It is the busiest time of year at our house, Lent. Jason has two sermons to prepare each week plus all of his usual Pastoral duties. We still keep mostly to the same routine as far as Preston goes, except now I have to take him to two services a week instead of just service on Sunday. We have our St. Patrick's Corned Beef and Cabbage Youth Group dinner tonight that I am involved in preparing and making sure it goes as smoothly as possible, along with another adult.
Along with church activities, I still take Preston to MOPS the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month and we have recently started having weekly play dates with a new family in town with a boy Preston's age, on Wednesdays. On top of all this, we occasionally have my in-laws staying with us when my mother-in-law Sharon has early morning chemo treatments in Great Falls. It's been an exhausting March so far and there is still a week and a day left.
There have been some really great things going on this month too though. One I got to participate in and the other, I unfortunately was unable to attend. It sucks living in a place that doesn't have decently priced and convenient transportation options. Two of my favorite people in my life got married this month. Karen was married on March 1st and I was one of her bridesmaids. Veronica was married on March 14th and I was there in spirit.
Despite all of the ups and downs, the most emotionally, physically and mentally draining part of March has been the weather. It gets warm, but with the warmth comes the blustering winds so we can't even go outside and enjoy the nice weather. When it is not warm and windy, it is cold and windy, sometimes with snow too. I'm just done with this winter. Onto Spring and Summer please. :P
So two church services a week, play dates, weekly laundry, continuing to slowly work on my creative space, crocheting projects, reading, blogging, texting, skyping and calling friends and family have kept me sane so far during this Lenten season. All I can say is that I've never looked forward to heading to Chico Hot Springs after Easter that I am this year.
