On Loving Life

After what seemed like a long weekend and a lot of thinking that mostly caused my head to hurt, I made a decision on my job situation. Today I called the youth worker employer back and thanked her for her time and the offer, but that I was going to take the other job. I hope I made the right decision. It really just came down to both of them being equally beneficial to me in very similar ways and the sub job just fits G's and my schedules better. This way we can still share the car instead of one of us riding the bus every day... even in a Minnesota winter, which neither of us were looking forward to. I'm very relieved to have a job, and an answer, and to have all of this sorted out.

I also went looking for an orchestra to play this weekend (online, not literally going out on a search). I found two that G and I really liked so we sent contact info to them. One of them is actually led by the director of the Austin Symphony we played with for a short time back home, and he got back to us right away. The other one is closer, so we're hoping to hear from them, but it ultimately depends on their rehearsal schedules. We can't play in an orchestra we can never rehearse with!

Yesterday was senior picture day with my baby sis! She's the third and youngest of us girls, and it's unbelievable that she's already a Senior. My parents will be empty-nesters in a year (good luck, Mom!). The Lord was gracious, and though there was rain in the forecast for the entire weekend, we had a beautiful, dry, sunny fall day. Here are my favorites from Suzy-Q's photo session!

And yes, we did go to Como Park. We also used the campus of Northwestern College for a few. But this is just a sneak peak! I got thirty-nine good photos of her this session. They're all beautiful. I'm very excited for her to see them. We have another session planned this winter because she wanted some taken out in the snow. My wedding was last winter and everyone thought we were insane. I guess she didn't mind the outdoor photo session before the wedding, even though it was -15 with the windchill. The wind was pretty calm for the most part, it gusted every once in awhile and froze us all out. The pictures, though, turned out beautifully. I plan to post a few more some day.

Blog #11, done! How are you?