A busy October

I would appreciate your prayers regarding what could be a huge plumbing problem at our house in Orange. I received an e-mail from one of our friends who rents from us describing what sounds like a leak under the house. As I mentioned a month or so ago, we are starting to have a few plumbing problems with our 40+ year old home and those tend to be expensive. I guess the good news is that we will be supporting the economy by investing in a plumbing company. Please pray that I will stay calm and think clearly when meeting with the plumber next week. Joshua has Monday and Tuesday off from school, so I have arranged a play date for him so I can be at the house with the plumber.

Since I am finally back on the blog, I might as well update you on all of our lives. Jon's life has continued to be very busy as the transition of his unit to the new base has had many problems which were beyond his control. By the end of the month he expects to be back to his "old" job, which may or may not cause him to be busier than he is now. Please continue to pray for him to stay healthy. He fought off a cold this past month but he often does not get enough sleep, so that doesn't help. We have heard the first (I know it will change) date for his departure from his current location. It is what we have been anticipating. The encouraging thing is that we are getting close enough to his departure that they are starting to pick dates.

Last week Joshua had a couple days off from school due to parent/teacher conferences. He and I enjoyed some time at the San Diego Wild Animal Park and he was able to spend an overnight with his cousin Evan. Joshua chose to dress up as Harry Potter for Halloween, which was great for me as it was a very inexpensive costume and he looked quite cute. He was thrilled when neighbors who were handing out candy recognized him.

I mentioned a few weeks ago that his photos and video were selected to move up to the next level of the PTA Reflections contest. There will be an art show at our local high school in a couple weeks displaying his work and all of the other students in our district whose work was advanced. He is quite excited about adding to his medal count. We'll see what happens. In the mean time, he has had a number of opportunities to participate in after-school art programs at our school.

This weekend the soccer playoffs begin. Joshua's team, the Blue Smashing Warriors have a game this morning. It is single elimination, so we'll see if we are playing next week or not. Their team ended up tied for 4th among the 8 teams in their AYSO league of "under 9 year old" players. They were 3-3-1. I have been pleased that Joshua has gotten to experience winning, losing and even a tie. Lots of great learning experiences for him this year.

I continue to stay busy with PTA activities, meetings at church and have even put in 5 hours of work with FSEA (Future Scientists and Engineers of America) each of the past three weeks. It definitely keeps life moving.

Thank you for your prayers and encouragement.

Sheryl