Busy Times

I enjoy working on this blog, but I haven't had much time lately. I knew this would be a busy time, but I couldn't do much about it. In the last several months, I have been teaching a college course, working long hours on other projects, dealing with a broken leg, and getting a house ready to sell. Ok, Emily has done most of the work on the house, but I've put in a good number of hours too. We listed our house recently and now are keeping busy searching for a new house, trying to figure out neighborhoods, schools, churches, commutes, etc. This isn't the busiest I've ever been, but it reminds me of some of those busy periods in my life and makes me grateful for the times when life slows down and I have more time to enjoy my family and other little pleasures.

A few years ago, we bought this house about two weeks before a new semester started. Dealing with a relatively new job, a demanding college course that I shouldn't have taken even in good times, a new commute that I had underestimated, and a very pregnant wife with two small children ... was more than I thought I could handle at times. And it probably was, but thankfully God helps me grow during those demanding times and I find myself able to handle things I never thought I could. The worst (and best) part of that time was the delivery of a baby a couple weeks before the final. We felt good about moving to a new house, but there were times I questioned my sanity on the timing of some of my choices.

I've enjoyed the last few months a lot, but I look forward to the end of the semester and the chance to have life come back to normal ... just a little bit. And if things go well, we'll speed life up again when we pack up and move to a new house. I don't want things to get too boring.