un actualizacion sin fotos

sunday ended two weeks of hosting.  mark & james, the friendly construction workers, returned to texas.  the day before they left we had an unexpected visitor from the UK--david erasmus.  he called josh up the day before & said he was in chicago, visiting his cousin & "kickin' it," he said, with jane goodall (seriously, who "kicks it" with jane goodall?).  he had 48 hours left in the u.s. & decided to rent a car to come meet us.  a fascinating person; a new friend.  josh & i enjoyed this unexpected visit very much.

after all the visitors were gone, josh & i enjoyed a much-needed sabbath on sunday.  for us this meant not going to church that day.  so i made a breakfast feast, just for us, of homemade cinnamon rolls, quiche with kale + goat cheese, rosemary potatoes, & fresh fruit.  sunday was honestly the most we've rested in months.  sure, we've relaxed, but real, intentional "rest" is so different, & difficult to come by.  this time the rest finally seeped down into our souls.  

we ended our day of rest with the unwed sailor concert.  josh & i donned our matching gray zip-up hoodies & headed out to the indie rock show (okay, so "post-rock").  birdie absolutely loved it!   she was kicking madly, like she does when she hears any music, especially josh's.  we loved it, too.  it's always nice when you like a band more after seeing them live.  johnathan ford seemed to be a gracious & humble man, & his music once again brought me to a worshipful place, much like my memory of their 2002 show.  somehow, "post-rock" music has a way of doing this to me even more than most "worship music" does.  what is this?

& now we are in the middle of a work week, with josh racing madly towards his album recording deadline of the end of april.  i've been attending some sort of pregnancy-related appointment every day, pursuing all of the general life & business details for the two of us, & creating when i can.  today i spent several hours sitting through a diabetes education session, & will now begin checking my blood glucose levels four times a day + modifying my diet.  i don't have gestational diabetes, but i'm apparently "glucose intolerant" during pregnancy.  nothing too scary, just a little inconvenient.  my midwife says i'm going to have a very large baby (maybe ten pounds!  big bird!), so she's hoping i can reduce the birth weight a little (thus avoiding premature labor or induction, c-section, etc.) by observing a stricter diet for the next two months.  all of the appointments of this week have definitely made the upcoming birth seem more real and imminent!  we are not decorating a nursery, since we will be moving soon after the girl is born, but i have started to set up a little "nook" in our bedroom, & that is helping satisfy the nesting instincts.   

this weekend we are off to JPUSA!  josh has a show, & will be leading worship at their sunday service.  we can't wait to visit with all of our friends up there!  

thanks for enduring this little update with no pictures!