WOOOHOOO! We've got another home study update...

While we were away our social worker contacted us and is ready to set a date for our home study update. This will be the second time we've done that. A homestudy is good for one calendar year. I'm hoping against all hope that this will be the last time and as we approach 23 months this month that we're closing in on the date of our referral. I can't help but get excited despite my general personality type which is to NOT get too excited about much. I have deep fantasies about traveling to China in December or January but I know most likely that it will be later in '09 before we travel. A girl can dream right? :)

Now for something completely different... we are back from Cedar Key (our own little paradise) and boy was it just what we needed. For the past 6 years my relentless husband has tried to get me out on a kayak or canoe in the middle of the GULF!! I have resisted pretty successfully until this year. I gave in. On Saturday morning at 0800 hours (how's that for militaristic?) we set out across the Gulf of Mexico to explore the outer islands. We paddled and paddled and paddled and I only hyperventilated once or twice. It was so peaceful and so quiet that I am truly glad I did it. There's something really soul soothing about being out there on the water, just you and the birds, dolphin (which we did not see) and the sea turtles (which we did see). We canoed around the entire Atsenie Otie Key and back again in about 2 hours. It was amazing. I'd say I paddled my ass off but my ass had nothing to do with it! My left arm and shoulder however, that's another story. Can you say advil? Despite my initial trepidation we are seriously considering getting our own kayak. I KNOW! IT'S CRAZY! But it is good exercise and it is an awful lot of fun!

So that's the news you can use from our little part of the world... to be sure I'll update again after our home study update. I'm really looking forward to that. :)
Peace and Blessings,

Lisa