So I’m a bit out of words to say. I’ve had this blog up, and just don’t feel like blogging. So lets start with bit of a recap since my June 21st post.
Not too long after that we took a family trip to the mouse in the south. Started a new job. Went through a few months of youth football hell. Graduated a child from a peanut allergy. Attended a few churches, returned to a church. Got a daughter. Lost a daughter.
Let me start with the big one. In my June 21st post I mentioned how we were very close to having our new daughter. She moved in and things were rough. Rougher than I would have ever imagined. But we were making progress and building a family bond. However, that was cut short on November 13th when she was pulled from our house. The fear being how we will react if she reacts. Yeah, it was about that stupid. I’m not going to dig into that much in this post, but some of my prior post may shed light on this. The only thing that gives me some personal balance is that several of the people ‘in the know’ of the situation were supportive of my wife and I. To be honest… she should still be with us, and we will forever miss her.
We took our family vacation down in Florida. Was a good time as a family, Walt Disney World wasn’t near as fun as I would have expected. Maybe if we would have hit a few of the other parks. The house we rented was pretty nice, wife got a good win on that one. Tried to see the shuttle launch, but it got delayed.
Went to several beaches, and even took a turn at indoor skydiving.
One of the things that defined my summer was youth football. We put my active son into football because we thought it was the perfect sport for him. He has a bit of a wild side in him. However, football was no fun. He barely played and when he did, all that aggressiveness in him was replaced with the uncertainty in him. Not sure if there will be a year two for him, because for all of that limited playing time there was 7 to 10 hours of time committed to each week… just not sure it is worth it.
The only thing that makes me second guess that is the fact that my first year of basketball had about five minutes of playing time in it, but that sport is one of the key things that kept me out of trouble.
One bit of fun this summer was our baby outgrowing his peanut allergy.
Ever since his grandma fed him a peanut butter cracker, we have had to avoid peanuts with our baby. Then while we were in Florida we got a call letting us know that he was officially allergy free! However, I was in between insurance so we weren’t going to take the chance. We scheduled a ‘peanut butter party’ and had Collin’s best friend over for the fun. We had peanut butter candy all over the place, and I’m glad to say that no reaction happened! Though peanut butter sandwiches are not something he likes to eat at all.
Church life, version 2009, has been pretty poor… and since my June 21st post I can’t say things are looking much better. Not 100% sure which churches fell where, but I think we left one church after attending for several months. Good church, just not on the same page when it came to theology. Then another church… just don’t think us being there is best, or desired, for/by all involved. Finally we ended up attending our first church all over again. Lots of long time friends still there, and its a safe place to lay low for a while.
Then the last ‘bright’ side in the past few months was a job change. Was the time to move on from my previous job. The new job has been a mixed bag, sort of. Overall pretty pleased with it, but the past few months had several 70 hour plus weeks. Though that has finally settled down and life is ‘normal’ again.
There you are, that’s been life at a glance. Lets be honest, this is 5 months I don’t want to live through again.