I'm toying with the idea of keeping this blog alive. I've lost complete interest in blogging about my faith, my fat and my friends ironically at a time in my life when these things are changing more than ever. I'm glad I kept a record of my race training and my thoughts along the way, but once that ended I seem to have lost the motivation to keep going (like millions of others). I ran a few times after the marathon, but other things were happening in my life and fall came and blah blah blah I stopped running. I don't really regret it, and I plan to run again hopefully sooner than later, but I got kind of bored of it and looked for something new and exciting to take it's place.
I've played the "gain-a-pound, lose-a-pound" game since the beginning of September and am basically at the exact same spot I was after our vacation. I'm glad I didn't gain weight when the running stopped, but I definetely have not lost any either, so that's that.
On that "faith" side of things, our senior pastor and his wife have announced that they will be moving to Calgary so he can become the dean of a bible college there. We are very excited for them, and feel it's an awesome fit for him and their family, but since that announcement our lives have been crazy. Greg will be taking the position of Senior Pastor at our church and it all seemed to happen before we could blink.
We feel very excited for what road God has us on, but of course we also feel nervous, ill-equipped, humbled and stressed. Our church has grown steadlily over the last few years as our pastor has sought to restore health and a Christ-centered, family-friendly environment. So we're glad to be stepping up at a time of health but a big change like this keeps us in constant prayer and a never-ending state of humility. We are looking to God for everything through this transition: peace, strength, encouragment, support, even sleep. But anyone who knows Greg knows that he is the real deal and I am 100% confident in him and supportive of him. He's grown leaps and bounds as a preacher and leader. Seriously. He is legit.
This transition is coming on over the next few weeks, and coincides with my return to work and Elliot's birthday, and Christmas all at once. It will be a busy few months but I'm keeping a hold on things for now and plan to try to just enjoy the ride.
So on that note, I decided to update the old blog and perhaps some cool things could result from recording and sharing my experiences as a pastor's wife, working mom, continued aspiring thin person, and friend.
