Debbie and Mikel came to St. Louis for Labor Day weekend. We sure crammed tons of fun into those few days! Bike riding and throwing the Aerobie, petting stingrays at the zoo (see pic below courtesy of Mikel Morgan), dinner at Milagro (best Mexican we've found in town), The Lion King at the Fox Theatre, and RV shopping to cap it all off. Those are some good times, peeps!
David dove headfirst into a schedule that will leave everyone in a pure state of shock. As most of you know, the morning hurts him. So bless his heart, his surgery rotation at the VA requires his alert presence between 4:30 and 5:00 a.m. No need to review that last line, folks. You read correctly. Yesterday the alarm was going off at 3:30 a.m. Then 3:40. (We have agreed that one snooze is permittable.) The new bedtime for my hubby is 8:00 p.m. I am thinking of jumping on that crazy bedtime train. Think of all the stuff a gal can get done at 4 in the morning. Creating whirlwinds of cleaning, BSF preparation, cooking, BLOGGING! The list is endless. Not to mention I am not sleeping well with the alarm going off so early and some shoulder pain. Prayers for that would be great - it is definitely not getting any better. And no swimming - darn.
It's been quite the St. Louis fall so far. We thought we had missed the balloon race last Saturday and got a little sad. Not the case! We caught the whole thing as they flew over our apartment while we were riding our bikes. It was chilly outside, you could smell fires in people's chimneys, the balloons were passing overhead...glorious fall!
Last night David broke his curfew and took me to the symphony concert in Forest Park. So stinkin' fun! We met up with our friends, the Caseys (photo below courtesy of Autumn), ate chicken salad sandwiches, and stayed all the way through the fireworks. If any of you out-of-towners want to visit us in St. Louis, we suggest you come the week of this concert. They play tunes from their upcoming lineup on Art Hill right in front of the water at sunset. People come in droves with picnic baskets and blankets. Not to mention we busted out our fleece for the evening. Nothing spells fall like F-L-E-E-C-E, right?
BSF is off to a grand start this year. The kids in our group are awesome - very mature, inquisitive, they join in the discussion with excitement and they are crazy sweet. Lots of great questions in the first chapter of Genesis. Keeps me praying. A lot! I have been thinking about my first days in BSF. Julia was my teaching leader and Jan was my discussion leader. Great memories of that class in Fayetteville, and excellent guidance and teaching. I would have never thought I would be a children's leader. Good thing I am not in control of such things. :)
Oh! I am singing praises to God for answering so many prayers. Our appraisal went through yesterday for the house in Fayetteville. We hope to close on Monday, Lord willing. Prayers that He would allow everything to be completed successfully Monday would be greatly appreciated. And thank God for Joseph - he has been such a comforting realtor through everything.
We are constantly praying for all of you and love you so much.
Missy Morgan
Hey Missy! Great post. About your shoulder, what is exactly wrong with it? Is it a joint issue?
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