7 Quick Takes Friday (Vol. 5)

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My 4 year old is now asking for me to make him two bishop hats to go along with their priest vestments.

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I am really looking forward to meeting a good friend tomorrow for coffee and lunch. I'll have to drive about an hour (?) and she'll be driving about 1/2 hour so that we can meet. For us, there really isn't a decent town that is halfway, so it's always slightly lopsided, but it's my turn to go the extra distance. However, I'm just having to remind myself that it might be subject to change because her mother suffered a heart attack this week! (She's only 55.) But hopefully, everything will stay stable for her and then we'll still be able to carry through on the lunch date.

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My brother's girlfriend called me this morning to alert me to the fact that a discussion he and I had last weekend has resulted in him refusing to talk to me. I was only slightly suspiscious that that was the case; I was hoping that it was more that he was just really busy this week with school and work, etc. So now I have plans today to call him and smooth things over. Which is funny because, as always, he was the party in the conversation to get way too worked up and upset when arguments were presented that are counter to his secular worldview (example: The Pope is right; condoms won't solve the AIDS crisis in Africa.).

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Today is my 35 week ob checkup, so after today we're down to the weekly apts. This idea stirs both relief and (a little bit of) panic! :) But, in other pregnancy news, yesterday I awoke to the baby resting much lower in my abdomen. Aside from being another (eventual) sign that the end is in sight, it has been quite a physical relief as well! whew.

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Today is supposed to be in the 80's! I am planning to be out soaking just as much of it as we can since tomorrow is forecasted to be back in the 50's and then staying in the 50's and 60's for the next week.

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I was very thankful to be able to attend my Faith Alive monthly meeting this week. It was on Wednesday night, right in the midst of my wallowy-depressed week. Wouldn't you know that the first reading was from St. Paul when he writes that 'suffering leads to endurance, endurance leads to character, character leads to hope, and hope leads to a life lived in and for and with Christ.' That hit me with a swift blow! It was very good to have had that opportunity to set my thinking back on the right track.

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It's time to go outside and start enjoying the beautiful day! My boys are getting on their shoes at this very minute! :) Good incentive!

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