Jackie is...

Oh my goodness, Matt is home, the laptop is here, my fingers can fly over the keyboard and my thoughts can come spewing out of my head...the problem is...I don't remember what they were.

So much, so much has happened in the course of a few days. Matt and I attend a "young marrieds" bible study at our church (yes, we've been married for six and a half years but I told the leader that if I had to find my first gray hair, purchase reading glasses AND find out I was not qualified for a young married's study all in the same week I might have a temper tantrum) where we're reading the "Power of a Praying Wife/Husband" books and there's a point in the girls' book that says, "Just because you think it, doesn't mean you have to say it." Maybe my lack of desire/access to write is a blessing in disguise.

I'll hit the highlights:

• My friend Chelsea is doing MUCH BETTER! Fore more details on her recovery you can visit her website at CaringBridge.Org. Thank you all for praying for her.
  
• I've been fighting some hives for the last week and a half or so. We thought they were going away but then they came back a little. They don't itch (HALLELUJAH!), but they make me nervous. I have some prescription hydrocortisone cream, I've stopped using my new shampoo, all lotions and have re-rinsed all of my clothes. It's starting to get under control now. Keep your fingers crossed.
• My friend Beth has encouraged me to start playing my guitar again. She said I should be ready to lead some songs at Chick Night by September. Again, keep your fingers crossed.
• My plane ticket to Colombia is purchased and I am ready to go! We leave for South America at 11:59 on Friday, March 13th. No I'm not superstitious and yes, it still creeps me out a little bit.
• The night that our team leader, Donna, called to triple check that I was going to Colombia because she was going to buy the tickets and there was no going back after that - our furnace pooped out on us. We were only out for a couple days and it didn't cost too much to fix. I joked with someone that I might call an exorcist to come by the house...just in case.
  
• Matt's aunt was caught in the crossfire of a drive by gang shooting - she's okay and they caught the guy.
• Matt finished his J-term class and is still set to graduate in the spring!
• New eipsodes of Bones are back on TV!!! Yippie!!!

I think that's it. No, wait... I was going to have a big post on this but I've decided against it:

• No I'm not joining facebook. I don't care that it's THE best way to keep in touch with friends. I just don't feel like having everyone all up in my business all the time. To my friends who have emailed and called and stared me in the face while I adamantly declare that it's not going to happen: I love you but if you want to talk to me, you have my email address or my phone number or my mailing address. I can only be emotionally involved with so many forms of communication at one time and I've already hit my limit. Any more would feel like infidelity. (For crying out loud, I don't even send text messages!) For more information on this subject please read this Slate article - which did not change my position - but was nonethelss humorous.

Have a wonderful day!