Tuesday Anticipations, August 7, 2012

This week I'm anticipating:

• the end of the semester
• hanging out at house church and enjoying good food together
• celebrating my birthday over cocktails and appetizers with a few friends
• a quiet weekend of work and prep to travel next week
• the beginning of a month of time off
• reading things that have nothing whatsoever to do with nursing!

Tuesday Anticipations, July 31, 2012

This week I'm anticipating:

• the end of the school semester
• spending time watching Olympic sports
• time to read things that aren't related to school
• my trip to Florida (only about two weeks until I leave!)
• brunch with a long time friend
• helping a friend move
• the beginning of a new month
• a meeting with a trusted advisor
• cooking an awesome new recipe I tried with a friend last week

What are you looking forward to this week?

Tuesday Anticipations - July 24, 2012

This week I'm anticipating:

• my clinical shifts - I'm enjoying them more all the time.  Loving my postpartum rotation!
• going out for Indian food with a good friend from school - her first experience with Indian!
• adding "Jesus Calling" to my nightly wind-down routine
• gathering as a house church to watch "The Way"
• taking time to do some non-school related reading
• lunch with a friend from the days of my first university degree
• gathering for a belated father's day celebration combined with a belated celebration of my dad's birthday.

What are you looking forward to this week?

Tuesday Anticipations, July 17, 2012

This week I'm anticipating:

• several evenings with nothing scheduled
• hanging out with friends at house church
• baby cuddles
• a very low key weekend
• knocking another paper deadline off of my countdown to the end of the semester

What are you looking forward to this week?

Tuesday Anticipations, July 10, 2012

This week I'm anticipating:

• finishing off my last midterm for the semester
• our monthly house church gathering wherein we simply eat together and enjoy each other's company
• an evening of new experiences taking my work client to an event at Heritage Park, put on to coincide with Stampede
• a weekend with almost nothing on the agenda
• mostly quiet evenings at home as I continue to recover and rest from the stresses of the previous month
• lots and lots of sunshine (hooray for there finally being an awesome forecast for the week!)

What are you looking forward to this week?

Tuesday Anticipations, July 3, 2012

This week I'm anticipating:

• nearly universally quiet evenings (hooray for some down time in which to catch up!)
• an appointment with a trusted advisor
• coffee with a good friend
• a couple free meals (Thank you Stampede!!)
• seeing Paul Brandt headline the Stampede Grandstand show with some friends from school

What are you looking forward to this week?

Tuesday Anticipations, June 26, 2012

This week I'm anticipating:

• the chance to give some feedback on one of the classes in my program
• dinner with one of my oldest friends
• hanging out with my house church friends
• another weekend that is truly composed of downtime (and a long weekend at that!)

What are you looking forward to this week?

Tuesday Anticipations, June 19, 2012

This week I'm anticipating:

• my trip to Florida (something like 56 days!)
• the weekend and some down time
• house church
• the zoo with a few friends and their babies & toddlers
• catching up by phone and/or skype with a few other friends
• getting a couple of high pressure midterms and projects off of my plate

What are you looking forward to this week?

Tuesday Anticipations, June 12, 2012

This week I'm anticipating:

• A little bit of down time
• house church
• celebrating with my brother and his fiancee at their wedding
• several days off from work
• plowing through a number of looming school deadlines
• taking a bit of time to read for fun

What are you looking forward to this week?

Tuesday Anticipations, June 5, 2012

This week I'm anticipating:

• more postpartum care home and clinic visits
• heading to a small town south of the city for house church and time with some good friends
• spending a portion of the weekend celebrating the impending wedding of my brother and soon to be sister-in-law at her bachelorette party in the mountains
• hanging out for a morning coffee date with my first ever roommate and her 4 month old son

What are you looking forward to this week?

Tuesday Anticipations, May 29, 2012

This week I'm anticipating:

• a day and a half off-campus, doing post-partum clinic and home visits
• getting back to studying Romans at house church
• an observation shift at a new job
• an evening of enjoying Jacob & Lily at a local pub
• a low key Saturday
• a baby shower for my first ever roommate
• going out for Mexican with a friend from school

What are you looking forward to this week?

Tuesday Anticipations, May 22, 2012

This week I'm anticipating:

• It's a long way off, but I'm living in excited anticipation of time in Florida in August
• barbequing with our house church on Thursday night
• cuddles from various honorary nieces and nephews
• my first day of actual clinical postpartum visits
• the settling into a rhythm of school for the semester
• an afternoon spent baking with a school friend
• using my crockpot to cook a real meal for a change
• enjoying lots and lots of berries (one of the side benefits of caring for my body is being able to eat lots of fruit that I've always enjoyed)

What are you looking forward to this week?

Tuesday Anticipations, May 15, 2012

This week I'm anticipating:

• dinner with a friend and meeting her newest daughter for the first time
• the first real off campus practicum days (postpartum! so exciting for someone who loves babies and is interested in midwifery!)
• meeting with the house church leaders
• a meeting with a trusted advisor
• breakfast with a friend who always makes me laugh
• celebrating the birth of their first child with another friend
• beginning to really establish a rhythm for this new semester

What are you looking forward to this week?

Tuesday Anticipations, May 8, 2012

This week I'm anticipating:

• the beginning of a new semester of classes
• seeing some of my classmates again after the break
• sharing dinner with some friends before house church
• creating a few more art journaling pages
• studying Romans 8 (one of my favorite chapters of scripture) with our house church
• a Saturday with nothing planned
• celebrating my mom on Mother's Day

What are you looking forward to this week?

Tuesday Anticipations, May 1, 2012

This week I'm anticipating:

• the enjoyment of my last week off from school
• a trip to the zoo with a good friend and her daughter
• dinner (home made perogies that I froze last week) with some friends before house church
• settling in to enjoy a discussion of Romans 6 & 7 at house church
• a day in the mountains with a friend from school
• accomplishing a few last things on my to do list that need to happen before school is back in session

What are you looking forward to this week?

Tuesday Anticipations, April 24, 2012

This week I'm anticipating:

• hugging and cuddling my two favorite little boys
• a house church leader's meeting
• lunch with a friend I've known since my first year of high school, at a gourmet pizza place
• learning to make pierogis from a Polish friend
• temporarily changing my hair color
• our house church gathering
• several more days of quiet, productivity, and rest
• enjoying the spring/summer weather we're having
• taking time for some creative projects

What things are you looking forward to this week?

Tuesday Anticipations - April 17, 2012

This week I'm anticipating:

• The official end of the semester with the writing of my final exam on Wednesday
• cooking for a friend
• going shopping with another friend to help keep an eye on her two boys
• the house church gathering
• a meeting with a trusted advisor
• lots and lots and lots of nothingness!

What are you looking forward to this week?

Tuesday Anticipations - April 10, 2012

This week I'm anticipating:

• dinner with a good friend at a slightly fancy restaurant
• finishing up the final class requirements for the semester - two presentations and one paper to go (then one final next week)
• my friends K & G visiting our house church to share their ministry with us
• a quiet weekend at home

What are you looking forward to this week?

Tuesday Anticipations, April 3, 2012

This week I'm anticipating:

• A short week of school
• The chance to spend some time in quiet, reflecting and recognizing the power of Holy Week
• a phone call with a good friend
• the likelihood of cuddling a week old baby
• dinner with a long-time friend
• finishing up several school projects (hooray for the end of the semester being very, very near!)
• the recognition of crucifixion, and the celebration of resurrection

What are you looking forward to this week?

Tuesday Anticipations, March 27, 2012

This week I'm anticipating:

• New episodes of a couple of my favorite television shows (and having enough time to watch them!)
• A house church leader's meeting (and free supper!)
• the news that a new little guy has entered the world
• gathering with house church to study Romans chapter 4
• seeing the joy on the faces of my brother and sister-in-law when we move them into the house they purchased and have been doing major renovations on
• taking some time to write and journal and process the events of the last week
• my weekly dose of Friday evening and Sunday morning sabbath time

What are you anticipating this week?