I had an amazing weekend - and am so excited to see God working in His ways - some of them making sense, and some of them there to remind us we really have no control over what happens - but He does.
More details coming in later posts, but here's a taste of the weekend's highlights:
- I was not looking forward to the Gateway to the Bay sprint triathlon Saturday morning at all. However, the morning definitely exceeded my expectations. I had fun, and even ended up placing 3rd in my age group. Nicki came with me and got 3rd in her age group too, in only her second season of racing! I had a blast spending the morning with her and seeing many other tri friends.
- Mom and Mrs. Clark walked 9.75 miles Saturday morning. That's basically TEN MILES! WOW. I am so proud. Mom said after that she is confident she can finish the race now. Three weeks and counting!
- I got an email from my sister on my iPhone yesterday while I was out running errands. It was titled "Bennett - Wicked." I was wondering what it might be...apparently my sister is way more advanced in her iPhone skills than I am, and she just got her phone within the last few weeks. Anyways, I opened the email and saw I had to download the audio file attached to the email. When I did, and it opened to play, I realized I was getting a full-length version of Bennett (my 3yr old niece) singing "Popular" from Wicked - all 3+ minutes of it. I listened to it in my car and my heart just melted - talk about a great way to make my day. That one will definitely be saved for later use whenever I need a smile.
- Today after my bike ride, we met up with a few other friends who had ridden in Galveston and a few others who had raced in Kemah for lunch. They had planned it all and we just crashed their party, but it ended up being a wonderful lunch at a biker bar on the water of Galveston Bay. The sun was shining, the breeze was blowing, and the company was awesome. I guess usually I'm so "in charge" or "in control" of things that it was a really pleasant surprise to just go with the flow and see where life took me today - it certainly didn't disappoint!
- I'm coming along quite well in my "try new things" campaign and tonight was no exception. Maybe more details on that later, maybe not, but let's just say it was perhaps one of the most random nights I've ever had, but at the same time I realize it was probably completely orchestrated by God and He just sat up there watching and laughing as I reacted.
More details coming in later posts, but here's a taste of the weekend's highlights:
- I was not looking forward to the Gateway to the Bay sprint triathlon Saturday morning at all. However, the morning definitely exceeded my expectations. I had fun, and even ended up placing 3rd in my age group. Nicki came with me and got 3rd in her age group too, in only her second season of racing! I had a blast spending the morning with her and seeing many other tri friends.
- Mom and Mrs. Clark walked 9.75 miles Saturday morning. That's basically TEN MILES! WOW. I am so proud. Mom said after that she is confident she can finish the race now. Three weeks and counting!
- I got an email from my sister on my iPhone yesterday while I was out running errands. It was titled "Bennett - Wicked." I was wondering what it might be...apparently my sister is way more advanced in her iPhone skills than I am, and she just got her phone within the last few weeks. Anyways, I opened the email and saw I had to download the audio file attached to the email. When I did, and it opened to play, I realized I was getting a full-length version of Bennett (my 3yr old niece) singing "Popular" from Wicked - all 3+ minutes of it. I listened to it in my car and my heart just melted - talk about a great way to make my day. That one will definitely be saved for later use whenever I need a smile.
- Today after my bike ride, we met up with a few other friends who had ridden in Galveston and a few others who had raced in Kemah for lunch. They had planned it all and we just crashed their party, but it ended up being a wonderful lunch at a biker bar on the water of Galveston Bay. The sun was shining, the breeze was blowing, and the company was awesome. I guess usually I'm so "in charge" or "in control" of things that it was a really pleasant surprise to just go with the flow and see where life took me today - it certainly didn't disappoint!
- I'm coming along quite well in my "try new things" campaign and tonight was no exception. Maybe more details on that later, maybe not, but let's just say it was perhaps one of the most random nights I've ever had, but at the same time I realize it was probably completely orchestrated by God and He just sat up there watching and laughing as I reacted.
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