Won’t Get Fooled Again

One pink line, and another negative test is born!

I’m not pregnant. Again.

I’ve been not pregnant so many times; I’m thinking of throwing myself a not-having-a-baby shower. I could get non-child-friendly-gifts like breakable crystal vases and drippy candles.

Oh, well. ‘Tis what ‘tis. Que sera, sera - and all that jazz.

Today’s devotional was on the importance of faith. Abraham was the illustration with his faith in offering Isaac up at God’s request for a sacrifice. At the end of the devotion, there was a little phrase that said something like – “Are you going through a trial that seems unbearable or difficult? How can Abraham’s example be encouraging to you?”

I thought about how long Sarah and Abraham waited for Isaac and then what it must have been like to think about giving him up. The Lord knew it was what I needed to read – exactly – and it was an encouragement to my heart.

Besides the test anxiety I was going through all day yesterday, I had a rather good day. After work, Candice and I met at the Super Dollar Store at North Towne and had dinner together at Subway. ‘Twas delicious.

Afterwards, I stopped by home where Brett and Gary were hacking away branches from the seemingly insurmountable red bush we have by the garage. Brett was off work yesterday, because the warehouse was all caught up. It was an unexpected – albeit unpaid – delight for him to get caught up on his chores (and paying our bills).

Gary is always so sweet to come over and help Brett with the yard. The funny thing is that some of our neighbors think he’s our gardener – or to be more politically correct, our “landscape artist.”

The neighbors in our cul-de-sac have much more money than we do, and so they DO have gardeners, so I suppose it’s not hard for them to imagine we would, too. But we don’t. Thankfully, Gary works for free.

I said a quick “Hi,” left the two of them there, and drove to Mom’s where I bribed her with Junior Caramels, so I could use her super-fast-brand-new PC to (finally) place my Mary Kay order – hallelujah! I can’t believe I finally got around to it!

Afterwards, Mom and I watched some TV. We mocked the super-fake QVC people, and I introduced Mom to VH1 (I’m a bad, bad person). I explained who Tara Reid and Kenny Chesney were, and then we clicked over to catch part of some country music awards show.

I finally bailed at 9:30 p.m. and caught a glimpse of Gary’s truck leaving as I pulled onto our street. Brett told me it was a relief to have gotten so much done on a “work” day. I fell asleep nice and fast and felt like I’d had a good day.

I was able to spend time with family and friends, put my Mary Kay order in, and go dollar store shopping (one of my favorite things).

Today looks to be good. Mom and I are meeting Candice to celebrate her 27th birthday (Candice’s, not Mom’s). We are going all out with lunch at (wait for it…) Beef-a-Roo! Mmm…when we party, we do it in style!

Tomorrow’s the holiday, and then my boss is out for the rest of the week on vacation!

I may be “not pregnant” but at least I’m not bored!