get togethers outside of the "upper room" setting where we normally meet; and bring spouses so that we can get to know each other better and even get to know spouses. I put together a matrix (yes, analytical here too!) and planned out who is getting together with whom in which months, so that everyone gets a chance to have dinner with each of the other couples at least once.
My norm when entertaining is to start dinner with more than enough time to spare, then frantically try to pull it all together after everyone has arrived and is hovering around the kitchen island. Well this time, with my knowledge that this time of the day (5:30 ish) is my ickiest, we prepared in advance! We made the chili on Sunday afternoon, and froze it Sunday night. I took it out and put it in the fridge last night; and put it on the stove when I got home from work around 5:45. People aren't coming until 7, which gives me a good chance to ensure dinner will be ready shortly after they arrive - and I have time to post on the blog and read my book! I'll let you know tomorrow how it really all plays out ...
K signing off now ... Love you all - M
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Molly--did you tell them at work about. . .baby Rank? Well??????
No, I haven't done it yet! I did talk with a woman in HR in Chicago who just had a baby recently to learn more about how it works to take maternity leave, etc., but I have not said anything here yet. I will next week. I just feel like I need to bathe it in prayer. Can you all help me to do that? Pray that I would have the right words and that they wouldn't ask me any hard questions, but that if they do, that I would have the right words then too ... yikes ... man ... this is rough.
I don't understand what the anxiety is about. Are you scared of not being able to come back?
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