Can hardly believe it is Feb. already. Yet the calendar does not lie. 2006 has already proven it is a year of change. The biggest change is Rebecca graduating from High school and attending the local college for a semester. She has joined the college swim team and is an official Sea Hawk. So for the winter session of Jan. she has been swimming 2 hours with the college coach and 2 hours with Cabrillo Threshers coach. All that exercise has made her one ravenous eating machine. Then of course choosing which college courses to take.....worry, worry, worry. But that is all done now and in two short days Spring session will begin and a whole new set of worries will take place. Then there is the future worry of what college to go to??? LETU has accepted her but has no swim team (a definated problem) but it does have family support since Jonathan and Rachel will still both be there. Whitworth has called but we don't have a definate yes or no from them yet. (They have a swim team) but no one knows much about the college, and it is all unfamiliar territory. Daniel will be taking some of the same classes but as a concurrent HS student. So the dynamics of the house and family is changing with 5 now out of HS and only 5 left to go.
My Mom comes next week to stay for 2 months which also changes the dynamics of the family. I am looking forward to seeing her again. Of course it is FAFSA time which also means tax time...which also means tired grumpy tax preparer in the house. As well, all the planning has started for the "BIG DAY" May 5th when the family will again go under another big change. Rachel's wedding is sounding more and more exciting. Dad ask if "it" and all the planning are going to take up our lives or more to the point going to dominate our lives for the next 3-4 months....and the answer is (drum roll please) YES. Some how men just don't understand...guess that is what makes them men.
So we shall march into Feb. just waiting to see what the Lord has in store for each of us. But if we "march" into Feb. what will we do when it becomes March????