So I think the layout of these posts need to change a bit since I'm not in the office with free time. I'll try to experiment with it a bit and hopefully land on something.
The weeks that have been:
Busy. I have a new found respect for single parents. I never thought ill of them or looked down upon them before, but now my respect level for them goes way up. It has been quite an adjustment juggling Karis' varying schedule with the things that I hope to accomplish in a day. The first thing to suffer has been my blog and any reading time that I had. I am slowly working that back into my rotation. Karis is changing almost by the day whether it be new noises or new dexterity. She has recently discovered the mid part of her range and is constantly exercising it along with the high and low range from before. Another big change is that she is now grabbing for things, especially toys. She is just about ready to teeth so most everything she gets her hands on goes straight to her mouth. I get a kick just out of watching her grow up everyday.
Holly has officially started and has hit the ground running. She is in one of the hardest rotations that she will have in this program right off of the bat. This is both good and bad though. Good that she gets it out of the way, but bad that her first month is very hectic. We have heard that her next month is a bit more relaxed, so we look forward to that. The thing that I've had to adjust to is her being on call. Before this wouldn't have mattered too much to me, but now that means that I'm alone with Karis for at least 30 hours. I'm not worried about that nor do I not look forward to it, I really do, it's just that it can be a bit overwhelming at times. Luckily I'm slowly getting the hang of it.
One new thing that we have recently acquired is an elliptical machine. It came as a graduation gift for Holly from a few of her family members. We are both very excited about this as I hate to run outside and Holly (and I) prefer the elliptical over a treadmil. One funny/frustrating thing is that everytime I go to work out on it, Karis wakes up from her nap. It's a very quiet machine, but it never fails. I get about 5-10 min into my workout and she wakes up. I guess that's just a part of life with a baby.
What I'm reading now:
I'm working through two books that I have started. One is called "Recovering the Scandal of the Cross" and the other is called "The Evolution of God." The former is a book on the atonement which seeks to look at other metaphors beyond the penal substitution theory as a means for understand what exactly happened on the cross. The latter is a look at how the concept of God has evolved over time and I believe that he will culminate in the three Abrahamic faiths in hopes that they can find some sort of common ground. I'll be doing a review on this when I finish as it is a part of another blogging program.
Misc stuff
Does anyone out there know of something that I could do to make a little bit of money from home? I will kindly take suggestions.
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