last hurrah

It's my last week at home before I begin CPE. I have much to do -- house-cleaning, packing, organizing... Feel my family can barely cope without me -- not sure if I need to feel needed, or if I will feel truly happy (and not replaceable) if they do well without me.

This is a Tuesday morning but it feels like Monday. We went to a family baptism over the weekend -- it started on Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m., so we stayed overnight and the kids skipped school and hubby skipped work on Monday. It was a nice little getaway. The baptism was in a Greek orthodox church, so it was really fun to see the ritual, hear the Greek, and actually be able to read what was on the walls of the church!

This morning I am sending a check in memoriam of a fallen soldier -- a kid I knew who died in Iraq last June. As Memorial Day approaches, and the first anniversary of his death, I sent a check to the church where I first knew him as a Sunday school student when he was about 8 years old. It remains a tragedy, his loss, and I can't imagine how his family must be grieving. The family originally asked that contributions in his memory be made to the military academy he attended, but I couldn't bring myself to do that, and hubby didn't want me to do that either.... So I'm hoping his home church, where I first knew him and his family, can/will do something to honor him.

It's rainy and gray which fits my mood -- I don't feel like cleaning/working, not that I ever do -- but I'd better get to it. Hope I will be able to check my email and blog often enough when I'm staying with my parents.... Maybe after they go to bed at night....