Bipolar

Times like this last week or two just make me feel like I must be bi-polar or something. (No, I don't mean for real, but ... you know how sometimes everything is just so GOOD, you feel like something MUST be wrong with you, or you waste all that 'good' time waiting for the other shoe to drop?

Just running down the list, the 'woman troubles' seem to be resolved.  Admittedly, it's with b/c pills, which is RIDICULOUS, but at this point in time, as long as I don't have the non-stop period I had before, I am not going to complain.  I'm not so much a fan of the intense PMS symptoms that come with it (physical symptoms, not so much moodiness or anything), but I am a HUGE fan of the 'only having a period when you're supposed to' part.

This week also marked the first truly successful swimming less out of the past 6 for C.  She had been PETRIFIED at every lesson.  This time, we talked about it a lot, and PRAYED a lot, for God to give her confidence, to increase her trust in her teachers, for her to stay in the pool the whole time she was supposed to, and for her to HAVE FUN.  And she did!  She wasn't thrilled to be there by any means.  She sat at their spot in the middle of the pool and SHIVERED - full body shivers that make me, as a parent, feel like the meanest mom ever - but she stayed in there.  She tried everything her teachers gave her to do, not with complete trust, but she did try.  She even let Miss Tessa work with her, where she usually will only let Mr. Danny. We left there elated...and she got an ice cream cone for doing such a good job.

The week at work...pretty darn good. I have 3 nights of training left.  I am already basically done, because I've had my final monitored phone time, and I just have a little paperwork to finish up.  This is 3 days early, and as a result I'll be on the phone starting tonight.  I'm pretty excited about that. (This is also the result of A LOT of prayer.  While this job may not be on the same caliber as what I've done in the past, it is still important to me to do the best job I can.)

Yesterday at our women's Bible study group, I was able to sit and talk with one of the women at my table who is quite a bit older than most of us.  She is in pain a lot, so will get up and walk around from time to time, and often seems 'checked out' of our discussions at the table, because we're just in a completely different place in life than she is.  But yesterday, we had a lot of extra time, so I was able to just sit and talk with her.  She really seemed to appreciate somebody letting her talk about what's going on with her. I will admit, sitting and talking with her made me miss my grandma SO MUCH...but it was just a nice experience. She will have her 50th anniversary in June...and strangely enough, she's going through some of the same problems that other people in our group are going through.  Isn't that crazy?  I always think someday I'll have things figured out, and we won't ever have trouble anymore...but clearly, not the case!

Anyway...things are just really GOOD lately.  I guess I'll just enjoy it, and keep being thankful for everything...it may not last, but for now, it feels pretty darn good.