Happy New Year to you. It was fun to celebrate this event with some young marrieds. Vince and I were able to catch up about things. We played some games: board and video. We ate some comfort Mexican food. It was just good to have time with some people about the same stage in life as Amy and I. We slept in until I could no longer stand the looming doom of a headache. Amy on the other hand wasn't feeling too great, so she stayed in bed until breakfast (eggs, roasted potatoes and bacon). We ate, spoke to Joe to make plans with he and Ashley, watched the beginning of the Sabres-Penguins outdoor hockey game, and headed out. We have been pretty lazy the last two days we've been home, but at the same time, we are getting ready to be in school and working straight for six months.
I am so excited to start culinary school. I'm still waiting to hear back about my scholarship essay, as well as, my WIA tuition assistance award. It's a bit frustrating, but God is absolutely in control and knows what we need. I'm pretty resolved about not getting anything, but who knows what's going to happen. This week is all about getting things done now that I will not be able to get done when school starts: oil change, emissions test, renew registration, possible bus pass, pick up school equipment, turn our bed, build a cabinet, stream line our new computer.... I guess there isn't that much I have to do, but some things are only available to do when I would be in school, so it needs to get done.
Now that we are in a new year, it hard to get my head around anything for quiet times. I completed the One Year Bible reading plan, and I could just repeat it, but then I will fall into the trap of being like those religious christians who read the same passage in the Bible and feel encouraged with the Word. At the same time, one needs to be convicted, discipled and rebuked from God's word on occasion. For the most part, it is a good measure of how soft your heart is for God, when you feel a little convicted by what you read. I learned a few years ago, if you're worried about your spirituality, they you are keeping a soft heart for God.
Today, I read one of the character studies, in hope to prepare something for the guys next week or so. This week, I was hoping to meet with them, but I got scheduled to prep at Old Chicago. I think it is better this way, I won't be going to the first day of class all tired and junk. Anyway, I'm just rambling, which means I've lost my point and I'll leave you with a Gong Xi Fa Chai.
