Anticipation

Waiting for Samuel to come is a time that feels charged with anticipation. It is a time to prepare. Certainly it is a time to prepare the space, for his presence will require specific things- a crib, a carseat, clothes, diapers, and so much more. More than that, we need to prepare our minds and hearts to know and care for him.

This season of waiting for my son has been an interesting one, as I find that as I wait, I am even physically tense. This tension is present as a sign of my anticipation of his arrival. Even more is the physical anticipation evident in my wife. She is carrying him with grace and poise, and yet in between times when she relaxes, I can tell that she is tired, sore, and needs to be cared for.

I think that at Christmas it is a bit of a perfect time to be anticipating the coming of a child. It gives me perspective on the advent- the anticipation of Christ's coming. How can the experiences that I am living through now - how can they inform and inspire me as I reflect on what Christmas means?


-- Post From My iPhone

Regret, life, and moving forward

Life's interesting. I've lived a while and am beginning to do things that I swore I'd never do. Like going to bed at 9 pm. Another of those things was that I would never have regrets in life. It's funny how you can say you won't ever regret anything when you're a 15 year- old highschooler. (No offense to those who may be there at the moment). I really tend to not regret anyway. But one thing I do regret is not including certain people in more important roles in our wedding. Time has passed and will continue to pass- but looking back at it, I was imagining what I would say if I could travel back intime and talk to me, but before the wedding. Before it was planned, anyway. Certain people were not in the wedding party because I thought it would inconvenience them, and I didn't want to do that. (turns out it just hurt their feelings, which has made mr feel bad about it ever since- go figure, good intentions). Others had other commitments (like their own wedding hundreds of miles away a couple of days apart), and still other people couldn't afford to fly out, or weren't close enough friends yet.

I truly wish I could go back and change all of that.

And yet...

Isn't the proof on the pudding? These are feelings I have, and they come fromthe basis of love and care for these people in our lives.

I guess what I'm getting at is that the important thing seems to mr that we make time now for these people- to talk to them, visit them (virtually, at least, with the computer or mariokart wii). The important thing isn't ultimately whether they made it to the wedding... It is whether the wedding has made us into a fily that shows and communicates our love to the important people in our life.

I am greatful for all of the people in our life, whether our wedding showed it or not. And I'm going to try to move on from my regret, move forward. I think lingering on it is probably a waste of energy. I could just as well be playing wii with them, or talking on the phone with them.

So if you're one of those people who were not in or at the wedding, don't sweat it. I have felt bad about it, but I'm going to move forward, and try to spend time talking to you- sharing life 'now' with you. I hope you can do that with me.

-- Post From My iPhone

The Surprise Ending (macbook saga part 4)

Over the course of the past month, we have had to take our laptop to the Apple Store twice to have it repaired. After I picked it up yesterday from the second repair, Dave noticed that several of the screws were missing. So we took it back in this evening for them to replace the screws. Just before we were about to leave, Dave asked the manager to give us more details about what had been done to the computer this last time that it was fixed. It turns out that they had to replace the entire motherboard. The work that they've done in the past month would have cost $1100 if the computer hadn't been under warranty. I told the manager that it concerned me that we had to do two major repairs in one month, especially since we only got the computer in January. The manager left for a minute and when he came back, he told us he was inclined to give us a whole new machine and that since they don't make the one we have anymore, he was going to have to give us a MacBook Pro. Um... are you kidding me! The next thing we knew, he came out of the back room with a brand new laptop in hand. He also asked us if we would like to buy Applecare for the new laptop for $200. We decided it was worth it to just go ahead and buy it now. When he rang it up he told us our total was $49 because his discount button just kept popping up and he just kept clicking it! So, we got a brand new laptop with three years of warranty for $49 today... It was amazing! What a blessing!

MacBook saga, pt 3

If you read yesterdays post, you'll know it has now been three weeks since the original genius bar appointment where I took my MacBook in for repairs. (yes, the trackpad does have issues, we'll fix it)
Well, I just now get my macbook back. Apparently they were not supremely nice to my wife when she picked it up, especially to the point that they told her nothing of what was repaired.

I get back from work, take it out of the case, inspect it, and what do I find, but

There are four screws (that I can see) missing. ABSENT.

in addition, the screw that holds the hard drive down has been stripped, looking almost useless.

Am i within my rights to ask for (demand) a replacement laptop yet? this is ridiculous. Yes, I have a backup of the data. Two actually. Yes, I have an iPhone and an iMac at home. But Neither of those are my primary machine.

I'm fed up with this. I want my machine back.
-- Post From My iPhone