Nae’s Heart

So I will catch you up on this last week and then talk about the Couples Conference!

On Wednesday, I worked my normal scheduled hours and then went to get my allergy shots!  After that I headed back to the church to help get ready for the Beach Blast!  We had a lot of fun at the beach!  It was a little cool but not too windy so that was nice!  We enjoyed the fire, food and worship service!  

On Thursday, I also had a normal work schedule.  I then had volleyball practice and then James and I headed home and did some cleaning!  We also watched Facing the Giants and had a wonderful evening together just relaxing!  We also packed to go visit my parents on Friday night!

Friday, I once again worked a normal schedule and then ran home to pick up a few things we had forgotten at home!  I then headed back to the school for the last Jr High Girls volleyball game!  The girls played a great game!  They won!  The first game we won 25-16, The second game the other team won 25-22.  But we won the last game 15-12 and the girls were so happy!  I am very proud of them!  They played a great season!  James and I left straight from the gym and headed up to Pomona to attend Lighthouse’s Couples Conference!  

The Couples Conference was wonderful!  We got there at 6:30 and had a sit down dinner in the fellowship hall.  The first session was at 7:05 so we had to eat somewhat quickly!  The first session was split and the ladies were in the youth room with Mrs. Dunlop and the guys were in the auditorium with Pastor Dunlop!  The ladies session was on learning to love your husband more and I really enjoyed what Mrs. Dunlop had to say!  The next session was a combined session in the auditorium and Mr. Pryde taught this one!  The title was “The Anatomy of a Kiss”  It was very scientific and basically he talked about how you need to communicate and how you need to make your whole day about your spouse.  I also really enjoyed the split session this morning by Mrs. Pryde!  She talked about how Chocolate is a really nice thing to get and how it brightens her day, but if you become bitter about things in your marriage nothing, not even encouragement, will brighten your day!  She gave a lot of signs of bitterness and told that only love and forgiveness will heal bitterness!  I was really encouraged!  

Another thing that I really enjoyed was the discussion panel they did this year!  Last night they had everyone write down a question about marriage.  Then This morning they had Pastor and Mrs. Dunlop and Mr. and Mrs. Pryde answer as many as they could!  It was nice to hear the different questions and the answers that were given!  

All in all it was a great time of fellowship and learning how to become a better wife!  I am very glad that James and I went and that we have such Godly examples to follow.  

So my dad is also doing much better!  He was able to work 2 half days this week and was able to go to the whole conference!  He gets tired quickly but is doing okay!  Today he came home and went to his room to take a nap!  His blood pressure is still high but it is slowly coming down!  he said this morning that he was feeling better today then he has all week so that is encouraging!

So the last two weeks have been really long and have made me very tired!  My dad is doing better!  He is still not 100% but definitely not in the hospital so that is good!  He had a test done yesterday and has been resting at home today!  I will be seeing him on Friday and Saturday since we will be at Lighthouse for the couples conference!  

Last week after Tuesday, Bethel had its Missions Conference! So Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights we were at church!  Thursday, I also had a volleyball game, which we lost!  Friday, I worked all afternoon in a K-4 nap room!  On Saturday, we ran some errands and then came home and cooked for the international dinner at church that evening!  We had a fairly regular Sunday, which included a nap, so that was nice!  Yesterday, I was really tired due to the fact that I only got 3 hours of sleep on Sunday night, but I was able to take a nap in the afternoon and that really helped.  Last night, I was able to hang out with some married ladies my age and just have a great time of fellowship and food!  We had pasta, garlic bread, and chocolate fondue with strawberries, marshmallows, rice crispy treats, and such!  It was really good!  James got to hang out with the husbands of most of those ladies and the hit balls at the batting cages and went out to dinner!  

Finally I am to today!  I went to work at my normal time but my schedule was anything but normal!  I did the morning teacher breaks, but then at 11:45 went and subbed in 2nd grade until 3:00!  At 3:00 i changed and headed to teh gym with the girls for a volleyball game!  We almost won!  We lost the first game, but won the second game and went into the third game excited!  We lost the third game 13-15!  Bummer but the girls played really well and they did a good job!  Man I don’t like rally scoring!  Oh well!  So now I am relaxing at home and enjoying the first evening home in 3 weeks with James!

Well, in a nut shell my weekend has been really long!  On Sunday Morning I stayed home from church because of a really bad headache!  Around 12:30 I got a text message from Ruth telling me that my dad had gone to ER!  I immediately tried to call my mom, but got no answer so I called my brother and he had no idea what was going on!  So I called Pomona Valley Hospital and my dad was in the emergency room there!  So I texted James and told him and he came home from church right away!  We proceeded to pack some stuff up so we could stay overnight and headed up to Pomona!  We got there around 1:30 and he had been in the ER since 8:00!  Around 3:00 they admitted them and moved him up to a room!  They diagnosed him with diverticulosis and started treating him with antibiotics and morphine for the pain!  His blood pressure was really high also so they were giving him potassium for that!  We spent the afternoon there with my dad and then headed to church!  After church we brought my mom food and then headed to the Harvey’s for some food and games!  We got home around 9:30 and got ready for bed!  

Monday morning around 8:00 my mom headed back to the hospital to spend time with dad!  Ruth came over and we headed that direction around 10:00!  James meet us there because we had to run an errand before we went to see them!  Ruth and I were heading out to Ontario Mills to purchase some shoes and James decided to stay at the hospital with my parents!  Around 1:00 James and Tim came and picked me up from the dorm and we went to get food for all of us!  We got back to the hospital and Tim, Mom, and James decided to play Phase 10!  They played until 4:00 when Tim had to leave to go to work!  James and I left around 4:30 to go and get my allergy shots and then we headed back to the house to pack up all our stuff!  We then went to the hospital to gather the stuff we left there!  We left the hospital around 6:00 and headed home!  We got home and went to Matt’s house for a Bible Study and then went home and went to bed.  Around 10:45 I got a text message from Tim telling me that my dad was being discharged!  I asked him to have Mom call me when they got home and so I got a phone call around 12:00!  

This morning I took James to work at 6:30 and went  home to get a little more sleep before I headed up to see my parents!  I got there around 9:30 and have been hanging out ever since!  My dad is doing much better and I have enjoyed being able to spend time with him!  Thanks for all the prayers and thoughts!  We really appreciate them!

So today James and I took the day and decided to spend time with only each other!  We started off with strawberry pancakes and coffee for breakfast!  Around 10:00 we headed to the allergist in Chino Hills so I could get my shots!  James had decided to do a destination unknown with me so I had no clue where we were headed but we were going south on the 5 fwy!  Around 11:30 we arrived in San Juan Capistrano!  We toured the Mission there and I got some awesome pics!  After that we headed to BJ’s in Laguna Hills for lunch!  It was delicious!  From there James took me to Downtown Disney to a store called Basin, (it specializes in bath products) and I got some soap and stuff!  We are at home and have had a wonderful day so far!  James is planning on making dinner tonight and we are just relaxing around the house now!  Happy Valentine’s Day to everyone!

For the beginning of the week, we had school like usual and volleyball practice!  Because of the rain yesterday I cancelled practice which was nice since we had Casey and Becky Kuhlman coming over to visit us that evening!  The volleyball game we had scheduled for Thursday got cancelled.  It was rescheduled for later in the season!  Other than this I had a fairly normal week!

So we had our 4th game today and we won in 2 games!  I am so proud of my girls!  They played awesome and worked together as a team!  The first match we won 25-15 and the second match we won 25-22!  We tried a new rotation and it worked much better than the previous one!  We also had gotten to work on some of our techniques!  I think they did great considering we have only had 3 practices since our last game!  This was not my choice!  We practice outside and since we have had rain the last week or so it makes it hard to practice!  We went into this game ready to play and did just that!  We have another game on Thursday and hopefully will win that one also!  Thanks for all of your encouragement and support!  I appreciate it!

So my week didn’t get any less busy!  

On Thursday, I actually got to work my normal hours at work!  My normal hours are 9-10:20 and 11:00-12:35!  I was asked to do nap room from 3:00-3:30 for a k-4 class, but then they didn’t need me!  So on Thursday afternoon I went to Chino Hills to get my allergy shots!  I was heading back to my house when I hit traffic that was dead stopped on the freeway!  I only sat in it for about 20 min and then we started moving again!  I made it back to the school for my Jr High volleyball meeting!  We only had a meeting because it was raining outside and we couldn’t have practice!  After practice James and I came home and spent a quiet evening hanging out!

On Friday, I dropped James off at school at 7:00 and came home to get a little bit more sleep before I had to be at work at 9:00!  I got up at 8:00 and was heading to the bathroom to get ready for the day when I heard my phone ringing!  It was Bethel calling because they needed a sub right away!  I got ready as fast as I could and got to the school at 8:30!  I subbed all day in a k-4 class!  It was a crazy day because it was raining out and I couldn’t take the kids outside to play!  I was tired by 3:30.  After school James and I headed to an educational store to purchase a few things for his classroom!  Then we headed home!  Tim and my mom came to visit us last night and it was great to see them!  They brought the Sue Thomas videos so I can watch them again.  Around 7:00 my mom and I headed over to Carrie Roman’s house to visit her and Tim and James hung out here and played Wii!  Mom and I got home around 9:00 and we hung out and talked for until around 10:45 and the mom and Tim headed home!  Because of the rain my dad had called to get some traffic info because he was stopped on the freeway and so my mom and Tim decided to take a different route home!  All in all it was a very enjoyable evening.

Today Ruth came to visit us and my cousin, Jeremy is supposed to be coming a little later this afternoon!  It has been a relaxing day!  We went to Chino Hills and I got my allergy shots.  We are just planning on hanging out and enjoying the time spent together!  Hope you all have a great weekend!

So here I was hoping to have an uneventful week and that hasn’t happened yet!  On Monday, I did my usual work in the morning and then at 1:05 i went into a K-4 class and did the end of the day activities!  I was needing to do laundry so that was my evening activities!  

 Yesterday, I came to work as usual and was told that I was going to be subbing in 3rd grade at 11:30!  So here I was teaching in a class that I had never been in before!  I had Chandler Kirkland in there so that was an adventure!  In the evening, I had plans to hang out with some friends and just have a girls night!  It was fun!  We all meet up at Lori Martinez’s house and watched the Jane Austin Movie “Persuasion” . It was a lot of fun!

 Today I dropped James off at school like normal and headed home!  I was just pulling into the parking lot and my phone rang, Yep you guessed it I was needed as a sub for 1st toady!  So I have worked extra hours everyday this week and it has been a blessing for our finances!  Funny thing happened today in 1st grade!  I used Brian Regan’s “Not taking questions”!  We had just gotten in from break and the kids were sitting at there desks!  I had just told them to take out one of their work books and one of the girls raised her hand!  I looked at her and said “I am not taking questions!”  Then I started laughing and had to compose myself!  I thought it was rather funny!  :)  

It has been nice to have a week that doesn’t have a game in it!  We have a game on Tuesday and are getting ready for it!  We are getting there!  I am really enjoying coaching!  

I am hoping that my week isn’t to busy, because I still need to go get my allergy shots!  I had an allergic reaction on Saturday so they have base-flowed my dosage at .20cc!  I am hoping that I will be able to keep building up an immunity to the things I am allergic to!  I am doing okay but have had my moments the last week with hives!  Oh well, it is a fact of life for me!  

I hope you all are having a great week!