After being able to reflect on things I thought that maybe I should give everyone an update, lest you think that I have died of old age! It has really been a pretty cool week.
Sunday I got a surprize birthday party, organized by my husband. Praise God for Luke who was a little too revealing with some information just before church, or I would have welcomed everyone in an unshowered condition, wearing grungy sweats. As it was, I was clean and properly dressed (both for mass and the afternoon) and the weather cooperated. It was a glorious day and very emotional to see my husband's efforts and my friends coming together for me! I got great phone calls from friends in France, even Antoine's parents. It was awesome.
Monday evening my family presented me with even more presents! The kids had made some candles and Helene painted a picture frame, but Jack got me my coveted MP3 player. Even more special, he put music on it for me. I feel like I am pretty cool now, until ofcourse I have it on and I don't know how to do simple things like volume control or on/off functions!
On Tuesday, before traveling to the worlds most exciting town, Lima Ohio (where every girl wants to spend her 40th birthday, in a Holiday Inn in Lima), I weighed in and found out that I lost over six pounds. It was like scoring bonus points. Oh yeah, despite aging, which really isn't so bad, this is a really good week. I even got more phone calls from France and a rare call from my brother Richard, which resulted in a half an hour conversation.
Now it's Friday and my birthday week is coming to a close. (Have you noticed how I have birthday weeks and not days? I am such an egomaniac.) I went to lunch with my colleagues and am getting ready to go work out with my mom, then home to the kiddies, and I am thinking that even without winning 100 million dollars in the Mega Millions, I am a very lucky lady. This certainly is a change from my vent of the day blog. I really do feel blessed and awed by how great my life is.
Everyone say a little prayer that the Holy Spirit stay really present in Rome as the Cardinals get ready for the conclave and the ambitious job of naming our next church leader. And while your praying, you can say a prayer for a women that works out with us at Curves, and her husband, who got the West Nile Virus last year and is still struggling to overcome it's effects, and for our friend Becky.
Love to all.
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