Ok, next plan is Saturday the 14th. Keep praying for us. Gillian is still feeling pretty good, so that is the good news. We have been walking into town everyday, but I think we are going to JOG in today. That ought to get things going.
October 14, 2006
October 13, 2006
Friday the 13th
Well I have decided that the baby will come tomorrow. Friday the 13th has always been a lucky day for me so I think that a baby will just continue the luck. So keep praying and that the baby will come tomorrow, of course I have told Gillian this as well and she is for it.
Now I am going to bed, because tomorrow is going to be a big day.
October 12, 2006
We did it
Yes it finally happened, we bought a new car. This is the new Pathfinder that Gillian and I bought yesterday. Dad is going to pick it up for us and then meet us at the airport with it. This car is big enough for 3 car seats so we will be able to move the whole family at one time now.
S0rry about the pictures, I am not sure why one is full size and one a thumbnail, but at least I was able to get them posted. I also included one of the whole family about 5 minutes after I got here.
October 10, 2006
Yes, it finally happened
Well since we are still waiting (Gillian said not to tell people that she is still pregnant so I am not), any way, Waiting.
I thought I would update everyone on the promotion issue. Don, a friend of mine who works in personnel back in Oregon emailed me my orders. I have been promoted to Captain. Yeaaaa! It happened the day after I got back to the US. Figures. This way the army gets to save all that extra money on my pay, but thank you to everyone who was praying about it and sent letters.
And yes from now on you should adress me as Captain whenever you speak to me.
October 8, 2006
October 7, 2006
Non-pet peeve running
Wow, it was fabulous. I ran yesterday and today through the English country side. It was quite the change from Afghanistan. It was cool at noon, I ran next to a canal, there were families walking by, and not even in the back of my mind was I worried about getting shot or blown up. It was quite pleasent. I did not really think that I worried too much when I went running, but after getting back here and running in truely peacefull suroundings, I realized that running was a bit stressfull.
It is interesting to see what conciously stressed me and what unconciously stessed me. Nice to see that I am still learing about myself. :}
Just thought I let people know that they should apreciate some of the small things in life, like not worrying about getting killed walking down the steet to your house. Aprximately 25% of the world that can happen. Please pray for them.
October 6, 2006
Photos#2
Sorry, no photos right now. WordPress has changed how they do photos, and managed to make it not work. I assume that they are working on it and I hope to get some posted soon.
Gillian is still pregnant and getting very tired of being in that state. Her plan for Thursday has obviously failled, so she is just working on as soon as possible. As promised, as soon as the baby is born I will post pictures of him.
I had a cool experience yesterday. The next door neighbor is a mid wife and she brought over her ultra sound over so I could hear the baby’s heart beat. The other cool thing for me was; Gillian snuggled up to me last night and the baby had the hickups and was kicking. It was very cool for me and a lot of fun as well as funny. I was laughing a lot about it, but Gillian was not quite so amused, as she has been dealing with it for several months now. Oh well, I had fun, and it is all about me anyway :}.
I will post as soon as I can, when they get the photo editor up and running again.
October 4, 2006
Human again
Ok, I feel human again. In the last 2 days I have about 23 hours of sleep. 2 good nights and a nap. It is amazing what some sleep will do. Well it is official, I am in England and had a wonderfull night and dinner, with a lovely cream tea with Gillian the first night. Then a great reunion with the boys. They were shy for less than 5 minutes, and now want to ride and crawl on Daddy all the time. They still want Mommy for stress stuff, but overall things are going very well.
Oh, and by the way Gillian is still pregnant. We are still planning on Thursday, but that is only wishfull thinking. She and the baby are doing very well and things are progressing well. She missed her last prenatal appointment because she was doing so well the midwife told her that she did not need to do it.
I have reread “delusional ravings” and while it is not up to my normal superior writing standards, given the number of possitive post I recieved, I am going to leave it as
October 2, 2006
Delusional Ravings
Ok I have had 7 hours of sleep in the last 4 days, so this may be way too delusional and I will erase it tomorrow when I have read it concious. In the last 10 days I have traveled aproximately 17,000 miles from Afghanistan to Kuwait to Germany, to the US East Coast, to the West Coast, back to the East Coast, and finaly to England. I have no idea how many time zones I have been through, but at this point I dont know what time it is, what time zone I am in, and I barely remember my own name, Pat something or other.
Any way, I spent the last few hours of my flight wondering about life, universe, and everything. So here is my ravings:
Why are you? What and who are you, and what defines you? Why do you go to work? Is it money? Respect? The 3rd car? Family pressure? Do you like your work? If so, wonderfull, but if not, why are you still doing it? The bible says tithe 10%; are you? The average income in America is $44,000. Are you above or below that? If above it are you being responcible with your resources? If below that, are you keeping more to yourself becouse God will not provide? The poverty level is $19,300 for a family of 3. Are you giving 10% of your time? Or just money? Or nothing? Who will remember you when you are dead? What will they remember? Why?
I love my job. I go to work everyday excited and eager for a new day. I feel challanged mentally and physically. I love the doctors that I work for, and the staff that works with me. Sure I have the occasional bad day, but overall I love it. I like that I am not a life saver (not entirely true, 2 times since I have worked here I saved someones life), but I am a quality of life saver, and I think that is more important than just saving a life. You can live to 100, but accompish nothing with your life, or die at 25 having left your mark on the world. It is quality not quanity that is important.
Secularly I am doing very well, with a good job, 2 1/2 kids, wife, house, the whole nine yards. As a Christian I am not doing as well. I have come a long way, but there is a long way to go. I tithe and do some volunteer work around the world, but compared to a lot of the Christians around me I fall short, but striving to improve. I have all kinds of wonderful example around me: Fred, Alden, Gillian, my brother Bob, basically the whole Burning Bush board of Directors. They are the measuring stick I use, and fail to measure up to, but when I do, or if I do, then I will move on the the true measuring stick: Christ. I hope I measure up high enough to be remembered for my good deeds.
Well there is the questions, and my answeres. And at 2 am while you are picking at the splinter I put in your minds eye, you can thank me.
