Good For My Soul

There are lots of things that are good for my soul, and I've gotten to experience a few of them this week.

1 - Making a little kid belly laugh.  Most notably, my boss's 3 year old daughter.  She has the best belly laugh.  She also walks around with her back arched and her belly out most of the time, which is just so freaking adorable.

2 - Time with Hubs.  This last week has been rough with being sick, trying to get caught up at church and trying to get over the reverse culture shock from coming back to America from Haiti.  Oh yeah, and did I mention that Hubs has been doing contracting in the morning, teaching in the afternoon/evening and trying to finish up his Master's classes?  Yesterday was such a gift.  Because of Mother's Day, we had no student ministry stuff going on in the evening, and we got to come home after church and STAY HOME.  Such a beautiful thing.  Plus it was gorgeous outside.  And Hubs made dinner, plus soup for tonight.  We got to hang out, and he taught tried to teach me how to chip golf balls.  We got to play, eat a meal together, hang out and I even cut his hair.  It was such a nice break.

3 - Having friends that live near me.  Hubs talked me into going out to eat on Friday, and by the wonders of Facebook, we got to share that meal with 4 other couples.  Had we tried to plan it, it never would have worked, but thank you spontaneity!  It's just nice to have friends that live near us to be able to do stuff like that with.  So many of my close friends live at least an hour or more away, and being able to meet up with them is a precious experience that we don't get enough of.  But we now have other young adult couples that we can hang out with, and it's just nice knowing that there is a community here that we're a part of.

4 - A clean house.  I love it when the laundry is caught up with, the floors are clean and the sink is empty of dishes.  None of those things are true yet, but hopefully they will be later on today.  My theory is that if I keep telling myself how lovely it will feel when it's done, then it'll be easier to get through the part where I actually have to clean. 

5 - A sunny, beautiful day.  It's finally warm and sunny outside, which is making #4 all that much more difficult to accomplish.  But the sunshine is so nice, and we haven't really had much of it this spring, so I might go take advantage of the warmth first before I try to accomplish anything.  :)