Youth group will be starting again soon. We had our first planning meeting today and we'll be doing more planning for the next several weeks, and I love working with the kids and playing games and talking about God with them. It's hard to give up Sunday nights though, mainly because it's the time we spend being lazy and doing nothing.
I think for me it's especially hard because I have rehearsal first thing in the morning on Sunday (at 9:30), and then mass, and then usually it's family stuff (or lately, looking for houses stuff) and then going back to church by 6 and finishing up around 9:30. So it's 12 hours of going going going, which is not really a day of rest. Since Matt works on Saturdays, Sunday is the only day when neither of us is working and coming home drained.
Lazing around on Sunday evenings is something I'll miss, but I also know that we have a really good time most Sundays. More, it makes us think about our faith and our relationship with God. It gives us opportunities to share our experiences, and it puts us in places where we can pray with the kids and each other. I know that all the years I've worked with the kids have deepened my faith.
Yesterday we looked at a house before Matt went to work and two more after he got out. The first one turned out to be the best; one of the ones we saw in the evening was right on Mammoth Road and pretty ragged looking, though it did have a good backyard. The other one we saw in the evening was a gorgeous Victorian which had been faithfully restored inside, but the electrical was very out of date, the yard was miniscule and the neighborhood was kind of beginning-to-be-sketchy looking. The one we saw in the morning will need a rehab loan to take care of pet-soiled carpeting and the results of what must have been out-of-control teenagers. The yard was smaller than ideal, but the neighborhood was good and it's on a dead-end street. So we offered on it. But the house apparently had several offers on it already, so we'll see what happens. I am trying not to let my heart get caught up again so quickly.
In between while Matt was at work, I ran errands and hung out with John. We were supposed to have gone minigolfing with him last night, but we had to go look at houses. But John and I had a nice visit in the afternoon while I made soup and did some cleaning.
So that was the weekend. We're supposed to know tomorrow if our offer gets accepted, and I'll post here tomorrow evening when I get home.
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