Since I have posted, I have had MANY things happen to me, to Rachel, to my family, to my relationship. How can 2 weeks do something like that? Well, they get very busy and full. Granted, it is my fault (and joy!) that I have been going to bed between 10:30-11pm every night and getting up between 4:45-5am for work and 7am on the weekends.
On Saturday the 14th, we had a birthday party for my uncle who is battling cancer right now. He is not doing good and my mom and I wanted him to meet Rachel before it was too late. To start the afternoon off, my mom introduced her as my "future fiance"!!??!! I was like WOW! and Rachel was in shock, mouth open. That was totally unexpected. Took a few minutes (ok, HOURS!) to get over that shock. After having some time to spend with Rachel, we got to talking about my Grandpa as he lived on a lake and was losing the pier. Rachel called her Dad to see if she could go with us on Sunday, Fathers Day. That did not turn out well. And it so happened that Sunday night, she had a bad argument with her Mom over some other guys calling her. The heat of the battle makes the end sweet. Some issues got resolved and I thank God it came out now, instead of later.
That week was full of ups and downs. But nothing compared to Friday. As I was at work, I was moving some stuff around and pulled a couple of muscles in my back. Um yea, improper lifting. So off to OccMed (Occupational Medical Help~something or other.) I go and get checked out, get some medication, and get electric therapy which was OH SO GOOD!!! Anyhoo, that night I was able to go to Rachels' house to watch a movie with a bunch of friends. It is a night where they host a movie on a Friday and we have a Bible study afterwards, using themes from the movie. Really interesting. So after the movie and study, we all went outside and talked. I spent the night there in there conference/movie/guest house. I got to bed at 1am and was up at 7am to go have some breakfast with her Dad. I enjoyed that time with him. We got back to the house and watched this movie on how to relate to teens. We did this for 2 reasons. 1 is cause I am wanting to be a youth pastor, and 2 because they wanted to know if the speaker was talking right.... You know, if what he said was really right on with how older adults need to communicate to the younger generation. The one we saw was the one on how a strong dad helped teens through tough times. So now I have some knowledge (not hands on experience though) on how to relate to my kids and how it would turn out. That afternoon I went home and helped with the addition, by bailing the hay. I was not in a position to help with the framing as I was on restriction per doctor orders. Bailing the hay consisted of sitting on the tractor. Thats it. I sat for about 3-4 hours doing this.
Sunday I went with a good friend of my Dad to go to Caterpillars' 50th Anniversary at Aurora. Really nice to see that technology. Me, being the mechanical guru that I am, was just soaking all this up!
Tuesday, well, did not end up too well but better than before. I wont go there.
Thursday, yesterday, was our 2 month anniversary. WOOHOO! I finally got to date Rachel since that first date, alone! Before it was a lot of double dating, or doing things with a couple of friends. Wow! A lot has happened in the last 2 months. But that will be my next post.
Monday is going to be a bittersweet day as Rachel is leaving for her missions trip to Peru, for 2 weeks. I am going to miss her but I know God will work in her while she is down yonder... :D
I cannot wait until she gets back!
Thats all for today. Maybe tomorrow, or Sunday I will post again on how Rachel and I have grown closer than even I thought might happen by now.
Jon
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