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I have been off work for 5 days now and it is just the most wonderful thing ever!!! I have SO much time to do everything and I am loving it. I love cooking. I love cleaning. I love doing the dishes and washing sheets. I love checking things off our to do list. I love doing jobs that Lance would typically have to do. I love sleeping in. I love drinking coffee out of a non disposable mug. I love having breakfast with family. I love love love being home. I love having time to read. I love opening up all my blinds and having the sun shine in while I write much overdue thank you notes. I love that im not sitting at my desk doing paperwork or wrist deep in anyone's mouth trying to figure out just why they can't swallow or move their tongue. I even love the fact that I am on a strict budget right now and have accepted the simplicity that this "vacation" will bring. I love that I am back in a bible study. I love that I have been able to get outside of myself more and think about others. I love that I have been given time to do things I want/need to do. I hope that doesn't sound selfish. But it is just downright amazing! The past couple nights I have gone to bed with a smile on my face, looking forward the the next new day. I had lunch with a friend today that encouraged me a lot. I was explaining my desires for my family. My wishes for Jane and my future children. My hopes for orphans. All of these things I want to do and to be. However, I have felt like my responsibility has been to work and make money(which is ok too)and I think that will continue to be my responsibility for a while longer. She encouraged me that God always puts people through a period of refinement and gets them ready for whats to come ahead. I am so excited to see what's ahead. But for now, for the next 5 weeks, I am just soaking up the wonderfulness of my responsibilities as a wife and friend!!! :) Ok off to make dinner and clean the house while listening to music! Heaven! :)