Update ;)

I try really hard to not go a month between posts, but this month just got away from me.

MARYBETH
I spent a long weekend at Emily's house after her knee surgery to help out.  To be perfectly honest, when my mom asked me to go with her, I understood that she didn't want to make the drive alone, but I didn't know how I'd be of any actual help.  It took just getting her out of the hospital post-surgery for me to realize how good it was for me to be there.  And not to compare knee surgeries because I know hers is much worse than the one I had, but I don't remember being in any pain compared to what Emily was experiencing.  As of now, she seems to be recovering nicely, well as nice as can be with a bum knee!

I am also glad to have my computer back from the repair shop after getting a virus.  I'm also very excited that it didn't corrupt/destroy any of my files.  And now it inspired me to actually get "back-up computer" crossed off my to-do list!

MARCEL
Marcel applied to his first real music teaching job.  It is in Newberg, OR right by where we used to live.  We're keeping our eyes and ears open for jobs anywhere, but getting that first application in is a huge relief!  His resume is now perfect and he has a good basic cover letter to tweek for each job.  It's just going to get easier from here, assuming the job postings start rolling in.  Graduation is only 83 days away, but the really big countdown is April 21st (39 days away) for his action research and work sample to be submitted.  After that, I imagine it being a huge downhill ride to graduation (but I'm not 100% positive on that).

BAILEY'S
We've turned in our application to become official members at our church.  We've been meaning to do it for awhile now, but the Membership 101 class has never fit into our schedule until now.  We're trying to be optimistic about Marcel's job search and realizing that God will have the perfect job for him wherever we are meant to live.  We're also trying really hard to juggle such busy schedules.  I don't realize how it always get so busy when its just the two of us, but it happens each and every week.

Here's to a picture-worthy event happening soon so I can be a better blogger :)