February 1, 2023 - Wednesday


I'm finally getting back to feeling more like myself again. Thank God! It has been a tough month or so, emotionally. 

Today was a VERY long day. I went to the parenting meeting at church this morning and was surprised to see that Ryan Weingartner was teaching! He taught on raising supernatural children, or something along those lines. Pretty odd title, but it was a good, practical teaching filled with tips about how to direct your children's thoughts towards spiritual things. I got to catch up with him and then a few ladies from my mom's group afterward. I need to remember to pray for Jen's healing and pray for Alisha's husband/family/marriage! See, that's why I need to have that prayer journal. I'm going to write in one today!! I don't want to forget to pray for people that I say I'm going to pray for. 

After the parenting meeting, I had my Oasis staff meeting. That went pretty well. I'm getting more comfortable every time I'm there. I'm going to go into 4th St. on Saturday and do our billboard there! I'm pretty excited about it, honestly. Ben is taking the kids to the Air Force Museum in Dayton and, even though he has guilted me every day since making his plans, trying to get me to go with them, I am going to get some in-person work done. I always feel guilty leaving my family on the weekends, so I feel like this will be a good opportunity for me to get some stuff done. 

After that, I came home and had to hop onto a Zoom meeting with a BrandSwan client and then, worked for another 3 hours. I feel a little bad for Ollie that I ended up working for 5 1/2 hours today. It feels good, personally, but not a super strong parenting day. 

I ended the evening by reading Jonas and Clemi's devotionals with them. I usually wait for dates, but I'm not doing dates regularly, so I can at least do this part!

Today is the only day this week (on weekdays) that Ben and I are both home together. He's exhausted, but I think we'll at least watch a show together. 

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