I'M HAVING A SEX CHANGE!

Obviously, that is a joke...I just felt that I needed to have something huge to say as well after those last two blogs. Holy cow!!!

Yeah for you, Bets!!!! I will be praying for you! How exciting!!

And V - moving??? I had no idea you and Scott were even thinking about anything remotely like that...I guess that goes to show how out of the loop I've been. That's so great, though. I bet your mom is soooooo excited to be by her grandkids. That job sounds like a big one but one that Scott can do so well at - good for him.

So I was making this mental list yesterday of everything I've fallen behind on and the Cat Blog was on the list...I couldn't even remember how to get in. I tried a few random things yesterday and couldn't do it, so I emailed Byrd for the info and here I am! Of course, I did have to read all the way back to February or so to get caught up! I laughed and laughed and smiled and even shed a tear. You guys are amazing...and I'm so glad we are friends. I hope that in the next few years Eric and I might be blessed with some children to share in all the fun stories. All the pictures are adorable - Liz, your blog about praising God with your kids was especially touching because I, too, didn't have that growing up. :)

School's out for me - Friday was the last day. But then we went on a field trip 'Bedtime with the Beasts' at the Knoxville Zoo friday night and saturday morning - it was a reward trip for only the best kids on the team so it was really fun. they split the girls and boys so eric was with the boys the whole time while myself and a few other teachers were with the girls - i haven't laughed so hard in a long time.

So put yourself in this story here - here I am with twenty or so twelve year old girls who are really quite innocent and sweet. We are at the zoo at the elephant cage. He is maybe fifteen feet away from us...splashing in the water - they're "awwww" all over the place and "how cute!" Then he lifts his leg up and starts peeing - they were like, 'Gross!!!' Oh, but the best was yet to come. One of the girls goes, "Is it a boy or a girl?" Right on cue, the definitely male elephant drops it out - TWO AND A HALF FEET LONG AND AT LEAST TEN INCHES WIDE. It looked just like a man's but way larger. I felt kind of irresponsible for a moment...like I was viewing porn with them or something!!! But they just freaked out and laughed and laughed - they were all redfaced. they couldn't stop talking about it - it was hilarious. and that elephant was in no hurry to pull it back in...he just kept walking around and swinging it back and forth. that would be enough to traumatize me into chastity the rest of my life if i were a twelve year old girl.

So this week's volleyball camp at my school and I'm co-leading. Molly's graduating from high school (still can't believe it) this sunday so I'm going up to Ohio for it and will be hanging out for a week or so. Eric's in summer school all summer so he won't be able to go with me. He's working so hard...I'm so proud of him. He's trying with everything he's got to get done as quickly as he can. It's still looking like May 2009 is when he'll graduate.

I in the meantime am having a blast with my Mary Kay business - I love it. I love how it is causing me to grow and change in areas that really needed it. It's really causing me to evaluate where my confidence comes from and what i really means to be a beautiful woman. And what is most encouraging about it is that for the first time since I've left college, I see the light at the end of the tunnel as far as our school debt goes. We're back on Dave Ramsey's plan...and with my business and some self-discipline we have a lot of hope financially - we haven't felt that in a long time.

I have you on my radar to visit some of you this summer. love you, cats!