A Peck of Gold

Open For Business

Awww!!! It's so good to be back! My sabbatical from the blog world was just what the doctor ordered, but I have been ansy the last few days to get back to business. As a side note, can we all agree that the term "blog" is uncomfortable? It's awkward and should be changed! Who's with me? Rally to the Cause!

And now, from My Mental List of Things To Blog About When I Make My Triumphant Return:

1. Saw 'Erry Potta'. (excuse the bad English/Australian? accent) Armed with a 2 lb box of Goobers and a tub of popcorn fit for a hippogriff, I was quite happy. They really had to blaze through the plot to get the whole thing in, but I can understand why. It was a looong book. My favorite part, probably the bus ride. I laughed till I cried over that one. It was actually BETTER than the book! Gasp!

2. Rain. I've warned you before, to GO AWAY. You are obviously not taking me very seriously. Don't make me come up there. Gr. GR, I say!

3. I have come to the sad conclusion that I am indeed the worst doodler of all time. I realized that I've been doodling the same exact flower and man in a top hat since the sixth grade. Sometimes I put nerdy glasses on him, or a bowtie, or a mustache, but that's it. I mean, come on! You'd think I could make a tiny bit of progress in twenty years!

4. Last night, I dreamed I was swinging on a rope above an alligator infested pond, and the rope was beginning to untwine. That's probably not good, right? Yeah. I'm pretty much doomed for something.

5. But, what IS good, is a miracle. And that's what I've seen at work over the past few weeks. A lady came in, twenty weeks pregnant with twins, in premature labor. (40 weeks is the average normal period, FYI) She's on medicine to stop it, but it didn't look good and her family asked for our prayers. It's become a prayer-chain of sorts, and we've developed a special relationship with the family. She made it to 22 weeks, and one of the babies had to be taken in a c-section because of some problems, and she has survived! She's a tiny little thing, in the NICU, but she's doing pretty well. Her brother still isn't born yet, and hopefully won't be until he's good and strong. Amazing. Really- twins that will be born weeks apart, defying all the odds! I am so glad they got a miracle! And glad I got to see it. It's those things in life that really give you the right perspective, ya know?

Well friends, on that note, I'll wrap it up. May I say - tis good to be home again!

Now... Scat! Get on with your bad self.

Go on... shoo.

Posted by Shannon at July 1, 2004 12:48 PM | TrackBack