So, the trip to Indy was nice. It was good to see my parents and other folks there. Dad's department had a pretty big picnic for the four guys retiring from there. Lilly owns a really nice park on several lakes and it was at a shelter house right on the lake. There was a great playground, 3 sand volleyball courts and the shelter was great. Dad was rather popular, with the most number of people there for sure. My grandparents came (Hi Grandma!), my brother got off work, my dad's brother, sister-in-law and sister came, my mom's cousin who also works at Lilly (just a different building) took his lunch with us, and the stars of the show were the kids that my parents have "adopted" and their mom Lori. Nearly four years ago, my mom started helping out with a family who had just had triplets and had 2 older boys. Now, there's a 6th kid, the triplets turn 4 next week, and my parents are firmly "Grandma Brenda" and Grandpa Bobby". The kids had a blast at the playground and did a great job of not going near the water. We did tell them there was a shark in the water, so that helped keep them away for the most part. Although one of them did want to go see the shark, so we had to convince him of the dangers of sharks. It was fun. We only had 4 of the 6 kids as the two oldest were at Boy Scout camp with Daddy. Still, it was a blast for them and entertaining for me. I took a bunch of pictures, but don't want to put them up here.
My dad worked for Lilly for 39.5 years (not the 41 I thought...Sorry!). Still, it's incredibly impressive. It was the first job he had after coming back from the Army. He got drafted right out of high school, headed to Germany and missed going to Vietnam because of an infected thumb. He still has problems with that thumb! He came back, did some technical school, and started at Lilly January 1, 1969. I wonder if there will be anyone from my generation who sticks with the same company for that long. It seems that all of my peers change jobs and companies and states like it's nothing. I love Team Expansion and know that I'll always support them, but I want to be a mom. Chances are that I'll be a stateside mom with a non-missional husband, which means that I'll have to quit at Team Expansion. But, who knows. I might end up living in a hut in Africa yet! I don't see that God's leading that way, but I am open to His leading, so who knows.
And, I'm settling back into life as a single woman. It's not a fun transition and in many ways it feels like a divorce. I am keeping the queen size bed that I had bought for Jake and I. I never slept on it until he was out of the picture, but I love it too much to get rid of it. So, my parents have my old bed as their guest bed since my brother moved out two months ago. And I bought new bedding for my bed. Last night was my first night to sleep with sheets and it was great. I'd just been sleeping on top of the bare mattress, which wasn't too bad, but still not that good. I am going to totally repaint my room and change things. I picked an icy aqua color (it was on clearance) and really like it. I'm thinking I might do three walls with a silvery gray color and then the wall behind my bed have be a couple shades darker than the bedspread. We'll see. It'll be a fun project, though!
Oh, and there were some people looking at the condo above me when I got home last night. I had to talk to the realtor because they had parked in front of my garage and I needed to get there and unload my car. I noticed he had an accent, but I can never tell the difference between Bosnian and Russian. So, when I saw them as they were leaving, I asked and they're Bosnian! They were amazed that I had been to Bosnia. They're from the far northwestern part of the country, but it was still wonderful to meet them. I do hope that she moves in. It would be so great to have a Bosnian neighbor. I've been praying for more ministry opportunities at home, and this would be perfect.
Okay, time is short today. Tomorrow we head to Cincy for the NACC. If you're going to be there, look me up!
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